Modernizing and Inspiring a “Startup Mentality” in Legacy Information Technology Organizations Speakers: David A. Bray, Oxford Martin Associate and CIO of the U.S. FCC, Yorick Wilks, and Greg Taylor 19 June 2014 from 4-5 pm OII Seminar Room, 1 St Giles’, Oxford By some estimates, 70% of IT organization budgets are spent on maintaining legacy … Continue reading Inspiring a Startup Mentality in Legacy IT Organizations – FCC CIO at the OII on 19 June, 4-5pm
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The Internet Trust Bubble Amid Rising Concern over Personal Data: WEF Report
The World Economic Forum has released a set of complementary reports, including one written by an OII team, entitled ‘The Internet Trust Bubble: Global Values, Beliefs and Practices’, by William H. Dutton, Ginette Law, Gillian Bolsover, and Soumitra Dutta. Our report is a follow up to our earlier WEF study entitled ‘The New Internet World’. … Continue reading The Internet Trust Bubble Amid Rising Concern over Personal Data: WEF Report
New Position as Quello Chair at MSU
After 12 great years at Oxford, I am delighted to be joining MSU as their new Quello Professor. Not sure how my former USC Trojan colleagues will react to me joining the Spartans! The current Director of the Quello Center, Professor Steve Wildman, a recent Chief Economist at the FCC, posted a much appreciated announcement … Continue reading New Position as Quello Chair at MSU
Internet of Things: a social perspective
I have been quite interested in the Internet of Things since participating in a 'roadmapping' workshop organized by the TSB SIG on the topic. I chaired a group focused on the social science aspects of the IoT, which led to a working paper that is available online, entitled 'A Roadmap for Interdisciplinary Research on the … Continue reading Internet of Things: a social perspective
Identifying centres of cybersecurity research expertise – results to date
We have volunteered to help CDEC find expertise in areas key to its work. One of the first areas we’ve considered is cybersecurity. Where does expertise lie in cybersecurity research in the UK, but also internationally. We asked six cybersecurity researchers in the UK to indicate the locus of the most important contemporary work. While … Continue reading Identifying centres of cybersecurity research expertise – results to date