Using robust estimation theory to design efficient secure multiparty linear regression

Fida K. Dankar, Sabri Boughorbel, Radja Badji

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Abstract

Various biomedical research studies, such as large-population studies and studies on rare diseases, require sharing of data across multiple sources or institutions. In fact, data sharing will enable the collection of more cases for analysis and thus increase the statistical power of the study. However, combining data from various sources poses privacy risks. A number of protocols have been proposed in the literature to address the privacy concerns; but these protocols do not fully deliver either on privacy or complexity. The main reason lies in the methodology used to design these secure algorithms. It is based on translating regular algorithms into secure versions using cryptographic procedures and tricks rather than on establishing robust theory for designing secure and communication free distributed algorithms. In this paper, we use well-established theoretical results to design a secure and low communication linear regression protocol. The method used is comprehensive and can be generalized to other estimators.

Original languageEnglish
JournalCEUR Workshop Proceedings
Volume1558
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes
EventWorkshops of the EDBT/ICDT 2016 Joint Conference, EDBT/ICDT 2016 - Bordeaux, France
Duration: Mar 15 2016 → …

Keywords

  • Data sharing
  • Information privacy
  • Linear regression
  • Secure multiparty computation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Computer Science

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