Initiative Status: Fellow Led

Innovation Lab fellow Franzi Roesner is improving the ad ecosystem for consumers while balancing its financial importance for the content that depends on it.

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Fellow Led

Android Observatory

Innovation Lab Fellowship Spotlight, Fellow Julien Gamba and the Android Observatory

Innovation Lab fellow Julie Gamba explores the attribution, privacy and security aspects of the Android ecosystem

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Fellow Led

The Mon(IoT)r Lab Testbed

Innovation Lab Fellowship Spotlight, Fellow Daniel Dubois and the Mon(IoT)r Lab Testbed

Innovation Lab fellow Daniel Dubois is measuring and protecting consumer IoT privacy at scale

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Fellow Led

The Princeton Ad Observatory

Innovation Lab Fellowship Spotlight, Fellow Arunesh Mathur and the Princeton Ad Observatory

Innovation Lab fellow Arunesh Mathur is studying the characteristics of digital ads and drawing public attention towards problematic ads.

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Fellow Led

Home Data Inspector

Innovation Lab Fellowship Spotlight, Fellow Danny Huang and the Home Data Inspector

Innovation Lab fellow Danny Huang is helping users identify potential security and privacy vulnerabilities of their connected smart home devices.

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Fellow Led

VPNalyzer

Innovation Lab Fellowship Spotlight, Fellow Roya Ensafi and VPNalyzer

Innovation Lab fellow Roya Ensafi is investigating the VPN providers to inform practical regulations and standards and enforce accountability and transparency in the VPN ecosystem.

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Fellow Led

Data Nutrition Project

Innovation Lab Fellowship Spotlight, Fellow Kasia Chmielinski and the Data Nutrition Project

Innovation Lab fellow Kasia Chmielinski is encouraging the responsible development of artificial intelligence by helping data scientists understand what’s inside datasets before they’re used to train machine learning models.

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“I wanted to join a community that shared my values and could help expand the scope and impact of my work.”

Kasia Chmielinski

Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University

Data Nutrition Project

“As an academic working on research project its a pleasure to see a project used by CR to produce resources for the public”

Roya Ensafi

Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan

VPNalyzer

"It’s been great working on a new technology and receiving support from CR to build a framework for consumers to approach cryptocurrency platforms more safely."

Ruby Thelot

Parsons School of Design

A Cryptocurrency Exchange

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