| Year | Select Projects |
|---|---|
| 2018-19 | cryptovr.ai |
| VR-based, AI-driven platform for cryptocurrency trading. | |
| 2012-current | Plastic Intelligence |
| Curates key Internet sources on multiple topics related to cognitive enhancement, from simple meditation to the emerging field of cognitive implantation. Sampling methods tweaked to maximize informational variety. Happening @ plasticintelligence.com Mobile shortcut: 1nt.be. | |
| 2009 - 2011 | U.S. Domestic Intelligence |
| NYU Post-doc research with Helen Nissenbaum, mapped post-911 changes to US intelligence operations, including enrollent of local police via the Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) initiative (AKA "See Something, Say Something"). Published @ International Journal of Intelligence Ethics(2)(1) [pdf] and Research in Social Problems and Public Policy(19) [pdf]. | |
| 2007 - 2009 | Suspect Until Proven Guilty |
| Dissertation, problematizes the state production and accumulation of personal information on citizen subjects , using China and U.S. comparison as primary analytical instrument. @Penn Scholarly Commons [pdf]. Listen to Australian Broadcasting Corporation interview [mp3]. | |
| 2004 - 2006 | Web Graph Analysis |
| Research question: "What can we learn from studying patterns of network connections between web sites?" American Political Science Association (APSA) conference video lecture [youtube], archived project website, whitepapers "Cyberspace, the Web Graph, and Political Deliberation" and "Web Graph Analysis in Perspective". | |
| 2004 - 2005 | Electronic Destabilization |
| Designed database focusing on role of electronic communication technologies in moments of political instability. Originally developed as Annenberg class project; recently rediscovered. Archived: @farrall.org. | |
| 1998-2001 | Virtual China |
| English language China technology, arts and culture website. Very successful in short run, victim of dotcom crash of 2000. Chronicled in 2000 Harvard Business Case, "VirtualChina.com: The Building of a Virtual Community". Archived @ virtualchina.org [Harvard case available upon request]. | |
| 1995-1998 | China Matrix |
| Considered the primary destination for news and analysis on the Chinese Internet during the late 20th century. Internationally recognized. Award-winning. Archived @ chinamatrix.com. |
Degrees |
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| Ph.D, Communication University of Pennsylvania 2009 |
| MA, Asian Studies University of Texas at Austin 1995 |
| BA, Political and Social Thought University of Virginia 1987 |