Balancing Privacy, Robustness, and Efficiency in Machine Learning

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Main Authors: Allouah, Youssef, Guerraoui, Rachid, Stephan, John
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Published: 2023
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author Allouah, Youssef
Guerraoui, Rachid
Stephan, John
author_facet Allouah, Youssef
Guerraoui, Rachid
Stephan, John
contents This position paper argues that achieving robustness, privacy, and efficiency simultaneously in machine learning systems is infeasible under prevailing threat models. The tension between these goals arises not from algorithmic shortcomings but from structural limitations imposed by worst-case adversarial assumptions. We advocate for a systematic research agenda aimed at formalizing the robustness-privacy-efficiency trilemma, exploring how principled relaxations of threat models can unlock better trade-offs, and designing benchmarks that expose rather than obscure the compromises made. By shifting focus from aspirational universal guarantees to context-aware system design, the machine learning community can build models that are truly appropriate for real-world deployment.
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spellingShingle Balancing Privacy, Robustness, and Efficiency in Machine Learning
Allouah, Youssef
Guerraoui, Rachid
Stephan, John
Machine Learning
Cryptography and Security
Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing
This position paper argues that achieving robustness, privacy, and efficiency simultaneously in machine learning systems is infeasible under prevailing threat models. The tension between these goals arises not from algorithmic shortcomings but from structural limitations imposed by worst-case adversarial assumptions. We advocate for a systematic research agenda aimed at formalizing the robustness-privacy-efficiency trilemma, exploring how principled relaxations of threat models can unlock better trade-offs, and designing benchmarks that expose rather than obscure the compromises made. By shifting focus from aspirational universal guarantees to context-aware system design, the machine learning community can build models that are truly appropriate for real-world deployment.
title Balancing Privacy, Robustness, and Efficiency in Machine Learning
topic Machine Learning
Cryptography and Security
Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.14712