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48 results for privacy-preserving data collection

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 ↗

Noise-aware Bayesian inference framework for locally private data collection.

problem Privacy-preserving data collection with non-trustworthy aggregators.
method Noise-aware probabilistic modeling framework for Bayesian inference under LDP.
result Demonstrated efficacy in parameter estimation for various distributions and regression models.

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.

Contextual bandit algorithms~(CBAs) often rely on personal data to provide recommendations. Centralized CBA agents utilize potentially sensitive data from recent interactions to provide personalization to end-users. Keeping the sensitive data locally, by running a local agent on the user's device, protects the user's p…

2019-09-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Large data collections required for the training of neural networks often contain sensitive information such as the medical histories of patients, and the privacy of the training data must be preserved. In this paper, we introduce a dropout technique that provides an elegant Bayesian interpretation to dropout, and show…

2017-11-30abs ↗pdf ↗

A new framework reduces data upload for image classification while protecting user privacy.

problem Data upload limitations and privacy concerns in cloud-based image classification.
method Unsupervised autoencoder training at edge devices, followed by latent vector transmission to server for classifier training.
result The framework reduces communications overhead and protects user data privacy.

Privacy-preserving GNNs for graph data with sensitive node data.

problem Privacy concerns in learning node representations for graphs with sensitive data.
method Developed a privacy-preserving GNN learning algorithm based on Local Differential Privacy (LDP). Proposed an LDP encoder, an unbiased rectifier, and a denoising mechanism (KProp).
result Our method maintains a satisfying level of accuracy with low privacy loss.

AdOBEst-LDP improves privacy-preserving frequency estimation for categorical data.

problem Estimating categorical distributions online while preserving privacy.
method AdOBEst-LDP uses adaptive randomized response mechanism to enhance future data utility.
result AdOBEst-LDP selects optimal subset for LDP mechanism with high probability.

Paper proposes privacy-preserving learning for images, making them imperceptible to humans but recognizable by machines.

problem Conflict between developing AI systems and protecting sensitive training data.
method Encryption strategies (random shuffling and sub-patch mixing) followed by minimal adaptation to vision transformer.
result Achieves comparable accuracy to competitive methods while ensuring human-imperceptibility of encrypted images.

Federated CycleGAN enables privacy-preserving image translation without central data.

problem Privacy and security issues in unsupervised image-to-image translation.
method Novel federated CycleGAN architecture that decomposes CycleGAN loss into client-specific local objectives.
result Federated CycleGAN achieves comparable performance to non-federated CycleGAN without central data exchange.

This paper analyzes privacy threats in federated matrix factorization.

problem Privacy threats in federated matrix factorization models.
method Categorizes federated matrix factorization into three types and analyzes privacy threats.
result This is the first study of privacy threats in federated matrix factorization.

Machine Learning based Quality of Experience (QoE) models potentially suffer from over-fitting due to limitations including low data volume, and limited participant profiles. This prevents models from becoming generic. Consequently, these trained models may under-perform when tested outside the experimented population.…

2019-06-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Deep neural networks with their large number of parameters are highly flexible learning systems. The high flexibility in such networks brings with some serious problems such as overfitting, and regularization is used to address this problem. A currently popular and effective regularization technique for controlling the…

2017-11-30abs ↗pdf ↗

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.

Adaptive truncation improves privacy in online Bayesian estimation.

problem Ensuring privacy in online Bayesian estimation of a static parameter.
method Sequential Monte Carlo, adaptive truncation, Thompson sampling.
result Adaptive truncation reduces privacy-preserving noise, enabling more accurate estimation.

Voice-enabled interactions provide more human-like experiences in many popular IoT systems. Cloud-based speech analysis services extract useful information from voice input using speech recognition techniques. The voice signal is a rich resource that discloses several possible states of a speaker, such as emotional sta…

2019-08-09abs ↗pdf ↗

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.

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.

PriRec preserves privacy in POI recommendation by keeping data and models on users' devices.

problem Privacy concerns in centralized POI recommendation models.
method Local differential privacy for sensitive data, secure decentralized gradient descent for linear models, secure aggregation for feature interactions.
result PriRec achieves comparable or better recommendation accuracy than FM while protecting user privacy.

New approach preserves privacy in high-dimensional data using representation learning.

problem Preserving privacy in high-dimensional data collection.
method Adapting representation learning techniques to add noise to low-dimensional data representations.
result Significantly outperforms current LDP mechanisms in downstream model learning.

In this paper, we propose a data collaboration analysis method for distributed datasets. The proposed method is a centralized machine learning while training datasets and models remain distributed over some institutions. Recently, data became large and distributed with decreasing costs of data collection. If we can cen…

2019-02-20abs ↗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.

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.

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.

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.

P3GM improves privacy-preserving data synthesis for high-dimensional data.

problem Mitigating privacy risks in releasing large volumes of sensitive data.
method Privacy-preserving phased generative model (P3GM) with two-phase learning process.
result P3GM significantly outperforms existing solutions in terms of noise reduction and data accuracy.

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 proposes a privacy-preserving method for estimating complex models.

problem Lack of flexibility in existing model classes for approximating data-generating processes.
method Privacy-preserving distributed estimation of generalized additive mixed models using component-wise gradient boosting.
result Proposed algorithm yields equivalent model estimates as component-wise gradient boosting on pooled data.

LDP-Fed protects privacy in federated learning with neural networks.

problem Privacy protection for high-dimensional, continuous model parameters in federated learning.
method Local Differential Privacy (LDP) for repeated collection of model training parameters, selection and filtering of parameter updates.
result LDP-Fed achieves model accuracy comparable to non-private methods while preserving privacy.

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 ↗

Efficient framework for training machine learning models at edge without data movement.

problem Lack of privacy-preserving and computationally efficient methods for deep learning model training.
method Privacy preserving FedCollabNN framework for federated learning.
result Framework is computationally efficient and robust against adversarial attacks.

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.