Initial Successes and Failures of Monitoring Public Spaces

November 5, 2008: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location: 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, UC Berkeley Campus

Richard Robinson [Chief Operations Officer, City of San Francisco]

Part of the CITRIS Research Exchange at UC Berkeley. The complete schedule for the fall semester is online at RE-Fall2008. Sponsored by Infineon Technologies.

Abstract:

The presentation will discuss the City & County of San Francisco's Public Safety Camera Program from the perspective of the city's Department of Technology (DOT). The DOT for the City was directed to implement a Public Safety Camera Pilot program for the City in an effort to deter crime. Richard will discuss the history of the program as well as the role of the DOT in the vetting and implementation of a technical solution that was encumbered with many political constraints and much public scrutiny.

Biography:

Richard Robinson is the Chief Operations Officer (COO) for the Department of Technology for The City & County of San Francisco. The Operations Division for the Department of Technology is responsible for the day-to-day management of the cities Data Center, Network and Systems Engineering Divisions, Network Security, Architecture, Production Applications and Telecommunications Division (Wired, Wireless and Public Safety). Richard also serves as the Chair for the San Francisco’s Committee on Information Technology (COIT) Architecture and Infrastructure Sub-Committee. Prior to joining the City of San Francisco Richard served as the IT Director for Stanislaus County, CA.

Richard has over 20 years in IT experience starting his career with the design and development of international collaborative networks for the Institute for Manufacturing and Automation Research and the Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing International under grants from the National Science Foundation.