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CDE director and cybersecurity expert Laura DeNardis on the CrowdStrike, Microsoft Outage

As part of Georgetown’s “Ask a Professor” series, in which Georgetown faculty members break down complex issues and use their research to inform trending conversations, CDE Director Laura DeNardis, professor and endowed Chair in Technology, Ethics, and Society, was asked to explain the unprecedented outage that roiled the country on July 19.

July 26, 2024

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CDE director Laura DeNardis presents at GC REAIM Commission Symposium Day in Washington, DC

CDE director Laura DeNardis discussed AI governance in the military domain with the Global Commission on Responsible AI in the Military Domain.

July 15, 2024

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Matt Blaze quoted in The Washington Post on the AT&T hack

CDE Affiliate Faculty member Matt Blaze’s Mastodon post was quoted in The Washington Post on the AT&T hack. “Because those in contact with AT&T users also have their numbers listed, ‘just…

July 12, 2024


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Sept. 27 Book Talk with Marietje Schaake, tech policy expert and author of The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley

Marietje Schaake, Member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2019 and one of the world’s leading thinkers on tech policy, discusses her book, The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley (Princeton University Press).  Friday, September 27 12:00 pm Room 750, 500 First Street NW (Georgetown’s Capitol Campus).  Registration required

September 12, 2024

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CDE co-sponsors “AI and Democracy,” with director Laura DeNardis as panelist, on Monday, September 9, 2024

In this panel discussion, leading academic experts and senior professionals discussed the level of peril, highlight the role of AI, and consider how it may affect the upcoming U.S. presidential election, as well as other events key to the future of democracy.

September 9, 2024

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CDE director Laura DeNardis delivers 2024 Convocation address to new GU students

On Saturday, August 24, 2024, CDE director Laura DeNardis, inaugural endowed chair in Technology, Ethics, and Society at the College of Arts and Sciences at Georgetown, delivered the welcome address to new students, on behalf of the faculty, at the University’s annual Convocation ceremony.

August 26, 2024