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CATEGORIES:Wednesday Seminars - Department of Computer Scienc
 e and Technology 
SUMMARY:Forensic Genomics:Kin Privacy\, Driftnets and Othe
 r Open Questions - Frank Stajano\, Lucia Bianchi\,
  Pietro Liò and Douwe Korff
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20081022T141500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20081022T151500
UID:TALK13300AThttp://talks.cam.ac.uk
URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/13300
DESCRIPTION:DNA analysis is increasingly used in forensics\, w
 here it is being\npushed as the holy grail of iden
 tification. But we are approaching\na dramatic “ph
 ase change” as we move from genetics to genomics:\
 nwhen sequencing the entire genome of a person bec
 omes\nsufficiently cheap as to become a routine op
 eration\, as is likely to\nhappen in the coming de
 cades\, then each DNA examination will\nexpose a w
 ealth of very sensitive personal information about
  the examined individual\, as well as her relative
 s. In this interdisciplinary\ndiscussion paper we 
 highlight the complexity of DNA-related privacy\ni
 ssues as we move into the genomic (as opposed to g
 enetic)\nera: the “driftnet” approach of comparing
  scene-of-crime samples\nagainst the DNA of the wh
 ole population rather than just against\nthat of c
 hosen suspects\; the potential for errors in foren
 sic DNA\nanalysis and the consequences on security
  and privacy\; the civil\nliberties implications o
 f the interaction between medical and forensic\nap
 plications of genomics. For example\, your kin can
  provide\nvaluable information in a database match
 ing procedure against you\neven if you don’t\; and
  being able to read the whole of a sampled\ngenome
 \, rather than just 13 specific markers from it\, 
 provides information about the medical and physica
 l characteristics of the individual.\nOur aim is t
 o offer a simple but thought-provoking and technic
 ally\naccurate summary of the many issues involved
 \, hoping to\nstimulate an informed public debate 
 on the statutes by which DNA\ncollection\, storage
  and processing should be regulated.\n
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 1\, Computer Laboratory
CONTACT:Timothy G. Griffin
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