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From: Mavon, Kimia <kmavon em g.harvard.edu>
Date: Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 10:20 AM
Subject: [berkmanfriends] Privacy Tools Call for Interns, Researchers, and
Postdocs
To:

Dear All,

The interdisciplinary research project, Privacy Tools for Sharing Research
Data, <http://privacytools.seas.harvard.edu/> has opened their call for
students, researchers, and postdocs to join their research efforts. The
Privacy Tools project regularly seeks students, interns, postdocs, and
visitors in *Computer Science, Statistics, Government, Mathematics,  Law,
and Social Sciences* with Quantitative Experience, particularly those with
an interest in learning about or working on Data Privacy.

We depend on our community's resources to distribute the call to strong
candidates.  We would greatly appreciate it if you would pass this forward
to your research network.

I encourage applicants to contact me with questions.

Thank you,

Kimia Mavon
CRCS Coordinator

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*Open Positions in the Privacy Tools for Sharing Research Data Project*

The Privacy Tools project regularly seeks students, interns, postdocs, and
visitors in *Computer Science, Statistics, Government, **Mathematics, * *Law,
*and *Social Sciences with Quantitative Experience*, particularly those
with an interest in learning about or working on* Data Privacy. *Below are
some of the positions available, with instructions on how to apply. For
general information, email privacytools-info em seas.harvard.edu or one of the
PIs <http://privacytools.seas.harvard.edu/people>.

The Privacy Tools project develops ways for scientists to share research
data for producing replicable, open science, without compromising the
privacy of the individual research subjects whose data is used.   Past
students wrote or contributed to publishable to publishable research papers
in this fast-moving field, and we expect the same in future years.  The
work across the different projects includes elements such as:

   -          *Theory:* proving mathematical theorems about what is
   achievable in the framework of “differential privacy,” which is a very
   active area of research in theoretical computer science and other fields.
   -          *Experimental algorithms:* implementing, optimizing, and
   testing algorithms that perform useful data analysis tasks and satisfy
   “differential privacy” or other privacy metrics.
   -          *Empirical research:* surveying social science datasets and
   analysis methods to determine the fit with different privacy technologies.
   -          *Software development:* including for statistics, user
   interfaces, and data visualization.
   -          *Programming languages and computer security:* design and
   implement programming language tools to ensure differential privacy and
   combine it with other computer security models.
   -          *Law:* develop legal instruments and policy recommendations
   that complement new privacy-preserving technologies.
   -          *Interdisciplinary interaction:* collaborating with computer
   scientists, social scientists, lawyers, and statisticians.

Useful background includes any of the following:

   -          Theoretical computer science, especially algorithms
   -          Data science, e.g. statistics and/or machine learning
   -          Programming (in R, Java, Scala, Python, Javascript, or D3)
   -          Quantitative analysis of social science data,  especially
   regression ("least squares", or OLS)
   -          User interfaces and user experience testing
   -          Programming language design and implementation
   -          Law, especially privacy law

*Application Instructions*

*Prospective Legal Research Assistants**: *The Berkman Center looks for law
students to help the Privacy Tools project research data privacy issues in
the summer. Successful applicants will participate in the Berkman Center's
full time, 10-week summer internship program. Applications are typically
due early February. For more information:
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/getinvolved/internships_summer.

*Prospective Postdoctoral Fellows/Visiting Scholars: *Prospective
postdoctoral fellows or visiting scholars in computer science, statistics,
or other mathematical/scientific disciplines: please apply to the Center
for Research on Computation and Society <http://crcs.seas.harvard.edu/apply>
and indicate interest in the project in your application. Postdoctoral
applications will be considered after the December 1 deadline as long as
positions are available. Such applicants should also send an email to
privacytools-info em seas to inform us of their applications.

*Prospective Graduate Students: *Please apply to one of the relevant
departments (computer science/SEAS
<http://www.seas.harvard.edu/audiences/prospective-graduates>, government
<http://www.gov.harvard.edu/graduate-program/program>, statistics
<http://www.stat.harvard.edu/degrees_page.php>, or law
<http://www.law.harvard.edu/prospective/>), and mention the corresponding
PIs <http://privacytools.seas.harvard.edu/people> and their interest in the
project in their application.

*Prospective Summer Students (non-Harvard Undergrads): *Undergraduate
students outside of Harvard who wish to join the project as a summer intern
should apply to the SEAS REU site.
<http://www.seas.harvard.edu/k-12-community-programs/reu>

*Current Harvard Undergraduate Students: *Harvard undergraduates may join
the project as both term-time and summer interns. Undergraduates should review
sources of funding from the College <http://uraf.harvard.edu/>and send a
CV/Resume, transcript, and 2-3 references' contact information to
Privacytools-info em seas.harvard.edu.

*Others: *Please e-mail privacytools-info em seas.harvard.edu to find out how
to get involved.

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