Private Generative Model
Private generative models aim to create synthetic data that preserves the statistical properties of original datasets while safeguarding sensitive information. Current research focuses on enhancing the quality of generated data while maintaining strong privacy guarantees, often employing techniques like differential privacy and secure multi-party computation within various architectures including diffusion models, variational autoencoders, and GANs. This field is crucial for addressing ethical and legal concerns surrounding data usage in machine learning, enabling responsible data sharing and the development of AI systems that respect individual privacy.
Papers
Graphical vs. Deep Generative Models: Measuring the Impact of Differentially Private Mechanisms and Budgets on Utility
Georgi Ganev, Kai Xu, Emiliano De Cristofaro
Private Gradient Estimation is Useful for Generative Modeling
Bochao Liu, Pengju Wang, Weijia Guo, Yong Li, Liansheng Zhuang, Weiping Wang, Shiming Ge