Tags: dissertation
Feb
18
A Small Quest Involving Creative Commons and Berkeley Theses
copyright, open source, berkeley, research, policy, legal, education, iSchoolLast Summer, I wanted to slap a [Creative Commons] license on [my dissertation][phd]. A good friend, [Ping], had used another license ([GFDL]) by simply changing the copyright page and including the legal terms of the license in an appendix. So, I sla… more »
Oct
03
Dissertation Now Available
system, elections, certification/testing, accessibility, reform, vendors, standards, copyright, open source, secrecy, privacy, berkeley, litigation, research, policy, usability, legal, education, iSchoolYesterday, I filed my dissertation and got [my sucker] (Berkeley gives you a tasty See's Cafe Latte hard candy sucker when you graduate).
My dissertation is about a very poignant topic: policy mechanisms for making electronic voting systems more tran… more »
May
14
Talk...
elections, certification/testing, reform, vendors, standards, open source, secrecy, privacy, patents, berkeley, problems, friends, research, policy, legal, education, iSchoolI gave my dissertation talk today. It went surprisingly well. I felt my delivery was smooth---with nary an ?um?---and people seemed interested! I?ve learned that I have to practice talks 3-4 times before I?m ready to give them. (and the ?p… more »