[lac-discuss-en] Fwd: [NCSG-Discuss] ICANN WHOIS MISUSE STUDY FINDINGS WEBINAR INVITATION

[José Francisco Arce]

FYI

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From: Rafik Dammak <rafik.dammak at gmail.com>
Date: 2013/12/16
Subject: [NCSG-Discuss] ICANN WHOIS MISUSE STUDY FINDINGS WEBINAR INVITATION
To: NCSG-DISCUSS at listserv.syr.edu




Hello Everyone,

Among the series of whois studies, the latest one will be subject to
webinar tomorrow. please follow the instructions below. After that, the
topic should be open to discussion here and we should plan for sending
comment regarding the report.
our members from academia(professors, postgraduate students, researchers)
and others should participate to analyse the methods used in this research
so we can comment the substance and the form of this report.

Best Regards,

Rafik





*ICANN WHOIS MISUSE STUDY FINDINGS WEBINAR INVITATION*



*In order to participate, please RSVP via email to the GNSO Secretariat
(gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org <gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org>) to
receive the call details.*



You are invited to participate in a webinar about the recently released
Whois Misuse Study, conducted for ICANN by Carnegie Mellon University’s
Cylab. This study has now been published for public comment, and community
feedback is being invited in order to assist ICANN with evaluating
potential changes to Whois policy.

The study was commissioned by the GNSO to obtain objective and quantifiable
information about the extent, nature, and impact of WHOIS public data
misuse – that is, harmful actions taken using contact information obtained
from WHOIS – through (1) analyzing reported misuse incidents and (2)
conducting experiments to measure misuse and the effectiveness of
anti-harvesting measures. CMU was engaged to perform the study using two
complementary approaches: (1) a descriptive study to document and analyze
WHOIS misuse incidents that have already occurred and (2) an experimental
study to stimulate and record misuse in order to measure more reliably the
impact of making WHOIS data public and WHOIS query filters applied to deter
data harvesting.

CMU’s chief researchers on the study, Dr. Nicolas Christin and Mr.
Nektarios Leontiadis, and ICANN staff will provide a briefing on *Tuesday
17 December at 12.00 UTC and *

*19.00 UTC*, summarizing their findings and conclusions based on the
studies they performed and data they analyzed. Amongst other topics, Dr.
Christin and Mr. Nektarios will discuss:



·         CMU’s methodology for the study and the hypothesis tested;

·         The different project activities that were undertaken for the
study;

·         CMU’s analysis of the data reported and sampled for the study; and

·         CMU’s conclusions based on the results of its analysis.



The two sessions are duplicates, scheduled to accommodate different time
zones. Each session, scheduled to run for sixty (60) minutes, will be
conducted in English only. The meeting will be run in Adobe Connect with a
slide presentation along with a dial-in conference bridge for audio.



Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions at the end of each
session. During the course of the webinar, questions may also be submitted
using the chat function of Adobe Connect. If you are not able to
participate in either of the live sessions, the recording of the session
will be made available shortly after the meeting. The policy staff is
always available to answer any questions that you email to
policy-staff at icann.org.



In order to participate, please RSVP via email to the GNSO Secretariat (
gnso.secretariat at gnso.icann.org) to receive the call details. Please
indicate which call you would like to join on Tuesday 17 December - at
12.00 UTC or at 19.00 UTC (to convert those times into your local time,
see: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html). We will send
you an e-mail reminder before the event with log-in and dial-in details.
Please DO NOT RSVP to any other ICANN staff member’s e-mail address.






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Arce, José F.
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