The confounding problem of private data release

11^th October 2016, 13:00 Ashton Lecture Theater
Prof. Graham Cormode
Department of Computer Science
University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.

Abstract

he demands to make data available are growing ever louder, including open data initiatives and freedom of information requests. But the problem of doing so without disclosing confidential information is a subtle and difficult one. Is “private data release” an oxymoron? This talk aims to delve into the motivations of data release, explore the challenges, and outline some of the current statistical approaches developed in response to this confounding problem.