Gene Spafford - CERIAS

Students: Spring 2026, unless noted otherwise, sessions will be virtual on Zoom.

The Nature and Challenges of Privacy in a Networked World

Feb 20, 1998

Abstract

What exactly is privacy? How do we define it? How do we know when it has been violated? How do we protect it?

This pair of lectures explores the fundamental nature of privacy, its characteristics, and some of the threats against it posed by marketing and governmental databases, and by slow erosion of individual awareness.

Attendees are expected to provide comments and questions to help define the discussion.

About the Speaker

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Dr. Eugene Spafford is a Distinguished Professor with an appointment in Computer Science at Purdue University, where he has served on the faculty since 1987. He is also a professor of Philosophy (courtesy), a professor of Communication (courtesy), a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (courtesy), a professor of Nuclear Engineering (courtesy), and a Professor of Political Science (courtesy). He serves on several advisory and editorial boards. Spafford's current research interests are primarily in information security, computer crime investigation, and information ethics. He is generally recognized as one of the senior leaders in the field of computing.

Spaf (as he is known to his friends, colleagues, and students) is the founder and Executive Director Emeritus of the Purdue CERIAS (Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security). He was the founder and director of the (superseded) COAST Laboratory.

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