Paper Sessions Friday, September 21
9:00 am - 10:40 am
Spectrum 1
Moderator: Marcela Gomez, University of Pittsburgh
Applying an Information Based Decision Analysis to Spectrum Management Regulatory Decisions, Mark Lofquist, University of Colorado at Boulder; David Reed, University of Colorado at Boulder
NewSpace Spectrum Sharing: Assessing Interference Risk and Mitigations for New Satellite Constellations, Susan Tonkin; Jean Pierre de Vries, University of Colorado at Boulder Law School - Silicon Flatirons Center
Sophisticated Spectrum Sharing Analysis: The Case of the 5.9 GHz Band, Yimin Pang, University of Colorado, Boulder; Joey Padden, CableLabs; Rob Alderfer, CableLabs
Privacy/Security 1
Moderator: Alissa Cooper, IETF/Cisco
Factors Influencing Password Reuse: A Case Study, Jacob Abbott, Indiana University Bloomington; Daniel Calarco, Indiana University Bloomington; L. Jean Camp, Indiana University Bloomington
Roles for Policy-Makers in Emerging Cyber Insurance Industry Partnerships, Josephine Wolff, Rochester Institute of Technology; William Lehr, Massachusetts Institute of Technology CSAIL
Consumer-ISP Security Notification and Remediation Strategies: An International Analysis, Nathaniel Fruchter, MIT; Steven Bauer, MIT
Broadband 1
Moderator: Gigi Sohn, Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law and Policy
The Influence of Topography and Fracking on Cellular Network Availability in Underserved Areas of Pennsylvania, Benjamin W. Cramer, Pennsylvania State University
USDA's Rural Utilities Service and Rural Broadband: A Multistakeholder Approach to American Broadband Policy, Christopher Ali, University of Virginia
The Effect of Institutions, on the Access and Adoption of Telecommunication Services in Mexico, 2013-2018, Christina Casanueva-Reguart, Universidad Iberoamericana
Competition Policy 1
Moderator: Mark Jamison, University of Florida
Hello... Are You Still There? An Empirical Analysis How Market Structure Affects Quality in Mobile Networks, Nicolas Wellmann
The Evolution of Broadband Competition in Local US Markets: A Distributional Analysis, Kenneth Flamm, University of Texas at Austin; Pablo Varas, University of Texas at Austin
The Low Capital Intensity of Telecommunications and its Business and Policy Implications, Andrew Odlyzko, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Broadband 2
Moderator: Doug Brake, ITIF
Old-style Utility Regulation for New-style Cloud-TV?, Eli M. Noam, Columbia Business School
Building a Digital Twin: Testing the Effectiveness of Telecommunication Policies in a Virtual World, Edward Oughton, University of Oxford;
Telecom Deja Vu: A Model for Sharing in Broadband Access, Douglas Sicker, Carnegie Mellon University; William Lehr, Massachusetts Institute of Technology CSAIL,
11:05 am - 12:45pm
Privacy/Security 2
Moderator: Eric Mill, GSA/USDS
Assessing Cybersecurity Policy Effectiveness in Africa via a Cybersecurity Liability Index, Kwasi Adomako, Carnegie Mellon University Africa; Nabeel Mohamed, Carnegie Mellon University; Aminata Garba, Carnegie Mellon University; Martin Saint, Carnegie Mellon University
How Public Should Public Data Be? Privacy and E-Governance in India, Chintan Vaishnav, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Karen Solons, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Nikita Kodali, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Reviewing a Historical Internet Vulnerability: Why Isn't BGP More Secure and What Can We Do About it?, Cecilia Testart, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Data Science & Analysis
Moderator: James Miller, FCC
The Impact of Technology Procurement Regulations on Social Value and National Competitiveness, Frank Nagle, Harvard University (please contact the author at fnagle@hbs.edu for a copy of the paper.)
The Smart Flanders Program: A Collaborative and Co-Creative Approach to the Development and Implementation of a Joint Open Data Policy Amongst Cities, Nil Walravens, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, imec-SMIT
Whispering Into Princes' Ears: An Empirical Analysis of Ex Parte Meetings at the Federal Communications Commission, Adam Candeub, Michigan State University College of Law; Sherrod Blankner, Phlebas Consulting
Emerging Technologies 1
Moderator: Andrew Stivers, FTC
Can Social Media Help Build Communities? Eric Forbush, University of Pennsylvania; Nicol Turner-Lee, Brookings Institute
Public Understanding of Algorithms and Trust in Platforms, Grant Blank, University of Oxford - Oxford Internet Institute; Bianca Reisdorf, Michigan State University
What Social Media Platforms Can Learn from Audience Measurement: Lessons in the Self-Regulation of 'Black Boxes', Philip M. Napoli, Duke University
User/Consumer Behavior
Moderator: Rob Frieden, Pennsylvania State University
A Study of Spatial Differentiation in Online Personal Health Realization of Rural Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Populations, Peter L. Stenberg, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Interactivity, Awareness, and Adoption: The Impact of Mobile Phones on Agricultural Innovation in Africa, Heather Hudson, University of Alaska Anchorage
Decomposing the ICT Use Gender Gap for Five Latin American Countries Roxana Barrantes, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru-PCUP; Aileen Aguero Garcia, Instituto de Estudios Peruanos; Paulo Matos, Instituto de Estudios Peruanos
Broadband 3
Moderator: Bronwyn Howell, Victoria University of New Zealand
Last-Mile Connectivity Deployments in the Global South: An Exploratory Study of the Sustainability of New Business Models, Sharada Srinivasan, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Keep Calm and Fight on: A Comparative Study of Network Neutrality in the United States, South Korea and Israel, Sangyong Han, University of Pennsylvania Law School; Amit M. Schejter, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Zero-Rating and Net Neutrality in the Mobile Market: The Case of Japan, Toshiya Jitsuzumi, Chuo University
4:10 pm - 5:50 pm
Spectrum 2
Moderator: Scott Wallsten, TPI
Mobile Investment and Traffic per Capita Tend to Increase with License Duration, François Jeanjean, France Telecom - Orange Group; Marc Lebourges, France Telecom; Julienne Liang, France Telecom
Modelling the Impact of Spectrum Sharing on Spectrum Value: The US Citizen Broadband Radio Service Ecosystem, Fernando Betrán, University of Auckland
Spectrum Valuation: Implications for Sharing and Secondary Markets, Marcela Gomez, University of Pittsburgh; Martin B. H. Weiss, University of Pittsburgh; William Lehr, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Giulia McHenry, National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Innovation and Intellectual Property
Moderator: J Scott Marcus, Bruegel
Is Faster Better? Quantifying the Relationship between Broadband Speed and Economic Growth, George S. Ford, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies
Technology Change and Its Impact on Labor Markets: A Historical Perspective, Martha Garcia-Murillo, Syracuse University - School of Information Studies; Ian MacInnes, Syracuse University
The Importance of Broadband and Other Infrastructure for Entrepreneurship James Prieger, Pepperdine University
Competition Policy 2
Moderator: Silvia Elaluf Calderwood, Florida International University
Bit-by-Bit Towards Unlimited: An Analysis of Zero Rating and Sponsored Data Practices of Internet Service Providers, Daniel Schnurr, University of Passau; Lukas Wiewiorra, Goethe University Frankfurt
Content and Access Provision in a Discrete Competition Model, Petrus H Potgieter, University of South Africa; Bronwyn E. Howell, Victoria University of Wellington
Double-Sided Internet Markets and the Need to Assess Both Upstream and Downstream Impacts, Rob Frieden, Pennsylvania State University
Emerging Technologies 2
Moderator: Adam Candeub, Michigan State
'I Am an Algorithm, Not a Product': Why Product Liability Is Not Well-Suited for Certain Types of Algorithms, Karni Chagal, University of Haifa, Faculty of Law
Can a Machine Learn Under the GDPR?, Joel Thayer, ACT; Bijan Madhani, CCIA
Mobile Privacy and Business-to-Platform Dependencies: An Analysis of SEC Disclosures, Ronan Fathaigh, University of Amsterdam - Institute for Information Law; Joris van Hoboken, University of Amsterdam - Institute for Information Law (IViR); N.A.N.M. van Eijk, Institute for Information Law (IViR)
Broadband 4
Moderator: Jason Whalley, Northumbria University
Characterizing and Improving the Reliability of Broadband Internet Access, Zachary Bischof, Northwestern University; Fabian Bustamante, Northwestern University; Nick Feamster, Princeton University
Wireless Network Recovery following Natural Disaster: Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, Carleen Maitland, Pennsylvania State University; Jon M. Peha, Carnegie Mellon University
The Policy Potential of Measurements of Internet Outages, John Heidemann, USC; Yuri Pradkin, USC; Guillermo Baltra, USC