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[Patrick Ball]

Patrick Ball (Born June 26, 1965) is a scientist, technologist, computer programmer, and an important figure in the global human rights movement. According to the New York Times Magazine, he is as "one of the most admired figures in the field." He leads the Human Rights Program at Benetech, the Silicon Valley nonprofit tech company. He is best known for his work with truth and reconciliation commissions, and for being the lead-off expert witness in testimony against Slobodan Milosevic, the former President of Serbia. Ball received his B.A. degree from Colombia University, and his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.

Awards
Dr. Ball received the Pioneer Award from the Electronic Frontier Foundation in 2005. He received the Eugene Lawler Award for Humanitarian Contributions within Computer Science from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in June 2004.

Publications

 * Silva, Romesh and Patrick Ball, "The Profile of Human Rights Violations in Timor-Leste, 1974-1999", a Report by the Benetech Human Rights Data Analysis Group to the Commission on Reception, Truth and Reconciliation. 9 February 2006. Available online at http://www.hrdag.org/timor.
 * Silva, Romesh, and Patrick Ball. "The Demography of Large-Scale Human Rights Atrocities: Integrating demographic and statistical analysis into post-conflict historical clarification in Timor-Leste." Paper presented at the 2006 meetings of the Population Association of America.
 * Silva, Romesh and Patrick Ball. "The Demography of Conflict-Related Mortality in Timor-Leste (1974-1999): Empirical Quantitative Measurement of Civilian Killings, Disappearances & Famine-Related Deaths" In Papers on Human Rights and Statistics, D. Banks, J. Asher and F. Scheuren, eds., ASA/SIAM Monograph Series, Philadelphia, PA (USA), pp. 42-57.
 * Ball, Patrick. "On the Quantification of Horror: Field Notes on Statistical Analysis of Human Rights Violations." in Repression and Mobilization, ed. by Christian Davenport, Hank Johnston, and Carol Mueller. Minneapolis: U Minnesota P. 2005.
 * Ball, Patrick. 2005. "Free Software," in The Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics. ed. by Carl Mitcham. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale.
 * Ball, Patrick. 2004. "Statistics," in Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity. ed. by Dinah L. Shelton, Howard Adelman, Frank Chalk, Alexandre Kiss & William A. Schabas. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale.
 * Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Perú, Final Report - General Conclusions
 * Davenport, Christian, and Patrick Ball. "Views to a Kill: Exploring the Implications of Source Selection in the Case of Guatemalan State Terror, 1977-1996." Journal of Conflict Resolution 46(3): 427-450. 2002.
 * Killings and Refugee Flow in Kosovo, March - June, 1999
 * Ball, Patrick. "Making the Case: The Role of Statistics in Human Rights Reporting." Statistical Journal of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. 18(2-3):163-174. 2001.
 * Chapman, Audrey R. and Patrick Ball. "The Truth of Truth Commissions: Comparative Lessons from Haiti, South Africa, and Guatemala." Human Rights Quarterly. 23(4):1-42. 2001
 * Justice Unknown, Justice Unsatisfied?
 * Kosovo Migration Study
 * Policy or Panic? The Flight of Ethnic Albanians from Kosovo, March-May 1999
 * Political Killings in Kosovo
 * Making the Case: Investigating Large Scale Human Rights Violations Using Information Systems and Data Analysis. (ed. with Herbert F. Spirer and Louise Spirer). Washington, DC: AAAS, 2000.
 * State Violence in Guatemala, 1960-1996: a Quantitative Reflection. (with Paul Kobrak and Herbert F. Spirer) Washington DC: AAAS, 1999.
 * Who Did What to Whom?