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Tentative class schedule. Check back frequently for updates.
Date | Topic | Reading | Assignment |
21-Aug | Intro to privacy, administrivia | Ch 1, 2 | |
23-Aug | Laplace mech | Ch 3.3 | HW 1 out |
28-Aug | Exponential mech | Ch 3.4 | |
30-Aug | Randomized response | Ch 3.2 | |
4-Sep | Labor Day (no class) | ||
6-Sep | Sparse Vector 1 | Ch 3.5, 3.6 | HW 1 due / HW 2 out |
11-Sep | Hurricane (no class) | ||
13-Sep | Sparse Vector 2 | ||
18-Sep | Reuable Holdout | paper | |
20-Sep | SmallDB 1 | Ch 4.1 | HW 2 due (Fri) |
25-Sep | SmallDB 2 | Ch 4.2 | HW 3 out |
27-Sep | Generalization for Adaptive Analysis | paper | |
2-Oct | Private Multiplicative Weights 1 | ||
4-Oct | Private Multiplicative Weights 2 | HW 3 due (Fri) | |
9-Oct | Fall Student Recess (no class) | ||
11-Oct | Crash course on game theory | Proposal due (Fri) | |
16-Oct | Guest lecture: Sara Krehbiel | ||
18-Oct | Joint differential privacy and mechanism design | Proposals returned | |
23-Oct | INFORMS (no class) | Work on project | |
25-Oct | Guest lecture: Jake Abernethy | Work on project | |
30-Oct | TPDP (no class) | Work on project | |
1-Nov | Privately solving LPs | ||
6-Nov | Subsample and aggregate | Ch 7.1 | |
8-Nov | Propose-Test-Release | Ch 7.2 | Mid-project update due |
13-Nov | Differentially private ERM | paper | |
15-Nov | DP in practice: RAPPOR | paper | |
20-Nov | Locally private heavy hitters | ||
22-Nov | Thanksgiving Break (no class) | ||
27-Nov | Student presentations | ||
29-Nov | Student presentations | ||
4-Dec | Beyond differential privacy | ||
13-Dec | Final exam period (no class) | Project due |