Overview: The trailblazing tech leader and international policy expert will be working with the Project Liberty
Institute to shape ethical governance models that help give people more control over their digital lives

The Project Liberty Institute announced today that Audrey Tang, one of the
world’s most respected civic technologists, will serve as a Senior Fellow. Tang, who has received global recognition for her work as Taiwan’s inaugural Minister of Digital Affairs, will focus on the organization’s efforts to develop more ethical governance frameworks for digital platforms and new forms of digital civic infrastructure. The Institute, a 501(c)(3) with an international partner network that includes Georgetown University, Stanford University, Sciences Po, and other leading academic institutions and civic organizations, is a critical part of Project Liberty’s mission to help people take back control of their digital lives by giving them a voice, choice, and stake in a better internet

Source: Project Liberty

A naval officer and military pilot from 1988-1999, Cummings was one of the U.S. Navy’s first female fighter pilots. She is now the director of Mason’s Autonomy and Robotics Center (MARC) and a professor at George Mason University. She holds faculty appointments in the Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Computer Science departments. She is an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Fellow and recently served as the senior safety advisor to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Cummings received her BS in Mathematics from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1988, her MS in Space Systems Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1994, and her PhD in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia in 2004.

Source: GMU webpage

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