Research
My research and development activities are carried out primarily through the projects and collaborative partnershps of the Citizen Lab. The aim of the Citizen Lab is to monitor, analyze, and impact the exercise of power in cyberspace. The Citizen Lab accomplishes these goals through collaborative partnerships with leading edge research centers and organizations around the world, and through a pioneering “fusion” methodology that combines technical reconnaissance, field investigations, and data mining, analysis, and visualization. Below are some of the main collaborative research and development projects of which I am part:
The Information Warfare Monitor is a joint project of the Citizen Lab and The SecDev Group, (Ottawa Ontario). The aim of the Information Warfare Monitor is to monitor and analyze the exercise of power in cyberspace.
The OpenNet Initiative is a partnership with The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School and The SecDev Group. The aim of the ONI is to document patterns of Internet censorship and surveillance world wide.
The aim of Opennet.Asia is to engage academic, policy, and civil society stakeholders in each of the countries of the regions concerned by surveillance and censorship to build institutional capacity and networked resources to conduct research and public policy advocacy around those issues.
PsiLab is a joint activity of the Citizen Lab and Psiphon Inc, oriented around advanced research of circumvention technologies, threat analysis, and the consideration of political and legal issues surrounding their use in denied environments.