CS department leadership at the Univ. of Minnesota just learned about the details of research conducted by its members into Linux kernel security, and the concerns of the Linux community. We have immediately suspended this research... @gregkh @johnregehr https://cse.umn.edu/cs/statement-cse-linux-kernel-research-april-21-2021 …
A longish response: I think perhaps the key point here is that faculty at a university are in many ways "their own bosses". Faculty don't ask their department heads (or senior colleagues) for 'permission' to do any research...
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and typically most people in any department are unaware of the details of what their colleagues are doing. In the US, the right way to vet the ethics of ones' research is through your University's IRB. Again, one's dept. head and colleagues are not involved in this process at all
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To get more specific: CS department leadership didn't know about the back and forth or publicity about this work in December. I would say this is not unusual, although it clearly is unfortunate, and let's say that this is a learning experience for us. One more point to come:....
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