- From: Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 19:28:22 +0100
- To: Andrei Sambra <andrei.sambra@gmail.com>
- Cc: Tim Berners-Lee <timbl@w3.org>, Olivier Berger <olivier.berger@telecom-sudparis.eu>, "public-rww@w3.org" <public-rww@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CAKaEYhJqL9hVyCHthyEuGOAhuX96eL+v6nmfxQC0yQCaGxjJpA@mail.gmail.com>
On 26 November 2013 12:05, Andrei Sambra <andrei.sambra@gmail.com> wrote: > It went great, though I don't feel any different now than I did before. :) > > I am currently participating in a workshop called "Weave the Web We Want" > at Mozilla Paris: > https://github.com/stample/wiki/wiki/Weave-the-web-we-want. Lots of > interesting discussions so far, with more to come (especially on > alternative payments). > Congratulations. Very well deserved! :) > > Andrei > > > On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 10:59 AM, Melvin Carvalho < > melvincarvalho@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> >> On 11 November 2013 10:41, Andrei Sambra <andrei.sambra@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Thank you all, I'm looking forward to it! >>> >> >> How did it go? :) >> >> >>> >>> Andrei >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 11:45 PM, Tim Berners-Lee <timbl@w3.org> wrote: >>> >>>> Indeed, Good luck, Andrei! Have fun. >>>> >>>> Tim >>>> >>>> On 2013-11 -06, at 23:54, Olivier Berger wrote: >>>> >>>> > Hi. >>>> > >>>> > FYI, and as he's too shy to make the announcement himself, let me tell >>>> > you that Andrei Vlad Sambra will be defending his PhD thesis on >>>> Tuesday >>>> > November 19th 2013, at Telecom SudParis (Évry, France), on the suject >>>> of >>>> > "Data Ownership and Interoperability for a Decentralized Social >>>> Semantic >>>> > Web". >>>> > >>>> > Let's wish him good luck for the final sprint ;-) >>>> > >>>> > Below's a copy of the announcement (removed the abstract in french). >>>> > >>>> > Best regards >>>> > >>>> > -------------- >>>> > >>>> > J'ai le plaisir de vous inviter à ma soutenance de thèse de doctorat >>>> > intitulée: « La propriété des données et l'interopérabilité pour un >>>> Web >>>> > sémantique social décentralisé ». >>>> > Cette thèse a été préparée sous la direction du Professeur Maryline >>>> > Laurent au sein de l'équipe R3S du laboratoire UMR5157 SAMOVAR. Elle >>>> se >>>> > tiendra le mardi 19 novembre 2013 à 10h en salle A003. >>>> > >>>> > Composition du jury : >>>> > Monsieur Josep Domingo Ferrer - Professeur HDR Universitat Rovira i >>>> > Virgili, Rapporteur >>>> > Monsieur Fabien Gandon - Chargé de recherche INRIA, Rapporteur >>>> > Monsieur Jean-Gabriel Ganascia - Professeur HDR LIP6 University Pierre >>>> > et Marie Curie, Examinateur >>>> > Mousieur Yves Roudier - Maitre de conférences HDR - Eurecom, >>>> Examinateur >>>> > Monsieur Olivier Berger - Ingénieur de recherche - Télécom SudParis, >>>> > Examinateur >>>> > Madame Maryline Laurent - Professeur HDR - Télécom SudParis, >>>> Directrice >>>> > de thèse >>>> > >>>> > Abstract: >>>> > >>>> > Ensuring personal data ownership and interoperability for >>>> decentralized >>>> > social Web applications is currently a debated topic, especially when >>>> > taking into consideration the aspects of privacy and access control. >>>> > Since the user's data are such an important asset of the current >>>> > business models for most social Websites, companies have no incentive >>>> to >>>> > share data among each other or to offer users real ownership of their >>>> > own data in terms of control and transparency of data usage. We have >>>> > concluded therefore that it is important to improve the social Web in >>>> > such a way that it allows for viable business models while still being >>>> > able to provide increased data ownership and data interoperability >>>> > compared to the current situation. >>>> > >>>> > To this regard, we have focused our research on three different >>>> topics: >>>> > identity, authentication and access control. First, we tackle the >>>> > subject of decentralized identity by proposing a new Web standard >>>> called >>>> > "Web Identity and Discovery" (WebID), which offers a simple and >>>> > universal identification mechanism that is distributed and openly >>>> > extensible. Next, we move to the topic of authentication where we >>>> > propose WebID-TLS, a decentralized authentication protocol that >>>> enables >>>> > secure, efficient and user friendly authentication on the Web by >>>> > allowing people to login using client certificates and without relying >>>> > on Certification Authorities. We also extend the WebID-TLS protocol, >>>> > offering delegated authentication and access delegation. Finally we >>>> > present our last contribution, the Social Access Control Service, >>>> which >>>> > serves to protect the privacy of Linked Data resources generated by >>>> > users (e.g. profile data, wall posts, conversations, etc.) by applying >>>> > two social metrics: the "social proximity distance" and "social >>>> contexts". >>>> > >>>> > Keywords: Web, decentralized identity, decentralized authentication, >>>> > privacy, access control, WebID, WebID-TLS >>>> > >>>> > Cordialement, >>>> > Andrei Sambra >>>> > -- >>>> > Olivier BERGER >>>> > http://www-public.telecom-sudparis.eu/~berger_o/ - OpenPGP-Id: >>>> 2048R/5819D7E8 >>>> > Ingenieur Recherche - Dept INF >>>> > Institut Mines-Telecom, Telecom SudParis, Evry (France) >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
Received on Tuesday, 26 November 2013 18:28:51 UTC