About the ITLP Research Group

The Institute for Technology, Law & Policy Research Group (IRG) is a fortnightly meeting of tech law and engineering faculty and students, visiting scholars, and tech and society researchers from across Southern California. The IRG provides a forum to present and discuss new scholarship and works-in-progress at the intersection of technology, law, and policy. IRG is organized by the UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy under the direction of co-convenors, Prof. Andrew Selbst, Prof. Julia Powles, and Dr. Nina Toft Djanegara. 

UCLA students and faculty interested in joining the IRG can request invitation by contacting IRG Co-Convenor Dr. Nina Toft Djanegara.

• Meredith Whittaker, President, Signal Foundation and PhD Candidate, University of Western Australia; “Love, Privacy, and the Politics of Intellectual Shame”
• Kate Sim, Director, Children's Online Safety and Privacy Research and Visiting Researcher, UCLA Institute for Technology, Law and Policy; “The Carceral Logic of Child Safety”
• Nina Toft Djanegara, Fellow, UCLA Institute for Technology, Law and Policy; “Unmasked: The Politics of Anonymity, Doxxing, and Disclosure”
• John Villasenor, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Law, Public Policy, and Management, UCLA; "Artificial Intelligence, Trade Secrets, and ‘Readily Ascertainable by Proper Means'"
• Shazeda Ahmed, Postdoctoral Fellow, UCLA DataX; “Toward a Theory of Value in AI Alignment”
• Sophia Toubian, PhD Candidate, UCLA Department of Information Studies; “From Research to Resonance: Heuristics, Vibe, and the Design of Scientific Communication”
• Frances Hung, 2L, UCLA Law School; “Mind the Factual Gap! Why AI Should Interrogate People Seeking Legal Help”
• Neil Netanel, Professor of Law, UCLA; “Preserving the Fourth Estate in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence” 
• Fanna Gamal, Professor of Law, UCLA; “What’s in a Name? Equality Law, Language, and Technology”