Latanya Sweeney is the Daniel Paul Professor of the Practice of Government and Technology at the Harvard Kennedy School and in the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Editor-in-Chief of Technology Science, director and founder of the Data Privacy Lab, former Chief Technology Officer at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science, Technology and Policy at Carnegie Mellon University, Latanya Sweeney has 3 patents, more than 100 academic publications, pioneered the field known as data privacy, launched the emerging area known as algorithmic fairness, and her work is explicitly cited in two U.S. regulations, including the U.S. federal medical privacy regulation (known as HIPAA). She is a recipient of the prestigious Louis D. Brandeis Privacy Award, the American Psychiatric Association’s Privacy Advocacy Award, an elected fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics, and has testified before government bodies worldwide. She earned her PhD in computer science from MIT in 2001, being the first black woman to do so, and her undergraduate degree in computer science from Harvard University. Dr. Sweeney creates and uses technology to assess and solve societal, political and governance problems, and teaches others how to do the same.

Programas y seminarios destacados

  • Harvard Course in Law and Economics

    Fecha de inicio: 02/10/2023

    El objetivo de este programa es ofrecer una visión actualizada de algunas de las cuestiones relevantes en el ámbito del análisis económico del derecho.

  • Curso online La competencia en los mercados

    Fecha de inicio: Abierto

    Introducción a los elementos esenciales que configuran la política de competencia y debate en torno a los principios e instrumentos de la política de competencia.

  • Curso online El liberalismo, una filosofía en peligro

    Fecha de inicio: Abierto

    ¿Por qué son tantos los obstáculos con que se enfrenta el liberalismo, tan implacables los enemigos con los que ha de batallar y tan blandos los aliados con que a duras penas cuenta?

  • Ética de la Inteligencia Artificial. Carissa Véliz

    Fecha de inicio: Próximamente

    Este curso nos ayudará a comprender la "realidad digital" que vivimos. Un enfoque práctico y constructivo, ofreciendo posibles soluciones a los desafíos éticos generados por la IA.