Abstract Upon the General Data Protection Regulation's (GDPR) application on 25 May
2018 across the European Union, new legal requirements for the protection of personal data …

Recent advances in DNA sequencing technologies have put ubiquitous availability of fully
sequenced human genomes within reach. It is no longer hard to imagine the day when …

In many everyday scenarios, sensitive information must be shared between parties without
complete mutual trust. Private set operations are particularly useful to enable sharing …

Edit distance has been proven to be an important and frequently-used metric in many
human genomic research, with Similar Patient Query (SPQ) being a particularly promising …

The advance of cloud computing has driven a new paradigm of outsourcing large-scale data
and data-driven services to public clouds. Due to the increased awareness of privacy …

Systems employing biometric traits for people authentication and identification are
witnessing growing popularity due to the unique and indissoluble link between any …

Applications for document similarity detection are widespread in diverse communities,
including institutions and corporations. However, currently available detection systems fail to …

Set similarity search, aiming to search the similar sets to a query set, has wide application in
today's recommendation services. Meanwhile, the rapid advance in cloud technique has …

The rapid development of the Internet of Things (IoTs), 5 G and artificial intelligence (AI)
technology have been dramatically incentivizing the advancement of Internet of Medical …

Thanks to its convenience and cost-savings feature, cloud computing ushers a new era. Yet
its security and privacy issues must not be neglected. Private set intersection (PSI) is useful …