Privacy and Learning

Sheffield ML Group

New Challenges in Security

• Data security is only one prequisite

• Security is about Privacy.

• There are new frontiers in Privacy

Data Protection

• Misnomer: It’s about People Protection

• A fundamental human right

• Financial leaks are just one extreme end of the spectrum.

• Increasing presence in digital world.

• Data Science Challenge 3: Privacy, Inequality and Marginalization

The New Spectrum of Privacy

• Privacy is a vital part of our social structures

• It’s no longer on/off there is a spectrum

• What I traditionally share with
• lawyer, doctor, accountant

• family, students, boss

EPSRC Grant

• Focus on health, user-centric data models

• Providing community leadership
• Guardian articles
• Royal Society working group

• Workshops on society and AI

• … and technical solutions

• Differential privacy for Gaussian processes