• Accountable Human Subject Research Data Processing using Lohpi 

      Sharma, Aakash; Bye Nilsen, Thomas; Brenna, Lars; Johansen, Dag; Johansen, Håvard D. (Conference object; Konferansebidrag, 2021-06)
      In human subject research, various data about the studied individuals are collected. Through re-identification and statistical inferences, this data can be exploited for interests other than the ones the subjects initially consented to. Such exploitation must be avoided to maintain trust with the researched population. We argue that keeping data-access policies up-to-date and building accountability ...
    • Engineering push-based web services 

      Brenna, Lars; Johansen, Dag (Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2005)
      Much of the content of popular Internet information sources is highly dynamic: urgent in nature and sometimes relevant only for a short time. The typical approach to querying such dynamic sources is polling for updates often.1 This strains the traditional pull-based Internet and wastes network resources on transmitting redundant information. This paper focuses on how to structure the Internet to ...
    • Privacy Perceptions and Concerns in Image-Based Dietary Assessment Systems: Questionnaire-Based Study 

      Sharma, Aakash; Czerwinska, Katja P; Brenna, Lars; Johansen, Dag; Johansen, Håvard D. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-15)
      Background: Complying with individual privacy perceptions is essential when processing personal information for research. Our specific research area is performance development of elite athletes, wherein nutritional aspects are important. Before adopting new automated tools that capture such data, it is crucial to understand and address the privacy concerns of the research subjects that are to be ...
    • TFHE-rs: A library for safe and secure remote computing using fully homomorphic encryption and trusted execution environments 

      Brenna, Lars; Singh, Isak Sunde; Johansen, Håvard D.; Johansen, Dag (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-01-20)
      Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) and Trusted Execution Environ-ments (TEEs) are complementing approaches that can both secure computa-tions running remotely on a public cloud. Existing FHE schemes are, however, malleable by design and lack integrity protection, making them susceptible to integrity breaches where an adversary could modify the data and corrupt the output. This paper describes how ...
    • Up-to-the-Minute Privacy Policies via Gossips in Participatory Epidemiological Studies 

      Sharma, Aakash; Nilsen, Thomas Bye; Czerwinska, Katja P; Onitiu, Daria; Brenna, Lars; Johansen, Dag; Johansen, Håvard D. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-05-13)
      Researchers and researched populations are actively involved in participatory epidemiology. Such studies collect many details about an individual. Recent developments in statistical inferences can lead to sensitive information leaks from seemingly insensitive data about individuals. Typical safeguarding mechanisms are vetted by ethics committees; however, the attack models are constantly evolving. ...