Dissertation Research: Building the European Trust Infrastructure: An Ethnography of Lawyers, Scientists, and Regulators

最近全球计算机网络的爆炸式发展，以及随之而来的迅速建立全球电子商务的法律的、技术和管理基础的压力，正在重新定义经过时间考验的法律的和社会交换工具，如签名和货币。该项目记录了密码学家，律师和监管机构跨学科合作的欧洲电子安全基础设施的建设。 所采用的方法是民族志的关注，批判理论。 这项研究涉及采访密码学家，律师和监管机构谁是目前在这一领域的工作。有待探讨的关切领域包括：认证技术、对诉讼和立法举措的认识以及使用认证技术的经验。 调查员除了收集和分析访谈数据外，还将检查科学论文、会议记录、手册、专利和当代专家对安全问题的思考的其他书面标记。 这项研究的目的是扩大公众对电子安全的讨论，从目前狭隘的关注隐私，并提高密码学的构思和参与。

The recent explosion of global computer networks, and the ensuing pressure to rapidly establish the legal, technological, and regulatory basis for global electronic commerce, is bringing about the redefinition of time-tested legal and social instruments of exchange, such as signatures and money. This project documents the construction of the European electronic security infrastructure by an interdisciplinary collaboration of cryptologists, lawyers, and regulators. The methodology to be employed is ethnography informed by the concerns of critical theory. The research involves interviews with cryptologists, lawyers, and regulators who are currently working in this area. Areas of concern to be explored include: authentication technologies, awareness of litigation and legislative initiatives, and experience of using authentication technologies. The investigator, in addition to gathering and analyzing interview data, will also examine scientific papers, conference proceedings, manuals, patents, and other written indicia of contemporary expert thinking about security concerns. The objective of this research is to broaden public discourse over electronic security from its current narrow focus on privacy and to improve how cryptology is conceived and engaged.