Speaker: Mohammad Afzali Speaker Affiliation: UBCOctober 23, 2026ESB 4133
CanadaView All EventsAbstract: We propose a general framework for non-interactive locally differentially private (LDP) learning of structured univariate distributions that can be approximated by piece-wise polynomials. This gives the first sample-efficient LDP learners for several distribution classes, including mixtures of log-concave distributions, such as Gaussian mixture models (GMMs). These learners also provide agnostic guarantees and are computationally efficient. We also prove a lower bound for learning GMMs under LDP, improving on the standard pure-DP packing lower bounds of Bun et al. To obtain our general learning framework, we develop an efficient non-interactive LDP algorithm for synthetic data generation over large domains, which may be of independent interest. We then use it together with a deterministic adaptation of the non-private piecewise polynomial learner of Acharya et al.
Efficient Agnostic Learning of Univariate Densities Under Local Differential PrivacyEvent Topic:
Scientific Computing
Speaker:
Mohammad Afzali
Speaker Affiliation:
UBC
October 23, 2026
ESB 4133
Canada
Abstract:
We propose a general framework for non-interactive locally differentially private (LDP) learning of structured univariate distributions that can be approximated by piece-wise polynomials. This gives the first sample-efficient LDP learners for several distribution classes, including mixtures of log-concave distributions, such as Gaussian mixture models (GMMs). These learners also provide agnostic guarantees and are computationally efficient. We also prove a lower bound for learning GMMs under LDP, improving on the standard pure-DP packing lower bounds of Bun et al. To obtain our general learning framework, we develop an efficient non-interactive LDP algorithm for synthetic data generation over large domains, which may be of independent interest. We then use it together with a deterministic adaptation of the non-private piecewise polynomial learner of Acharya et al.
Event Topic:
October 23, 2026
1:00pm to 2:00pm
ESB 4133
, , CA
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