CS525D Online Privacy Fall '12

Prof. Craig Wills

Digital Libraries

• ACM. Requires WPI campus access or use of the WPI library proxy if off-campus.
• IEEE Computer Society or IEEE Xplore. Requires WPI campus access or use of the WPI library proxy if off-campus.
• USENIX. May require a password for the most recent holdings. Contact instructor for password if needed.
• Google Scholar.

Course Materials

• Course Syllabus.
• Paper Reviews.
• Privacy Protection Tools Homework.
• Term Project.
• Project Presentations.
• Final Exam Questions.

Course Assistance/Office Hours

• Prof. Wills: FL-234. Office hours: as needed by students.

Course Notes

• Introduction.
• Web Tracking.
• Leakage of Private Information.
• Privacy Protection Tools.
• Linkage of Private Information.
• Privacy Preservation.
• Privacy and Economics.
• User Attitudes Regarding Privacy.
• Current Topics.
• Data Anonymization, Re-Identification and k-Anonymity.
• Leakage of Personal Information Via Online Social Networks.