Targeted Therapy in Data Removal: Object Unlearning Based on Scene Graphs

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Main Authors: Zhang, Chenhan, Zhao, Benjamin Zi Hao, Asghar, Hassan, Kaafar, Dali
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Published: 2024
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author Zhang, Chenhan
Zhao, Benjamin Zi Hao
Asghar, Hassan
Kaafar, Dali
author_facet Zhang, Chenhan
Zhao, Benjamin Zi Hao
Asghar, Hassan
Kaafar, Dali
contents Users may inadvertently upload personally identifiable information (PII) to Machine Learning as a Service (MLaaS) providers. When users no longer want their PII on these services, regulations like GDPR and COPPA mandate a right to forget for these users. As such, these services seek efficient methods to remove the influence of specific data points. Thus the introduction of machine unlearning. Traditionally, unlearning is performed with the removal of entire data samples (sample unlearning) or whole features across the dataset (feature unlearning). However, these approaches are not equipped to handle the more granular and challenging task of unlearning specific objects within a sample. To address this gap, we propose a scene graph-based object unlearning framework. This framework utilizes scene graphs, rich in semantic representation, transparently translate unlearning requests into actionable steps. The result, is the preservation of the overall semantic integrity of the generated image, bar the unlearned object. Further, we manage high computational overheads with influence functions to approximate the unlearning process. For validation, we evaluate the unlearned object's fidelity in outputs under the tasks of image reconstruction and image synthesis. Our proposed framework demonstrates improved object unlearning outcomes, with the preservation of unrequested samples in contrast to sample and feature learning methods. This work addresses critical privacy issues by increasing the granularity of targeted machine unlearning through forgetting specific object-level details without sacrificing the utility of the whole data sample or dataset feature.
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spellingShingle Targeted Therapy in Data Removal: Object Unlearning Based on Scene Graphs
Zhang, Chenhan
Zhao, Benjamin Zi Hao
Asghar, Hassan
Kaafar, Dali
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
Users may inadvertently upload personally identifiable information (PII) to Machine Learning as a Service (MLaaS) providers. When users no longer want their PII on these services, regulations like GDPR and COPPA mandate a right to forget for these users. As such, these services seek efficient methods to remove the influence of specific data points. Thus the introduction of machine unlearning. Traditionally, unlearning is performed with the removal of entire data samples (sample unlearning) or whole features across the dataset (feature unlearning). However, these approaches are not equipped to handle the more granular and challenging task of unlearning specific objects within a sample. To address this gap, we propose a scene graph-based object unlearning framework. This framework utilizes scene graphs, rich in semantic representation, transparently translate unlearning requests into actionable steps. The result, is the preservation of the overall semantic integrity of the generated image, bar the unlearned object. Further, we manage high computational overheads with influence functions to approximate the unlearning process. For validation, we evaluate the unlearned object's fidelity in outputs under the tasks of image reconstruction and image synthesis. Our proposed framework demonstrates improved object unlearning outcomes, with the preservation of unrequested samples in contrast to sample and feature learning methods. This work addresses critical privacy issues by increasing the granularity of targeted machine unlearning through forgetting specific object-level details without sacrificing the utility of the whole data sample or dataset feature.
title Targeted Therapy in Data Removal: Object Unlearning Based on Scene Graphs
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.00067