Summary of Differentially Private Synthetic Data Generation For Relational Databases, by Kaveh Alimohammadi et al.
Differentially Private Synthetic Data Generation for Relational Databases
by Kaveh Alimohammadi, Hao Wang, Ojas Gulati, Akash Srivastava, Navid Azizan
First submitted to arxiv on: 29 May 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR); Databases (cs.DB)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary A novel algorithm is proposed that can be combined with existing differentially private (DP) mechanisms to generate synthetic relational databases. The algorithm iteratively refines relationships between individual synthetic tables to minimize approximation errors while maintaining referential integrity, eliminating the need for flattening a relational database into a master table. This approach saves space and time, and scales effectively to high-dimensional data. Theoretical utility guarantees are provided, and numerical experiments on real-world datasets demonstrate the algorithm’s effectiveness in preserving fidelity to original data. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary A team of researchers created a new way to make fake versions of relational databases while keeping them private. This is important because real databases can be sensitive information. They developed an algorithm that works with other methods to create these synthetic databases. The algorithm makes sure the relationships between different parts of the database are correct, which saves space and time. It also works well with large amounts of data. The team tested their method on real-world datasets and showed it preserves the important details of the original data. |
