Collaborative Mean Estimation over Intermittently Connected Networks with Peer-To-Peer Privacy

Rajarshi Saha, Mohamed Seif, Michal Yemini, Andrea J. Goldsmith, H. Vincent Poor

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Abstract

This work considers the problem of Distributed Mean Estimation (DME) over networks with intermittent connectivity, where the goal is to learn a global statistic over the data samples localized across distributed nodes with the help of a central server. To mitigate the impact of intermittent links, nodes can collaborate with their neighbors to compute local consensus which they forward to the central server. In such a setup, the communications between any pair of nodes must satisfy local differential privacy constraints. We study the tradeoff between collaborative relaying and privacy leakage due to the additional data sharing among nodes and, subsequently, propose a novel differentially private collaborative algorithm for DME to achieve the optimal tradeoff. Finally, we present numerical simulations to substantiate our theoretical findings.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2023 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2023
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages174-179
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781665475549
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Event2023 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2023 - Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China
Duration: Jun 25 2023Jun 30 2023

Publication series

NameIEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings
Volume2023-June
ISSN (Print)2157-8095

Conference

Conference2023 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2023
Country/TerritoryTaiwan, Province of China
CityTaipei
Period6/25/236/30/23

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Information Systems
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Applied Mathematics

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