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Private statistical estimation via robustness and stability

Sewoong Oh (University of Washington)
E18-304

Abstract: Privacy enhancing technologies, such as differentially private stochastic gradient descent (DP-SGD), allow us to access private data without worrying about leaking sensitive information. This is crucial in the modern era of data-centric AI, where all public data has been exhausted and the next frontier models rely on access to high-quality data. A central component in these technologies is private statistical estimation, such as mean estimation and linear regression. We present a series of results where robust statistics and stable…

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SES Admissions Q&A

Fotini Christia (IDSS)
Zoom

Learn about the Social and Engineering Systems Doctoral Program by attending one of SES’s 2026 Admissions Q&A sessions. These are virtual question & answer sessions hosted by a member of the IDSS faculty as a follow-up to the pre-recorded SES Admissions Webinar. The SES Admissions Webinar (33 mins) should be viewed prior to attending the Q&A. Registration opens November 13, 2025 at 5PM EST (-5 UTC).

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