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Michael winning the IAPP Westin Scholar Award!

Very proud of Ph.D. candidate Michael Khavkin for winning the 2022-2023 IAPP Westin Scholar Award! The Westin Scholar Award is aimed at recognizing high-performing students enrolled in privacy-focused courses around the globe.

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Michael winning the IAPP Westin Scholar Award!

Very proud of Ph.D. candidate Michael Khavkin for winning the 2022-2023 IAPP Westin Scholar Award! The Westin Scholar Award is aimed at recognizing high-performing students enrolled in privacy-focused courses around the globe.

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New paper accepted to CSCW: How Mass surveillance Crowds Out Installations of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Applications

Our paper was accepted (pending minor revisions) to CSCW 2023: How Mass surveillance Crowds Out Installations of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Applications. The paper analyzes the effect of Israel’s decision to use mass surveillance of cellular phones for COVID-19 contact tracing. Oshrat Ayalon and Eran

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New paper accepted to CSCW: How Mass surveillance Crowds Out Installations of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Applications

Our paper was accepted (pending minor revisions) to CSCW 2023: How Mass surveillance Crowds Out Installations of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Applications. The paper analyzes the effect of Israel’s decision to use mass surveillance of cellular phones for COVID-19 contact tracing. Oshrat Ayalon and Eran

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The Human-AI Interaction course this Fall Semester

Eran will be teaching the Human-AI Interaction course this semester. The course is open to graduate students at Tel Aviv University. The course is open to graduate students at Tel Aviv University and requires programming and knowledge of Machine Learning. This

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The Human-AI Interaction course this Fall Semester

Eran will be teaching the Human-AI Interaction course this semester. The course is open to graduate students at Tel Aviv University. The course is open to graduate students at Tel Aviv University and requires programming and knowledge of Machine Learning. This

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Meerkat was featured at Tel Aviv University’s International Website

Tamir’s work was featured in Tel Aviv University’s International Website under “TAU-Developed App Empowers Seniors with Tech Savvy“.

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Meerkat was featured at Tel Aviv University’s International Website

Tamir’s work was featured in Tel Aviv University’s International Website under “TAU-Developed App Empowers Seniors with Tech Savvy“.

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In English: Interview about NSO Group’s Spyware

Eran was interviewed in English by Calcalist about the Israeli Police and NSO’s Spyware usage. The government-appointed investigators issued a report Monday saying there was no indication that the police illegally hacked the phones of Israelis using the Pegasus spyware of the

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In English: Interview about NSO Group’s Spyware

Eran was interviewed in English by Calcalist about the Israeli Police and NSO’s Spyware usage. The government-appointed investigators issued a report Monday saying there was no indication that the police illegally hacked the phones of Israelis using the Pegasus spyware of the

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Published paper -> Synthesis of Longitudinal Human Location Sequences: Balancing Utility and Privacy

Maya Benarous’ paper, “Synthesis of Longitudinal Human Location Sequences: Balancing Utility and Privacy“, was just published at the ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data (TKDD). The paper, written with Maya’s two co-advisors, Eran Toch and Irad Ben-Gal, looks at synthesizing long

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Published paper -> Synthesis of Longitudinal Human Location Sequences: Balancing Utility and Privacy

Maya Benarous’ paper, “Synthesis of Longitudinal Human Location Sequences: Balancing Utility and Privacy“, was just published at the ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data (TKDD). The paper, written with Maya’s two co-advisors, Eran Toch and Irad Ben-Gal, looks at synthesizing long

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An Interview in Calcalist about the Israeli Police and NSO Group’s Spyware

Eran was interviewed in Calcalist about the Israeli Police and NSO’s Spyware usage. The government-appointed investigators issued a report Monday saying there was no indication that the police illegally hacked the phones of Israelis using the Pegasus spyware of the Israeli company

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An Interview in Calcalist about the Israeli Police and NSO Group’s Spyware

Eran was interviewed in Calcalist about the Israeli Police and NSO’s Spyware usage. The government-appointed investigators issued a report Monday saying there was no indication that the police illegally hacked the phones of Israelis using the Pegasus spyware of the Israeli company

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