Acquisti Keynote

Alessandro Acquisti is a Professor of Information Technology and Public Policy at the Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and an Andrew Carnegie Fellow (inaugural class). He is the director of the Peex (Privacy Economics Experiments) lab at CMU and the co-director of CMU CBDR (Center for Behavioral and Decision Research). Alessandro investigates the economics of privacy. His studies have spearheaded the investigation of privacy and disclosure behavior in online social networks, and the application of behavioral economics to the study of privacy and information security decision making.  His research has been supported by NSF, NSA, Microsoft, Google, and others. Alessandro’s studies have been published in major journals and conferences in disciplines including economics, computer science, management science, and others, and his results have been covered by widely read newspapers and periodicals.  He has testified before Congress and has been consulted by the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Both his research and his teaching have been honored with prestigious awards. He holds degrees from UC Berkeley, the London School of Economics, and Trinity College Dublin. His outside interests range from music to motorcycle racing.