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DESCRIPTION:Join us for a McGill School of Information Studies (SIS) Semina
 r Series talk on big data and privacy with guest speaker Dr. Noman Mohamme
 d\, NSERC postdoctoral fellow at the McGill School of Computer Science.\n
 \nABSTRACT\n\nBig data is the fuel of modern economy. It allows us to do b
 etter urban planning\, combat new diseases\, ensure national security\, an
 d has become the driving force behind innovation\, productivity\, and grow
 th. All these new possibilities are enabled by new technologies that are c
 apable of storing\, integrating\, and analyzing all sorts of digital bread
 crumbs that we leave behind in this information age.\n\nOn one hand\, the 
 collected data offers tremendous opportunities for mining useful informati
 on. On the other hand\, the mining process poses a threat to individual pr
 ivacy since the collected data often contains sensitive information. The c
 urrent practice in data sharing relies primarily on policies and guideline
 s on the types of data that can be shared and agreements on the use of sha
 red data. This approach alone may lead to excessive data distortion or ins
 ufficient protection. \n\nThis talk will present the recent research resul
 ts that try to find a right balance between the privacy protection and big
  data rewards. In particular\, I will explain different definitions of pri
 vacy model\, show their limitations\, describe some algorithms to enforce 
 them\, and discuss open problems for future research.\n\nBIO\n\nNoman Moha
 mmed is an NSERC postdoctoral fellow in the School of Computer Science at 
 McGill University. Before coming to McGill\, he was a member of the Crypto
 graphy\, Security\, & Privacy (CrySP) research group at the University of 
 Waterloo. He received a PhD in Computer Science from Concordia University 
 in 2012. His research interests include private data sharing\, privacy-pre
 serving data mining\, secure distributed systems\, trustworthy cloud compu
 ting\, and applied cryptography. He has received several prestigious award
 s including NSERC postdoctoral fellowship\, Alexander Graham Bell Canada G
 raduate Scholarship (NSERC CGS)\, and the Best Student Paper Award in ACM 
 SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining\, 2
 009. http://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~noman\n\n \n\nPlease note: this talk will be
  held in the Education Building\, Room 211. \n\nEveryone welcome. Please a
 rrive early to secure a seat. \n\n \n
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LOCATION:Room 211\, Education Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1Y2\, 370
 0 rue McTavish
SUMMARY:SIS Seminar Series: 'Big Data & Privacy.' Guest Speaker Dr. N. Moha
 mmed
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/sis/channels/event/sis-seminar-series-big-data-pr
 ivacy-guest-speaker-dr-n-mohammed-232928
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