arXiv Machine Learning

Efficient and Optimal Learning of Discrete Distributions with Person-Level Privacy

arXiv:2610. 31612v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We study learning a discrete distribution under person-level differential privacy in the batched setting.

arXiv Machine Learning
Oct 5

Trade-off Functions for DP-SGD with Subsampling based on Random Allocation: Tight Upper and Lower Bounds

arXiv:2605. 06259v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Within the $f$-DP framework, we derive a tight analysis of the trade-off function for Differentially Private Stochastic Gradient Descent (DP-SGD) with subsampling based on random allocation in which each sample is independently assigned to exactly one of $M$ minibatches per epoch, each minibatch corresponding to one of the $M$ SGD rounds within a single epoch.

By Marten van Dijk, Murat Bilgehan Ertan
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 2

Dense Weak Hiding: Closing Complexity Gaps in Nonconvex and PL Finite-Sum Optimization under Individual Smoothness

The paper establishes the optimal incremental first‑order oracle (IFO) complexity for nonconvex finite‑sum optimization under individual smoothness, proving a matching lower bound that closes a previously missing √{n} factor. It also refines the analysis of the PAGE algorithm under the global Polyak‑Lojasiewicz condition, providing tighter guarantees for different ranges of the condition number. The authors introduce a novel dense weak hiding construction that yields these lower bounds and demonstrates the limits of existing methods.

By Yuxing Peng, Zhiqing Tang, Weijia Jia