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TPRC 2023: The 51st Research Conference on Communications, Information and Inter

The Research Conference on Communications, Information and Internet Policy
September 22-23, 2023

2:00pm EDT

Preconference: Tutorial on Artificial Intelligence Room Y116

8:15am EDT

Registration Claudio Grossman Hall

9:00am EDT

The Fiber Broadband Housing Premium Across Three States Room N101 An Authoritarian Approach to Digital Sovereignty? Chinese and Russian Data Localization Models Room N102 Evidence-Based Pathways for Leveling Digital Access in Higher Education During and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic Room Y400 They Are Among Us: Pricing Behavior of Algorithms in the Field Room YT16 What to Do with A Double-edged Sword: Public Views on Regulating ChatGPT through Third-Person Effect Room Y401

9:33am EDT

Michigan Broadband Personas - Assessing Why Households Lack Reliable Service Using Survey Responses, Speed Tests, and Location Room N101 Principle-based Framework Towards Cross-Border Data Transfers Room N102 High and Low: Residential Broadband Pricing and Quality Innovation in U.S. Urban Areas during the COVID-19 Pandemic Room Y400 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Agenda?: The Emergence of China in the Global Internet Standard-Setting Arena Room YT16 Evaluating Algorithmic Regulation Policies: A Game Theoretic Analysis Room Y401

10:05am EDT

Measuring the Success of the Affordable Connectivity Program Room N101 Digitalizing the Grassroots: Addressing the Internet Connectivity Challenge in Africa and Globally Bottom-up Room N102 Inmate Calling Services Cost Model: A Model Carrier Approach to Estimating the Communications Services Cost for the U.S. Incarcerated Population Room Y400 A Double-Edged Bytesaber: Internet Control As A Production Subsidy And An Innovation Tax Room YT16 AI as Citizen Empowerment and Game Changer for Regulation Room Y401

10:35am EDT

COFFEE BREAK and Networking Claudio Grossman Hall

11:00am EDT

Market Structure, Investment, and Technical Efficiencies in Mobile Telecommunications Room Y401 Prospective Evaluation of Next Generation Wireless Broadband Technologies: 6G versus Wi-Fi 7/8 Room N101 Broadband and growth in the Spanish municipalities Room N102 Product Bundling and Exploitative Pricing in Prison Telecommunications Contracts Room Y400 Government Misinformation Platforms Room YT16

11:33am EDT

The Impact of Shared Telecom Infrastructure on Digital Connectivity and Inclusion Room Y401 A First Look at the Spatial and Temporal Variability of Internet Performance Data in Hyperlocal Geographies Room N101 How to Remedy Post Covid Pandemic Setbacks in Bridging the Digital Divide Room N102 Comprehensive Understandings of Factors Impacting Seniors’ Digital Literacy Training Outcomes Room Y400 Anticipating digital skills policy outcomes: a pseudo-panel evaluation of outreach initiatives in Italy Room YT16

12:05pm EDT

Market structure and performance in mobile markets. The Example of Europe Room Y401 If we build it, will they come? Strategies to Advance High Impact, Digital Inclusion Ecosystems Room N101 A Pandemic Silver-Lining: Remote Learning and Increased Intergenerational Technology Guidance Within Lower-Income Families Room N102 Pandemic Influences on Americans’ Online Activities: A Spatial and Multivariate Analysis Room Y400

12:10pm EDT

Mind the Gap: Closing the Digital Divide Through Affordability, Access, and Adoption Room YT16

12:45pm EDT

Lunch and Award Ceremony Claudio Grossman Hall

2:05pm EDT

Cybersecurity Governance: SBOM and the Shape of the Future Room Y401 Laying the Foundation for 6G Room Y400 The Politics of Broadband Policy: The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Battle for Digital Equity Room Y116

3:35pm EDT

COFFEE BREAK and Networking Claudio Grossman Hall

4:00pm EDT

Does Competition from Cable Providers Spur the Deployment of Fiber? Room Y401 A Comprehensive Framework to Monitor, Evaluate, and Guide Broadband and Digital Equity Policy Room Y116 An Examination of the Chilling Effect on Immigrants' Freedom of Speech and Fourth Amendment Violations of Their Personal Networks Resulting from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Surveillance Processes Room YT16 The Social Rate of Return of Mobile broadband infrastructure Investment Room Y400 Forecasting Wireless Broadband Capacity Shortfalls Room NT07

4:33pm EDT

When is Regulation of Peering or Usage Fees Warranted? Room Y401 An Estimation of the Potential for Television White Spaces to Close Connectivity Gaps at U.S. Public Libraries. WITHDRAWN Room Y116 Filtered Dragnets and the Anti-Authoritarian Fourth Amendment Room YT16 Understanding the Affordable Connectivity Program Enrollment: Drivers of Uptake Room Y400 Unassigned spectrum: An Institutional Analysis of Radio Spectrum Management Room NT07

5:05pm EDT

Standards Essential Patents under EU Law: the Role of the Newly Born EU Unified Patent Court Room Y401 My way or the Huawei”: Understanding the role of third-party states in weaponized interdependence via a study of the United Kingdom’s response to the United States’ treatment of Huawei Room Y116 Mapping the Cyberstalking Landscape: An Empirical Analysis of Federal U.S. Crimes Room YT16 Platform Competition and Information Sharing Room Y400 Braess’s Paradox in Wireless Broadband?: Toward a Principled Basis for Allocating Licensed and Unlicensed Spectrum Room NT07

5:30pm EDT

Abusive Gatekeeping Practices in the iOS Mobile App Environment: a Walkthrough Analysis Along the Walls of our App Gardens Claudio Grossman Hall Misinformation Policy Modeling using a Machine-Learning Approach Claudio Grossman Hall Rethinking mobile money taxation in Africa: an exploratory actor-network study (Withdrawn) Claudio Grossman Hall Technical Retrospective on the Unlock the Box Debate Claudio Grossman Hall The electronic transaction levy in Africa threatens mobile money and the cash-lite economy (Withdrawn) Claudio Grossman Hall The Impact of FTTH deployment on the House Market in France Claudio Grossman Hall

5:45pm EDT

Reception and Poster Session - CASH BAR Claudio Grossman Hall Red is Sus: Automated Identification of Low Quality Service Availability Claims in the US National Broadband Map Claudio Grossman Hall

6:30pm EDT

Dinner and Keynote Speaker Claudio Grossman Hall

9:00am EDT

Regulatory Implications of Turning Internet Platforms into “Common Carriers” Room NT07 Consumer Preferences, Perceptions, and Persistent Barriers: An Assessment of Internet Usage During and Post the COVID-19 Pandemic in Peru Room YT17 Higher Education in the International Digital Economy: Effects of Conflicting Copyright Regimes on Cross-Border Teaching Room Y401 Lessons from GDPR for AI Policymaking. Room NT08 Good and Bad Reasons for Licensed, Unlicensed, and Shared and Satellite Spectrum Room Y116

9:33am EDT

Welfare Cost of Mobile Spectrum (Mis)allocation Room NT07 A Global Geospatial Assessment of the Poverty-line Unconnected Population Vulnerable to Climate Hazards Room YT17 Cybersecurity Risks of Changing Workplaces: A Global Survey of Shifts in Working from Home Through the COVID-19 Pandemic Room Y401 Edge Computing: digital infrastructure beyond broadband connectivity Room NT08 A Knowledge Graph Approach to Spectrum Explainability Room Y116

10:05am EDT

Network Slicing and Net Neutrality Room NT07 AI and the datafication of Social Service Delivery: ‘What Works’ and the discourse of Evidence Based Policymaking WITHDRAWN Room YT17 National domain name arbitration regimes: Convergence or divergence? Room Y401 Towards a More Secure Technology Ecosystem: Implications for Cybersecurity Labels and SBOMs Room NT08 Evaluating the CBRS Experiment Room Y116

10:35am EDT

COFFEE BREAK and Networking Claudio Grossman Hall

11:00am EDT

Non-governmental Governance of Trust on the Internet: The CA/Browser Forum Room YT17 Paving the Way for the Right to Research Platform Data Room NT07 Artificial Intelligence on Indian Reservations in the United States: Prospects and Challenges Room NT08 Prevalence-Based Gradation (PBG) Process to Tackle Misinformation and Disinformation on Social Media Room Y401 Spectrum Needs of 6G Room Y116

11:33am EDT

Upgraded software and embedded improvements: A Puzzle of User Heterogeneity Room YT17 Privatization, Competition and Best Practices for Telecom Sector Reform Room NT07 Generative Artificial Intelligence and Copyright: Both Sides of the Black Box Room NT08 Transparency for What Purpose?: Designing Outcomes-Focused Transparency Tactics For Digital Platforms Room Y401 An Overview and Assessment of Today’s U.S. Satellite Telemetry, Tracking and Telecommand (TT&C) Spectrum Allocation Needs Room Y116

12:05pm EDT

Critical Shrinking: The Perils of Opaque and Undefined Critical Infrastructure Policy in American Telecommunications Room YT17 On the Governance of Federated Platforms Room NT07 Techno-Economic Analysis of the Shared Virtualized Resources in 5G small cells operating in Millimeter-wave Spectrum Bands Room NT08 Social Media Platforms and the Quality of Content Room Y401 An Analytical Comparison of Geostationary (GSO) and Non-geostationary (NGSO) Satellite Filings Submitted to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Between 2012 to 2022 Room Y116

12:45pm EDT

Lunch and Fireside Chat Claudio Grossman Hall

2:00pm EDT

The Economics of Privacy Room YT17 Will Artificial Intelligence Improve Competition? Room NT07 Will the Multibillion Dollar Investment Finally Close the Digital Divide for Indigenous Communities? Room NT08

3:30pm EDT

COFFEE BREAK and Networking Claudio Grossman Hall

4:00pm EDT

State Grant Programs for Broadband: Implications forFederal Policy Design Room NT08 Digital Haves and Have Nots: Why Universal Service and Digital Divide Policy Issues have persisted over the last 50 years, and will continue to do so" Room NT07 Consumer Data and Privacy Fiduciaries: A Comparison Based on Balance of Power and Consumer Agency Room YT17 Learning and governance in spectrum auction design: lessons from a small island Room Y116

4:33pm EDT

Consumer-Driven Design and Evaluation of Broadband Labels Room NT08 Economic Rebalancing of the Costs and Benefits of Volumetric Ddos Mitigation in the Internet: A Case Study of Tcp Room NT07 Designing and deploying a platform to increase transparency and limit data collection by smart cities Room YT17 Principles of Spectrum Sharing: A Case Study of the Lower 12 GHz Band Room Y116

5:05pm EDT

Broadband Makes US Better: Lessons from the Lone Star State Room NT08 The Influence of Digital Divide Frames on Legislative Passage and Partisan Sponsorship: A Content Analysis of U.S. Legislation since 1990 - 2020 Room NT07 GDPR Codes of Conduct and the Impact on Global Business: a Case Study of Amazon Web Room YT17 The role of bidding agreements in the US radio frequency auctions Room Y116