Course Information
Spring 2025 · Boston University · Adam Smith
Archived offering · Dates and course information refer to Spring 2025.
Course overview
How can we learn from a data set of sensitive information while providing meaningful privacy to the individuals whose information it contains? The course explores this question, starting from the problems faced by straightforward solutions and moving on to rigorous state-of-the-art solutions using differential privacy. The class will focus on foundations, but also delve into some applied work and on some of the social, ethical, and legal context for the subject. Students will be required to complete some mathematical assignments, some light programming assignments, and a final course project.
Instructor contact
Adam Smith
Boston University
- Website: cs-people.bu.edu/ads22/
- Office: CDS 1038 (10th floor, 665 Comm. Ave.)
- Preferred mode of contact: In person, or on Piazza.
- Email: If you are in the class, please message me on Piazza, publicly or privately. If you are not in the class (and want to be, or have a question), then email is fine. ads22@bu.edu
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