Differentially Private Federated Combinatorial Bandits with Constraints

Appeared at: European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases 2022Authors: Sambhav Solanki, Sujit Gujar, Sankarshan Damle, Samhita Kanaparthy In multi-agent online learning settings, federated learning (FL) is a valuable tool. However, the learning agents can be competitive, and privacy concerns can pose a barrier to engagement in FL. … Continue reading Differentially Private Federated Combinatorial Bandits with Constraints

FASTEN: Fair and Secure Distributed Voting Using Smart Contracts

Appeared at: IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (IEEE ICBC ’21) Sankarshan Damle, Sujit Gujar, And Moin Hussain Moti As direct democracy is impractical, countries employ representative democracy. Elections allow each individual to take part in this decision-making process. Given this, it is imperative that elections are processed in a fair and secure manner. … Continue reading FASTEN: Fair and Secure Distributed Voting Using Smart Contracts