MIT CSAILDIG

Accountable Systems

Face-to-Face Meeting

Agenda

http:.//dig.csail.mit.edu/2008/11/accountability-ftf-nov2008.html

2-3 November 2008
Sunday: 1:00pm - 7pm in 32-G531
Monday: 9:30-2pm in 32-346


Conclusions from the meeting are at the bottom of this document.

Logistics

Coordinates: IRC: irc.freenode.net#tami

Attendees Expected:

Previous meeting agenda

Sunday Agenda
1:00 - 1:15 Introduction & Overview (Danny)
Review current work
1:15 - 1:45 AIR Language (Lalana & Jim)
  • current status
  • plans for the future
1:45 - 2:15 Reasoner (Ian and Gerry)
  • current status
  • plans for the future
2:15 - 2:45 Justification UI (Oshani)
  • current status
  • plans for the future
2:45 - 3:00 Wiki @RPI (Jim)
Future research topics
3:15 - 3:45 Theory of Accountable Systems (Joan & Jim)
3:45- 4:15 Anthropology/Ethnography of Accoutnable Systems (Mike)
4:15 - 4:45 Policy Assurance Module for Private Information Retrieval (Danny and Lalana)
4:45 - 5:15

Accountable Systems for DHS Fusion Centers (K and Danny)
5:15 - 5:45 Jurisprudence of Accountable Systems [the technical-legal interface] (Danny)
5:45 - 6:30 Discussion
7:30 pm Dinner

Olé Mexican Grill,
11 Springfield St.(Cambridge St.)
Cambridge, MA 02139

Monday - project plans. 9:30am - 2pm

Monday Agenda
10 - 10:15 Agenda review

Summary of Sunday:

Research challenges:

  • scaling
  • log transformation
  • UI design
  • theory of accountable systems - defining boundaries and likelihood of compliance

Milestones:

  • AIR feature freeze and documentation
  • Reasoner feature freeze
  • policy authoring
10:15 - 10:45 Accountable Systems for DHS Fusion Centers (K and Danny)
10:45 - 11:30 Policy Assurance Module for Private Information Retrieval (Danny and Lalana)
11:30 - 12:00 Next steps on theory and accountability formalisms
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch Research agenda/Publication plans
1:00 -1:15 Plans for accountable systems workshop (June 2009)

-Information accountability WS @MIT/WSRI

-Provenance-oriented event at RPI/WSRI

1:30 - 2:00 Final discussion & adjourn
  • web site maintenance
  • meeting schedule

Conclusions

Project Responsibilities
Project Responsibility Target date
AIR Language Feature freeze and document (LK)

-without goal rules for now

12/2008
AIR Language Evaluate and formalize (JH & LK) starting 1/2009
Reasoner freeze with built-ins (IJ & GJS) 12/2008
Policy Assurance for PIR Lalana expected to start 1Q2009
Copyright accountability assessment on the Web Oshani 12/2008
DHS Fusion K 1/2009
Policy Aware Access control for DIG Web site and Tabulator build into WebDAV/SVN flow.

OpenID & FOAF as ID

rules in AIR/ (Tim)

looking for an M.Eng/UROP
policy aware access control for Tabulator with DIG site and 1-2 other sites Jim (following completion of DIG-only project)
Develop a project which generates real logs based on user activity Jim
Articulate public policy examples of working accountable systems Danny 12/2008
Theory of Accountable systems paper Joan (in the lead), Danny, Jim

-Joan will produce a first partial draft

12/2008

Future publication ideas


Danny Weitzner
30 October 2008