Data Privacy (Spring 2025)

Course Overview

How can we harness the power of data while protecting individual privacy? This course dives into one of the most critical challenges of our time by exploring privacy threats and cutting-edge solutions. Together, we’ll investigate privacy attacks, analyze their implications, and build a strong foundation in state-of-the-art techniques like differential privacy.

This course is designed to balance theory with practice. You’ll engage with real-world problems, develop practical skills, and explore how privacy-preserving methods are applied in diverse fields. Through projects, quizzes, and collaborative discussions, you’ll gain both technical expertise and a nuanced understanding of the ethical dimensions of data privacy.

What You’ll Gain

Who Should Enroll?

This course is ideal for students curious about the intersection of data science, ethics, and security. To succeed, you should have:

Why Take This Course?

Data privacy is not just a technical challenge—it’s a societal imperative. By the end of this course, you’ll be equipped to tackle complex privacy issues in academic research or industry settings. Whether your goal is to innovate in artificial intelligence or contribute to policy-making, this course will provide the tools and insights necessary to make a meaningful impact.

Let’s embark on this exciting journey together!

Course Info

Grading

Schedule (tentative, subject to change), we will meet in-person. Recordings can be found on Canvas (click ‘Cloud Recordings’)

Week Dates Monday Wednesday
1 Jan 13 - Jan 17 Intro Privacy Attacks
2 Jan 20 - Jan 24 MLK (no class) Privacy Attacks
3 Jan 27 - Jan 31 Privacy Attacks No Class (Quiz 1)
4 Feb 3 - Feb 7 Privacy Enhancing Technologies Privacy Enhancing Technologies
5 Feb 10 - Feb 14 Privacy Enhancing Technologies Privacy Enhancing Technologies
6 Feb 17 - Feb 21 Privacy Enhancing Technologies Privacy Enhancing Technologies
7 Feb 24 - Feb 28 Privacy Enhancing Technologies No Class (Quiz 2)
8 Mar 3 - Mar 7 Privacy Enhancing Technologies Privacy Enhancing Technologies (Cyber Chat 1 Due)
9 Mar 10 - Mar 14 Spring break Spring break
10 Mar 17 - Mar 21 Cyber Chat Discussion Student-led Presentation (Project Proposal Due)
11 Mar 24 - Mar 28 Student-led Presentation Student-led Presentation
12 Mar 31 - Apr 4 Student-led Presentation Student-led Presentation (Cyber Chat 2 Due)
13 Apr 7 - Apr 11 Student-led Presentation Student-led Presentation
14 Apr 14 - Apr 18 Student-led Presentation Student-led Presentation (Project Poster Due)
15 Apr 21 - Apr 25 Cyber Chat Discussion Work on Final Project
16 Apr 28 - Apr 30 Poster Session No Class (Project Report Due)

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