K. A. Taipale

K. A. (Kim) TAIPALE is the founder and executive director of the Stilwell Center for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology Policy, a private, non-partisan research and advisory organization focused on information, technology, and national security policy. He is also a partner in Stilwell Holding LLC, a private investment firm, and a venture partner with Parkview Technology Merchant Banking.

Mr. Taipale is a senior fellow at theWorld Policy Institute and an adjunct professor of law at New York Law School. He serves on the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, and, previously, on the Steering Committee of the American Law Institute's digital information project, the Science and Engineering for National Security Advisory Board of the Heritage Foundation, and the LexisNexis Information Policy Forum. He has served on the board or advisory board of several other companies and non-profit organizations.

Before founding the Center, Mr. Taipale was a senior fellow at Columbia University. Prior thereto, he was an investment banker at Lazard Frères & Company, a corporate executive at The Pullman Company, and, earlier, a lawyer at Davis Polk & Wardwell.

Mr. Taipale is a frequent invited speaker, has appeared before Congressional and other national committees, and is the author of numerous academic papers, journal articles, and book chapters on information, technology, and national security issues. [selected publications]

In recent years, he has presented at the Aspen Institute, the Highlands Forum (OSD), the National Academies, the National Science Foundation, the Woodrow Wilson Center, the AAAS Policy Forum, the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security, the Yale Law School, the Berkman Center at Harvard Law School, the Kennedy School at Harvard University, the National Defense University, the Naval War College, and the Global Creative Leadership Forum, among others; and, has testified before the United States Senate Intelligence Committee, the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the House Intelligence Committee, among others.

Mr. Taipale has extensive professional experience in a wide variety of diverse endeavors and with many kinds of complex issues and transactions. He has worked with international and national corporations, government agencies and other public institutions, as well as start-up companies and not-for-profit organizations. He has also helped develop, secure funding for, and implement a number of non-profit information technology related projects, including the Harlem Environmental Access Project, the Advanced Media in Education Project, and others.

Mr. Taipale received his B.A. in psychology from New York University and his J.D. from the New York University School of Law. He also received his M.A. and his Ed.M. in communications from Columbia University and his LL.M. from the Columbia Law School.

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Selected Congressional Testimony:

Testimony of K. A. Taipale, "Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Modernization: Reconciling Signals Intelligence Activity with Targeted Wiretapping," before the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) Hearing on The Foreign Intelligence Modernization Act of 2007, May 1, 2007.

Kim Taipale, "The Privacy Implications of Government Data Mining Programs," Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Washington, DC (Jan. 10, 2007). [HTML] [PDF]

Kim Taipale, "Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Reform," Testimony before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, U.S. House of Representatives, July 19, 2006. [Written Testimony]

Selected Presentations, Papers and Projects

K. A. Taipale, "Presentation: Electronic Surveillance in Extremistan," Texas Law Review Symposium 2010, Univ. of Texas Law School, Austin, TX (Feb 4-6, 2010). [presentation slides]

K. A. Taipale, "Presentation: Deconstructing Cyberpower" presentation at the Naval War College, Providence, RI (Apr. 27, 2009). [presentation materials]

K. A. Taipale, "Deconstructing Information Warfare" presentation to the Committee on Policy Consequences and Legal/Ethical Implications of Offensive Information Warfare, The National Academies, Washington, DC, Oct. 30, 2006. [more]

K. A. Taipale, "From Data Mining to Computational Social Science for Counterterrorism" presentation to the Committee on the Technical and Privacy Dimensions of Information for Terrorism Prevention and Other National Goals, The National Academies, Washington, DC, Apr. 27, 2006. [more]

K. A. Taipale, "Seeking Symmetry in Fourth Generation Warfare: Information Operations and the War of Ideas," Bantle-INSCT Symposium: "Challenges in the Struggle Against Violent Extremism: Winning the War of Ideas," Syracuse University, Mar. 30, 2006. [presentation slides]

K. A. Taipale "Presentation: Science and Technology: Identity Theft: Policy Implications," The Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC, Nov. 2, 2005. [presentation slides]

K. A. Taipale, "Presentation: Technical and Policy Challenges: Implications for Evolving Business Models," 16th Annual Economic Crimes Institute Conference, Tysons Corner, VA, Oct. 24, 2005. [presentation slides]

K. A. Taipale, "Policy Appliance Reference Model: An Overview."

K. A. Taipale, "Presentation: Information Management and Policy in the Intelligence Enterprise," McLean, VA (Apr. 12, 2005) [download presentation]

K. A. Taipale,"Presentation: Information as Warfare: Disrupting Terrorist Networks," Global Flow of Information Conference, Yale Law School (Apr. 1-3, 2005). [abstract and presentation slides]

K. A. Taipale, "Presentation: Biometrics and Information Sharing" presented at the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board conference on Technology, Policy, and Cultural Dimensions of Biometric Systems, The National Academies, Washington, DC, Mar. 15-16, 2005. [presentation materials]

K. A. Taipale, "Technology, Security and Privacy: The Fear of Frankenstein, the Mythology of Privacy, and the Lessons of King Ludd," 7 Yale J. L. & Tech. 123; 9 Intl. J. Comm. L. & Tech. 8 (Dec. 2004)

"Not Issuing Driver's Licenses [under the Real ID Act] to Illegal Aliens is Bad for National Security," (Dec. 17, 2005) [statement]

K. A. Taipale, "Presentation: Public Safety vs. Personal Privacy: The Case For and Against Secure Flight" InfoSecurity 2004 (Dec. 8, 2005) [presentation slides]

Program on Law Enforcement and National Security in the Information Age (PLENSIA), "Concept Paper: A Proposal to Examine the Policy and Legal Implications of DOJ Information Collection, Analysis, and Sharing Initiatives for Law Enforcement and Counterterrrorism," U. S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice Grant Proposal (Dec. 1, 2004) (PROPOSAL REJECTED)

K. A. Taipale, "Presentation: Counterterrorism technology and privacy," ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security (Nov. 18, 2005) [presentation slides]

K. A. Taipale, "Presentation: Implementing EO 13356: Standardizing Terror Data" Potomac Institute (Nov. 9, 2005) [presentation slides]

"Government Should Not Rush to Massive ID Surveillance System," (Oct. 29, 2004) [statement]

K. A. Taipale, "Presentation: Technology as a Tool to Protect Civil Liberties: Enterprise Architecture and Civil Liberties," ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security, Cantigny, IL (Jun. 25, 2005) [presentation slides]

K. A. Taipale, "Technology, Security and Privacy," Yale Law School CyberCrime Conference Paper (Mar. 2004) [presentation materials]

K. A. Taipale, "Policy Appliance Reference Model: An Overview," [04:06:01] (Jun. 2004, rev. Jan. 2005)

Project Overview, "The Global Information Society Project," [about.pdf] (Mar. 2004)

Project Overview, "The Program on Law Enforcement and National Security in the Information Age," [plensia.pdf] (Mar. 2004)

Project Overview, "The Program on Telecommunications and Cybersecurity Policy," [telecom.pdf] (Mar. 2004)

K. A. Taipale, "Presentation: Reflections on the Second Markle Foundation Report: Creating a Trusted Information Network for Homeland Security," Heritage Foundation and Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Roundtable, Washington, DC (Dec. 11, 2003). [presentation materials]

K. A. Taipale, "Identity Resolution and Domestic Security: Who's Who in Whoville," Center for Advanced Studies (Dec. 2003). [related presentation material]

K. A. Taipale, "Technology, Security and Privacy: Confidential Memorandum for the Department of Defense Technology and Privacy Advisory Committee (TAPAC)," Center for Advanced Studies (Dec. 5, 2003), National Archives, restricted access.

K. A. Taipale, "Presentation: Technology, Security and Privacy," Potomac Institute for Policy Studies (Dec. 2, 2003). [presentation materials]

K. A. Taipale, "Remote Sensing and Domestic Security: Extending the Edge of the Network," Center for Advanced Studies (Nov. 2003).

K. A. Taipale, "Information Technology and National Security: Computers, Privacy and the Constitution" Book Proposal (Apr. 2003).

K. A. Taipale, "Netcentric Warfare: Strategies for Domestic Security and Law Enforcement," Center for Advanced Studies, Preliminary Outline (Aug. 2003). [related presentation materials]

K. A. Taipale, "Data Mining and Domestic Security: Connecting the Dots to Make Sense of Data," 5 Colum. Sci. & Tech. L. Rev. 2 (Dec. 2003) [executive summary]

K. A. Taipale, "Information Technology as Agent of Change in Environmental Policy," Center for Advanced Studies Working Paper 05-2003 (Jan. 2003 revised Jun. 2003).

K. A. Taipale, "Secondary Liability on the Internet: Towards a Performative Standard for Constitutive Responsibility," Center for Advanced Studies Working Paper 04-2003 (Feb. 2003).

K. A. Taipale, "Internet and Computer Crime: System Architecture as Crime Control," Center for Advanced Studies Working Paper 03-2003 (Feb. 2003).

K. A. Taipale, "Free Speech, Semiosis and Cyberspace," Center for Advanced Studies Working Paper 02-2003 (Jan. 2003).

K. A. Taipale, "Preliminary Research Overview 2003-2004," Center for Advanced Studies (Jan. 2003, revised Fall 2003).

K. A. Taipale, "Informatics," Client report, The Stilwell Group (2002).

K. A. Taipale, "Spectrum," Client Report, The Stilwell Group (2002).

K. A. Taipale, "Environmental Technologies and Alternative Energy," Client Report, The Stilwell Group (2002, 2001).

K. A. Taipale, "Open Source," Client Report, The Stilwell Group (2001).

K. A. Taipale, "Broadband," Client Report, The Stilwell Group (2000).

K. A. Taipale, "Revaluing Search: The Internet Utility," Client Report, The Stilwell Group (2000).

K. A. Taipale, "Deconstructing Disintermediation," Client Report, The Stilwell Group (2000).

K. A. Taipale, "Telecommunications Regulation," Client Report, The Stilwell Group (1997).

K. A. Taipale, "Developing Online Services," Client Report, The Stilwell Group (1999, 1997).

Report of Working Group 1 (William Arms, Henry Gladney, Marie Hansen, Pamela Samuelson, Kim Taipale, Suzanne Thorin, Deborah Wolfe, and Hal Varian), National Science Foundation (NSF) Workshop on Technology of Terms and Conditions (Intellectual Property), Arden Conference Center, Columbia University (Sep. 24-26, 1996).

K. A. Taipale, "Managing Intellectual Property in a Digital Culture," Book Proposal, Advanced Media Consulting (1996).

K. A. Taipale, "Project Proposal: A Nation of Environmental Scientists: Creating a National Environmental Curriculum," (1996).

K. A. Taipale, "Advanced Media in Education: Columbia University: Reflections on a Digital Future: A Preliminary Report," Office of the Vice Provost, Columbia University (1995).

Robbie McClintock and K. A. Taipale, "Advanced Media in Education Project," Institute for Learning Technologies, Columbia University (1995).

Robert McClintock and K. A. Taipale, "Educating America for the 21st Century," Version 2.1, Institute for Learning Technologies, Columbia University (Sept. 1994).

K. A. Taipale, "Mosaic and the WWW," Client Report, Advanced Media Consulting (1993).

K. A. Taipale, "National Information Infrastructure (NII)," Client Report, Advanced Media Consulting (1992).

K. A. Taipale, "Networked Supply Chain," Client Report, Advanced Media Consulting (1991).

K. A. Taipale, "Advanced Media: Convergent Paths," Strategic Plan, MediaCapital (1989).

K. A. Taipale, "The Knight's Tour: A Heuristic Approach," FORTRAN Program, Courant Institute of Mathematics, New York (1977).