Noise added to neural network features limits input reconstruction.
problem Protecting privacy during inference with deep neural networks.
method Hammersley-Chapman-Robbins bounds applied to noise added to neural network features.
result HCR bounds limit confidentiality but not accuracy.
Confidential Guardian prevents model abstention from being used to discriminate.
problem Dishonest institutions can exploit machine learning model abstention to unfairly deny services.
method Confidential Guardian uses zero-knowledge proofs to verify model confidence and detect suppression.
result Confidential Guardian effectively prevents the misuse of cautious predictions.
Generative adversarial networks create synthetic insurance datasets from confidential originals.
problem Difficulty in accessing or sharing confidential insurance datasets for research.
method Design and use of three GAN architectures tailored for multi-categorical insurance data.
result MC-WGAN-GP synthesizes the best data, CTGAN is easiest to use, and MNCDP-GAN ensures differential privacy.
Machine learning (ML) models may be deemed confidential due to their sensitive training data, commercial value, or use in security applications. Increasingly often, confidential ML models are being deployed with publicly accessible query interfaces. ML-as-a-service ("predictive analytics") systems are an example: Some …
A new framework for private Bayesian tests maintains interpretability and computational efficiency.
problem Lack of interpretability and inability to quantify evidence in confidential data.
method Differentially private Bayesian tests based on test statistics.
result Established results on Bayes factor consistency under the proposed framework.
Executing deep neural networks for inference on the server-class or cloud backend based on data generated at the edge of Internet of Things is desirable due primarily to the limited compute power of edge devices and the need to protect the confidentiality of the inference neural networks. However, such a remote inferen…
We study statistical risk minimization problems under a privacy model in which the data is kept confidential even from the learner. In this local privacy framework, we establish sharp upper and lower bounds on the convergence rates of statistical estimation procedures. As a consequence, we exhibit a precise tradeoff be…
New algorithms for clustering and synthetic data generation of heterogeneous tabular datasets.
problem Clustering and generating synthetic data from heterogeneous tabular datasets with hidden cluster structure.
method Developed MMM and MMMsynth algorithms for clustering and synthetic data generation.
result MMMsynth algorithm outperforms other literature tabular-data generators and approaches real data performance.
Hyperparameters are critical in machine learning, as different hyperparameters often result in models with significantly different performance. Hyperparameters may be deemed confidential because of their commercial value and the confidentiality of the proprietary algorithms that the learner uses to learn them. In this …
We survey distributed deep learning models for training or inference without accessing raw data from clients. These methods aim to protect confidential patterns in data while still allowing servers to train models. The distributed deep learning methods of federated learning, split learning and large batch stochastic gr…
Proposes FMPCA for federated tensor data dimensionality reduction.
problem Integration of MPCA into federated learning.
method Federated Multilinear Principal Component Analysis (FMPCA).
result FMPCA preserves performance of traditional MPCA in federated learning.
Confidentiality of patient information is an essential part of Electronic Health Record System. Patient information, if exposed, can cause a serious damage to the privacy of individuals receiving healthcare. Hence it is important to remove such details from physician notes. A system is proposed which consists of a deep…
DeFi TrustBoost uses blockchain and AI to assess small business loans.
problem Assessing small business loans from low-wealth households.
method Combines blockchain and Explainable AI to ensure confidentiality, compliance, and security.
result Tamper-proof auditing and on-chain/off-chain data storage for financial organizations.
Money flow models are essential tools to understand different economical phenomena, like saving propensities and wealth distributions. In spite of their importance, most of them are based on synthetic transaction networks with simple topologies, e.g. random or scale-free ones, as the characterisation of real networks i…
Missing data enhances privacy in differential privacy.
problem Privacy preservation in datasets with missing values.
method Formalized missing data as a privacy amplification mechanism within differential privacy.
result Incomplete data can yield privacy amplification for differentially private algorithms.
The paper analyzes a private likelihood-ratio test for frequency tables under differential privacy constraints.
problem Achieving privacy in statistical data analysis while maintaining statistical utility.
method A rigorous analysis of a private likelihood-ratio (LR) test for goodness-of-fit in frequency tables, considering (ε,δ)-differential privacy. result Characterization of the trade-off between differential privacy parameters (ε,δ) and statistical power of the private LR test. In the last decade, there has been a great technological advance in the infrastructure of mobile technologies. The increase in the use of wireless local area networks and the use of satellite services are also noticed. The high utilization rate of mobile devices for various purposes makes clear the need to track wirele…
Optimal privacy-preserving ranking from noisy comparisons.
problem Protecting individual privacy in ranking from noisy comparisons.
method Differentially private ranking algorithms under edge and individual differential privacy.
result Achieved minimax optimal rates of convergence under privacy constraints.
Unified approach improves accuracy in private estimation.
problem Protecting sensitive information in statistical estimation.
method Unified Bayes Private Point (UBaPP) approach to Bayes point estimation under differential privacy constraints.
result Achieves better accuracy-privacy trade-off than traditional methods.
Federated learning leaks participant dataset quality even with secure aggregation.
problem Leakage of participant dataset quality in federated learning with secure aggregation.
method Image recognition experiments to infer and attribute dataset quality.
result Relative quality ordering of participants can be inferred and used for various purposes.
A new algorithm optimizes local objectives in federated learning with heterogeneous clients.
problem Optimizing local objectives in federated learning with heterogeneous client data.
method Proposes PF-PNE algorithm with double elimination strategy.
result PF-PNE algorithm optimizes local objectives with arbitrary heterogeneity and protects client data confidentiality.
FinDiff generates synthetic financial data for regulatory tasks.
problem Sharing microdata for research due to privacy regulations.
method Diffusion model using embedding encodings for mixed modality financial data.
result FinDiff excels in generating high-fidelity, privacy-preserving synthetic financial data.
Unified framework evaluates synthetic financial data models.
problem Data scarcity and confidentiality in finance hinder model development and testing.
method Multi-criteria evaluation of three generative paradigms: ARIMA-GARCH, VAEs, and TimeGAN.
result TimeGAN achieves the best balance between realism and temporal coherence.
Significant success has been realized recently on applying machine learning to real-world applications. There have also been corresponding concerns on the privacy of training data, which relates to data security and confidentiality issues. Differential privacy provides a principled and rigorous privacy guarantee on mac…
Framework for pricing data products in data-poor markets.
problem Challenges in pricing advanced data products due to lack of transaction data.
method Prior-predictive Monte Carlo framework for generating probabilistic price bands.
result Stable probabilistic price bands for data products in data-poor markets.
Cryptotree enables accurate predictions on encrypted data using Random Forests.
problem Applying machine learning to private data while preserving confidentiality.
method Adapting Neural RF to CKKS scheme for HE operations on encrypted data.
result Cryptotree achieves better prediction results on encrypted data than regular RF.
Privacy preserving networks can be modelled as decentralized networks (e.g., sensors, connected objects, smartphones), where communication between nodes of the network is not controlled by an all-knowing, central node. For this type of networks, the main issue is to gather/learn global information on the network (e.g.,…
The paper proposes methods to infer from privacy-protected data using simulation-based techniques.
problem Valid statistical inference from privacy-protected data is computationally challenging.
method Simulation-based inference methods, including sequential Monte Carlo and neural conditional density estimators.
result Valid statistical inferences can be made from privacy-protected data.
Paper proposes a GAN-based approach for RTLMP prediction.
problem Predicting real-time locational marginal prices (RTLMPs) in power markets.
method GAN-based video prediction model for spatio-temporal correlations.
result Proposed method accurately predicts RTLMPs without confidential information.
Paper presents a privacy-preserving algorithm for estimating peer effects using the Ising model.
problem Privacy concerns in estimating peer effects using network data.
method Developed a (ε,δ)-differentially private algorithm using Ising model. result Established regret bounds and validated performance on synthetic and real-world networks.
Multi-party machine learning leaks global dataset properties even with black-box access.
problem Leakage of global dataset properties in multi-party machine learning.
method Demonstrated leakage of sensitive attribute distributions in pooled data.
result A curious party can infer sensitive attribute distributions in other parties' data with high accuracy.
Federated learning platform for drug discovery without sharing data.
problem Lack of secure collaboration in drug discovery.
method Industry-scale federated learning platform using cryptographic aggregation.
result Generated new scientific discoveries in drug discovery.
A federated model predicts failures using multi-stream incomplete data.
problem Insufficient data for reliable prognostic models in multi-stream applications.
method Federated data fusion, multivariate functional principal component analysis, (log)-location-scale regression model, federated algorithm.
result Performance is as good as classic non-federated models and better than individual models.
This paper recovers input data from transformer models using attention weights.
problem Recovering input data from transformer models for security and privacy concerns.
method Introducing an algorithm to minimize the loss function between expected and actual outputs of transformers.
result The algorithm successfully recovers input data from attention weights and outputs of transformers.
Power system studies require the topological structures of real-world power networks; however, such data is confidential due to important security concerns. Thus, power grid synthesis (PGS), i.e., creating realistic power grids that imitate actual power networks, has gained significant attention. In this letter, we cas…
This paper proposes methods to compute differentially private confidence intervals for the median.
problem Ensuring privacy in statistical inference for the median.
method Directly estimating interval bounds for the median under differential privacy constraints.
result The proposed methods provide valid differentially private confidence intervals for the median.
Secure sum outperforms homomorphic encryption in collaborative deep learning.
problem Training deep learning models on private data from multiple parties without revealing the data.
method Used a secure sum protocol in conjunction with default secure channels.
result Secure sum protocol provides superior properties in terms of collusion-resistance and runtime.
Improved fraud detection in finance with quantum-enhanced federated learning.
problem Challenges in detecting financial fraud with traditional methods.
method Hybrid quantum-enhanced federated learning framework combining quantum LSTM with privacy-preserving techniques.
result Approximately 5% improvement in performance metrics compared to conventional models.
This study tackles Gaussian process regression with summarized data.
problem Learning and inference with summarized data (summary statistics, counts) in spatial modeling.
method Sample quasi-likelihood approach to Gaussian process regression.
result Approximation performance of the method is influenced by data granularity and covariance function length scale.
The cloud-based speech recognition/API provides developers or enterprises an easy way to create speech-enabled features in their applications. However, sending audios about personal or company internal information to the cloud, raises concerns about the privacy and security issues. The recognition results generated in …
Paper proposes Pcomp classification for binary classification with pairwise confidence comparisons.
problem Lack of pointwise labels due to privacy, confidentiality, or security reasons.
method Developed Pcomp classification, derived an unbiased risk estimator (URE), and improved it using correction functions and consistency regularization.
result Demonstrated the effectiveness of Pcomp classification methods.
This paper investigates a class of attacks targeting the confidentiality aspect of security in Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) policies. Recent research have established the vulnerability of supervised machine learning models (e.g., classifiers) to model extraction attacks. Such attacks leverage the loosely-restricte…
Optimal sampling strategy improves prediction accuracy with surrogate variables under measurement constraints.
problem Measurement-constrained datasets and lack of labeled data.
method A-optimality criterion for optimal sampling, leveraging surrogate variables.
result Achieves lower asymptotic variance and reduced empirical mean squared error.
New method recovers graph latent positions under edge differential privacy.
problem Recovering latent graph information from privatized graphs.
method Applying geometric insights to adjust statistical inference for privatized graphs.
result Achieves consistent recovery of latent positions under local edge differential privacy constraints.
QFNN-FFD uses quantum computing and FL for secure financial fraud detection.
problem Financial fraud detection in the financial sector.
method Quantum Federated Neural Network (QFNN-FFD) combining QML and FL.
result Achieves precision rates above 95% and robustness against noise.
Study on protecting sensitive properties of datasets during analysis.
problem Ensuring privacy of sensitive properties in datasets.
method Proposes definitions and mechanisms for attribute privacy using the Pufferfish framework.
result Developed efficient and inefficient mechanisms for attribute privacy.
FLFE improves machine learning by efficiently and securely transforming features.
problem Efficiently and securely transforming features in a multi-party setting.
method FLFE uses a pre-learning pattern to selectively transform features, reducing communication overhead.
result FLFE outperforms evaluation-based approaches in feature transformation efficiency.
Securely analyzes survival data across multiple institutions without revealing individual patient records.
problem Privacy concerns in federated survival analysis of health data.
method Multiparty homomorphic encryption for approximate floating-point computation and encrypted aggregation.
result Privacy-preserving federated Kaplan--Meier survival analysis with high fidelity and predictable overhead.