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$1.1M grant will fund reasearch on analyzing privacy-enhanced data

10/22/12

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $1.1 million grant to a multidisciplinary Penn State team to develop methods for statistical analysis of noisy and privacy-enhanced data.The Penn State effort looks to create new techniques for extracting more accurate statistical information from these complicated, noisy datasets. The work will place special emphasis on analyses useful for social science research.

Unauthorized population would soar if birthright citizenship repealed

9/8/10

Repeal of birthright citizenship for the U.S.-born children of unauthorized immigrants would expand the nation's unauthorized population by at least 5 million over the next decade, according to a new report from the Migration Policy Institute. The report's principal author is Jennifer Van Hook, professor of sociology and demographics at Penn State and non-resident fellow at the Washington, D.C.-based institute.

$1.1M grant will fund reasearch on analyzing privacy-enhanced data

10/22/12

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $1.1 million grant to a multidisciplinary Penn State team to develop methods for statistical analysis of noisy and privacy-enhanced data.The Penn State effort looks to create new techniques for extracting more accurate statistical information from these complicated, noisy datasets. The work will place special emphasis on analyses useful for social science research.

Unauthorized population would soar if birthright citizenship repealed

9/8/10

Repeal of birthright citizenship for the U.S.-born children of unauthorized immigrants would expand the nation's unauthorized population by at least 5 million over the next decade, according to a new report from the Migration Policy Institute. The report's principal author is Jennifer Van Hook, professor of sociology and demographics at Penn State and non-resident fellow at the Washington, D.C.-based institute.