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compute_noise_from_budget for PATE

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Description

As mentioned in https://github.com/tensorflow/privacy/pull/143#issue-524365572, the noise multiplier is an important "hyperparameter" to choose as it would affect the outcome of the target privacy budget. However due to PATE being dependent on the teacher's output, is there a method to calculate the noise multiplier for it? or is it totally impossible?

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Start by reading the discussion in pull request 143 and locating the PATE implementation in this repository. Determine whether the teacher output provides enough information to derive a noise multiplier from a target privacy budget, then define and validate the expected behavior before proposing an implementation.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
machine-learning, security
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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