September 22-24, 2021
The OpenDP community joined the 2nd OpenDP Community Meeting to learn how to use and contribute to the OpenDP software and joined working groups that will shape OpenDP going forward!
See the agenda for the schedule, links to video recordings, session slides and community notes.
Agenda
September 22
| Time (ET) | Session | Speaker(s) | Recording/Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:00 AM – 11:45 | Opening Remarks | Gary King, Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor, Director, IQSS Harvard University | Video |
| Keynote: The OpenDP Community and the 2020 Census | John M Abowd, Chief Scientist and Associate Director, Research and Methodology, US Census Bureau; Edmund Ezra Day Professor of Economics, and Professor of Statistics and Information Science, Cornell University | Video Slides | |
| 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM | OpenDP Project: Update and Roadmap | Salil Vadhan, Vicky Joseph Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Harvard College Professor, Harvard University Annie Wu, Program Director for the Privacy Tools Project and OpenDP, IQSS, Harvard University | Video Notes Slides |
| 12:45 PM – 1:15 PM | 30-Minute Break | ||
| 1:15 PM – 2:00 PM | OpenDP Library: Architecture and Roadmap for Extension | Mike Shoemate, Senior Data Privacy Software Developer, Harvard University Andrew Vyrros, Senior Library Architect, Harvard University | Video Notes Slides |
| 2:15 PM – 3:00 PM | OpenDP Library: Contributor Showcase | Victoria de Sainte Agathe, Research Engineer, Sarus Technologies Christian Janos Lebeda, PhD Student, Basic Algorithms Research Copenhagen(BARC), IT University of Copenhagen | Video Notes |
September 23, 2021
| Time (ET) | Session | Speaker(s) | Recording/Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:00 AM – 11:45 | Opening ReUsing OpenDP Library in Applications: DP Creator with Dataverse Integrationmarks | Ethan Cowan, Software Developer, Harvard University Ellen Kraffmiller, Technical Lead, Harvard University Raman Prasad, Technical Lead for Research Software, Harvard University | Video Notes Slides |
| 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM | OpenDP Project: Update and Roadmap | Salil Vadhan, Vicky Joseph Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Harvard College Professor, Harvard University Annie Wu, Program Director for the Privacy Tools Project and OpenDP, IQSS, Harvard University | Video Notes Slides |
| 12:45 PM – 1:15 PM | 30-Minute Break | ||
| 1:15 PM – 2:00 PM | Applications Showcase (SmartNoise and Use Cases) | Claire Bowen, Lead Data Scientist, Privacy and Data Security, Urban Institute Elena Giarratano, Senior Data Scientist, Cuebiq Brennan Lake, VP or Research Partnerships & Data for Good, Cuebiq Kevin White, Senior Director Data Analytics, Microsoft | Video Notes Slides |
| 2:15 PM – 3:00 PM | Panel Discussion on Federated Learning Applications | Joshua Baron, Program Manager, Information Innovation Office (I2O), DARPA Mike Shoemate, Senior Data Privacy Software Developer, Harvard University Phil Stubbings, Staff Machine Learning Software Engineer, LiveRamp Andrew Trask, Leader of OpenMined; PhD Candidate at Oxford | Video |
September 24, 2021
| Time (ET) | Session | Speaker(s) | Recording/Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:00 AM – 12:45 | Educational Materials | Joseph Near, Assistant Professor, University of Vermont Adam Smith, Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, Boston University | |
| Choosing Applications – Social Impact/Scientific Research | danah boyd, Partner Researcher, Microsoft Research Katrina Ligett, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Head of the Program on Internet & Society Hebrew University | Notes | |
Contributing to the Library & Commons, including Code Review Process | Marco Gaboardi, Associate Professor, Computer Science, Boston University Mike Shoemate, Senior Data Privacy Software Developer, Harvard University | Notes | |
| 12:45 PM – 1:15 PM | 30-Minute Break | ||
| 1:15 PM – 3:00 PM | Best Practices for using DP, Choosing Epsilon, Compliance | Deirdre Mulligan, Professor, School of Information; Co-Director, Algorithmic Fairness & Opacity Group; Faculty Director, Berkeley Center for Law and Technology, University of California, Berkeley Kobbi Nissim, Professor, Department of Computer Science, Georgetown University | Notes |
| External Compute: SQL, Spark, etc. | Michael Hay, Associate Professor, Computer Science, Colgate University; Chief Technology Officer at Tumult Labs Andrew Vyrros, Senior Library Architect, Harvard University | Notes | |
| Community: Inclusivity, Tools, Communication | Phil Durbin, Community Manager, IQSS, Harvard University Julian Gautier, Community Manager, IQSS, Harvard University | Notes Slides | |
Thank you to our 2021 Community Meeting Sponsors!
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