{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2975302291","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/isit.2019.8849440","title":"Information-Theoretic Privacy Watchdogs","display_name":"Information-Theoretic Privacy Watchdogs","publication_year":2019,"publication_date":"2019-07-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2975302291","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/isit.2019.8849440","mag":"2975302291"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/isit.2019.8849440","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/isit.2019.8849440","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2019 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5086525718","display_name":"Hsiang Hsu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8084-3929"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I136199984","display_name":"Harvard University","ror":"https://ror.org/03vek6s52","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I136199984"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Hsiang Hsu","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University","School of Eng. and Appl. Sciences, Harvard University#TAB#"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I136199984"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Eng. and Appl. Sciences, Harvard University#TAB#","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I136199984"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5062359324","display_name":"Shahab Asoodeh","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4960-6081"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I136199984","display_name":"Harvard University","ror":"https://ror.org/03vek6s52","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I136199984"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Shahab Asoodeh","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University","School of Eng. and Appl. Sciences, Harvard University#TAB#"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I136199984"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Eng. and Appl. Sciences, Harvard University#TAB#","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I136199984"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5074697940","display_name":"Fl\u00e1vio P. Calmon","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7493-1428"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I136199984","display_name":"Harvard University","ror":"https://ror.org/03vek6s52","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I136199984"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Flavio P. Calmon","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University","School of Eng. and Appl. Sciences, Harvard University#TAB#"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I136199984"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Eng. and Appl. Sciences, Harvard University#TAB#","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I136199984"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5086525718"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I136199984"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":2.3131,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":25,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.91306801,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"552","last_page":"556"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10764","display_name":"Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data","score":0.9997000098228455,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10764","display_name":"Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data","score":0.9997000098228455,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11689","display_name":"Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning","score":0.9901000261306763,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12879","display_name":"Distributed Sensor Networks and Detection Algorithms","score":0.980400025844574,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.790678083896637},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/lift","display_name":"Lift (data mining)","score":0.6742377877235413},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/information-privacy","display_name":"Information privacy","score":0.5896487236022949},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/information-theory","display_name":"Information theory","score":0.47772881388664246},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/information-sensitivity","display_name":"Information sensitivity","score":0.47431206703186035},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/information-leakage","display_name":"Information leakage","score":0.46006762981414795},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/representation","display_name":"Representation (politics)","score":0.4409748911857605},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/divergence","display_name":"Divergence (linguistics)","score":0.4114745855331421},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-security","display_name":"Computer security","score":0.38276875019073486},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-mining","display_name":"Data mining","score":0.32633182406425476},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.11329483985900879},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/statistics","display_name":"Statistics","score":0.06601318717002869}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.790678083896637},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C139002025","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3001212","display_name":"Lift (data mining)","level":2,"score":0.6742377877235413},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C123201435","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q456632","display_name":"Information privacy","level":2,"score":0.5896487236022949},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C52622258","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131222","display_name":"Information theory","level":2,"score":0.47772881388664246},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C137822555","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2587068","display_name":"Information sensitivity","level":2,"score":0.47431206703186035},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779201187","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2775060","display_name":"Information leakage","level":2,"score":0.46006762981414795},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776359362","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2145286","display_name":"Representation (politics)","level":3,"score":0.4409748911857605},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C207390915","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1230525","display_name":"Divergence (linguistics)","level":2,"score":0.4114745855331421},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C38652104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3510521","display_name":"Computer security","level":1,"score":0.38276875019073486},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124101348","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172491","display_name":"Data mining","level":1,"score":0.32633182406425476},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.11329483985900879},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.06601318717002869},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94625758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7163","display_name":"Politics","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/isit.2019.8849440","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/isit.2019.8849440","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2019 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.7400000095367432,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16","display_name":"Peace, Justice and strong institutions"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":42,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W79265410","https://openalex.org/W91088564","https://openalex.org/W393502056","https://openalex.org/W1899372466","https://openalex.org/W2021238795","https://openalex.org/W2027595342","https://openalex.org/W2053801139","https://openalex.org/W2099111195","https://openalex.org/W2130099852","https://openalex.org/W2137983211","https://openalex.org/W2166944917","https://openalex.org/W2475392251","https://openalex.org/W2779828824","https://openalex.org/W2783047733","https://openalex.org/W2805329953","https://openalex.org/W2884827599","https://openalex.org/W2963412800","https://openalex.org/W2963535017","https://openalex.org/W2963715537","https://openalex.org/W2971533378","https://openalex.org/W2993016614","https://openalex.org/W2998261580","https://openalex.org/W3015036383","https://openalex.org/W3101467561","https://openalex.org/W3127518054","https://openalex.org/W3146803896","https://openalex.org/W3189092450","https://openalex.org/W4205228770","https://openalex.org/W4251984466","https://openalex.org/W4289751503","https://openalex.org/W4292735334","https://openalex.org/W4300838346","https://openalex.org/W4320931537","https://openalex.org/W6651608069","https://openalex.org/W6747049712","https://openalex.org/W6747163413","https://openalex.org/W6747837047","https://openalex.org/W6752825597","https://openalex.org/W6753494221","https://openalex.org/W6753618402","https://openalex.org/W6756768827","https://openalex.org/W6785892385"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W291937575","https://openalex.org/W397814502","https://openalex.org/W4288075818","https://openalex.org/W189451467","https://openalex.org/W2005090527","https://openalex.org/W2741288029","https://openalex.org/W1582638358","https://openalex.org/W2183198227","https://openalex.org/W2077568170","https://openalex.org/W3200138464"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Given":[0],"a":[1,20,29,33,48,96],"dataset":[2],"comprised":[3],"of":[4,11,88],"individual-level":[5],"data,":[6],"we":[7,75,91],"consider":[8],"the":[9,42,54,78,85],"problem":[10],"identifying":[12],"samples":[13],"that":[14,31,63],"may":[15],"be":[16,82],"disclosed":[17],"without":[18],"incurring":[19],"privacy":[21,43,65,72,79],"risk.":[22],"We":[23,61],"address":[24],"this":[25,93],"challenge":[26],"by":[27],"designing":[28],"mapping":[30],"assigns":[32],"\"privacy-risk":[34],"score\"":[35],"to":[36,69],"each":[37],"sample.":[38],"This":[39],"mapping,":[40],"called":[41,53],"watchdog,":[44],"is":[45,66],"based":[46],"on":[47,95],"sample-wise":[49],"information":[50,55],"leakage":[51],"measure":[52],"density,":[56],"deemed":[57],"here":[58],"lift":[59,64],"privacy.":[60],"show":[62],"closely":[67],"related":[68],"well-known":[70],"information-theoretic":[71],"metrics.":[73],"Moreover,":[74],"demonstrate":[76],"how":[77],"watchdog":[80],"can":[81],"implemented":[83],"using":[84],"Donsker-Varadhan":[86],"representation":[87],"KL-divergence.":[89],"Finally,":[90],"illustrate":[92],"approach":[94],"real-world":[97],"dataset.":[98]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-03-14T06:41:57.775601","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}
