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67924-01 - Lecture: Privacy-Preserving Methods for Data Science and Distributed Systems 6 CP

Semester spring semester 2024
Course frequency Irregular
Lecturers Isabel Wagner (isabel.wagner@unibas.ch, Assessor)
Content Data and systems based on data are of enormous value in our modern society: medical datasets can help develop new treatments; real-time location data can help optimize traffic flows or contain outbreaks in a pandemic; speech data can improve speech recognition systems for accessibility or convenience. However, data processing may violate the privacy rights of individuals. In this lecture, you will learn how data can be shared and analyzed in a privacy-preserving way.

The following topics will be covered:
1. Private data sharing
* Anonymization and de-anonymization attacks
* k-anonymity
* Differential privacy, local differential privacy
* Synthetic data generation
2. Private data analysis
* Cryptographic approaches: homomorphic encryption, secret sharing, secure multi-party computation
* Privacy preserving machine learning (DPSGD, PATE)
* Federated learning
Learning objectives * Understand privacy risks in the contexts of distributed systems and data science
* Understand the principles behind different privacy-enhancing technologies and how they address the privacy risks
* Implement, configure, and evaluate privacy-preserving solutions
Bibliography Will be announced in the lecture.
Comments Note for students of the Master Data Science: you can take this lecture as part of the module "Systems Foundations".
Weblink https://dmi.unibas.ch/de/studium/compute

 

Admission requirements Foundations of Distributed Systems (offered in the fall semester) is a prerequisite. For students who have not taken it, the lecturer can provide the list of relevant topics for independent study.

Knowledge of the following topics is a plus, but not a prerequisite.
* Programming in Python

Students with reduced computer science background are encouraged to discuss their prior knowledge with the lecturer.
Language of instruction English
Use of digital media No specific media used

 

Interval Weekday Time Room
wöchentlich Monday 16.15-18.00 Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003
wöchentlich Friday 12.15-14.00 Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003

Dates

Date Time Room
Monday 26.02.2024 16.15-18.00 Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003
Friday 01.03.2024 12.15-14.00 Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003
Monday 04.03.2024 16.15-18.00 Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003
Friday 08.03.2024 12.15-14.00 Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003
Monday 11.03.2024 16.15-18.00 Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003
Friday 15.03.2024 12.15-14.00 Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003
Monday 18.03.2024 16.15-18.00 Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003
Friday 22.03.2024 12.15-14.00 Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003
Monday 25.03.2024 16.15-18.00 Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003
Friday 29.03.2024 12.15-14.00 Ostern
Monday 01.04.2024 16.15-18.00 Ostern
Friday 05.04.2024 12.15-14.00 Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003
Monday 08.04.2024 16.15-18.00 Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003
Friday 12.04.2024 12.15-14.00 Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003
Monday 15.04.2024 16.15-18.00 Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003
Friday 19.04.2024 12.15-14.00 Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003
Monday 22.04.2024 16.15-18.00 Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003
Friday 26.04.2024 12.15-14.00 Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003
Monday 29.04.2024 16.15-18.00 Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003
Friday 03.05.2024 12.15-14.00 Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003
Monday 06.05.2024 16.15-18.00 Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003
Friday 10.05.2024 12.15-14.00 Auffahrt
Monday 13.05.2024 16.15-18.00 Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003
Friday 17.05.2024 12.15-14.00 Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003
Monday 20.05.2024 16.15-18.00 Pfingstmontag
Friday 24.05.2024 12.15-14.00 Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003
Monday 27.05.2024 16.15-18.00 Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003
Friday 31.05.2024 12.15-14.00 Spiegelgasse 1, Seminarraum 00.003
Modules Module: Applications of Distributed Systems (Master's Studies: Computer Science)
Module: Applications of Machine Intelligence (Master's Studies: Computer Science)
Module: Methods of Distributed Systems (Master's Studies: Computer Science)
Assessment format continuous assessment
Assessment details continuous assessment

Please note:
10% homework
40% project (writeup and presentation)
50% written exam

A 50% score on homework sets is required to participate in the final exam.

Expected date: Thursday, 11 July 2024, 10-12 a.m.
Assessment registration/deregistration Reg.: course registration, dereg: cancel course registration
Repeat examination no repeat examination
Scale 1-6 0,5
Repeated registration as often as necessary
Responsible faculty Faculty of Science, studiendekanat-philnat@unibas.ch
Offered by Fachbereich Informatik

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