Engineering for Privacy in a World of Pervasive Data

Monday, October 6, 2014
5:00 pm to 6:30 pm
Ari Gesher, Palantir Technologies

Palantir Technologies is one of the most innovative data analysis companies of the past decade, which has moved from its roots in serving the intelligence community to providing insights in areas like banking, disease mapping, and providing aid during natural disasters.

While the company has been controversial for its work with military and intelligence agencies in the U.S. and overseas, Palantir maintains its software is engineered to provide a higher level of oversight and civil liberties protection.

Mr. Gesher, one of Palantir's first engineers, will be speaking on the design principles of his forthcoming book from O'Reilly.

This talk is the closing session of the course Info 290A. Information Technology and Identity: The Future of Storytelling, with instructor Quentin Hardy. All are welcome.

Ari Gesher is a senior engineer and engineering ambassador at Palantir Technologies.

At Palantir Technologies, Ari has split his time between working as a backend engineer on Palantir's analysis platform, thinking and writing about Palantir's vision for human-driven information data systems, and moonlighting on Palantir's Philanthropic engineering team. His current role involves understanding and discussing Palantir's role in the world of analytics, big data, and the future of technology.

An alumnus of the University of Illinois computer science department, Ari has worked in the software industry for the past fifteen years, including a stint as the lead engineer for the SourceForge.net open source software archive.

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March 26, 2015