Linda Jean Camp is an American computer scientist whose research concerns

information security Information security, sometimes shortened to InfoSec, 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 unauthorize ...

, 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 effect to them or their communit ...

internet governance Internet governance consists of a system of laws, rules, policies and practices that dictate how its board members manage and oversee the affairs of any internet related-regulatory body. This article describes how the Internet was and is currentl ...

, 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, or simply Indiana) is a public university, public research university in Bloomington, Indiana. It is the flagship university, flagship campus of Indiana University and, with ...

, 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 multi-campus public university system for the state of North Carolina. Overseeing the state's 16 public universities and the NC School of Science and Mathematics, it is commonly referred to as the UNC Sy ...

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. One of its predecessors was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools; it became the Carnegie Institute of Technology ...

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 Ba ...

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

Harvard Kennedy School The Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), officially the John F. Kennedy School of Government, is the school of public policy and government of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school offers master's degrees in public policy, public ...

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

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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 an American international non-profit organization with the stated goals of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific respons ...

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 As of 2019, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has 5,082 members designated Fellow, each of whom is associated with one of the 41 societies under the IEEE. The Fellow grade of membership is the highest level of membershi ...

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

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, "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