Emily Jung has returned from the first of two programs underwritten by the GFF, which began in Seoul, South Korea, where she was an intern at the Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung Foundation. Her second GFF-sponsored summer experience has begun at the University of Stanford with the study of Cryptography.
In the first of three weeks at Stanford, Emily became deeply immersed into the subject of Cryptography, including coding, communications and trustworthiness, the Enigma machine, and the ethics of facial recognition. She hit the ground running at full-speed and made friendships both in and out of class.
During her second and final week at Stanford, Emily reviewed RSA encryption by solving some practice questions. She learned about elliptical curves, cryptocurrency, and the importance of Internet security. She also participated in class discussions concerning the ethical issues of cryptography and cryptocurrency, the future of cryptography, block chain transactions, and the benefits of privacy versus transparency.
Emily also participated in fun activities including having dinner with classmates, shopping, dancing, house meetings, attending a talent show, and “fountain hopping” — a Stanford tradition.
Emily’s final group project was about cryptography in society, focusing on the unintended consequences of modern technology by analyzing three big companies: Facebook, Snapchat, and Google — which was presented to her instructor, Dr. Melissa Ko, on the last day of the program.
What a summer!
>> Learn about her experience at the Hanns-Seidel Foundation.
