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Hello Dr. Xiao, The organization I’m working with...

2010-05-26T10:28:04.778-07:00

Hello Dr. Xiao,

The organization I’m working with (The Common Data Project) is experimenting with using differential privacy to “automate” the release of sensitive data to the public.

One hurdle we’ve run up against is that there doesn’t seem to be an agreed upon “magic number” to quantify the “negligable impact” or “almost indiscernible” language in the guarantee?

Without such a quantity, we’re concerned that the differential privacy guarantee runs into some of the same problems that plague current definitions? (ie. vagueness which translates into difficult to enforce)

We're wondering how other people working with differential privacy have dealt with this issue. Any leads would be greatly appreciated!

We’ve documented our quest for the quantifiable guarantee in excruciating detail here: http://bit.ly/bj8gWF

Best,
Mimi Yin
The Common Data Project
http://commondataproject.org

Indeed, that's better: it uses the wørd! :-)

2009-09-20T14:08:10.870-07:00

Indeed, that's better: it uses the wørd! :-)

Alternatively, Remember, remember, the fifth of No...

2009-09-17T12:18:46.077-07:00

Alternatively,
Remember, remember, the fifth of November
The Sigmod submiision (not PODS)
I know of no reason
why the Sigmod submiision
should ever be forgot.

Hi, I guess it should be available through a web-...

2009-09-03T00:38:07.402-07:00

Hi,

I guess it should be available through a web-page for the workshop, but haven't found it. So, I've made it available here.

-Truls

Hi Truls, I there a URL for the paper? -- C.

2009-09-02T21:56:06.972-07:00

Hi Truls,

I there a URL for the paper?

-- C.

I recently came accross your blog and have been re...

2009-08-03T05:32:58.464-07:00

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