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48 results for Privacy-preserving optimization

We propose a data-driven framework for optimizing privacy-preserving data release mechanisms to attain the information-theoretically optimal tradeoff between minimizing distortion of useful data and concealing specific sensitive information. Our approach employs adversarially-trained neural networks to implement random…

2017-12-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper introduces privacy-preserving inventory policy learning for feature-based newsvendor with unknown demand.

problem Privacy-preserving inventory policy learning for feature-based newsvendor with unknown demand distribution and nonsmooth loss function.
method Developed a clipped noisy gradient descent algorithm based on convolution smoothing for optimal inventory estimation within f-differential privacy framework.
result Achieved privacy-preserving optimal inventory policy with provable privacy guarantees and desirable statistical precision.

It is challenging for stochastic optimizations to handle large-scale sensitive data safely. Recently, Duchi et al. proposed private sampling strategy to solve privacy leakage in stochastic optimizations. However, this strategy leads to robustness degeneration, since this strategy is equal to the noise injection on each…

2018-09-30abs ↗pdf ↗

While many solutions for privacy-preserving convex empirical risk minimization (ERM) have been developed, privacy-preserving nonconvex ERM remains a challenge. We study nonconvex ERM, which takes the form of minimizing a finite-sum of nonconvex loss functions over a training set. We propose a new differentially private…

2019-10-30abs ↗pdf ↗

Review of privacy-preserving linear models for high-dimensional data.

problem Overfitting and data memorization in high-dimensional linear models.
method Comprehensive comparison of optimization techniques for differentially private high-dimensional linear models.
result Coordinate-optimized algorithms perform best in empirical tests.

DP-FedTabDiff generates private synthetic tabular data using diffusion models and differential privacy.

problem Privacy-preserving synthetic data generation for tabular data in regulated domains.
method Combines Differential Privacy, Federated Learning, and Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Models.
result Achieves significant privacy improvements without compromising data quality.

Paper studies optimal federated learning for nonparametric regression with privacy constraints.

problem Federated learning for nonparametric regression with heterogeneous differential privacy constraints.
method Proposes distributed privacy-preserving estimators and investigates their risk properties.
result Establishes matching minimax lower bounds for global and pointwise estimation.

Privacy-preserving reinforcement learning from human feedback using decoupled reward modeling.

problem Training large language models with sensitive user information while preserving privacy.
method Proposes a privacy-preserving framework that imposes differential privacy on reward learning only.
result Privacy contributes an additional additive term to the suboptimality gap, and the upper bound is rate-optimal up to logarithmic factors.

Improves privacy guarantees by analyzing randomness in privacy-preserving mechanisms.

problem Balancing user privacy and business constraints in privacy-preserving mechanisms.
method Analyzes explicit and implicit randomness in privacy mechanisms and proposes a probabilistic calibration method.
result Proposes privacy at risk, providing stronger privacy guarantees with quantifiable risks.

Improved privacy-preserving methods for convex optimization with heavy-tailed data.

problem Privacy-preserving optimization of convex functions with heavy-tailed data.
method Developed algorithms for private mean estimation and convex optimization under concentrated differential privacy constraints.
result Achieved improved upper bounds on excess population risk for convex and strongly convex loss functions.

Paper proposes no-regret algorithms for private GP bandit optimization.

problem Private Gaussian process bandit optimization.
method Combines uniform kernel approximator with random perturbations for differentially private GP bandit algorithms.
result Provable no-regret algorithms for stationary kernel functions in two DP settings.

Privacy-preserving SGD with heavy-tailed noise achieves differential privacy guarantees.

problem Privacy preservation in noisy SGD with heavy-tailed noise.
method Differential privacy guarantees for SGD with heavy-tailed noise.
result SGD with heavy-tailed perturbations achieves (0,O(1/n))(0, O(1/n))-DP.

FedSTaS stratifies and samples clients for efficient FL.

problem Inefficient client sampling in federated learning.
method Stratifies clients based on compressed gradients, uses Neyman allocation for sampling, and samples local data uniformly.
result FedSTaS achieves higher accuracy than FedSTS in fixed training rounds.

Paper tackles privacy-preserving data density issues using deconvolution.

problem Privacy-preserving noise affects data density, leading to under/over-estimation.
method Develops deconvoluting kernel density estimators and regression models.
result Demonstrates improved accuracy in estimating heavy-hitters with locally differential data.

TransNet improves community detection on target networks using privacy-preserved source networks.

problem Community detection on sensitive network data with privacy constraints.
method Spectral clustering framework leveraging locally distributed privacy-preserved auxiliary networks via randomized response and adaptive weighting.
result TransNet delivers strong gains in community detection across various privacy levels and heterogeneity patterns.

NAPP-ERM improves ERM with differential privacy guarantees by iteratively achieving target regularization and delivering strong convexity.

problem Over-regularization in privacy-preserving ERM approaches.
method Noise-Augmented Privacy-Preserving Empirical Risk Minimization (NAPP-ERM) with a dual-purpose l2 regularizer and privacy budget retrieval strategy.
result Mitigates over-regularization and achieves strong convexity through a single regularizer.

This paper analyzes privacy-preserving methods for collaborative forecasting.

problem Data owners' reluctance to share data due to competitive and privacy concerns.
method Examines three groups of privacy-preserving methods: data transformation, secure multi-party computations, and decomposition methods.
result State-of-the-art techniques have limitations in preserving data privacy, such as trade-offs between privacy and forecasting accuracy.

Proposes a privacy-preserving recommendation system using matrix factorization and differential privacy.

problem Privacy leakage in recommendation systems when anonymizing user data is not sufficient.
method Uses matrix factorization and differential privacy via the Gaussian mechanism.
result Demonstrates excellent utility for privacy-preserving recommendation systems.

We detail a new framework for privacy preserving deep learning and discuss its assets. The framework puts a premium on ownership and secure processing of data and introduces a valuable representation based on chains of commands and tensors. This abstraction allows one to implement complex privacy preserving constructs …

2018-11-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Optimizes privacy-preserving optimization for heavy-tailed data.

problem Privacy-preserving optimization with heavy-tailed gradients.
method Pure ε-differential privacy framework for Lipschitz extensions.
result Minimax optimal excess-risk rate for pure ε-DP heavy-tailed SCO.

Proposes differentially private normalizing flows for privacy-preserving density estimation.

problem Privacy concerns in density estimation models when individuals are directly associated with the training data.
method Uses normalizing flow models with explicit differential privacy guarantees.
result Substantially outperforms previous state-of-the-art approaches in privacy-preserving density estimation.

The paper analyzes privacy leakage in federated learning using linear algebra and optimization theory.

problem Privacy leakage in federated learning despite its promise for data privacy.
method Theoretical analysis from linear algebra and optimization theory perspectives.
result Derives sufficient conditions to prevent data reconstruction attacks and establishes an upper bound on privacy leakage.

Gradient sparsification enhances privacy-preserving machine learning models.

problem Improving performance of differentially-private machine learning models under privacy constraints.
method Gradient sparsification combined with compressed sensing and additive Laplace noise.
result Gradient sparsification can improve performance of differentially-private machine learning models for small privacy budgets.

The use of inverse probability weighting (IPW) methods to estimate the causal effect of treatments from observational studies is widespread in econometrics, medicine and social sciences. Although these studies often involve sensitive information, thus far there has been no work on privacy-preserving IPW methods. We add…

2019-05-29abs ↗pdf ↗

We present a framework to learn privacy-preserving encodings of images that inhibit inference of chosen private attributes, while allowing recovery of other desirable information. Rather than simply inhibiting a given fixed pre-trained estimator, our goal is that an estimator be unable to learn to accurately predict th…

2018-02-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper optimizes privacy-preserving distribution estimation for sparse data.

problem Sparse distribution estimation under local differential privacy constraints.
method Compressive sensing approaches for privacy-preserving estimation.
result Significant reduction in sample complexity for approximately sparse distributions.

The Internet of Things (IoT) will be a main data generation infrastructure for achieving better system intelligence. However, the extensive data collection and processing in IoT also engender various privacy concerns. This paper provides a taxonomy of the existing privacy-preserving machine learning approaches develope…

2019-09-21abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper proposes differentially private sliced inverse regression algorithms for high-dimensional data.

problem Privacy concerns in high-dimensional data analysis.
method Differentially private sliced inverse regression algorithms designed for privacy preservation.
result Achieves minimax lower bounds up to logarithmic factors.

New projection techniques reduce the frequency of projections in solving LCPs.

problem Solving linearly constrained problems efficiently with reduced projection frequency.
method Delayed projection technique to call a projection less frequently.
result Theoretical and practical improvements in convergence rates and efficiency.

Researchers found PP-GANs can hide sensitive data in sanitized images, undermining privacy checks.

problem Lack of formal proofs of privacy in PP-GANs for image sanitization.
method Subverted PP-GANs for facial expression recognition to hide sensitive data in sanitized images.
result It is possible to hide sensitive identification data in sanitized PP-GAN output images, even allowing reconstruction of entire input images.

Proposes first privacy-preserving method for estimating Hawkes processes.

problem Estimating point process models with sensitive personal data raises privacy concerns.
method Proposes differential privacy for event stream data and two optimization algorithms.
result Efficiently estimates Hawkes process models with privacy and utility guarantees.

This paper applies secure multi-party computation to K-means clustering to protect private data.

problem Privacy-preserving K-means clustering for distributed private data.
method Secure multi-party computation (MPC) techniques to protect private data during K-means clustering.
result Privacy-preserving K-means clustering is feasible and effective for both horizontal and vertical data distribution.

Paper tightens privacy and generalization bounds for iterative learning.

problem Balancing privacy and generalization in iterative learning algorithms.
method Established alignment between generalization and privacy, derived composition theorems for iterative algorithms.
result Generalization bounds for iterative learning algorithms are strictly tighter than existing works.