TPRC53 Tutorial Sessions

Thursday, September 18, 2025 2:00pm

*More details will be added as they are received.

A Common’s Approach to Cybersecurity Policy
Vaibhav Garg, Comcast, Holly Peterson, Louisiana State University and Milton Mueller, Georgia Tech

There are two dominant paradigms in Tech Policy. The first one assumes technology outcomes to be a public good and ground policy interventions in regulatory responses. The second one asserts these outcomes to be private goods and targets policy solutions that address market incentives as well as associated dynamics. Yet the interconnected nature of Telecommunications technologies, such as Internet, as well as the correlated nature of associated risks, such as cybersecurity, means that there is a third option. This third way assumes technology outcomes to be common pool resources. Untrammeled extraction of these resources may lead to a Tragedy of the Commons. Numerous institutions across distinct domains have been able to avoid said Tragedy by investing in community-based governance. Research documenting the commonalities between such institutions led to Elinor Ostrom’s 2010 Nobel Prize winning work called the  Institutional Analysis and Development framework (IAD).
 
Despite IAD’s successful application in many risk domains, its formal application to Telecommunications Policy, especially in cybersecurity, has been underexplored. Yet, telecommunications policy stakeholders – especially in emerging technologies – will often leverage community-based interventions. Applying IAD to such interventions may provide significant insights, making community-based governance both more effective and efficient. Furthermore, formal application of IAD to Telecommunications Policy may open opportunities for new policy solutions in cybersecurity. The goal of this workshop is to introduce TPRC attendees to the IAD framework and teach its application to cybersecurity.
 
Agenda: Below is proposed breakdown of the workshop:
2:00-2:05 PM Introduction
2:05-2:20 PM  Motivation
2:20-2:50 PM  Institutional Analysis & Development (IAD) Framework
2:50-3:00 PM  Break
3:00-3:20 PM  IAD for Internet Governance
3:20-3:40 PM IAD for Cybersecurity
3:40-3:50 PM 10-minute break
3:50-4:00 PM Exercise Set Up
4:00-4:45 PM Hands-On Exercise
- Group 1: Information Sharing - Group 2: AI - Group 3: Open-Source
4:45-4:55 PM | Hands-On Exercise Readouts
4:55-5:00 PM | Closing Remarks

Broadband Data Quick Start: Demystifying Broadband Mapping
W. Nick Pappin, Washington State University and Alexis Schrubbe, University of Chicago

The workshop, Demystifying Broadband Mapping, will be a three-hour hands-on tutorial designed to introduce participants to the evolving landscape of broadband availability data in the U.S., with a focus on the FCC’s Broadband Data Collection (BDC) system. It will cover the historical context of broadband mapping, the transition from outdated methods like Form 477, and will provide practical training using Jupyter Notebooks and open-source tools to analyze and validate broadband coverage. Participants will explore both public and proprietary datasets, learn techniques for identifying inaccuracies in broadband maps, and engage in discussions about the implications for policy, funding, and legal advocacy. The session will be accessible to both technical and non-technical audiences, ensuring that everyone can participate and take away next steps for their needs.