Securely share encrypted data for machine learning training.
problem Securely sharing encrypted data for machine learning training without revealing the data.
method Rotation based method using flow model.
result Theoretical justification and demonstration of effectiveness in different scenarios.
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.
Secure XGB for privacy-preserving machine learning in federated learning.
problem Privacy-preserving machine learning in federated learning with practical gradient tree boosting models.
method Secure multi-party computation, distributed model storage, secure permutation protocols.
result Our XGB models provide competitive accuracy and practical performance.
SecureGBM securely trains GBM models across two parties without revealing data.
problem Securely training GBM models across parties with encrypted data.
method Extending LightGBM with semi-homomorphic encryption and stochastic approximation.
result SecureGBM achieves AUC within 3% of non-secure LightGBM, maintaining performance.
This paper optimizes SMPC for neural network inference, reducing memory and time.
problem Memory and time constraints in secure neural network inference.
method Implemented ABY2.0 protocol, optimized memory usage, and used a helper node.
result MNIST inference reduced from 8.03 GB RAM and 200s to 0.2 GB RAM and 32s.
Efficiently preserves privacy in logistic regression for IoT data.
problem Balancing data privacy and utility in collaborative learning.
method Matrix encryption approach for secure multi-party computation.
result Proposes a privacy-preserving logistic regression model with fast convergence.
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.
We detail distributed algorithms for scalable, secure multiparty linear regression and feature selection at essentially the same speed as plaintext regression. While the core geometric ideas are simple, the recognition of their broad utility when combined is novel. Our scheme opens the door to efficient and secure geno…
Securely evaluates the benefits of merging datasets for causal estimation.
problem Challenges in assessing the value of merging datasets for causal treatment effect estimation.
method Cryptographically secure multi-party computation to evaluate Expected Information Gain (EIG) while ensuring privacy.
result Demonstrates the first privacy-preserving method for dataset acquisition tailored to causal estimation.
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.
HDP-VFL hybridizes DP for VFL, reducing privacy costs.
problem Privacy-preserving collaborative learning from vertically partitioned data.
method Hybrid DP framework combining HE and MPC for VFL.
result Achieves DP and JDP with negligible training time and accuracy trade-offs.
Contextual bandits are online learners that, given an input, select an arm and receive a reward for that arm. They use the reward as a learning signal and aim to maximize the total reward over the inputs. Contextual bandits are commonly used to solve recommendation or ranking problems. This paper considers a learning s…
Privacy concern has been increasingly important in many machine learning (ML) problems. We study empirical risk minimization (ERM) problems under secure multi-party computation (MPC) frameworks. Main technical tools for MPC have been developed based on cryptography. One of limitations in current cryptographically priva…
Federated Learning is the current state of the art in supporting secure multi-party machine learning (ML): data is maintained on the owner's device and the updates to the model are aggregated through a secure protocol. However, this process assumes a trusted centralized infrastructure for coordination, and clients must…
How to train a machine learning model while keeping the data private and secure? We present CodedPrivateML, a fast and scalable approach to this critical problem. CodedPrivateML keeps both the data and the model information-theoretically private, while allowing efficient parallelization of training across distributed w…
Paper proposes scalable privacy-preserving DNN for industrial applications.
problem Data isolation and scalability issues in deep neural networks.
method Split computation graph into private and neutral server parts; use cryptographic techniques for private data.
result Demonstrates practicality of the proposed scalable privacy-preserving DNN.
Secure federated learning reduces privacy risks with differential privacy and secure multiparty computation.
problem Reverse engineering of private client data from federated learning model parameters.
method Combining differential privacy and secure multiparty computation.
result Improved accuracy of shared models without significant privacy loss.
Unlike other industries in which intellectual property is patentable, the financial industry relies on trade secrecy to protect its business processes and methods, which can obscure critical financial risk exposures from regulators and the public. We develop methods for sharing and aggregating such risk exposures that …
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.
Recent work has explored how to train machine learning models which do not discriminate against any subgroup of the population as determined by sensitive attributes such as gender or race. To avoid disparate treatment, sensitive attributes should not be considered. On the other hand, in order to avoid disparate impact,…
This paper examines anomalies and frauds in blockchain networks and proposes detection techniques.
problem Anomalies and frauds undermine blockchain networks' integrity and security.
method Statistical and machine learning methods, game-theoretic solutions, digital forensics, reputation-based systems, and risk assessment techniques.
result Practical applications and insights for enhancing blockchain network security.
Machine learning relies on the availability of a vast amount of data for training. However, in reality, most data are scattered across different organizations and cannot be easily integrated under many legal and practical constraints. In this paper, we introduce a new technique and framework, known as federated transfe…
SOTERIA optimizes neural networks for secure inference with minimal overhead.
problem Protecting user privacy in ML-as-a-service models with low overhead.
method Neural architecture search with dual objectives of accuracy and cryptographic efficiency.
result SOTERIA constructs efficient models for secure inference.
Many applications of machine learning, for example in health care, would benefit from methods that can guarantee privacy of data subjects. Differential privacy (DP) has become established as a standard for protecting learning results. The standard DP algorithms require a single trusted party to have access to the entir…
Machine learning on encrypted data has received a lot of attention thanks to recent breakthroughs in homomorphic encryption and secure multi-party computation. It allows outsourcing computation to untrusted servers without sacrificing privacy of sensitive data. We propose a practical framework to perform partially encr…
Masked LARk prevents cross-site tracking while training models.
problem Cross-site tracking of user data through third-party cookies.
method Secure multi-party compute (MPC) protocol with masking.
result Prevents cross-site tracking and maintains model training flexibility.
Protocol minimizes disclosure in classification tasks.
problem Ensuring minimal disclosure in classification protocols.
method Developed a protocol for multi-party classification that minimizes non-responsive document disclosure.
result Guarantees minimal disclosure of non-responsive documents.
Private method measures nonlinear correlations between data hosted across two entities.
problem Measuring nonlinear correlations between sensitive data hosted across multiple parties while preserving privacy.
method Differentially private estimator of distance correlation.
result First private estimator of nonlinear correlations in a multi-party setup.
Study tackles RLHF with diverse human feedback, showing limitations and proposing a meta-learning approach.
problem Traditional RLHF fails to balance diverse human preferences.
method Integrates meta-learning and multiple social welfare functions to optimize diverse preferences.
result Establishes sample complexity bounds for optimizing diverse social welfare functions.
PBM mechanism improves privacy and accuracy in federated learning.
problem Secure and private federated learning with limited privacy budget.
method Poisson Binomial mechanism for discrete differential privacy.
result Achieves same privacy-accuracy trade-offs as Gaussian mechanism.
Asynchronous federated learning for vertically partitioned data improves efficiency and privacy.
problem Efficiently train models on vertically partitioned data without a trusted third party.
method Proposed AFSGD-VP and its SVRG and SAGA variants for asynchronous federated learning.
result AFSGD-VP and its variants achieve higher efficiency than synchronous algorithms.
Optimizes crypto-oriented neural architectures for faster secure inference.
problem Privacy conflicts between model users and providers in neural network applications.
method Proposes a novel Partial Activation layer to optimize the initial design of crypto-oriented neural architectures.
result Significant improvement in the efficiency of secure inference on common evaluation metrics.
Deep learning is increasingly used as a building block of security systems. Unfortunately, neural networks are hard to interpret and typically opaque to the practitioner. The machine learning community has started to address this problem by developing methods for explaining the predictions of neural networks. While sev…
In this work, we demonstrate universal multi-party poisoning attacks that adapt and apply to any multi-party learning process with arbitrary interaction pattern between the parties. More generally, we introduce and study (k,p)-poisoning attacks in which an adversary controls k∈[m] of the parties, and for each cor…
To accommodate heterogeneous tasks in Internet of Things (IoT), a new communication and computing paradigm termed mobile edge computing emerges that extends computing services from the cloud to edge, but at the same time exposes new challenges on security. The present paper studies online security-aware edge computing …
Secure neural network inference on untrusted platforms using holographic reduced representations.
problem Secure neural network inference on untrusted platforms.
method Connectionist Symbolic Pseudo Secrets using Holographic Reduced Representations (HRR).
result Empirical robustness to attack under various threat models.
The exponential increase in dependencies between the cyber and physical world leads to an enormous amount of data which must be efficiently processed and stored. Therefore, computing paradigms are evolving towards machine learning (ML)-based systems because of their ability to efficiently and accurately process the eno…
We develop a secure aggregation protocol for federated learning that reduces communication and computation costs.
problem Expensive communication and privacy concerns in federated learning.
method Adapting compression-based federated techniques to additive secret sharing.
result Our protocol achieves high accuracy with low communication costs and is more efficient than prior work.
Secure Multiparty Computation protects data privacy in Symbolic Regression.
problem Data privacy in Symbolic Regression models.
method Secure Multiparty Computation for vertical partitioning.
result Comparable performance to centralized model while preserving privacy.
SLIP secures LLMs on edge devices by splitting computation and protecting sensitive parts.
problem Protecting LLMs on edge devices from theft and unauthorized use.
method SLIP uses matrix decomposition to split model computation between secure and vulnerable resources, ensuring zero accuracy degradation and minimal latency.
result SLIP is the first practical, secure hybrid protocol for protecting LLMs on edge devices.
FastSecAgg improves federated learning security and efficiency.
problem Privacy leakage in federated learning due to model parameter sharing.
method Introduces FastSecAgg, a secure aggregation protocol with FFT-based multi-secret sharing (FastShare).
result Efficient in computation and communication, robust to client dropouts.
Securely trains neural networks remotely with deep learning's flaws.
problem Secure and efficient training of neural networks over unsecured channels.
method Leverages deep learning's weaknesses for secure training.
result Efficient and secure training of neural networks remotely.
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.
Securely trains regression models with secret sharing for data collaboration.
problem Balancing data collaboration for technological improvements with security concerns.
method Secret sharing scheme for scalable and efficient secure multiparty training.
result Scalable and efficient protocols for training linear and logistic regression models.
Paper proposes a new method to compute cryptocurrency prices securely.
problem Accurate price feeds without a third party.
method Algorithmic method to compute prices from potentially dishonest sources.
result The proposed method can report accurate prices even from dishonest sources.
Post-Quantum Secure Federated DeFi for Inclusive Banking
problem Financial systems and DeFi ecosystems are vulnerable to quantum computing threats.
method Post-Quantum Secure Federated DeFi framework using lattice-based FHE.
result End-to-end homomorphic computation enables inter-bank collaboration.
Thanks to the advances in machine learning, data-driven analysis tools have become valuable solutions for various applications. However, there still remain essential challenges to develop effective data-driven methods because of the need to acquire a large amount of data and to have sufficient computing power to handle…
The study calculates securities lending haircuts and indemnification costs.
problem Managing borrower default risk in securities markets.
method Repo haircut model applied to securities lending transactions; quantifies haircuts and indemnification costs.
result Computed borrower-dependent haircuts and indemnification costs for US Treasuries and equities.