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SUMMARY:Whole Genome Sequencing: Innovation Dream or Privacy Nightmare?
DTSTART:20130610T140000
DTEND:20130610T150000
DTSTAMP:20260506T044854Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Emiliano De Cristofaro\, Xerox PARC\, Palo Alto\nRecent ad
 vances in DNA sequencing technologies have put ubiquitous availability of 
 whole human genomes within reach. It is no longer hard to imagine the day 
 when everyone will have the means to obtain and store one's own DNA sequen
 ce. Widespread and affordable availability of whole genomes immediately op
 ens up important opportunities in a number of health-related fields. In pa
 rticular\, common genomic applications and tests performed in vitro today 
 will soon be conducted computationally\, using digitized genomes. New appl
 ications will be developed as genome-enabled medicine becomes increasingly
  preventive and personalized. However\, the very same progress also amplif
 ies worrisome privacy concerns\, since a genome represents a treasure trov
 e of highly personal and sensitive information.\nIn this talk\, we will ov
 erview biomedical advances in genomics and discuss associated privacy\, et
 hical\, and security challenges. We begin to address privacy-respecting ge
 nomic tests by focusing on some important applications\, such as\, Persona
 lized Medicine\, Paternity Tests\, Ancestry Testing\, and Genetic Compatib
 ility Tests. After carefully analyzing these applications and their requir
 ements\, we propose a set of efficient privacy-enhancing techniques based 
 on private set operations. This allows us to implement\, in silico\, some 
 operations that are currently performed via in vitro methods\, in a secure
  fashion. Experimental results demonstrate that proposed techniques are bo
 th feasible and practical today. Finally\, we explore a few alternatives t
 o securely store human genomes and allow authorized parties to run tests i
 n such a way that only the required minimum amount of information is discl
 osed\, and present an Android API framework geared for privacy-preserving 
 genomic testing.
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