Print Email Facebook Twitter Internet Measurements and Public Policy: Mind the Gap Title Internet Measurements and Public Policy: Mind the Gap Author Asghari, H. Van Eeten, M.J.G. Mueller, M. Faculty Technology, Policy and Management Department Multi Actor Systems Date 2013-12-31 Abstract Large and impressive data collection efforts often fail to make their data useful for answering policy questions. In this paper, we argue that this is due to a systematic gap between the ways measurement engineers think about their data, and how other disciplines typically make use of data. We recap our own efforts to use the data generated by a number of such projects to address questions of Internet and telecommunication policy, and based on our experience, propose five points for engineers to consider when building measurement systems to reduce the gap. Ignoring the gap means that fewer researchers use the data and significantly lowers a project’s impact on policy debates and outcomes. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:776089a7-5bc1-4064-935c-008e03c1bc9c Publisher USENIX Association ISSN 1044-6397 Source Login, 2013 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights (c) 2013 Asghari, H., Van Eeten, M.J.G., Mueller, M. Files PDF 313993.pdf 410.94 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:776089a7-5bc1-4064-935c-008e03c1bc9c/datastream/OBJ/view