Allan Friedman
Kennedy School PhD Mailboxes * 79 JFK Street * Cambridge MA 02138 *
(617) 943-2190
allan_friedman@ksgphd.harvard.edu http://allan.friedmans.org
Harvard University,
Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA
Doctoral
Candidate in Public Policy
Dissertation
Title: “Essays on Network Information Sharing and Privacy” (Expected
completion: 2007)
Areas
of Interest: IT Policy, Information Network Dynamics, Privacy, Security, and
Trust
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Fellow,
Harvard Program on Network Governance (2005-2007)
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Fellow,
National Center for Digital Government (2004-2005)
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA
Bachelor
of Arts in Computer Science and Public Policy, May 2002
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Eugene
Lang Opportunity Scholarship
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Semester
at University of Grenoble, France.
Peer-Reviewed Journal
Articles
David Lazer and Allan Friedman, “Parallel
Problem Solving: The Social Structure of Exploration and Exploitation.” Administrative
Science Quarterly. Accepted May 2007
Allan Friedman, “Good Neighbors Make Good
Fences: A Peer-to-peer User Security System.” IEEE Technology and Society.
26:1 (2007)
Allan
Friedman, Roshan Baliga, Deb Dasgupta, Anna Dreyer, “Understanding the
broadcast flag: a threat analysis model” Telecommunications Policy 28
(2004)
Book
Chapters and Monographs
Allan Friedman and L Jean Camp, “Security in Peer
toPeer Systems”, The Handbook of
Information Security ed. Hossein Bidgoli, John Wiley & Sons (Hoboken,
New Jersey) 2005.
Luc Wathieu and Allan Friedman
“Intelliseek” Harvard Business School Case N9-505-061 2005
Peer Reviewed Publications
Alessandro
Acquisti, Allan Friedman & Rahul Telang “Is There a Cost to Privacy
Breaches? An Event Study” International Conference on Information
Systems (ICIS2006),Milwaukee WI, November 2006
Alessandro
Acquisti, Allan Friedman & Rahul Telang “Is There a Cost to Privacy
Breaches? An Event Study” Workshop on the Economics of Information Security,
Cambridge UK. June2006
David
Lazer and Allan Friedman “Exploration and Exploitation in Networks” Poster
Presentationat the National
Conference on DigitalGovernment Research,
Atlanta GA May 2005
David Lazer and Allan
Friedman “The parable of the hare and the tortoise: Network structure of
exploration and exploitation” American Sociological Association Annual
Conference, Philadelphia PA August 2005
Luc
Wathieu and Allan Friedman “An empirical approach to understanding privacy
valuation” Workshop on the
Economicsof Information Security (WEIS 2005), Cambridge MA June 2005
Allan
Friedman & L. Jean Camp, "Manifest Security", Second Workshop on Economics and Information Security
College Park, MA. May 2003.
Abstract
Reviewed Conference Presentations
Allan
Friedman “The Tragedy of the Network” International Sunbelt Social Network
Conference, Vancouver, April 2006
Jean
Camp, Allan Friedman, and Alla Genkina. “Net Trust: Designing for Human Trust
Perception” Trustworthy Interfaces for Passwords and Personal Information.
Palo Alto CA, June2005.
Jean
Camp, Allan Friedman, and Warigia Bowman. “Voting, Vote Capture & Vote
Counting Symposium” Proceedings of the 6th Annual National Conference
onDigital Government Research, Atlanta GA, May 2005
Jean
Camp and Allan Friedman, “Peer patching” 24th Army Science Conference,
Orlando FL, December2004
Allan
Friedman, Roshan Baliga, Deb Dasgupta, Anna Dreyer, “Underlying Motivations in
theBroadcast Flag Debate” Telecommunications Policy
ResearchConference,Washington DC, September 2003. (Selected as one of 12
best conference papersfor republication)
Jean
Camp & Allan Friedman, “Peer to Peer Security”
Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Washington DC,September
2003.
Invited
Presentations and Panels
“Empirical
research: obstacles and solutions” Panel Chair and Participant. Workshop on
the Economics of Securing Information Infrastructure. Washington DC,
October2006.
“Incentives, Markets and
Information Security” Panel Chair and Presenter. Financial Cryptography(FC05),
Dominica February 2005
Invited
Panel Participant, “Privacy and Rights Management” International Conference on Electronic Commerce,
Pittsburgh PA, October 2003.
“(Inter)national
IDs” Panel Chair and Participant, Privacy Enhancing Technologies Workshop: Dresden, Germany,
March 2003
Allan
Friedman (Primary researcher) “Online Banking Privacy”
Center for Democracy and Technology, 2001.
Experience
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Harvard
University,
Cambridge MA: Course Instructor |
Spring 2007 |
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Designed
a new course on “Privacy and Technology” for the Computer Science Department
with Professor Michael Smith. o
Co-taught
interdisciplinary course to 36 undergraduate and graduate students. |
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MITRE
Corporation, Washington
DC: Consultant |
June-October 2006
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Identified
a modeling strategy for understanding patient information flow and privacy
risks in electronic medical record systems. o
Constructed
and executed an empirical research pilot program |
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Hewlett-Packard
Laboratories,
Palo Alto CA: Research Intern |
Summer 2005
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Applied
social science and complex systems tools to information dynamics. Focused on
economics of privacy and market-driven technology distribution systems and
gave several internal presentations. Worked with
Bernardo Huberman and Tad Hogg in the Information Dynamics Lab.
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Harvard Business
School,
Cambridge MA: Research Assistant |
2004-present |
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Worked
with Luc Wathieu to design and test economic theories of consumer
privacy. Co-authored HBS case on the
use of web information for marketing purposes. |
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Kennedy School of
Government,
Cambridge MA: Research Assistant |
2002-Present
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With
Jean Camp: Combined technical expertise with policy analysis to draft reports
on Identity in Electronic Authentication and Electronic Voting and Vote Counting;
co-wrote several articles. o
With
David Lazer: Designed agent-based models to test theories of organizational
dynamics. o
With
Cary Coglianese: Examined online presence of regulatory agencies and their
use of internet technology for greater public participation in new field of
E-Rulemaking. |
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Center for Democracy
and Technology,
Washington DC: Policy Intern |
Summer 2001
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Worked
closely with senior policy analysts to examine policy behind internet civil
liberty issues. o
Primary
researcher of a published report on Online Banking Privacy. o
Chief
aid in the launching of CDT’s Standards Project examining policy impacts of
technical decisions. |
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Center for
Social and Policy Studies, Swarthmore PA: Research Associate |
2000 – 2002
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Assisted
senior faculty on a variety of research topics, both academic and applied. o
Individual
research project on technology and civic engagement. |
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Neptune Internet Services, Grenoble
FRANCE: Technical Intern |
Spring 2000
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Professional Activities
External
Reviewer, Financial Cryptography and Data Security (FC2007)
Program
Committee, Workshop on the Economics of Securing Information
Infrastructure(WESII2006)
General
Chair, Workshop on the Economics of Information Security (WEIS2005)
Reviewer,
Fifth ACM Workshop onDigital Rights Management (DRM2005)
Reviewer,
New Media and Society Journal (2005)
Member,
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Member,
Culinary Historians of Boston
Invited Participation in Educational Workshops
NYU/CeDER
Summer Workshop on the Economics of Information Technology, June 2006
Santa
Fe Institute Complex Systems Summer School, Qingdao, China, July 2004
NSF
Graduate Webshop for Scientific Research on the Internet, University of
Maryland, June 2003