Instructor(s): N. Phyllis Ju

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Syllabus

Date Label Contents
1/6 W1-1

Course overview, randomized response model, definition of ε-DP.

Suggested reading: chapter1-draft.pdf Download chapter1-draft.pdf

1/8 W1-2

Laplace mechanism.

Suggested reading: Dwork, Cynthia, et al. "Calibrating noise to sensitivity in private data analysis."  Download Dwork, Cynthia, et al. "Calibrating noise to sensitivity in private data analysis." 

1/13 W2-1

Exponential mechanism.

Suggested reading:

(a) McSherry, Frank, and Kunal Talwar. "Mechanism design via differential privacy." Download McSherry, Frank, and Kunal Talwar. "Mechanism design via differential privacy."  (b) Dwork and Roth. Chapter 2.4.

1/14 W2-2a

Exponential mechanism continued.

1/15 W2-2b

Composition and post-processing.

Suggested reading: Dwork and Roth. Chapter 3.5.

1/20 W3-1

Basic composition review, approximate DP.

Suggested reading: Dwork and Roth. Chapter 2.3.