Janice Y. Tsai

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Carnegie Institute of Technology (CIT), Dept. of Engineering and Public Policy
PhD: Anticipated May 2009

• National Science Foundation (2006)
  Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention
• CIT Dean’s Fellowship in Engineering (2005 - 2006)

Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
School of Library and Information Studies (SCILS)
Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS): May 2005; Overall GPA: 3.96/4.0

• Renee Becker Swartz Leadership Award (Spring 2005)
  SCILS, Rutgers University, NJ
• Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Fellowship (Fall 2004)
  The National Academies, Washington, DC
• Helen G. Michaels Merit Scholarship (Spring 2004)
  SCILS, Rutgers University, NJ
• Harold J. Martin Eagleton Fellowship (2003 - 2004)
  Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University, NJ
  

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Bachelor of Arts: June 2001; Overall GPA: 3.52/4.0
Majors: Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences (MMSS), Political Science

Carnegie Mellon University, Engineering and Public Policy

• Title: The Impact of Salient Privacy Information on Decision-Making
• Committee: Lorrie Cranor (chair), Alessandro Acquisti, Baruch Fischhoff, Jason Hong, and Peter Swire (Center for American Progress, Ohio State University).
• Research Expertise: The main areas of my research examine the impact of privacy information on online shopping decision-making and focus on the impact of privacy concerns on the adoption of mobile-location systems.

• The Effect of Online Privacy Information on Purchasing Behavior: An Experimental Study. To appear in Information Systems Research (with S. Egelman, L. Cranor, and A. Acquisti).

• The Impact of Privacy Indicators on Search Engine Browsing Patterns. Under review (with S. Egelman, L. Cranor, and A. Acquisti).
• Timing Is Everything? An empirical study on the effect of privacy information. To appear in CHI '09 (with S. Egelman, L. Cranor, and A. Acquisti).
• Who’s Viewed You? The Impact of Feedback in a Mobile-location System. To appear in CHI '09 (with P. Kelley, P. Drielsma, L. Cranor, J. Hong, and N. Sadeh).
• The Effect of Online Privacy Information on Purchasing Behavior: An Experimental Study. Workshop on the Economics of Information Security (WEIS), June 2007 (with S. Egelman, L. Cranor, and A. Acquisti).
• Vicarious Infringement Creates a Privacy Ceiling. Proceedings of the 6th ACM Workshop on Digital Rights Management, 2006 (with L Cranor and S. Craver).
• Interfacing with Public Policy. Workshop on Public Policy at CHI ’06, April 2006 (with L. Cranor).
• Studying The Impact of Privacy Information on Online Purchase Decisions. Workshop on Privacy and HCI: Methodologies for Studying Privacy Issues at CHI'06, April 2006 (with S. Egelman, L. Cranor, and A. Acquisti).
  

• Conference Report: SOUPS 2006. IEEE Security & Privacy, November/December 2006 (with S. Egelman).

• The Effect of Online Privacy Information on Purchasing Behavior: An Experimental Study. The International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), 2007.

• Symbols of Privacy. Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS), July 2006 (with S. Egelman, R. Shipman, K. Pu, L. Cranor, and A. Acquisti).
• Software Security and Standards for Electronic Voting Machines. Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Science and Technology Policy, August 2004.
  

• What’s It To You? A Survey of Online Privacy Concerns and Risks. NET Institute Working Paper #06-29. 2006 (with L. Cranor, A. Acquisti, and C. Fong).
• The Impact of Expressiveness on the Effectiveness of Privacy Mechanisms for Location Sharing. CMU-ISR-08-141, December 2008 (with M. Benisch, P. Kelley, N. Sadeh, T. Sandholm, L. Cranor, and P. Drielsma.

• Online Shoppers are Willing to Pay More for Privacy. Slashdot.com, June 6, 2007.
• Good Privacy Pays for Web Stores. BBC News, June 7, 2007. 
• Online Shoppers will Pay for Security. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 8, 2007.
  

• American Library Association (ALA) Emerging Leader (2007).
• Tor Graphical User Interface Design Competition (2006). Phase 1 Overall Winner (with L. Cranor, J. Hong, P. Kumaraguru, C. Kuo,  S. Romanosky, S. Egelman, and K. Vaniea).
  

• What is It To You? A Survey of Online Privacy Concerns and Risks, NET Institute Summer Grant ($3000), July 2006.

New Jersey State Legislature, Senate Majority Office
Research Associate Intern
Trenton, NJ    January 2005 – July 2005

• Prepared bill comments and research on legislation related to state government, including election reform and statewide Information Technology consolidation, and energy policy related to the adoption of alternative fuel sources.
• Proposed and developed topics for future investigation and legislation.
  

National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
Committee on Diversity in the Engineering Workforce (CDEW)
Graduate Fellow
Washington, DC         September 2004 – December 2004

• Assisted in the creation and analysis of innovative methods to increase diversity in the engineering workforce.
• Prepared funding proposals for the continued development of the NAE’s EngineerGirl! website to increase the number of women in engineering.
  

New Jersey State Legislature, Office of Legislative Services Library
Policy Analyst Intern
Trenton, NJ        June 2004 – August 2004

• Designed a relational database for the analysis of legislator history.
• Provided research and reference assistance to legislators regarding existing statutes and the statistical background for proposed legislation.
  

State of New Jersey, Division of Elections
Administrative Analyst Intern
Trenton, NJ    December 2003 – May 2004

• Assisted in the creation of proposals to select a Statewide Voter Registration System as required by the Federal Help American Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA)
• Crafted policy memos regarding election reform in other states and the dissemination of election and voter information over the Internet
  

Eagleton Institute of Politics
Research Assistant
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ    September 2003 – May 2004

• Evaluated the websites for the State of New Jersey for their usability, currency, and accessibility.
• Assisted in the publication of a report to the New Jersey Office of Information Technology on improving the web presence of the State of New Jersey.
  

IBM Global Services
Technical Solution Architect
Oakbrook Terrace, IL    July 2001 – July 2003

• Designed custom web hosting environments that include routers, switches, load balancers, enterprise class servers/server clusters, intrusion detection, and other site infrastructure hardware to meet customer requirements and business needs.
• Provided technical consultation to the sales team, customers, and project managers.
  

Program Committees
11th ACM Multimedia and Security Workshop

Carnegie Mellon University
Vice President, Campus Affairs, Graduate Student Assembly (2007 - 2009)

• Student Affairs Election Board (Present)
• Board of Trustees, Education Affairs & Enrollment Committee (2007 - 2008)
• Search Committee for the Dean of Student Affairs (2008 - Present)
• CMU Strategic Plan, Metacurricular and Student Life Subcommittee (2008)
• University Education Committee (UEC) (2007 - Present)
• Carnegie Mellon Green Practices Committee (2007 - Present)

Rutgers University
President, Library and Information Science Student Association (2004 - 2005)
Representative, SCILS Council of Student Organizations (2004 - 2005)

IBM
Midwest Asian American IBM Networking Group Leadership Team (2002 - 2003)
Volunteer, IBM Women in Technology K-12 Outreach Initiative (2002 - 2003)
Mentor, IBM EXITE Technology Camp for Girls (2001 - 2003)
eMentor, IBM and the Chicago Public Schools (2001 - 2003)

Northwestern University
Social Chair, Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity (2000 - 2001)
Webmaster, Mee-Ow Improv Comedy Troupe (1999 - 2001)
Fireside Chair, Willard Residential College (1998 - 1999)
Willard Executive Board Representative, Willard Residential College (1997 – 1998)

ALA OITP, Subcommittee on the Future of Libraries (2008 - Present)

• Committee on Legislation, Subcommittee on Telecommunications (2007 - Present)
• Intellectual Freedom Council Subcommittee on Privacy (2006 - Present)
• Intern, Advisory board, ALA Office of Information Technology Policy (2005 - 2007)
• Intellectual Freedom Round Table (2004 – Present)
  

Glass blowing, Knitting, Cooking, Travel, Traditional Irish Music (Mandolin)