[SGVLUG] FYI - A formal approach to data privacy tue 12noon-1pm @105 Annenberg

[matti]

fyi - this looks interesting, lunch time presentation:


A Formal Approach to Data PrivacyDate: Tuesday November 15, 2011 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM 
Location: 105 Annenberg 
Katrina Ligett, Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Economics, Caltech.
Organizations commonly hold databases of sensitive information that they would like to use or publish in some sanitized manner. How can they do so? At what cost to the people whose information is contained in the database? At what loss of usefulness? What are the tradeoffs involved? How can one reason formally about private information? 
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>In this talk we provide an introduction to the notion of differential privacy and a taste of recent results in this area.
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