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Safeguarding AI-for-health systems

MBZUAI · Significant research

Healthcare Research Ethics AI Partnership

Summary

Researchers from MBZUAI, KAUST, and Mila are collaborating to develop methods for identifying and mitigating the impact of malicious actors in federated learning systems used for health data analysis. These systems aggregate anonymized data from numerous devices to generate insights for healthcare improvements. The team's research, accepted at ICLR 2023, focuses on using variance reduction techniques to counteract the disruptive effects of skewed or corrupted data submitted by dishonest users. Why it matters: Protecting the integrity of AI-driven health systems is crucial for ensuring the reliability and safety of insights derived from sensitive patient data in the GCC region and globally.

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federated learning · MBZUAI · KAUST · data security · ICLR 2023

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