Emilio Neri

Emilio Neri (born March 19, 1977 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian computer engineer and scientist involved in research in computer security and data anonymization processes utilized in health care records. Data provided by this research protects user anonymity while providing data utility to further various areas of research in the medical community.
Background
Emilio Neri graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1999 with a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS). Soon after graduating he began work for Dr. Khaled El Emam which sparked his interest in the fields of computer security and data anonymization.
Patents
Co-Inventor: CA 2559523 - Method of and System for Security and Privacy Protection in Medical Forms - Filed: September 12, 2006
Publications
*M. Sokolova, K. El Emam, L. Arbuckle, E. Neri et al.: P2P Watch: Personal Health Information Detection in Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing Networks - July 2012 - Journal of Medical Internet Research 2012;14(4):e95
*M. Sokolova, K. El Emam, S. Chowdhury, E. Neri et al.: Evaluation of Rare Event Detection - May 2010 - Canadian Conference on AI 2010: 379-383
*K. El Emam, E. Neri, E. Jonker, M. Sokolova et al.: The Inadvertent Disclosure of Personal Health Information Through Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Programs - March 2010 - Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 17(2), 148-158
*M. Sokolova, K. El Emam, S. Rose, S. Chowdhury, E. Neri, E. Jonker, and L. Peyton: Personal Health Information Leak Prevention in Heterogeneous Texts - September 2009 - Adaptations of Language Resources and Technology to New Domains, 2009, 58-69
*K. El Emam, E. Neri, and E. Jonker: An Evaluation of Personal Health Information Remnants in Second Hand Personal Computer Disk Drives - July 2007 - Journal of Medical Internet Research, 9(3):e24, September 2007
*K. El Emam, E. Jonker, S. Sams, E. Neri et al: Pan-Canadian De-Identification Guidelines for Personal Health Information, 2007 Note: This document was produced for the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and is also referenced in the Ontario Hospital Association Executive Report (June 20, 2007). The recommendations of this guide have been adopted by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and have shaped regulations on the handling of Personal Health Information (PHI).

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