Speaker Bios - Paul Ohm Event

Paul Ohm, Associate Professor of Law, University of Colorado Law School

Paul Ohm is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Law School. He writes in the areas of information privacy, computer crime law, intellectual property, and criminal procedure. Through his scholarship and outreach, Professor Ohm is leading efforts to build new interdisciplinary bridges between law and computer science. Before becoming a law professor, Professor Ohm served as a federal prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice in the computer crimes unit. Before law school, he worked as a computer programmer and network systems administrator.

Cynthia Dwork, Principal Researcher, Microsoft

Cynthia Dwork has made fundamental contributions to cryptography, distributed computing, and complexity theory. Her current focus is placing privacy-preserving data analysis on a sound mathematical foundation. A Principal Researcher at Microsoft, Dwork is a recipient of the Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize, a member of the US National Academy of Engineering, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Chad Raphael, Associate Professor of Communication, Santa Clara University

Chad Raphael, Associate Professor of Communication at Santa Clara University, teaches and publishes in the areas of communication law and policy, political communication, and environmental communication. His current research focuses on citizen deliberation and democracy as well as the use of digital media for civic education and engagement of youth.