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Schedule subject to change. Check back regularly for updates.
| Date | Topic | Reading | Assignment |
| 9-Sept | DP definition, Laplace Mech, Rand Resp | Ch 1 – 3.3 | |
| 16-Sept | Exponential mech, DP properties | Ch 3.4 | HW 0 due |
| 23-Sept | Sparse Vector | Ch 3.5, 3.6 | HW 1 due |
| 30-Sept | SmallDB | Ch 4.1 | |
| 6-Oct | Private Multiplicative Weights | Ch 4.2 | HW 2 due |
| 13-Oct | DP and mechanism design | Ch 10 | HW 3 due |
| 20-Oct | Beyond Worst-case | Ch 7.1, 7.2 | Proposal due |
| 27-Oct | DP-ERM | Chaudhuri et al. | |
| 3-Nov | DP and deep learning (shorter lecture) | Abadi et al. | |
| 10-Nov | Local privacy and Heavy Hitters | Bassily and Smith | |
| 17-Nov | Federated Private Heavy Hitters | Zhu et al., Kairouz et al. | |
| 24-Nov | Thanksgiving (no class) | ||
| 1-Dec | Continual observation/release | Ch 12.3 | |
| 8-Dec | Student presentations | ||
| 15-Dec | Final exams (no class) | Project due |