TPRC53 Accepted Papers
The following papers have been accepted into this year’s program. The schedule of papers will be released in early July.
“I Feel Like All of This Is Already Happening Anyways”: Context Import and Young Adults’ Perspectives on Researcher Access to TikTok Data
Anna Lenhart, University of Maryland and Katie Shilton, University of Maryland
“Major Media Owners in America and its Implications”
Jason Buckweitz, Columbia Business School
A Comprehensive Institutional Analysis of Software Accessibility Laws
Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou, University of Texas at San Antonio, Justin Eric Chen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Madelyn Sanfilippo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
A First Look at Starlink's Impact on Internet Access Equity
Isabel Suizo, Carnegie Mellon University, David Andersen, Carnegie Mellon University, Theophilus Benson, Carnegie Mellon University and Justine Sherry, Carnegie Mellon University
A Framework for Social Media Safety: Comparing Platform Interventions
Caitlyn Vergara, SimPPL, Hriday Ranka, SimPPL, Jhagrut Lalwani, SimPPL, Neel Kothari, SimPPL and Swapneel Mehta, SimPPL
A regulatory framework to enable shared use of the upper 6 GHz band by IMT and RLAN applications
Fernando Beltran, University of Auckland, Arturas Medeisis, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Leo Fulvio Minervini, University of Macerata and William Webb, Independent Consultant
A Tale of Two Countries: A Comparison of Broadband Connectivity and Digital Equity Initiatives in Canada and India
Prabir Neogi, Carleton University
A View from Above: Measuring Internet Access Across a Diverse Corpus of Starlink Measurements
Vasanta Chaganti, Swarthmore College, and Arthur Berger, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Akamai
AI Production, Personal Data Privacy, and Institutional Paradox
L. Yong Jin Park, Howard University/Harvard BKC
An Effective Competition Remedy to Address Thailand's Symmetric Duopoly
Peter Cramton, University of Maryland and Erik Bohlin, Ivey Business School
Are LEO Networks the Future of National Emergency Failover? – A Quantitative Study and Policy Blueprint
Vaibhav Bhosale, Georgia Tech, Ying Zhang, Northwestern University, Sameer Kapoor, Georgia Tech, Robin Kim, Georgia Tech, Miguel Schlicht, Georgia Tech, Muskaan Gupta, Georgia Tech, Ekaterina Tumaniva, Georgia Tech, Zachary Bischof, Georgia Tech, Fabi'An E. Bustamante, Northwestern University, Alberto Dainotti, Georgia Tech and Ahmed Saeed, Georgia Tech
Are Research and Education Networks Critical?
Anita Nikolich, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Andrew Gallo, The George Washington University and Mark Johnson, Independent
Artificial Intelligence and Firm-Level Productivity: Early Evidence from a Small Open Economy
Iulia Siedschlag, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) and Juan Duran, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)
Assessing the Distributional Impact of the BEAD Challenge Process
Hernan Galperin, University of Southern California, Francois Bar, University of Southern California, Arpit Gupta, University of California, Santa Barbara, Elizabeth Belding, University of California, Santa Barbara, Alejandro Alvarado Rojas, University of Southern California, Laasya Koduru, University of California, Santa Barbara, Angel Chavez Penate, University of Southern California, and Ziyi Zhou, University of Southern California,
Assessing Wi-Fi Exhaustion: A Model for Estimating Shortfalls in Wi-Fi Capacity
Coleman Bazelon, The Brattle Group, Paroma Sanyal, The Brattle Group and Preetul Sen, The Brattle Group
Benefits of Dynamic Sharing in 6GHz
William Webb, Commcisive, Jon Peha, Carnegie Mellon University, Swati Anshu, Carnegie Mellon University and Nicole Feng, Carnegie Mellon University
Beyond the “Digital Divide”: Measuring “Under-Connectedness” Reveals More About Lived Experiences of Digital Inequality
Vikki Katz, Chapman University and Bianca Reisdorf, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Broadband Access: Assessing the Interplay Between Wireline, Fixed Wireless, and Mobile Networks in the U.S.
Varshika Srinivasavaradhan, University of California Santa Barbara, Jiayi Liu, University of California Santa Barbara, and Elizabeth Belding, University of California Santa Barbara
Broadband Deployment and Educational Equity: Assessing the Impact of the Giga Initiative in Rwanda
Sindhura Kammardi Sachidananda, University of Pennsylvania, Leon Gwaka, University of Pennsylvania, Gus Hurwitz, University of Pennsylvania and Christopher Yoo, University of Pennsylvania
Broadband Discrimination or Structural Disparity? Investigating Socioeconomic and Residential Drivers of Broadband Inequality in Philadelphia
Dongwook Jeong, The Pennsylvania State University, Ryan Wang, Louisiana State University, Abby Simmerman, The Pennsylvania State University, Christopher Ali, The Pennsylvania State University, Krishna Jayakar, The Pennsylvania State University and Sascha Meinrath, The Pennsylvania State University
Broadband Resilience by Zero Trust Community Network Policy Design
Lee McKnight, Syracuse University School of Information Studies and Danielle Smith, Syracuse University Renee Crown University Honors Program
Byzantine Fault Tolerance Models for Distributed Coordination in Dynamic Spectrum Sharing
Amy Babay, University of Pittsburgh, Prashant Krishnamurthy, University of Pittsburgh and Ilia Murtazashvili, University of Pittsburgh
Censorship by Perception: LLM Predictions of Social Media Behavior in the Face of Government Scrutiny
Isabelle Hansen, University of Florida and Mark Jamison, PURC, University of Florida
Characterizing Mobile Broadband Coverage of Routes in the United States
Md Nazmul Hossain, Northern Arizona University, Nicole Sylvester, Northern Arizona University and Morgan Vigil-Hayes, Northern Arizona University
Comparative Soft-Law Principles for the Metaverse: Balancing Governance and Creator Inclusion
Anna Oriishi, Keio University and Yuto Kunitake, Keio University and Virtual Rights Policy Institute
Congestion Safety Audits for Internet Services
Adithya Abraham Philip, Carnegie Mellon University, Srinivasan Seshan, Carnegie Mellon University, Justine Sherry, Carnegie Mellon University, Isabel Suizo, Carnegie Mellon University and Ranysha Ware, Swarthmore College
Connected Vehicles and International Data Transfers: Operationalizing Security, Privacy and Economic rationales in China, the U.S., and the EU Le-Tian Cheng, Georgia Institute of Technology
Contextualizing AI Policy: How Nationally Tailored Strategies Drive Automation and Trade Competitiveness in ASEAN
Moinul Zaber, Institute of Development studies and Ibrahim Rohman, University of Indonesia
Cybersecurity Risk Measurements of Rural Independent Under-Resourced U.S. Hospitals
William Yurcik, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Gregory Pluta, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Sami Saydjari, Dartmouth College
Damaged Public Lands for Rural Broadband Development: A Pennsylvania Case Study
Benjamin W. Cramer, Bellisario College of Communications, The Pennsylvania State University
DEEPFAKES AND DATA PROTECTION: EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AFRICAN PRIVACY LAWS IN THE AGE OF AI
Mubarak Raji, University of Illinois, School of Information Sciences, Valentine Ugwuoke, University of Illinois, School of Information Sciences and Masooda Bashir, University of Illinois, School of Information Sciences
Determinants of Individual Savings in East Africa: The Role of Internet Access, Financial Inclusion, and Borrowing Dynamics
Stephen Robert Kasumba, National Identification and Registration Authority
Digital Refuge or Digital Risk? Social Media and the Struggles of LGBTQ+ Youth Under U.S. Policy
Ahmed Al Rawi, University of Virginia
Digitalisation and Productivity Differentials Between Firms across Regions
Juan Duran, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) and Iulia Siedschlag, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)
Do Black Hats Dream of Lax Policy? A meta-analysis of the USA’s National Cybersecurity Strategies (NCSS)
Jessie Kwong, Comcast, Jayati Dev, Comcast and Vaibhav Garg, Comcast
Do CAPs already contribute their 'fair share'? - Measuring the impact of large CAPs on consumers’ willingness to pay for Internet access Serpil Taş, WIK Wissenschaftliches Institut für Infrastruktur und Kommunikationsdienste, Franziska Harpenau, WIK Wissenschaftliches Institut für Infrastruktur und Kommunikationsdienste and Lukas Wiewiorra, WIK Wissenschaftliches Institut für Infrastruktur und Kommunikationsdienste
Economic Benefits of Fiber Deployment
Paroma Sanyal, The Brattle Group, Coleman Bazelon, The Brattle Group, Yong Paek, The Brattle Group and Dan Beemon, The Brattle Group
Empowering Through Digital Literacy? Exploring the Impact of Digital Literacy Training on Digital Confidence, Perceived Safety, and Economic Opportunities
Erezi Ogbo-Gebhardt, North Carolina Central University and Siobahn Grady, North Carolina Central University
Enhancing Rural Teacher Training Using the Internet Backpack: Broadband Policy Implications
Jane Appiah-Okyere, Syracuse University, Danielle Smith, Syracuse University, Lee McKnight, Syracuse University, and Ephrem Kwaa-Aidoo, University of Education, Winneba
Evaluating AI Regulations through the Lens of Telecommunication Policies: A Multi-Level Perspective Framework for a Comparative Study of the U.S. and South Korea
Hyesung Park, School of Cybersecurity, Korea University and Hunyeong Kwon, School of Cybersecurity, Korea University
Evaluating Thailand’s Telecommunications Sector Readiness: Strategic Recommendations for Sustainable Development
Ratthapol Wongsarodge, Office of The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission and Pavida Yothapand, Office of The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission
Evaluating the Effects of and Interdependencies among Federal Broadband Funding Programs
Laasya Koduru, University of California Santa Barbara, Arpit Gupta, University of California Santa Barbara, Elizabeth Belding, University of California Santa Barbara and Tejas Narechania, University of California Berkeley
Examining Generative AI Policies in Universities in Japan
Mohammed Galib Hasan Abir, Hokkaido University and Kyrie Zhixuan Zhou, University of Texas at San Antonio
Exploring the Cost of Internet Across Neighborhoods in Detroit and Louisville
David Nunnally, Connected Nation Chris McGovern, Connected Nation and Colin Reilly, Connected Nation
Factors Triggering Increased Volatility and Risk in Space Commerce
Rob Frieden, Penn State University
Filling the Void: Cities and AI
Gwen Shaffer, California State University Long Beach and Sharon Strover, University of Texas, Austin
Free to talk or free to block: The capabilities to communicate in public forums from a comparative perspective
Amit Schejter, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Penn State and Pascal Schneiders, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
Highlighting the role of Hidden Dependencies on Connectivity Resilience and Access in Sub-saharan Africa
Theophilus Benson, Carnegie Mellon University Africa
How to Save the Internet
Tejas Narechania, University of California Berkeley and Scott Shenker, University of California Berkeley
Improving Spectrum Sharing in 6GHz with Spectrum Consumption Models
Igor Kadota, Northwestern University, Carlos Caicedo, Syracuse University, William Lehr, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Randall Berry, Northwestern University
In the end, Bell always wins… A critical analysis of concentration in Toronto’s fibre internet service market
Michel Mersereau, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto
Incumbents and Newcomers: A Stakeholder Analysis to Understand Spectrum Transitions
Frances Corry, University of Pittsburgh and Prashant Krishnamurthy, University of Pittsburgh
Insuring Catastrophic Cyber Risk
Sasha Romanosky, RAND, Lloyd Dixon, RAND, Rj Briggs, RAND and Henry Willis, RAND
Interconnection and Rivalry in Global Monetary Networks
Karim Farhat, Georgia Institute of Technology, Milton Mueller, Georgia Institute of Technology and Vagisha Srivastava, Georgia Tech
Is it fake? - Impact of an AI label on the perception and sharing of AI-generated information
Serpil Taş, WIK Wissenschaftliches Institut für Infrastruktur und Kommunikationsdienste, Andrea Liebe, WIK Wissenschaftliches Institut für Infrastruktur und Kommunikationsdienste and Lukas Wiewiorra, WIK Wissenschaftliches Institut für Infrastruktur und Kommunikationsdienste
ISP Notice via Nutrition Label? A Transparency Assessment of FCC-Mandated Broadband Consumer Labels
Jonathan Obar, York University and Boxi Chen, York University
Kazakhstan’s Internet Landscape: Infrastructure, Geopolitical Dependencies, and Pathways to Digital Sovereignty
Amreesh Phokeer, Internet Society, Romain Fontugne, Internet Initiative Japan, Kevin Vermeulen, LIX, Nowmay Opalinski, CASSINI, and Callum Voge, Internet Society
Lessons from the History of Wi-Fi
Richard Bennett, High Tech Forum
Mapping Sovereignty: South Korea’s Policy Response to Google’s Platform Power
So Yun Ahn, University of Southern California and Seungyeon Ha, Korea University
Market mechanisms for satellite spectrum management
Hector Lopez, NERA Economic Consulting
Market-based Spectrum Management with Spectrum Bux
John Chapin, National Science Foundation and William Lehr, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Maximizing NextG Benefits: A Policy Framework to Advance Spectrum Allocation, Infrastructure Investment, and Wireless Leadership
Mihir Kshirsagar, Princeton University, Kaushik Sengupta, Princeton University and Mischa Dohler, Ericsson
Modeling Elements of Copyright with Large Language Models
Isaac Joy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Madelyn Sanfilippo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Political Spectrum without Borders: Interests and Influence in Global Telecommunications Policy
Dominique Lazansk, University of Pittsburgh, and Ilia Murtazashvili, University of Pittsburgh
Privatization and the Evolution of Social Norms Regarding Large Language Models
Kyra Milan Abrams, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Eryclis Rodrigues Bezerra Silva, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Property Mismatch and Scientific Coexistence in the High Frontier
Dominique Lazanski, University of Pittsburgh and Ilia Murtazashvili, University of Pittsburgh
Quantifying the Benefit of Reduced Response Times for Wireless 911 Calls
Coleman Bazelon, The Brattle Group, Paroma Sanyal, The Brattle Group, Ece Yegane, The Brattle Group, Natalie Selfe, The Brattle Group and Nicole Chiu, The Brattle Group
Quantifying the Carbon Footprint of LEO Satellite Megaconstellations: Policy Implications for Sustainable Broadband Expansion
Rushil Kukreja, George Mason University, Edward Oughton, George Mason University and Richard Linares, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Reconciling genomic data privacy and the third-party doctrine
Emma Troha, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities and Anastasia Micich, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Redesigning Incentives for Transparency: Fixed Broadband Quality and Regulatory Challenges in Japan
Toshiya Jitsuzumi, Chou University
Regional Perspectives for Route Resilience in a Global Internet: Metrics, Methodology, and Pathways for Transparency
Marwan Fayed, Cloudflare, Vânia Gonçalves, Cloudflare, Vasileios Giotsas, Cloudflare, Cefan Rubin, Cloudflare and Kristin Berdan, ISRG
Reimagining Data Governance: A Case Study of China's State-Led Data Economy
Ran Guo, Stanford University
Robust Indoor/Outdoor Classification Through Personalized Distributed Learning for Shared Spectrum Management
Evar Jones, Virginia Tech, Google Public Policy Fellow (New America), Michael Calabrese, New America and Jessica Dine, New America
Seeing Beyond Speed Tests: A Multimodal Deep Learning Framework for Rural Broadband Assessment
Jesse Andrews, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Jiyoung Lee, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Angela Hollman, University of Nebraska Kearney
Socioeconomic and Geographic Determinants of Mexico’s Digital Divide
James Pick, University of Redlands, Avijit Sarkar, University of Redlands and Nestor Nevarez, University of Redlands
Spectrum Sharing for Connected Vehicles and Unlicensed Devices using Implicit Beaconing
Jon Peha, Carnegie Mellon University and Ziruo Jin, Carnegie Mellon University
Strategic Misreporting in the National Broadband Map
Zhuowei Wen, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Jocelyn Bliton, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Laasya Koduru, University of California, Santa Barbara, Elizabeth Belding, University of California Santa Barbara, Tejas N. Narechania, University of California Berkeley, Arpit Gupta, University of California, Santa Barbara and Shaddi Hasan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Take-Rates in Means-Tested Social Programs: Beyond Participation Costs
Timothy DeStefano, Georgetown University, Jeffrey Macher, Georgetown University, and John Mayo, Georgetown University
The Benefits from Bundling Demand in K-12 Broadband Procurement
Gaurab Aryal, Boston University, Charles Murry, University of Michigan, Pallavi Pal, Stevens Institute of Technology, and Arnab Palit, Bates and White Economic Consulting
The Current State of the Art in Active Network Measurement
David Clark, MIT, Matthew Luckie, UCSD CAIDA and Kc Claffy, UCSD CAIDA
The Dynamics of Spectrum Cost in the Era of 4G and 5G and Its Impact on Mobile Networks
Jakub Zagdanski, GSMA, Pau Castells, GSMA, and Kalvin Bahia, GSMA
The effects of a new entrant in mobile telecommunication markets: a cross-country analysis
Minhee Kim, KISDI
The EU Cyber Resilience Act and the Internet of Things
Volker Stocker, Weizenbaum-Institute for the Networked Society and Anna Maria Mandalari, University College London
The Evolving Impact of Social Risk Factors on Cybercrime and Implications for Targeted Policy: A Regression Analysis of Victim Reports to the FBI IC3 and FTC Consumer Sentinel
Karl Grindal, University of New Hampshire, Eliana Caceres, University of New Hampshire and Hannah Alshech, University of New Hampshire
The Impact of Premium Licensing on Creator Posting Behavior
Jae Sang Rhee, Georgia Institute of Technology and Mingfeng Lin, Georgia Institute of Technology
The Mirror Test for AI Agents: A Path to Regulate Autonomous Algorithmic Collusion
Sean Norick Long, Harvard Kennedy School / Georgetown Law
The New Digital Divide
Shane Greenstein, Harvard University, Mayana Periera, Microsoft, Raffaella Sadun, Microsoft and Prasanna Tambe, University of Pennsylvania
The Right Amount of Competition in Mobile Telecommunication – a Game Theoretic Framework
Martial Felix, Northwestern University, and Randall Berry, Northwestern University
The Role of RIRs in RPKI Adoption
Cecilia Testart, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Josephine Wolff, Tufts University
The State of BEAD: Assessing Progress Toward Universal Broadband Connectivity
Elizabeth Mack, Michigan State University, Johannes Bauer, Michigan State University, Megan Knittel, Merit Network, Angie Nam, Michigan State University, Lee Boram, Michigan State University and Dhimaan Bhattacharya, Michigan State University
Too Much of a Good Thing? Assessing Early Adoption of Low-Earth Orbital Satellite Systems in Remote Indigenous Communities in Northern Canada
Rob McMahon, University of Alberta, Brenda Norris, Native Women's Association of the NWT, Michaela David, University of Alberta, and Oluwatoyin Ogunbela, University of Alberta
Toward Sustainable Broadband: Resiliency and Competition in Remote and Indigenous Regions
Heather Hudson, University of Alaska Anchorage
Towards unbiased inference of Internet broadband availability based on observational speed test data
Stilian Stoev, University of Michigan, George Michailidis, University of California Los Angeles and Amy Stuyvesant, Merit Network
Tussle in Home IoT: Conflicting Requirements and Pathways to Resolution
Tushar Jois, City College of New York, and Susan Landau, Tufts University
Using Crowdsourced Measurements to Assess the Impact of LEO Satellites on Bridging the Digital Divide
Jorge Garcia-Cabeza, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Weplan Analytics, Zoraida Frias, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Santiago Andres Azcoitia, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, William Lehr, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Volker Stocker, Weizenbaum-Institut e.V.
What 6G Should Be: Ubiquitous and Seamless Connectivity, Not Just Another ‘G’
Michael Calabrese, Open Technology Institute at New America
WHAT DIFFERENCE DID THE AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM MAKE? EXPLORING RECENT BROADBAND ADOPTION DATA
John Horrigan, Benton Institute on Broadband & Society
What To Mean by “Fair” in Europe’s Fair Share Debate?
Tamás Bukur, Corvinus University of Budapest, Infrapont Economic Consulting