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Investigating the intersection of political issues and computing, the Baker Institute’s Technology, Society and Public Policy Program (TSPP) 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:

• Employing artificial intelligence and language processing to better understand the behavior of terrorist groups; • Broadband digital connectivity and its relationship with economic development;
• Cybersecurity and the intersection between information assurance and international politics;
• Computing applications in the management of immigration and border security; and
• Software, simulation and artificial intelligence to aid executive decision making in foreign policy and national security.

Partnered with Rice University’s Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology (K2I) and the Fondren Library TSPP utilizes a solution-oriented model in answering how the computer may be employed to address issues for policy. TSPP research has been presented at the Kennedy School of Government, the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Relations, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Central Intelligence Agency. External funding for the program has been received from Microsoft and AT&T.

PUBLICATIONS
2009
Group Effort Needed to Secure U.S. Cyberspace
Jun 14 2009
Christopher Bronk, Dan Castro, Dan Wallach
Is U.S. Vulnerable to a Cyber Attack?
May 03 2009
Christopher Bronk, Kenneth B. Medlock III, Dan Wallach
Managing the U.S.-Mexico Border: Human Security and Technology
Apr 01 2009
Christopher Bronk, Tony Payan
2008
Information Technology Policy: Recommendations for the Next Administration
Dec 19 2008
Christopher Bronk
Open Source, Policy Informatics and Python: Understanding the Mumbai Attacks Through Information Technology
Dec 18 2008
Christopher Bronk, Derek Ruths
Webtapping: Securing the Internet to save us from transnational terror?
Nov 03 2008
Christopher Bronk
Off We Go ... Cyberspace, the Air Force and the New Face of Battle
Aug 06 2008
Christopher Bronk
Municipal Connectivity Provision: Societal Imperative or Fiscal Folly
Jun 25 2008
Christopher Bronk, Kirsten Jones
Hacking the Nation-State: Security, Information Technology and Policies of Assurance
May 01 2008
Christopher Bronk
Video Briefing Transcript: Convergence and Connectivity
Feb 26 2008
Christopher Bronk
Wiretapping, Surveillance and the Internet
Jan 18 2008
Christopher Bronk
2007
Managing the U.S.-Mexico Border Problem
Aug 17 2007
Christopher Bronk
Innovation by Policy: A Study of the Electronic Passport
May 30 2007
Christopher Bronk
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