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CS 4364 Topics in Data Science
Spring 2020: Data Protection
Syllabus (.pdf)
Topics (.txt)
Intro slides (.pptx)
Narayanan/Shmatikov Netflix paper (link to external .pdf)
Homework 1 (.pdf)
Trackers paper (link to external .pdf)
Trackers class exercise (.pdf)
Confidentiality paper: Weaving Technology and Policy Together to Maintain Confidentiality, by Latanya Sweeney, Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 1997, pages 98-110. (Do a web search.)
K-anonymity paper (link to external .pdf)
Anonymity slides ( .pptx)
Cryptography and data security by Denning (covering section 1.4.1 and chapter 6) (link to external .pdf)
Entropy and Huffman codes (.pdf)
Class Notes 2/25/2020 (.pdf)
Assignment 2(.pdf)
Original Java Code for compressing
Heap.java
OriginalNode.java
OriginalMain.java
Updated Assignment 2(.pdf)
Updated Java Code for compressing
Heap.java
Node.java
Main.java
Sample file (.txt)
Compressed sample file (.bin)
Class Notes 3/3/2020 (.pdf)
Dwork's original 2006 paper (link to external .pdf)
Dwork's book on algorithmic foundations of differential privacy (link to external .pdf)
Class Notes 3/5/2020 (.pdf)
Recent news about using genetics to solve a crime (link to an NBC news web page)
Resolving Individuals Contributing Trace Amounts of DNA to Highly Complex Mixtures Using High-Density SNP Genotyping Microarrays (link to external .pdf)
Public Access to Genome-Wide Data: Five Views on Balancing Research with Privacy and Protection (link to external .pdf)
Class Notes 3/10/2020 (.pdf)
Lecture 23 from Cornell University course (link to external .pdf)
Lecture 24 from Cornell University course (link to external .pdf)
Assignment 2 Submission instructions(.pdf)
Class Notes 3/12/2020 (.pdf)