Audio recording of the seminar by Puneet Kishor "You keep using that word 'blockchain'. I do not think it means what you think it means”.
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Abstract:
Blockchain, the technology behind Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies remains mysterious and misunderstood, making it ripe for being flogged by many as the next second coming. This is possibly a disservice to blockchain (whatever that is) because it is already being used for ensuring data integrity and securing datastores. So, what is a blockchain, how does it work, how can it be used to keep data safe, and how can it serve as the basis of "smart contracts" that ensure people do what they said they were going to do? Let's find out.
More about our speaker:
Puneet's interest in medical information began during the boom years for personal-fitness devices when a new gadget seemed to come out every other week in the Bay Area. As the Manager of Science and Data Policy at Creative Commons in San Francisco at that time, Puneet's data-worldview was of unstinted openness. With funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Puneet brought together policy, technology, ethics and legal experts in Washington DC to focus on the tension between sharing medical data and preserving privacy. The consensus of the workshop was for dramatic change in the constraints of research funding to allow greater openness. Over the years, however, Puneet's enthusiasm for data sharing has been tempered by the cavalier collection and use of data by technology companies. While the power of technology to do good is undoubtable, it has to be checked by public participation and governance to limit harm. As a Research Fellow at CeSCoS, Puneet is focusing on the need and mechanisms for balance between sharing and privacy. He is currently based in Berlin where he divides his time between data policyand art+science.
