Digitization is omnipresent. Formerly a means of optimizing existing processes, information and communication technologies (ICT) have today become vectors of profound transformations. As an individual, organization, economic sector or State, how can we acquire the expertise necessary to evolve with foresight and confidence in this new digital ecosystem?
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Established by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and led by DiploFoundation, with support of the Republic and State of Geneva, C4DT, Swisscom and UBS, the Geneva Dialogue particularly asks how the norms and confidence-building measures (CBMs) might be best operationalised (or implemented) by relevant actors as a means to contribute to international security and peace. So join in on December 7th for the launch of the Geneva Manual – a comprehensive guide on non-state actors’ contributions to the implementation of cyber norms
![[FR] “Les Dangers de TikTok Sur Les Enfants”, Olivier Crochat pour Les Beaux Parleurs, RTS](https://c4dt.epfl.ch/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Screenshot-2023-11-21-at-16.03.11-e1700579061423.png)
[rts.ch][Lang:Fr] Olivier Crochat, affilié au C4DT et spécialiste en confiance numérique, s’exprime dans l’émission de la RTS “Les Beaux Parleurs” à propos des dangers de l’application TikTok sur les plus jeunes d’entre nous.
Prof. Carmela Troncoso from the SPRING lab, together with Dr. Bogdan Kulynych gave us an introduction to how data can be leaked from any machine learning model. In the afternoon, led by the C4DT Factory team, the partners explored a set of data and discovered how one can measure this leakage, and how one can protect the model from leaking in the first place.
As an external teacher at HEIG/VD in Yverdon gave an introduction to network security to 25 students. The course duration was 16 weeks with 4h every week. Half of the time was spent on exercices with the students. The exercises ranged from simple network attacks to WiFi attacks and how to set up VPNs.
As an external teacher at HEIG/VD in Yverdon gave an introduction to C++ to 35 students. The course duration was 16 weeks with 12h every week. Half of the time was spent on exercices with the students. The final exercise was a “battle of the bots” where each group of students had to program a bot which fought the other bots.
Course given under the GymInf program of swissuniversities by Linus Gasser.
Subjects for the course:
– why your opinion is worth money
– abusive data collection on personal devices
– protecting internet connections using TLS
– usefulness of blockchains for the decentralization of trust
– homomorphic cryptography for secure data sharing
– legislation on security and privacy in Switzerland, Europe, and elsewhere
Course given under the GymInf program of swissuniversities by Linus Gasser.
Subjects for the course:
– why your opinion is worth money
– abusive data collection on personal devices
– protecting internet connections using TLS
– usefulness of blockchains for the decentralization of trust
– homomorphic cryptography for secure data sharing
– legislation on security and privacy in Switzerland, Europe, and elsewhere
Course given under the GymInf program of swissuniversities by Linus Gasser.
Subjects for the course:
– why your opinion is worth money
– abusive data collection on personal devices
– protecting internet connections using TLS
– usefulness of blockchains for the decentralization of trust
– homomorphic cryptography for secure data sharing
– legislation on security and privacy in Switzerland, Europe, and elsewhere
2023-2024 C4DT Digital Trust Policy Fellows Leonila Guglya Leonila holds a Ph.D in International Trade Law (University of Geneva, 2017) and an SJD in International Arbitration (Central European University, 2010). Leonila is a counsel of the International Trade / WTO Law Practice of SwissLegal Rouiller et Associés in Geneva and has worked with several international (…)
This website collects several ressources for technology policy paper writing. This collection is not exhaustive but periodically updated. What is a Policy Paper? Very succinctly and a bit simplified put: A policy paper is a concise summary of what is known about a particular issue or problem and what political actions are recommended to address (…)
Part of the work of the C4DT Factory is the creation of demonstrators (proof of concepts) of technology coming out of the EPFL/IC labs. After two years we archive them and provide you with the means to easily run the demo on your computer instead. That way the demo remains accessible to you and you (…)
The Global Encryption Forum, which will be held at the unlimitrust campus on 19 October in Lausanne. Industry leaders, experts, and professionals (including EPFL Professors Jean-Pierre Hubaux and Serge Vaudenay), are brought together to delve into the intricate web of encryption’s economic implications in our interconnected world.
[Langue : Anglais] Tune Insight, a company launched in 2021, is tackling today the challenge of understanding how some organizations get their hands on protected data, using a technique known as “multi-party homomorphic encryption”. The company unlocks the power of sensitive data collaborations and valorization through state-of-the-art privacy and encryption technologies.
Julia Rebstein, a student from the GymInf program, just finished and presented her project “Trace(r)s on the web – Julia Rebstein“. She explains how different types of cookies fonction, and looks at a 1-week sample of browsing sessions from 10 persons. Under the supervision of Linus Gasser and Sandra Siby, Julia put together a simple (…)
Julia Rebstein, a student from the GymInf program, just finished and presented her project “Trace(r)s on the web – Julia Rebstein“. In it, she explains how different types of cookies work, and looks at a 1-week sample of browsing sessions from 10 persons. Under the supervision of Linus Gasser and Sandra Siby, Julia put together (…)
Are the recently adopted (or still negotiated) international rules regulating the development, (crossborder) sales, marketing, and use of software in the best interest of technologists and the tech industry? In this issue brief, C4DT Digital Trust Policy Fellow Leonila Guglya critically examines international digital product regulations that are of key relevance to the ICT community, (…)
On 20 September 2023, the Trust & AI Forum will take place, an event to explore the intersections of artificial intelligence (AI) and digital trust. The Trust & AI Forum aims to provide a broad reflection on the impact of AI in the trust economy, focusing on the challenges and opportunities, as well as the ethical and social implications of recent technological developments.
In this issue brief, C4DT Digital Trust Policy Fellow Leonila Guglya examines international digital product regulations that are of key relevance to the ICT community, such as mandatory disclosure of source code, use of cryptography, cybersecurity standards, and nondiscrimination rules.
By Imad Aad, Technical Project Manager, C4DT *This blog post has been written as part of the Geneva Dialogue on Responsible Behavior in Cyberspace. Everyone can develop software, and the resulting quality can vary considerably. There is no single ‘right way’ to write code and reach a given goal. Numerous technologies exist with increasing (…)
Development in research is very different from development in an industrial context. Many popular DevOps tools can nonetheless be effectively used in research development as well. Docker, an open-source containerization platform, is one such a tool. This blog post shows how Docker can help you develop the software needed for your research, and gives some ideas on how to integrate it in your day-to-day workflow.
Cars are becoming a crucial battleground for cyber attacks, epitomised by the move towards electrical vehicles (EV)
and autonomous driving. To increase the knowledge and expertise held in Switzerland in this area, the CYD Campus
is planning a one-week hackathon in October 2023 for stakeholders, researchers, and students. The CYD Campus
will provide a range of automobile platforms including software, electronic control units (ECUs) and several cars for
extensive testing and training during this week.
![[FR] Le COVID-19 est devenu un compagnon de l’humanité](https://c4dt.epfl.ch/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Capture-décran-2023-07-11-à-16.22.01.png)
Deux grands programmes de recherche suisses scrutent les aspects autant biomédicaux que sociaux du SARS-CoV-2. Pour leurs représentants, Marcel Salathé, affilié au C4DT, et Samia Hurst-Majno, ces travaux pourraient nous aider à mieux gérer les futures crises sanitaires.
September 13th, 2023, Starling Hotel, St.-Sulpice Overview The concept of digital sovereignty gains increasing traction in political discourses across Europe, including in Switzerland. Digital sovereignty is referred to when speaking about AI development, cloud computing, data and data spaces, hard- and software development, the provision of digital services and platforms, to name but a few (…)
