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Main Authors: Zhao, Xingyuan, Zhou, Ruyu, Liu, Fang
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.13389
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author Zhao, Xingyuan
Zhou, Ruyu
Liu, Fang
author_facet Zhao, Xingyuan
Zhou, Ruyu
Liu, Fang
contents Applying a randomized algorithm to a subset rather than the entire dataset amplifies privacy guarantees. We propose a class of subsampling methods ``MUltistage Sampling Technique (MUST)'' for privacy amplification (PA) in the context of differential privacy (DP). We conduct comprehensive analyses of the PA effects and utility for several 2-stage MUST procedures through newly introduced concept including strong vs weak PA effects and aligned privacy profile. We provide the privacy loss composition analysis over repeated applications of MUST via the Fourier accountant algorithm. Our theoretical and empirical results suggest that MUST offers stronger PA in $ε$ than the common one-stage sampling procedures including Poisson sampling, sampling without replacement, and sampling with replacement, while the results on $δ$ vary case by case. Our experiments show that MUST is non-inferior in the utility and stability of privacy-preserving (PP) outputs to one-stage subsampling methods at similar privacy loss while enhancing the computational efficiency of algorithms that require complex function calculations on distinct data points. MUST can be seamlessly integrated into stochastic optimization algorithms or procedures that involve parallel or simultaneous subsampling when DP guarantees are necessary.
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spellingShingle Enhancing Trade-offs in Privacy, Utility, and Computational Efficiency through MUltistage Sampling Technique (MUST)
Zhao, Xingyuan
Zhou, Ruyu
Liu, Fang
Machine Learning
Applying a randomized algorithm to a subset rather than the entire dataset amplifies privacy guarantees. We propose a class of subsampling methods ``MUltistage Sampling Technique (MUST)'' for privacy amplification (PA) in the context of differential privacy (DP). We conduct comprehensive analyses of the PA effects and utility for several 2-stage MUST procedures through newly introduced concept including strong vs weak PA effects and aligned privacy profile. We provide the privacy loss composition analysis over repeated applications of MUST via the Fourier accountant algorithm. Our theoretical and empirical results suggest that MUST offers stronger PA in $ε$ than the common one-stage sampling procedures including Poisson sampling, sampling without replacement, and sampling with replacement, while the results on $δ$ vary case by case. Our experiments show that MUST is non-inferior in the utility and stability of privacy-preserving (PP) outputs to one-stage subsampling methods at similar privacy loss while enhancing the computational efficiency of algorithms that require complex function calculations on distinct data points. MUST can be seamlessly integrated into stochastic optimization algorithms or procedures that involve parallel or simultaneous subsampling when DP guarantees are necessary.
title Enhancing Trade-offs in Privacy, Utility, and Computational Efficiency through MUltistage Sampling Technique (MUST)
topic Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.13389