Reliability, Security and Privacy Issues Raised when Monitoring the Elderly
- When?
- Thursday 23 September 2010, 19:00 to 21:00
- Where?
- Lecture Theatre M
- Open to:
- Staff, Students
British Computer Society Debate
Adrian Seccombe (formerly Chief Information Security Officer, Eli Lilly), Ian Wells (Royal Surrey County Hospital), chaired by Roger Peel (Department of Computing, University of Surrey)
Caring for the elderly in their own homes is a compelling problem.
Remote monitoring might provide a mechanism for the non-intrusive sensing of their wellbeing, and a degree of comfort for their families and carers. Regardless of whether the technology is home-grown or commercial, this application raises a wide range of legal, ethical, social and technical issues.
Our speakers will introduce the subject from different perspectives - the demonstration of a prototype iPhone monitoring application; concerns over the reliability of the generated alerts; the applicability of recent medical equipment regulations to open source software; and so on.
After an initial introduction, we hope to provoke a debate on a number of issues that should be of interest to every computing professional, and which will turn out to have implications far wider than just for the elderly.
The Guildford Branch of the British Computer Society holds its monthly meetings on the University of Surrey campus. University staff and students are welcome to attend, at no cost. There's no need to register in advance.
Tea, coffee and biscuits will be available from 19:00, outside Lecture Theatre M.
The Guildford Branch Annual General Meeting will be held at 19:45.
Following the AGM, at 20:00, will be our debate. Attendance Certificates will be available at this event for inclusion in your Professional Development Portfolio.
