Summary of Pategail: a Privacy-preserving Mobility Trajectory Generator with Imitation Learning, by Huandong Wang et al.
PateGail: A Privacy-Preserving Mobility Trajectory Generator with Imitation Learning
by Huandong Wang, Changzheng Gao, Yuchen Wu, Depeng Jin, Lina Yao, Yong Li
First submitted to arxiv on: 23 Jul 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper proposes PateGail, a privacy-preserving imitation learning model for generating human mobility trajectories. The existing methods require centrally collected real-world data, which poses a risk of privacy leakage. To address this limitation, the authors utilize generative adversary imitation learning to simulate human decision-making processes and train the model collectively based on decentralized mobility data stored in user devices. Local personal discriminators are trained to distinguish between real and generated trajectories, with rewards shared between the server and devices to protect user privacy. Theoretical proof is provided to satisfy differential privacy. A novel aggregation mechanism of rewards is proposed to better model human decision-making. Extensive experiments show that PateGail outperforms state-of-the-art algorithms by over 48.03% in terms of five key statistical metrics, efficiently supporting practical applications like mobility prediction and location recommendation. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper solves a big problem with generating human movement data. Right now, we don’t have enough large-scale data because people are worried about their privacy being shared. The authors created a new model called PateGail that can generate this data without putting anyone’s privacy at risk. They did this by training the model using small amounts of data stored on individual devices and then sharing the generated data anonymously. This means that the model can learn how people move around without actually knowing who they are or where they are going. The results show that PateGail is much better than existing methods, which could have important applications in fields like transportation planning and location-based services. |
