Staff: Center for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology Policy



Executive Director K. A. Taipale BA, JD (New York University) MA, EdM, LLM (Columbia University) I-name: =taipale K. A. Taipale [bio] is the founder and executive director of the Center for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology Policy; a senior fellow at the World Policy Institute where he directs the Global Information Society Project; and an adjunct professor of law at New York Law School. where he teaches Cybercrime, Cyberterrorism, and Digital Law Enforcement. Additionally, Mr. Taipale serves on the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age; the Science and Engineering for National Security Advisory Board of The Heritage Foundation; the LexisNexis Information Policy Forum; and the Steering Committee of the American Law Institute's digital information privacy project. Mr. Taipale has over twenty years of diverse experience relating to information, communications, and technology issues and policy. He is a frequent invited speaker, is the author of numerous academic papers, articles, and book chapters, and has testified before Congress and other national committees on information, technology, and national security issues. [more] Affiliated Faculty and Researchers See individual project pages, or contact us. Research Associates and Project Staff See individual project pages, or contact us. Project Partners See Project Partners. Media Contact Alana Tate, Research Associate/Media Contact [contact] For more information about the Center, contact us.

Kim Taipale to discuss The Impact of Globalization on Cybersecurity at the Third Annual Global Creative Leadership Summit, New York, NY (Sep. 21-23, 2008).

Kim Taipale to participate in Identity in the Age of Cloud Computing: Implications for Social Interaction, Governance and Money, Seventeenth Annual Aspen Institute Roundtable on Information Technology (Jul. 29-Aug. 1).

Recent Events:

Kim Taipale appeared on On Point: Privacy in the Electronic Workplace, National Public Radio (NPR) (Jul. 3, 2008) (Windows Media) (RealAudio).

Kim Taipale discussed Key Cyberspace Policy Issues, Security Policy and Crisis Management Program, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Washington, DC (Jun. 20, 2008).

Kim Taipale presented A Framework for Global Cybersecurity Policy, PTCP, New York, NY (May 15, 2008).

Kim Taipale participated in Workshop for Real ID Alternative, Berkman Center on Internet and Society, Harvard Law School (May 13, 2008).

Kim Taipale presented Ambiguity in Context at Deterrence in an Information Setting, Highlands Forum XXXIV (OSD), Wye River, MD (Apr. 27-29, 2008).

Kim Taipale appears on the PBS program Nanotechnology: Privacy and Security (PBS April 2008).

Kim Taipale presented The High Cs? at New Spectrum of Engagement: Collaboration, Competition, and Conflict, Highlands Forum (OSD), Wye River, MD (Apr. 6-8, 2008).

Kim Taipale participated in Deterrence in an Information Setting, Enrichment Session, Highlands Forum (OSD), Washington, DC (Mar. 10, 2008).

Kim Taipale discussed Are the Telecoms Complicit in Wiretapping? as part of Justice Talking: The Tension Between Security and Liberty in the War on Terror on National Public Radio (NPR) (Mar. 3, 2008). (audio available)

Kim Taipale appeared on Digital Age with James Goodale to discuss Encryption and Information Security (WNYE-PBS, Jan. 16, 2008) (View video - 28 min.).

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