65th ISI World Statistics Congress 2025 | The Hague

65th ISI World Statistics Congress 2025 | The Hague

Privacy in Statistics: Recent Advances

Organiser

CA
Chiara Amorino

Participants

  • CA
    Miss Chiara Amorino
    (Chair)

  • MA
    Marco Avella Medina
    (Presenter/Speaker)
  • M-estimation under user-level local privacy constraints

  • LS
    Lukas Steinberger
    (Presenter/Speaker)
  • Efficiency in local differential privacy

  • MD
    Mario Diaz
    (Presenter/Speaker)
  • On the Information-theoretic limits of privacy for iterative algorithms

  • CB
    Cristina Butucea
    (Presenter/Speaker)
  • Goodness-of-fit testing for Hölder continuous densities under local differential privacy

  • TB
    Tom Berrett
    (Presenter/Speaker)
  • Rate optimality and phase transition for user-level local differential privacy

  • Proposal Description

    Session Overview:
    In today's data-driven world, the importance of protecting individual privacy while extracting meaningful insights from data has become increasingly paramount. The session titled "Privacy in Statistics: Recent Advances" aims to explore the latest developments in privacy-preserving statistical methods and their applications across various domains. This session will provide a platform for researchers, statisticians, and practitioners to discuss recent advancements, challenges, and future directions in the field of privacy-enhancing statistical analysis.

    Session Objectives:
    1) To showcase recent advancements in privacy-preserving statistical methods.
    2) To explore the applications of privacy-enhancing techniques in real-world scenarios.
    3) To foster collaboration and knowledge exchange among researchers and practitioners working in the field of privacy in statistics.

    Session Topics:
    The session will cover a broad range of topics related to privacy in statistics, including but not limited to:
    - Differential privacy: Techniques for adding noise to statistical queries to protect individual privacy while preserving data utility.
    - Secure multiparty computation: Methods for performing computations on encrypted data without revealing sensitive information to any party involved.
    - Privacy-preserving data mining: Algorithms for extracting patterns and insights from data without compromising individual privacy.

    Conclusion:
    The session on "Privacy in Statistics: Recent Advances" explores cutting-edge research, share best practices, and network with experts in the field. By fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange, this session aims to contribute to the advancement of privacy-preserving statistical methods and their broader adoption across different domains.