CDE to co-sponsor Oct. 16 book talk by Brian Merchant, author of Blood in the Machine: The Origins of the Rebellion against Big Tech
October 2nd, 2023
Tech journalist Brian Merchant comes to town (and campus) to talk about his new book Blood in the Machine, which is long-listed for the Financial Times best business book of the year. The New…
Chander interviewed for NPR “Marketplace” report on “how EU regulation is changing tech”
September 13th, 2023
On September 12, 2023, CDE affiliate faculty member Anupam Chander, Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law and Technology at Georgetown University Law School, was interviewed for a story on “how EU…
CDE co-sponsors panel on “Digital Ethics and the Freedom of Thought” featuring renowned international human rights lawyer and author Susie Alegre
September 11th, 2023
CDE and the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) held an insightful and open conversation on “Digital Ethics & The Freedom of Thought” on Monday, September 18,…
Cal Newport in The New Yorker: We Don’t Need a New Twitter
August 16th, 2023
Writing in The New Yorker, Cal Newport explores the effort to create a Twitter alternative and asks “Why is it so important to create a better version of Twitter in the first place?” His…
Matt Blaze receives USENIX Lifetime Achievement Award
August 14th, 2023
Faculty affiliate Matt Blaze has received the USENIX Lifetime Achievement Award – the FLAME AWARD – for making a “profound and lasting impact on computer science, computer security, law, and…
Cal Newport on July 5, 2023 “Plain English” podcast from the The Ringer Podcast Network
July 5th, 2023
Cal Newport discusses the deceptive lure of productivity tools and how they actually make us less productive in “How the Digital Workplace Broke Our Brains” on Derek Thompson’s podcast…
Will Fleisher quoted in the May 2, 2023 Windsor Star
May 2nd, 2023
Will Fleisher comments on “the lure and danger of AI chatbots” in a story by Cate Newman in The Windsor Star on May 2,…
America Magazine editor lauds Newport book as “a secular piece of scripture”
April 18th, 2023
Writing in the Jesuit magazine America, poetry editor Joe Hoover, SJ calls Cal Newport’s book Deep Work “a secular piece of scripture that needs to be read over and over, to remind ourselves…
Newport in The New Yorker: “What Kind of Mind Does ChatGPT Have?”
April 13th, 2023
“The response to ChatGPT, and to the other chatbots that have followed in its wake, has often suggested that they are powerful, sophisticated, imaginative, and possibly even dangerous. But is…
Prof. Anupam Chander speaks on artificial intelligence and human rights
December 1st, 2022
Anupam Chander, the Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center, gave an invited address on “Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights at the National Law School of…
Paul Ohm Quoted in Wall Street Journal on VPNs
September 6th, 2022
Professor Paul Ohm was quoted on Internet privacy and security in Sept. 6, 2022 Wall Street Journal article on “When to Use a VPN – and When It Won’t Protect Your Data.” Prof. Ohm explains…
Laura DeNardis elected to life membership in the Council on Foreign Relations
August 1st, 2022
August 1, 2022: Congratulations to Laura DeNardis , endowed chair in Technology, Ethics, and Society at Georgetown, on her election into life membership in the Council on Foreign Relations for her…
