Fwd: COVID and DIDs

May be of interest for the WG

Ivan

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> From: Moses Ma <moses.ma@futurelabconsulting.com>
> Subject: COVID and DIDs
> Date: 15 May 2020 at 20:03:15 GMT+2
> To: W3C Credentials Community Group <public-credentials@w3.org>
> Cc: Kim Hamilton <kimdhamilton@gmail.com>, 'Mark van der Waal' <mbvanderwaal@gmail.com>
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> Hello DIDlandia compatriots,
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> In behalf of my co-authors at Vrije University and RIVM (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment in The Netherlands), I am happy to announce the publication of our paper "Blockchain-facilitated sharing to advance outbreak R&D" in Science Magazine today. The paper offers a unique perspective on the potential impact of blockchain technologies to enable more dynamic R&D collaboration and innovation in the life sciences. I believe this is the first ever mention of decentralized identifiers and verifiable credentials in this eminent journal. For those interested, the full paper can be found here: 
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> https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6492/719 <https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6492/719>
> I've asked the first author Mark van der Waal to attend a CCG call in the near future to answer any questions you may have directly, discuss your perspectives on the optimal implementation of DIDs and VCs, and to explore possibilities for partnership.
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> Also, a nod to Kim Hamllton Duffy who was very helpful to the authors, and was acknowledged in the paper for her contribution.
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> FYI, the paper proposes that outbreak R&D records could be stored in a repository allowing related records to be linked, with data structuring to capture the evolution of R&D branches over time, in a manner similar to GitHub. I believe that the resulting direct acyclic graphs could assist in consolidating IPRs over collaborative inventions with smart contracts that define how to equitably distribute ownership among contributors. In turn, these could coordinate auditable distribution of arising benefits (e.g. royalties, top collaborator prizes, etc) to contributors. This is an area of research that FutureLab has been pursuing for several years, and we believe is applicable in many arenas beyond outbreak research.
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> Also, a quick note about our COVID Defender project - we're going to reposition it from a "yet another contract tracer" to a new category of pandemic response management – an infection/proximity risk dosimeter with integrated contact tracing, plus "adaptive immuno-certificates". I put up a placeholder webpage for the effort here: http://coviddefender.io/ <http://coviddefender.io/>
> Finally, I wanted to thank the CCG community for all the knowledge, expertise and collaboration you've provided over the years. I would be happy to include a quote from someone in our community in our press release, so let me know if you're amenable.
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> Moses
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> PS, if you could share the link on your social feeds, I'd really be grateful, thanks!
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