Towards Insurable Network Architectures   . . . Abstract . . . Biography Rainer Boehme, International Computer Science Institute, UC Berkeley     4:15 PM (refreshments 4:00), Stata Center room 32-507 CSAIL Seminar -   Host: Roger Hurwitz, CSAIL -   Contact: roger hurwitz, 617-258-5261, rhhu@csail.mit.edu

Biography

Dr. Rainer Boehme is a postdoctoral fellow in the Networking Group of the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). His research interests are economics of information security, multimedia forensics, privacy-enhancing technologies, and behavioral aspects of security and privacy. Boehme has co-authored a report for the European Union detailing policy recommendations for overcoming failures in the provision of information security. He holds an M.A. degree in Communication Science and Economics, and a PhD in Computer Science, both from Technische Universitaet Dresden in Germany. Before he obtained his PhD, Boehme worked in the European Central Bank's economics directorate and for its financial stability division. Link to homepage: http://www.inf.tu-dresden.de/index.php?node_id=489&ln=en

This talk is part of the series “Cyber International Relations,”sponsored by the joint Harvard-MiT research program "Explorations in Cyber International Relations." The series will develop a multi-dimensional view of international conflict and cooperation within and regarding cyber space. For more information contact Roger Hurwitz rhhu@csail.mit.edu