I Built a Private Genomics Study with Stoffel MPC
- Most genomic studies begin by asking participants to upload one of the most identifying and irrevocable pieces of data they own, their DNA.
- I continue to investigate whether multi-party computation can offer a different model, one in which a study can produce useful results without anyone collecting the participants’ genomes in the first place.
- That question has now led me to build a proof of concept with Stoffel MPC.
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- Most genomic studies begin by asking participants to upload one of the most identifying and irrevocable pieces of data they own, their DNA.
- I continue to investigate whether multi-party computation can offer a different model, one in which a study can produce useful results without anyone collecting the participants’ genomes in the first place.
- That question has now led me to build a proof of concept with Stoffel MPC.
Sources: Vishakh