PILLAR: How to make semi-private learning more effective

F Pinto, Y Hu, F Yang, A Sanyal - 2024 IEEE Conference on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In Semi-Supervised Semi-Private (SP) learning, the learner has access to both public
unlabelled and private labelled data. We propose PILLAR, an easy-to-implement and …

Models matter: Setting accurate privacy expectations for local and central differential privacy

MA Smart, P Nanayakkara, R Cummings… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Differential privacy is a popular privacy-enhancing technology that has been deployed both
in industry and government agencies. Unfortunately, existing explanations of differential …

" I inherently just trust that it works": Investigating Mental Models of Open-Source Libraries for Differential Privacy

P Song, J Sarathy, M Shoemate, S Vadhan - Proceedings of the ACM on …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Differential privacy (DP) is a promising framework for privacy-preserving data science, but
recent studies have exposed challenges in bringing this theoretical framework for privacy …

What to Consider When Considering Differential Privacy for Policy

P Nanayakkara, J Hullman - Policy Insights from the …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Differential privacy (DP) is a mathematical definition of privacy that can be widely applied
when publishing data. DP has been recognized as a potential means of adhering to various …

Attack-aware noise calibration for differential privacy

B Kulynych, JF Gomez, G Kaissis, FP Calmon… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Differential privacy (DP) is a widely used approach for mitigating privacy risks when training
machine learning models on sensitive data. DP mechanisms add noise during training to …

Advancing differential privacy: Where we are now and future directions for real-world deployment

R Cummings, D Desfontaines, D Evans… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
In this article, we present a detailed review of current practices and state-of-the-art
methodologies in the field of differential privacy (DP), with a focus of advancing DP's …

Illuminating the Landscape of Differential Privacy: An Interview Study on the Use of Visualization in Real-World Deployments

L Panavas, A Sarker, S Di Bartolomeo… - … on Visualization and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As Differential Privacy (DP) transitions from theory to practice, visualization has surfaced as
a catalyst in promoting acceptance and usage. Despite the potential of visualization tools to …

A Qualitative Analysis of Practical De-Identification Guides

W Guo, A Kishore, AJ Aviv, ML Mazurek - … of the 2024 on ACM SIGSAC …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
De-identifying microdata is necessary yet difficult. Myriad techniques exist, which reduce risk
and preserve utility to varying, often unclear extents. We conducted a thematic analysis of 38 …

Capacity Planning Under Local Differential Privacy With Optimized Budget Selection

S Seyedkazemi, ME Gursoy… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the growing popularity of local differential privacy (LDP), there is increasing interest in
its deployment in industrial applications, smart homes, and smart cities. However, the main …

User-Centric Textual Descriptions of Privacy-Enhancing Technologies for Ad Tracking and Analytics

L **an, SM Lee-Kan, J Im… - Proceedings on Privacy …, 2025 - petsymposium.org
Describing Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) to the general public is challenging but
essential to convey the privacy protections they provide. Existing research has explored the …