MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2013



Personal Data and Trust Framework Hackathon

Brian Sweatt, Media Lab Research Staff, Jeff Schmitz, Media Lab Research Staff, Alex (Sandy) Pentland, Professor of Media Arts and Sciences

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions

Trust Frameworks provide a secure means of collecting and sharing data amongst a network of peers, while providing users with full control over who has access to their data, as well as how it is used. This 5-day activity focuses on passive data collection from Android phones, with storage and analysis on a Media Lab-developed Trust Framework, and development of unique applications built on top of this framework and data.

An introductory course on Trust Frameworks and their current implementation is included, followed by a hackathon to build applications that consume and/or extend the system.

Sponsor(s): Media Arts and Sciences
Contact: Brian Sweatt, E15-384B, 617 452-5572, BRIAN717@MIT.EDU


Intro to Trust Framework Development

Jan/28 Mon 10:00AM-12:00PM E14-633

Introductory course on software development using the MIT Trust Framework. Course will introduce students to the current code and provide instructions on building an application on the framework. Pre-existing demo applications will be used as examples.

Brian Sweatt - Media Lab Research Staff, Jeff Schmitz - Media Lab Research Staff


Trust Framework Hackathon

Jan/28 Mon 12:00PM-04:00PM Media Lab
Jan/29 Tue 12:00PM-04:00PM Media Lab
Jan/30 Wed 12:00PM-04:00PM Media Lab
Jan/31 Thu 12:00PM-04:00PM Media Lab
Feb/01 Fri 12:00PM-04:00PM Media Lab

Hackathon to extend and build applications on the MIT Trust Framework. 

Brian Sweatt - Media Lab Research Staff, Jeff Schmitz - Media Lab Research Staff