BU-Trace: A Permissionless Mobile System for Privacy-Preserving Intelligent Contact Tracing

Zhe Peng; Jinbin Huang; Haixin Wang; Shihao Wang; Xiaowen Chu; Xinzhi Zhang; Li Chen; Xin Huang; Xiaoyi Fu; Yi-Ke Guo; Jianliang Xu

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-73216-5_26

BU-Trace: A Permissionless Mobile System for Privacy-Preserving Intelligent Contact Tracing

Zhe Peng, Jinbin Huang, Haixin Wang, Shihao Wang, Xiaowen Chu, Xinzhi Zhang, Li Chen, Xin Huang, Xiaoyi Fu, Yi-Ke Guo, Jianliang Xu^*

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Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused an unprecedented health crisis for the global. Digital contact tracing, as a transmission intervention measure, has shown its effectiveness on pandemic control. Despite intensive research on digital contact tracing, existing solutions can hardly meet users’ requirements on privacy and convenience. In this paper, we propose BU - Trace, a novel permissionless mobile system for privacy-preserving intelligent contact tracing based on QR code and NFC technologies. First, a user study is conducted to investigate and quantify the user acceptance of a mobile contact tracing system. Second, a decentralized system is proposed to enable contact tracing while protecting user privacy. Third, an intelligent behavior detection algorithm is designed to ease the use of our system. We implement BU - Trace and conduct extensive experiments in several real-world scenarios. The experimental results show that BU - Trace achieves a privacy-preserving and intelligent mobile system for contact tracing without requesting location or other privacy-related permissions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Database Systems for Advanced Applications
Subtitle of host publication	DASFAA 2021 International Workshops - BDQM, GDMA, MLDLDSA, MobiSocial and MUST, Taipei, Taiwan, April 11–14, 2021, Proceedings
Editors	Christian S. Jensen, Ee-Peng Lim, De-Nian Yang, Wang-Chien Lee, Vincent S. Tseng, Vana Kalogeraki, Jen-Wei Huang, Chih-Ya Shen
Publisher	Springer Cham
Pages	381-397
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030732165
ISBN (Print)	9783030732158
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73216-5_26
Publication status	Published - 6 Apr 2021
Event	26th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications, DASFAA 2021, held in conjunction with BDQM 2021, GDMA 2021, MLDLDSA 2021, MobiSocial 2021 and MUST 2021 - Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China Duration: 11 Apr 2021 → 14 Apr 2021

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	12680 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	26th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications, DASFAA 2021, held in conjunction with BDQM 2021, GDMA 2021, MLDLDSA 2021, MobiSocial 2021 and MUST 2021
Country/Territory	Taiwan, Province of China
City	Taipei
Period	11/04/21 → 14/04/21

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Contact tracing
Intelligent
Permissionless
Privacy-preserving

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Peng, Z., Huang, J., Wang, H., Wang, S., Chu, X., Zhang, X., Chen, L., Huang, X., Fu, X., Guo, Y.-K., & Xu, J. (2021). BU-Trace: A Permissionless Mobile System for Privacy-Preserving Intelligent Contact Tracing. In C. S. Jensen, E.-P. Lim, D.-N. Yang, W.-C. Lee, V. S. Tseng, V. Kalogeraki, J.-W. Huang, & C.-Y. Shen (Eds.), Database Systems for Advanced Applications: DASFAA 2021 International Workshops - BDQM, GDMA, MLDLDSA, MobiSocial and MUST, Taipei, Taiwan, April 11–14, 2021, Proceedings (pp. 381-397). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 12680 LNCS). Springer Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73216-5_26

Peng, Zhe ; Huang, Jinbin ; Wang, Haixin et al. / BU-Trace : A Permissionless Mobile System for Privacy-Preserving Intelligent Contact Tracing. Database Systems for Advanced Applications: DASFAA 2021 International Workshops - BDQM, GDMA, MLDLDSA, MobiSocial and MUST, Taipei, Taiwan, April 11–14, 2021, Proceedings. editor / Christian S. Jensen ; Ee-Peng Lim ; De-Nian Yang ; Wang-Chien Lee ; Vincent S. Tseng ; Vana Kalogeraki ; Jen-Wei Huang ; Chih-Ya Shen. Springer Cham, 2021. pp. 381-397 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Peng Z, Huang J, Wang H, Wang S, Chu X, Zhang X et al. BU-Trace: A Permissionless Mobile System for Privacy-Preserving Intelligent Contact Tracing. In Jensen CS, Lim EP, Yang DN, Lee WC, Tseng VS, Kalogeraki V, Huang JW, Shen CY, editors, Database Systems for Advanced Applications: DASFAA 2021 International Workshops - BDQM, GDMA, MLDLDSA, MobiSocial and MUST, Taipei, Taiwan, April 11–14, 2021, Proceedings. Springer Cham. 2021. p. 381-397. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-73216-5_26

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