Abstract

Starting with a horrific Big Data application that literally sprung from a 1984 movie, the talk will explore the limits of Little Data analysis when it comes to fighting trolls before proposing a design for a future with No Such Data.

Supervised learning and exotic applications of cryptography abound, but not to a degree that would warrant a Top Secret classification on those grounds.

Bio

Christian Grothoff is leading the Décentralisé team at Inria Rennes. He maintains GNUnet, a network designed with the goal to provide privacy and security without the need for trusted third parties. He earned his PhD in computer science from UCLA, an M.S. in computer science from Purdue University, and a Diplom in mathematics from the University of Wuppertal.