Tag: Salil Vadhan

  • Nation & World

    Embedded EthiCS wins $150,000 grant

    A joint program of the computer science and philosophy departments, Embedded EthiCS has won a $150,000 grant as part of the Responsible Computer Science Challenge sponsored by Omidyar Network, Mozilla, Schmidt Futures, and Craig Newmark Philanthropies.

    6 minutes
    Barbara Grosz (from left), Jeff Behrend, and Allison Simmons
  • Nation & World

    Five named Harvard College Professors

    Five faculty members have been selected as Harvard College Professors, five-year appointments that provide them with extra support for research or scholarly activities, a semester of paid leave, or summer salary.

    8 minutes
  • Nation & World

    You’re not so anonymous

    Prescription data stripped of identify information seems not so anonymous after all. Researcher Latanya Sweeney aims to make such personal data more secure and to provide recourse for people who are harmed by privacy breaches.

    8 minutes