Linda Jean Camp is an American computer scientist whose research concerns

information security Information security is the practice of protecting information by mitigating information risks. It is part of information risk management. It typically involves preventing or reducing the probability of unauthorized or inappropriate access to data ...

, with a focus on human-centered design, autonomy, and safety. She has also made important contributions to

risk communication Risk communication is a complex cross-disciplinary academic field that is part of risk management and related to fields like crisis communication. The goal is to make sure that targeted audiences understand how risks affect them or their communities ...

internet governance Internet governance is the effort by governments, the private sector, civil society, and technical actors to develop and apply shared principles, norms, rules, and decision-making procedures that shape the evolution and use of the Internet. This ...

, and the

economics of security The economics of information security addresses the economic aspects of privacy and computer security. Economics of information security includes models of the strictly rational “homo economicus” as well as behavioral economics. Economics of se ...

. She is a professor of informatics in the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering at

Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington (IU Bloomington, Indiana University, IU, IUB, or Indiana) is a public university, public research university in Bloomington, Indiana, United States. It is the flagship university, flagship campus of Indiana Univer ...

, where she directs the Center for Security and Privacy in Informatics, Computing, and Engineering.

Education and career

Camp earned a double bachelor's degree in mathematics and electrical engineering from the

University of North Carolina The University of North Carolina is the Public university, public university system for the state of North Carolina. Overseeing the state's 16 public universities and the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, it is commonly referre ...

in 1989, also working as a nuclear power engineer in the last year of her studies. She continued at the University of North Carolina for a master's degree in electrical engineering, supported as a Patricia Harris Fellow in the university's Optical Interconnects & Computer Generated Holography Laboratory. Next, she went to

Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The institution was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools. In 1912, it became the Carnegie Institu ...

for graduate study in engineering and public policy, completing a Ph.D. there in 1996 with the dissertation ''Privacy & Reliability in Internet Commerce''. After a year of research at

Sandia National Laboratories Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), also known as Sandia, is one of three research and development laboratories of the United States Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Headquartered in Kirtland Air Force B ...

, she became an assistant professor and later associate professor in the

Harvard Kennedy School The John F. Kennedy School of Government, commonly referred to as Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), is the school of public policy of Harvard University, a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard Kennedy School offers master's de ...

from 1997 to 2004. She moved to Indiana University in 2004, and was promoted to full professor in 2011, after a year on leave as an IEEE Congressional Fellow in the office of North Carolina representative

Bob Etheridge Bobby Ray "Bob" Etheridge (born August 7, 1941) is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for from 1997 to 2011. He previously served as a county commissioner, state representative and state superintendent of public instruction ...

Books

Camp is the author or editor of: * ''Trust and Risk in Internet Commerce'' (MIT Press, 2000) * ''Economics of Identity Theft: Avoidance, Causes and Possible Cures'' (Springer, 2007) * ''Economics of Information Security'' (edited with Stephen Lewis, Kluwer, 2006)

Recognition

Camp was elected as a Fellow of the

American Association for the Advancement of Science The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is a United States–based international nonprofit with the stated mission of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsib ...

in 2017, "for substantial contributions to the economics of information security, online risk communication, and human-centered computer security and privacy, including for populations often excluded in system design". She was elected as an

IEEE Fellow , the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an American 501(c)(3) public charity professional organization for electrical engineering, electronics engineering, and ot ...

in the 2018 class of fellows, "for research in human-centered risk and security". She was named a 2021

ACM Fellow ACM Fellowship is an award and fellowship that recognises outstanding members of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The title of ACM Fellow A fellow is a title and form of address for distinguished, learned, or skilled individuals ...

, "for contributions to computer security and e-crime measures".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Camp, L. Jean Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American computer scientists American women computer scientists University of North Carolina alumni Carnegie Mellon University alumni Sandia National Laboratories people Harvard Kennedy School faculty Indiana University Bloomington faculty Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 2021 fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery Fellows of the IEEE