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Abstract
Cloud computing is a computing platform that resides in large data centers and is able to dynamically provide servers to address a wide range of needs, ranging from scientific research to e-commerce. The provision of computing resources as if it were a utility such as electricity, while potentially revolutionary as a computing service, presents many major problems of information policy, including issues of privacy, security, reliability, access, and regulation. This talk will explore the nature and potential of cloud computing, the policy issues raised, and research questions related to cloud computing and policy. Ultimately, the policy issues raised by cloud computing are examined as a part of larger issues of public policy attempting to respond to rapid technological evolution.
About the Speaker
Paul T. Jaeger, Ph.D, J.D., is an Assistant Professor in the College of Information Studies and the Director of the Center for Information Policy and Electronic Government at the University of Maryland. His research focuses on the ways in which law and public policy shape access to information. Dr. Jaeger is the author of more than sixty journal articles and book chapters, along with four books. His research has appeared in such journals as Telecommunications Policy, Library Quarterly, Library & Information Science Research, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Information Technology and Libraries, Government Information Quarterly, and Journal of Government Information, among others.
