Center for Information Technology Policy

<h2 id="research-areas-and-projects">Research areas and projects</h2>
<p>The CITP conducts research in a number of areas, such as <a href="/facts/Internet_of_things/rwwGAxn3">Internet of things</a>, <a href="/facts/Artificial_intelligence/lJGauQwX">artificial intelligence</a> and <a href="/facts/Machine_learning/e0w0XJTu">machine learning</a>, <a href="/facts/Blockchain/8H43GgWy">blockchain</a> and <a href="/facts/Cryptocurrencies/Rg6JAS8y">cryptocurrencies</a>, <a href="/facts/Electronic_voting/jsI9Ngwr">electronic voting</a>, <a href="/facts/Government_transparency/t7ukpJP5">government transparency</a>, and <a href="/facts/Intellectual_property/PqHW9mVP">intellectual property</a>. Various media outlets, government agencies, and private organizations have cited the research of the CITP.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> The current Director of the CITP is Matthew J. Salganik, a professor of sociology at Princeton University.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a>
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<h3>Voting</h3>
<p>One of the leading research initiatives at the CITP centers on electronic voting. <a href="/facts/Edward_Felten/Xfag6Up7">Edward Felten</a>, Ariel J. Feldman, and <a href="/facts/J._Alex_Halderman/EuyXS5Ar">J. Alex Halderman</a> conducted security analysis on a Diebold AccuVote-TS voting machine, one of the most widely used machines of its kind.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> They discovered a method that allowed them to upload malicious programs to multiple voting machines.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> Their research gained additional media attention when it was brought before the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in June 2017.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a>
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<h3>Interconnection Measurement Project</h3>
<p>The Interconnection Measurement Project is an annual initiative at the CITP that provides ongoing data collection and analysis from ISP interconnection points. Aggregated data serving roughly 50 percent of residential broadband subscribes is collected every 5 minutes.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a>
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<h2 id="academics">Academics</h2>
<p>The CITP offers an undergraduate certificate in Technology and Society, Information Technology Track. This program requires students to complete a combination of core, technology, societal, and breadth courses in and outside the area of information technology. The goal of the program is to help students better understand how technology drives social change and how society itself shapes technology.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> The CITP also hosts a number of workshops, policy briefings, lecture series, and initiatives at Princeton University.
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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://citp.princeton.edu/">Official website</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"The Election Won't Be Rigged. But It Could Be Hacked". The New York Times. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/14/opinion/campaign-stops/the-election-wont-be-rigged-but-it-could-be-hacked.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/14/opinion/campaign-stops/the-election-wont-be-rigged-but-it-could-be-hacked.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Researchers Find Way to Steal Encrypted Data". The New York Times. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/technology/22chip.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/technology/22chip.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"Center for Information Technology Policy". C-SPAN. <a href="https://www.c-span.org/organization/?109390/Center-Information-Technology-Policy" target="_blank">https://www.c-span.org/organization/?109390/Center-Information-Technology-Policy</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"Will big data help end discrimination—or make it worse?". Fortune. <a href="http://fortune.com/2015/01/15/will-big-data-help-end-discrimination-or-make-it-worse/" target="_blank">http://fortune.com/2015/01/15/will-big-data-help-end-discrimination-or-make-it-worse/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>"Matthew Salganik | Center for Information Technology Policy". Retrieved 2020-05-28. <a href="https://citp.princeton.edu/citp-people/matthew-salganik/" target="_blank">https://citp.princeton.edu/citp-people/matthew-salganik/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>"Security Analysis of the Diebold AccuVote-TS Voting Machine" (PDF). <a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/citpsite/publications/ts06full.pdf" target="_blank">https://s3.amazonaws.com/citpsite/publications/ts06full.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:7"><p>"How to Hack an Election in 7 Minutes". Politico. <a href="https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/08/2016-elections-russia-hack-how-to-hack-an-election-in-seven-minutes-214144" target="_blank">https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/08/2016-elections-russia-hack-how-to-hack-an-election-in-seven-minutes-214144</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:8"><p>"Princeton prof hacks e-machine". NBC News. <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna14825465" target="_blank">https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna14825465</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:9"><p>"Expert Testimony by J. Alex Halderman" (PDF). U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. <a href="https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/os-ahalderman-062117.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/os-ahalderman-062117.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:10"><p>"About the Data". Interconnection Measurement Project. <a href="http://interconnection.citp.princeton.edu/about-the-data/" target="_blank">http://interconnection.citp.princeton.edu/about-the-data/</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:11"><p>"Teaching". Center for Information Technology Policy. <a href="https://citp.princeton.edu/teaching/" target="_blank">https://citp.princeton.edu/teaching/</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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