If you are in the New York City area and interested in the intersection of privacy, economics, and the social sciences, you should check out a workshop being held on March 7th at the Simons Foundation. It is open to the public, and tickets are free, but you must register by the end of February: http://econandsocialsciences.eventbrite.com/
I'll be giving a tutorial on differential privacy in the morning (no background assumed), and the rest of the day will be devoted to talks and discussion by a number of illustrious economists and social scientists. It should be lots of fun.
