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Investigating the intersection of politics and computing, the Baker Institute Information Technology Policy Program (ITP) examines the impact of new technologies — particularly in the areas of computer and information science — on societal organization and governance. In addition, a core goal of the program is to facilitate interdisciplinary research connecting computer science and engineering with the social sciences and humanities.

Issues under study are:

  • cybersecurity and the intersection between information assurance and international politics;
  • applications of open-source software to create a model of open-source government at the municipal and federal level;
  • the role of information technologies and the Internet in the exercise of foreign affairs;
  • the capacity for secure sharing of sensitive information between heterogeneous entities;
  • computing applications in the management of immigration and border security; and
  • the study of the global carbon footprint of the IT industry.

Recent research in the program has included collaboration with authors at The Brookings Institution, the Naval Postgraduate School, Nanyang Technical University and El Tecnológico de Monterrey. Additionally, ITP research has appeared in the Strategic Studies Quarterly, American Intelligence Journal, First Monday and the Foreign Service Journal.

Partnered with Rice University’s Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology, ITP utilizes a solution-oriented model in answering how the computer may be employed to address issues for policy. ITP research has been presented at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Relations, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. External funding for the program has been received from Microsoft, AT&T and the U.S. Department of Defense.

PUBLICATIONS
2011
The Wrong Way to Stop Online Piracy
Nov 27 2011
Christopher Bronk
Considering a New Information Architecture for the City of Houston
Oct 07 2011
Christopher Bronk, Tory Gattis, Vivas Kumar, Robyn Moscowitz
Mexico cartels lash out against "Internet snitches"
Sep 30 2011
Christopher Bronk, Dan Wallach
Shadowy Figures: Tracking Illicit Financial Transactions in the Murky World of Digital Currencies, Peer-to-Peer Networks, and Mobile Device Payments
Aug 29 2011
Christopher Bronk, John Villasenor, Cody Monk
Translating the U.S. International Cyber Strategy Into Action
May 19 2011
Christopher Bronk
Between War and Peace: Considering the Statecraft of Cyberspace from the Perspective of the U.S. State Department
Mar 19 2011
Christopher Bronk
Treasure Trove or Trouble: Cyber-Enabled Intelligence and International Politics
Feb 22 2011
Christopher Bronk
2010
Stuxnet virus exposes risks
Oct 31 2010
Christopher Bronk
Innovation for Sustainability in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
Oct 26 2010
Christopher Bronk, Krishna Palem, Avinash Lingamneni
Diplopedia Imagined: Building State's Diplomacy Wiki
May 18 2010
Christopher Bronk
Diplomacy Rebooted: Making Digital Statecraft a Reality
Mar 02 2010
Christopher Bronk
In New Federal Legislation, a Victory for Cybersecurity
Feb 12 2010
Christopher Bronk
2009
NASA in Need of a Major Overhaul
Dec 20 2009
Christopher Bronk, Tory Gattis
Air Force unit designed to operate in cyberspace
Sep 03 2009
Christopher Bronk
Baker Institute Policy Report 42: Science Collaboration Across Borders
Aug 17 2009
Kirstin R.W. Matthews, Neal F. Lane
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