Fighting Spam with DNA Sequencing Algorithms

Christopher Cashell writes "According to this article from NewScientist, IBM's Anti-Spam Filtering Research Project has started testing a new spam filtering algorithm, an algorithm originally designed for DNA sequence analysis. The algorithm has been named Chung-Kwei (after a feng-shui talisman that protects the home against evil spirits). Justin Mason, of SpamAssassin, is quoted as saying that it looks promising. A paper is available on the algorithm, too (PDF)."

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Wrong title, I guess

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According to the ./ title, it seems they used an algorithm used for DNA secuencing, when in fact they used an algorithm used for DNA analisis (or DNA sequence analisis that is the same), more specifically, gene finding techniques. As you may know, most DNA in a genome is not translated into protein (some people still call it junk, but most of it is no junk at all). So there are programs to sort genes out from the rest of DNA.
I think we will see more and more applications like this with the growing cross-polination between Biology and CS.