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University of Manchester

Dr Mark Elliot
Senior Research Fellow/PGR Director

Tel: 0161 275 4257
Fax: +44 (0) 161 275 4722
M.Elliot@manchester.ac.uk 

Room  G27A
CCSR
School of Social Sciences
Kantorovich Building
Humanities Bridgeford Street
University of Manchester
MANCHESTER, M13 9PL

Mark Elliot has worked at the Centre for Census and Survey Research(CCSR) since 1996, mainly in the field of statistical confidentiality, founding the international recognised Confidentiality and Privacy Research Group (CAPRI) in 2002, and has managed numerous research projects within CAPRI remit. In 2005 he became Director of CCSR. He is one of the key international researchers in the field of Statistical Disclosure and has an extensive portfolio of research grants and publications in the field.

Dr Elliot has extensive experience in collaboration with non-academic partners, particularly with national statistical agencies (e.g. Office for National Statistics, US Bureau of the Census, Australian Bureau of Statistics) where he has been a key influence on disclosure control methodology used in censuses and surveys and where the SUDA software developed in collaboration with colleagues in Computer Science in Manchester is currently employed.

Aside from Confidentiality, Privacy and Disclosure his research interests include Psychology and Sociology of Personal Relationships and Social Network Analysis.


Current Research Projects

 

Research interests


Confidentiality, Privacy and Disclosure

The Psychology and Sociology of Personal Relationships
Cognitive Science
Knowledge and Data Engineering

Current projects

Clinical e-science farmework

A scoping study for the establishment of the Data Monitoring Service

 

Publications

Smith, D., Elliot, M J. Aspects of naive Bayesian Record Linkage, CCSR Occasional Paper(25).
Smith, D., Elliot, M J. Aspects of naive Bayesian Record Linkage, CCSR Occasional Paper.
Duncan, G, Elliot, M J., Salazar, J. J. (2010). (forthcoming) Statistical Confidentiality. New York: Springer.
Smith, D., Elliot, M J. (2008). A Measure of Disclosure Risk for Tables of Counts. Transactions in Data Privacy, 1, 34-52.
Purdam, K., Elliot, M J. (2007). A Case Study of the Impact of Statistical Disclosure Control on a Data Quality in the Individual UK Samples of Anonymised Records. Environment and Planning A, 1101-1118.
Purdam, K., Elliot, M J. (2007). A Case Study of the Impact of Statistical Disclosure Control on a Data Quality in the Individual UK Samples of Anonymised Records. Environment and Planning A, 1101-1118.
McCullagh, K, Elliot, M J.. (2006). A study of data protection: harmonisation or confusion?. 21st Annual BILETA Conference "Globalisation and Harmonisation in Technology Law".
Watt, L, Elliot, M J., Fenwick, K, Olsen, W K.. (2006). Attitudes Towards Relationships within the 18-30 Age Group. British Sociological Association, Harrogate.
Watt, L, Elliot, M J., Fenwick, K, Olsen, W K.. (2006). Attitudes Towards Relationships within the 18-30 Age Group. British Sociological Association, Harrogate.
Mayes, K, Elliot, M J., Manning, A, Haglin, D, Gurd, J.. (2006). A distributed search infrastructure for Statistical Disclosure Control. Grid National centre for e-social Science Conference, Manchester.
Elliot, M J., Mayes, K, Manning, A, Haglin, D, Gurd, J.. (2006). A computational method for solving the combinatorial explosiveness of the special uniques detection problem. Proceedings of Privacy in Statistical databases. Rome.
Elliot, M J., Purdam, K., Smith, D.. (2006). Patient Record Data: Disclosure Control for Grid Based Data Access. Proceedings of National centre for e-social Science Conference, Manchester.
Elliot, M J., Purdam, K., Smith, D.. (2006). Patient Record Data: Disclosure Control for Grid Based Data Access. Proceedings of National centre for e-social Science Conference, Manchester.
Elliot, M J., Manning, A, Mayes, K, Bane.. (2005). SUDA: a program of identifying and grading special uniques. UNECE worksession of statistical confidentiality, Geneva.
Elliot, M J., Purdam, K.. (2005). Disclosure Control and Data Quality. International Statistical Institute, Sydney.
Tranmer, M., Pickles, A R., Fieldhouse, E A., Elliot, M J., Dale, A., Brown, M S., Martin, D, Steel, D.G, Gardiner, C. (2005). Proposals for Small Area Microdata. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society series A, 168(1), 29-49. Full text doi:10.1111/j.1467-985X.2004.00334.x
McCullagh, K, Elliot, M J.. (2005). Identity information: the tension between privacy and the societal benefits associated with biometric database surveillance. 20th Annual BILETA Conference Over-Commoditised; Over-Centralised: Over-Observed: the New Digital Legal World.
Purdam, K., Elliot, M J.. (2005). The Impact of Statistical Disclosure Control on Data Quality. ISI Conference, Sydney Australia.
Purdam, K., Elliot, M J.. (2005). The Impact of Statistical Disclosure Control on Data Quality. ISI Conference, Sydney Australia.
Elliot, M J.. (2005). Statistical Confidentiality. Confidentiality and ethical issues in the scientific usage of clinical and administrative data, Colchester.
Elliot, M J.. (2005). An Overview of Statistical Disclosure Control. RSS Social Statistics Committee Conference on Linking Survey and Administrative Data and Statistical Disclosure Control, London.
Elliot, M J.. (2005). Developments in Statistical Disclosure Control. Census: Present and Future, Leicester.
Elliot, M J.. (2005). The Clinical e-Science Framework: An example of remote data access. Paper presented at the CS-Statistics Workshop on Privacy and Confidentiality, Bertinoro.
Smith, D., Elliot, M J.. (2005). An Experiment in Naive Bayesian Record Linkage. 55th Session of the International Statistical Institute, Sydney, Australia.
Purdam, K., Elliot, M J., Smith, D. (2005). Social survey data, disclosure control and the development of the grid computing. New Review of Information Networking, 10:2, 161-176.
Purdam, K., Elliot, M J., Smith, D. (2005). Social survey data, disclosure control and the development of the grid computing. New Review of Information Networking, 10:2, 161-176.
Elliot, M J., Purdam, K., Smith, D.. (2005). Patient Record Data: Disclosure Control for Grid Based Data Access. Proceedings of National centre for e-social Science Conference.
Elliot, M J., Purdam, K., Smith, D.. (2005). Patient Record Data: Disclosure Control for Grid Based Data Access. Proceedings of National centre for e-social Science Conference.
Elliot, M J., Purdam, K., Smith, D.. (2005). Data Monitoring, grid computing and Confidentiality. International Symposium on Confidentiality and Privacy Manchester.
Elliot, M J., Purdam, K., Smith, D.. (2005). Data Monitoring, grid computing and Confidentiality. International Symposium on Confidentiality and Privacy Manchester.
Elliot, M J., Purdam, K., Smith, D.. (2005). Confidentiality Data Access via the Grid. First International Conference on e-Social Science Manchester.
Elliot, M J., Purdam, K., Smith, D.. (2005). Confidentiality Data Access via the Grid. First International Conference on e-Social Science Manchester.
Elliot, M J., Purdam, K., Pickles, S, Smith, D.. (2005). Disclosure risk and grid computing. UK e-Science All Hands Meeting Nottingham.
Elliot, M J., Purdam, K., Pickles, S, Smith, D.. (2005). Disclosure risk and grid computing. UK e-Science All Hands Meeting Nottingham.
Purdam, K., E. Mackey, Elliot, M J. (2004). The Regulation of the Personal. Policy Studies, 25(4), 267-281.
Purdam, K., E. Mackey, Elliot, M J. (2004). The Regulation of the Personal. Policy Studies, 25(4), 267-281.
Smith, D., Elliot, M J.. (2004). Asessing Attribution Risk in Population Data. International Conference of the Royal Statistical Society.
Elliot, M J., D Smith. An interim report on the IDRAPN project, Report to the Office for National Statistics. 2003.
Purdam, K., E Mackey, Elliot, M J.. (2003). Personal Data and Privacy. Isaias, P.(Ed.), International Association for the Information Society, Conference Proceedings. Lisbon, Portugal:
Purdam, K., E Mackey, Elliot, M J.. (2003). Personal Data and Privacy. Isaias, P.(Ed.), International Association for the Information Society, Conference Proceedings. Lisbon, Portugal:
Elliot, M J., Purdam, K.. (2003). Analysis of Information Loss: a Case Study from a UK Survey. Proceedings of Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology Research Conference. Washington, D.C.:
Elliot, M J., Purdam, K.. (2003). Analysis of Information Loss: a Case Study from a UK Survey. Proceedings of Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology Research Conference. Washington, D.C.:
Elliot, M J., Purdam, K., E Mackey.. (2003). Whose Data Is It? Personal Data and Privacy. British Sociology Association Annual Conference. York:
Elliot, M J., Purdam, K., E Mackey.. (2003). Whose Data Is It? Personal Data and Privacy. British Sociology Association Annual Conference. York:
Elliot, M J., A Manning.. (2003). Applying disclosure control to temporal data. Proceedings of Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology (FCSM) Research Conference. Washington, D.C.:
Elliot, M J., D Smith, E Mackey.. (2003). Disclosure Control for Neighbourhood Statistics. Workshop on Threats and Opportunities for Labour Market Statistics. Manchester:
Elliot, M J., Purdam, K.. (2003). Data Quality and Disclosure Control. International Statistics Institute Conference. Berlin:
Elliot, M J., Purdam, K.. (2003). Data Quality and Disclosure Control. International Statistics Institute Conference. Berlin:
Elliot, M J.. (2003). Using DIS to Calibrate the Output of SUDA. Proceedings of UNECE international conference on statistical confidentiality. Luxembourg:
Elliot, M J., C Skinner. (2002). A Measure of Disclosure Risk for Microdata. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B, 64(4), 855-867.
Elliot, M J., A Manning, R Ford. (2002). A Computational Algorithm for Handling the Special Uniques Problem. International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowledge Based Systems, 5(10), 493-509.
Elliot, M J. (2002). Linking file and record level risk assessment. In Domingo-Ferrer, J.(Ed.) Inference Control in Statistical Databases, Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science. (126-134).
Elliot, M J. (2002). Disclosure Risk Assessment. In Zayatz, L.(Ed.) Confidentiality, Disclosure and Data Access.
Elliot, M J., Purdam, K. (2002). An evaluation of the availability of public data sources which could be used for identification purposes A Europe wide perspective.
Elliot, M J., Purdam, K. (2002). An evaluation of the availability of public data sources which could be used for identification purposes A Europe wide perspective.
Elliot, M J.. (2002). New Data, New Opportunities. ESRC Research Methods Programme workshop: ‘Combining data: using advanced technology to enhance social science resources.
Elliot, M J.. (2002). The use of high performance computing in the detection of risky records. International Conference of the Royal Statistical Society. Plymouth:
Dale, A., Elliot, M J. (2001). Proposals for the 2001 SARs: an assessment of disclosure risk. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, 164(3), 427-447.
Dale, A., Elliot, M J. (2001). Proposals for the 2001 SARs: an assessment of disclosure risk. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, 164(3), 427-447.
Elliot, M J. (2001). Data Intrusion Simulation: Advances and a Vision for the Future of Disclosure Control. Statistical Journal of the United Nations, 17, 1-9.
Elliot, M J., C Skinner. A Measure of Disclosure Risk for Microdata, CCSR Occasional Paper. Vol. no 23. 2001.
Elliot, M J. An interim report examining the disclosure associated with the Labour Force Survey, Report to the Office for National Statistics. 2001.
Elliot, M J. An initial assessment of the disclosure risk impact of adding the NOMIS geographical identifier to the Labour Force Survey, Report to the Office for National Statistics. 2001.
Elliot, M J. Integrated file level and record level disclosure risk assessment, Proceedings of 1st ARMRADS workshop on Statistical Confidentiality. 2001. Luxembourg.
Elliot, M J., A Manning.. (2001). The Identification of Special Uniques. Proceedings of GSS Methodology Conference. London:
Elliot, M J.. (2001). Data Intrusion Simulation: Advances and a Vision for the Future of Disclosure Control. 2nd UNECE work session on Statistical Data Protection. Skopje, Macedonia:
Elliot, M J. (2000). DIS: a new approach to the measurement of statistical disclosure risk. Risk Management: An International Journal, 2,4, 39-48.
Elliot, M J. Proposals for 2001 SARS: an assessment of disclosure risk, CCSR. Vol. 16. 2000. 1-8-99005188. 28.
Elliot, M J., Tranmer, M., Fieldhouse, E A., Dale, A., M Brown. Small Area Microdata, CCSR Occasional Paper. Vol. no 20. 2000.
Elliot, M J., Tranmer, M., Fieldhouse, E A., Dale, A., M Brown. Small Area Microdata, CCSR Occasional Paper. Vol. no 20. 2000.
Elliot, M J., Tranmer, M., Fieldhouse, E A., Dale, A., M Brown. Small Area Microdata, CCSR Occasional Paper. Vol. no 20. 2000.
Elliot, M J., Tranmer, M., Fieldhouse, E A., Dale, A., M Brown. Small Area Microdata, CCSR Occasional Paper. Vol. no 20. 2000.
Elliot, M J. Applying the Data Intrusion Simulation methodology to assess the disclosure risk impact of SDL techniques on a microdata file, Report to the US Bureau of the Census. 2000.
Elliot, M J., Dale, A. (1999). Scenarios of attack: the data intruder's perspective on statistical disclosure risk. Netherlands Official Statistics, 14, 6-10.
Elliot, M J., Dale, A. (1999). Scenarios of attack: the data intruder's perspective on statistical disclosure risk. Netherlands Official Statistics, 14, 6-10.
Elliot, M J.. (1999). New Approaches to Statistical Disclosure Risk. International Conference of the Royal Statistical Society. Warwick:
Elliot, M J.. (1999). Disclosure Risk Assessment. International Workshop Optimizing Data Utility within a Framework of Confidentiality. Washington:
C Skinner, Dale, A., Elliot, M J. (1998). Special uniques, random uniques and sticky populations: some counterintuitive effects of geographical details on disclosure risk. Research in Official Statistics, 1,2, 53-68.
C Skinner, Dale, A., Elliot, M J. (1998). Special uniques, random uniques and sticky populations: some counterintuitive effects of geographical details on disclosure risk. Research in Official Statistics, 1,2, 53-68.
Elliot, M., C Skinner, Dale, A. (1998). Special Uniques, Random Uniques and Sticky Populations: Some Counterintuitive Effects of Geographical Detail on Disclosure Risk. Research in Official Statistics, 2, 53-67.
Elliot, M., C Skinner, Dale, A. (1998). Special Uniques, Random Uniques and Sticky Populations: Some Counterintuitive Effects of Geographical Detail on Disclosure Risk. Research in Official Statistics, 2, 53-67.
Elliot, M J., Dale, A. Disclosure Risk for Microdata, Report to the European Union ESP/ 204 62/DG III. 1998.
Elliot, M J., Dale, A. Disclosure Risk for Microdata, Report to the European Union ESP/ 204 62/DG III. 1998.
Elliot, M J., C Skinner, Dale, A.. (1998). Special Uniques, Random Uniques and Sticky Populations. Proceedings of to 1st International Conference on Statistical Data Protection. 261-275.
Elliot, M J., C Skinner, Dale, A.. (1998). Special Uniques, Random Uniques and Sticky Populations. Proceedings of to 1st International Conference on Statistical Data Protection. 261-275.
Elliot, M J., Dale, A.. (1998). Approaches to assessing disclosure risk with microdata. GSS workshop on Disclosure and Disclosure Control.
Elliot, M J., Dale, A.. (1998). Approaches to assessing disclosure risk with microdata. GSS workshop on Disclosure and Disclosure Control.
Elliot, M J.. (1998). DIS: Data intrusion simulation - a method of estimating the worst case disclosure risk for a microdata file. Proceedings of international symposium on linked employee-employer records. Washington:

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