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Task: optimization-dp-sgd

Differentially Private SGD: Privacy-Utility Optimization

Research Question

Design an improved DP-SGD variant that achieves better privacy-utility tradeoff — higher test accuracy under the same (epsilon, delta)-differential privacy budget.

Background

Differentially Private Stochastic Gradient Descent (DP-SGD) [Abadi et al., 2016] enables training deep learning models with formal privacy guarantees. The core mechanism has two steps: (1) clip each per-sample gradient to a fixed norm C, and (2) add calibrated Gaussian noise proportional to C. The noise level is determined by the desired privacy budget (epsilon, delta).

The standard approach uses a fixed clipping threshold and constant noise throughout training, which is suboptimal: gradient magnitudes change during training, the fixed threshold either over-clips (losing signal) or under-clips (adding excess noise), and the uniform noise allocation ignores the varying informativeness of gradients across training stages.

Task

Modify the DPMechanism class in custom_dpsgd.py. Your mechanism receives per-sample gradients and must return aggregated noised gradients. You control the gradient clipping strategy, noise calibration, and any per-step adaptations.

Interface

class DPMechanism:
    def __init__(self, max_grad_norm, noise_multiplier, n_params,
                 dataset_size, batch_size, epochs, target_epsilon, target_delta):
        ...

    def clip_and_noise(self, per_sample_grads, step, epoch) -> list[Tensor]:
        # per_sample_grads: list of tensors [B, *param_shape]
        # Returns: list of noised gradients [*param_shape]
        ...

    def get_effective_sigma(self, step, epoch) -> float:
        # Returns current noise multiplier for privacy accounting
        ...

Constraints

  • The total privacy budget (target_epsilon, target_delta) is FIXED and checked externally.
  • The model architecture, data pipeline, optimizer, and training loop are FIXED.
  • Focus on algorithmic innovation in the DP mechanism: clipping strategies, noise schedules, gradient processing.
  • Available imports: torch, math, numpy (via the FIXED section), scipy.optimize.

Evaluation

Trained and evaluated on three datasets at epsilon=3.0, delta=1e-5:

  • MNIST (28x28 grayscale digits, 10 classes)
  • Fashion-MNIST (28x28 grayscale clothing, 10 classes)
  • CIFAR-10 (32x32 color images, 10 classes)

Metric: test accuracy (higher is better) under the same privacy budget.

Hints

  • Adaptive clipping: adjust the clipping threshold based on observed gradient norms (e.g., track quantiles).
  • Noise scheduling: allocate more noise to early training (large gradients) and less to later training (refined gradients).
  • Gradient normalization: normalize per-sample gradients instead of clipping to a fixed threshold.
  • Per-layer strategies: clip/noise at the layer level rather than globally.
  • Momentum-based variance reduction: use gradient moment
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6  "content": "# =====================================================================\n# EDITABLE SECTION START (lines 152-233)\n# =====================================================================\n# Centered Adaptive DP-SGD: Control variate centering + adaptive clipping.\n# Novel contribution: subtract EMA of past privatized gradients as a\n# control variate before clipping. This reduces residual norms, enabling\n# tighter adaptive clipping and proportionally less absolute noise while\n# maintaining identical privacy guarantees (same noise multiplier sigma).\n\nclass DPMechanism:\n    \"\"\"DP mechanism with control variate centering and adaptive clipping.\n\n    The EMA of past privatized gradients is public (post-processing of\n    already-released data), so subtracting it doesn't affect sensitivity.\n    Smaller residuals -> smaller adaptive clip -> less noise -> better SNR.\n    \"\"\"\n\n    def __init__(self, max_grad_norm, noise_multiplier, n_params,\n                 dataset_size, batch_size, epochs, target_epsilon, target_delta):\n        self.max_grad_norm = max_grad_norm\n        self.noise_multiplier = noise_multiplier\n        self.n_params = n_params\n        self.dataset_size = dataset_size\n        self.batch_size = batch_size\n        self.epochs = epochs\n        self.target_epsilon = target_epsilon\n        self.target_delta = target_delta\n        # Control variate: EMA of past privatized gradients\n        self.grad_ema = None\n        self.ema_beta = 0.9\n        # Adaptive clipping for residuals (targets median norm)\n        self.clip_norm = max_grad_norm\n        self.target_quantile = 0.5\n        self.clip_lr = 0.2\n\n    def clip_and_noise(self, per_sample_grads, step, epoch):\n        batch_size = per_sample_grads[0].shape[0]\n        # Initialize EMA on first call\n        if self.grad_ema is None:\n            self.grad_ema = [torch.zeros_like(g[0]) for g in per_sample_grads]\n        # Center per-sample grads by subtracting EMA (free post-processing)\n        residuals = [g - e.unsqueeze(0)\n                     for g, e in zip(per_sample_grads, self.grad_ema)]\n        # Per-sample residual norms\n        flat = torch.cat([r.reshape(batch_size, -1) for r in residuals], dim=1)\n        norms = flat.norm(2, dim=1)\n        # Adapt clip threshold to target quantile of residual norms\n        frac = (norms > self.clip_norm).float().mean().item()\n        self.clip_norm *= math.exp(self.clip_lr * (frac - self.target_quantile))\n        self.clip_norm = max(0.005, min(50.0, self.clip_norm))\n        # Clip residuals (sensitivity = clip_norm)\n        clip_factor = (self.clip_norm / norms.clamp(min=1e-8)).clamp(max=1.0)\n        noised_grads = []\n        for r, e in zip(residuals, self.grad_ema):\n            shape = [batch_size] + [1] * (r.dim() - 1)\n            clipped = r * clip_factor.reshape(shape)\n            avg = clipped.mean(dim=0)\n            # Noise calibrated to residual clip norm (same sigma ratio)\n            noise = torch.randn_like(avg) * (\n                self.noise_multiplier * self.clip_norm / batch_size)\n            # Reconstruct full gradient: EMA + noised residual\n            noised_grads.append(e + avg + noise)\n        # Update EMA from privatized outputs (post-processing, free)\n        with torch.no_grad():\n            for i in range(len(noised_grads)):\n                self.grad_ema[i] = (self.ema_beta * self.grad_ema[i]\n                    + (1 - self.ema_beta) * noised_grads[i].detach())\n        return noised_grads\n\n    def get_effective_sigma(self, step, epoch):\n        return self.noise_multiplier\n\n# =====================================================================\n# EDITABLE SECTION END\n# ====================================================================="
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   149|     return (sigma_low + sigma_high) / 2
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   151| 
   152  # =====================================================================
   153  # EDITABLE SECTION START (lines 152-233)
   154  # =====================================================================
   155  # Centered Adaptive DP-SGD: Control variate centering + adaptive clipping.
   156  # Novel contribution: subtract EMA of past privatized gradients as a
   157  # control variate before clipping. This reduces residual norms, enabling
   158  # tighter adaptive clipping and proportionally less absolute noise while
   159  # maintaining identical privacy guarantees (same noise multiplier sigma).
   160  
   161  class DPMechanism:
   162      """DP mechanism with control variate centering and adaptive clipping.
   163  
   164      The EMA
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   151| 
   152  # =====================================================================
   153  # EDITABLE SECTION START (lines 152-233)
   154  # =====================================================================
   155  # Adaptive Control Variate DP-SGD (ACV-DPSGD): Uses EMA of noised outputs
   156  # as control variates to center gradients before clipping, enabling
   157  # smaller adaptive thresholds and proportionally less noise.
   158  
   159  class DPMechanism:
   160      """Adaptive Control Variate DP-SGD.
   161  
   162      Centers per-sample gradients around an EMA control variate before
   163      clipping, yielding smaller residual norms. Adaptively tracks median
   164      residual norm as clipping threshold. Noise is proportional t
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### mnist (scripts/mnist.sh)
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### fmnist (scripts/fmnist.sh)
Training progress (fmnist):
TRAIN_METRICS epoch=4 step=902 loss=1.298423 accuracy=77.72
TRAIN_METRICS epoch=5 step=986 loss=1.326277 accuracy=77.03
TRAIN_METRICS epoch=5 step=1036 loss=1.315853 accuracy=77.35
TRAIN_METRICS epoch=5 step=1086 loss=1.304134 accuracy=77.66
TRAIN_METRICS epoch=5 step=1136 loss=1.305128 accuracy=77.73
Epoch summaries (fmnist):
Epoch 3/5: train_loss=1.2724 train_acc=77.59% test_loss=1.2785 test_acc=77.49% epsilon_spent=2.29 sigma=0.2385
Epoch 4/5: train_loss=1.2972 train_acc=77.69% test_loss=1.3141 test_acc=77.53% epsilon_spent=2.67 sigma=0.2385
Epoch 5/5: train_loss=1.3079 train_acc=77.68% test_loss=1.3465 test_acc=77.51% epsilon_spent=3.00 sigma=0.2385
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6  "content": "# =====================================================================\n# EDITABLE SECTION START (lines 152-233)\n# =====================================================================\n# DPMechanism: Cosine-Scheduled AUTO-S with Post-Noise EMA Denoising.\n#\n# Algorithmic innovations over standard DP-SGD:\n# 1. AUTO-S normalization: per-sample g/(||g||+gamma), sensitivity=1\n# 2. Cosine noise schedule: more privacy budget for later, useful steps\n# 3. EMA post-processing: denoises gradients (privacy-free post-processing)\n\nclass DPMechanism:\n    \"\"\"Cosine-Scheduled AUTO-S with EMA Denoising (CS-AUTO-EMA).\"\"\"\n\n    def __init__(self, max_grad_norm, noise_multiplier, n_params,\n                 dataset_size, batch_size, epochs, target_epsilon, target_delta):\n        self.max_grad_norm = max_grad_norm\n        self.noise_multiplier = noise_multiplier\n        self.n_params = n_params\n        self.dataset_size = dataset_size\n        self.batch_size = batch_size\n        self.epochs = epochs\n        self.target_epsilon = target_epsilon\n        self.target_delta = target_delta\n        self.gamma = 0.01  # AUTO-S regularization\n        self.steps_per_epoch = dataset_size // batch_size\n        self.total_steps = self.steps_per_epoch * epochs\n        self.noise_end_ratio = 0.65  # Cosine decays noise to 65% of initial\n        # Calibrate sigma_0 so total RDP matches uniform-sigma budget\n        inv_sq_sum = 0.0\n        for t in range(self.total_steps):\n            f = self._sched(t)\n            inv_sq_sum += 1.0 / (f * f)\n        self.sigma_0 = noise_multiplier * math.sqrt(inv_sq_sum / self.total_steps)\n        self.ema_beta = 0.5  # EMA smoothing factor\n        self.ema_grads = None\n\n    def _sched(self, step):\n        \"\"\"Cosine noise schedule factor: 1.0 -> noise_end_ratio.\"\"\"\n        p = min(step / max(self.total_steps - 1, 1), 1.0)\n        r = self.noise_end_ratio\n        return r + (1.0 - r) * 0.5 * (1.0 + math.cos(math.pi * p))\n\n    def clip_and_noise(self, per_sample_grads, step, epoch):\n        batch_size = per_sample_grads[0].shape[0]\n        flat = torch.cat([g.reshape(batch_size, -1) for g in per_sample_grads], dim=1)\n        norms = flat.norm(2, dim=1)  # [B]\n        # AUTO-S normalization: g / (||g|| + gamma), sensitivity bounded by 1\n        scale = 1.0 / (norms + self.gamma)  # [B]\n        # Cosine-scheduled noise level\n        f = self._sched(step)\n        noise_std = self.sigma_0 * f / batch_size\n        noised = []\n        for g in per_sample_grads:\n            shape = [batch_size] + [1] * (g.dim() - 1)\n            avg = (g * scale.reshape(shape)).mean(dim=0)\n            noised.append(avg + torch.randn_like(avg) * noise_std)\n        # EMA denoising (post-processing, privacy-free)\n        if self.ema_grads is None:\n            self.ema_grads = [g.clone() for g in noised]\n        else:\n            b = self.ema_beta\n            for i in range(len(noised)):\n                self.ema_grads[i].mul_(b).add_(noised[i], alpha=1.0 - b)\n        return [g.clone() for g in self.ema_grads]\n\n    def get_effective_sigma(self, step, epoch):\n        \"\"\"Return calibrated sigma for external privacy accounting.\"\"\"\n        return self.noise_multiplier\n\n# =====================================================================\n# EDITABLE SECTION END\n# =====================================================================\n"
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   149|     return (sigma_low + sigma_high) / 2
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   151| 
   152  # =====================================================================
   153  # EDITABLE SECTION START (lines 152-233)
   154  # =====================================================================
   155  # DPMechanism: Cosine-Scheduled AUTO-S with Post-Noise EMA Denoising.
   156  #
   157  # Algorithmic innovations over standard DP-SGD:
   158  # 1. AUTO-S normalization: per-sample g/(||g||+gamma), sensitivity=1
   159  # 2. Cosine noise schedule: more privacy budget for later, useful steps
   160  # 3. EMA post-processing: denoises gradients (privacy-free post-processing)
   161  
   162  class DPMechanism:
   163      """Cosine-Scheduled AUTO-S with EMA Denoising (CS-AUTO-EMA)."""
   164  
   165      def __init__(self, max_grad_norm
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### mnist (scripts/mnist.sh)
Training progress (mnist):
TRAIN_METRICS epoch=4 step=902 loss=0.298006 accuracy=96.16
TRAIN_METRICS epoch=5 step=986 loss=0.317718 accuracy=96.09
TRAIN_METRICS epoch=5 step=1036 loss=0.293941 accuracy=96.18
TRAIN_METRICS epoch=5 step=1086 loss=0.299537 accuracy=96.19
TRAIN_METRICS epoch=5 step=1136 loss=0.301254 accuracy=96.22
Epoch summaries (mnist):
Epoch 3/5: train_loss=0.3412 train_acc=95.63% test_loss=0.2908 test_acc=96.34% epsilon_spent=2.29 sigma=0.2385
Epoch 4/5: train_loss=0.3113 train_acc=96.08% test_loss=0.2762 test_acc=96.39% epsilon_spent=2.67 sigma=0.2385
Epoch 5/5: train_loss=0.2983 train_acc=96.29% test_loss=0.2731 test_acc=96.38% epsilon_spent=3.00 sigma=0.2385
accuracy_mnist: 96.3800
epsilon_mnist: 3.0016
best_accuracy_mnist: 96.3900

### fmnist (scripts/fmnist.sh)
Training progress (fmnist):
TRAIN_METRICS epoch=4 step=902 loss=1.202753 accuracy=81.37
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6  "content": "# =====================================================================\n# EDITABLE SECTION START (lines 152-233)\n# =====================================================================\n# DPMechanism: AUTO-S with LR-Adaptive Noise Budget Allocation.\n#\n# Key insight: For cosine-annealed LR, the optimal noise allocation that\n# minimizes sum_t (lr_t * sigma_t)^2 subject to fixed total RDP is\n# sigma_t proportional to 1/sqrt(lr_t). This gives LESS noise when LR\n# is high (maximizing early learning), MORE when LR is low (minimal\n# impact since updates are dampened). Combined with AUTO-S normalization.\n\nclass DPMechanism:\n    \"\"\"AUTO-S with LR-Adaptive Noise Schedule (LR-ANS).\n\n    Optimal noise allocation: sigma_t ∝ 1/sqrt(lr_t) minimizes total\n    effective noise in parameter updates under fixed privacy budget.\n    \"\"\"\n\n    def __init__(self, max_grad_norm, noise_multiplier, n_params,\n                 dataset_size, batch_size, epochs, target_epsilon, target_delta):\n        self.max_grad_norm = max_grad_norm\n        self.noise_multiplier = noise_multiplier\n        self.n_params = n_params\n        self.dataset_size = dataset_size\n        self.batch_size = batch_size\n        self.epochs = epochs\n        self.target_epsilon = target_epsilon\n        self.target_delta = target_delta\n        self.gamma = 0.01  # AUTO-S regularization\n        self.steps_per_epoch = dataset_size // batch_size\n        self.total_steps = self.steps_per_epoch * epochs\n        self.max_noise_factor = 4.0  # Cap noise increase at end\n        self.lr_floor = 0.05  # Floor for LR ratio to avoid inf\n        # Calibrate sigma_0 so total RDP matches uniform-sigma budget\n        inv_sq_sum = 0.0\n        for t in range(self.total_steps):\n            f = self._noise_factor(t)\n            inv_sq_sum += 1.0 / (f * f)\n        self.sigma_0 = noise_multiplier * math.sqrt(inv_sq_sum / self.total_steps)\n\n    def _noise_factor(self, step):\n        \"\"\"Noise factor ∝ 1/sqrt(lr_t) for cosine LR schedule.\"\"\"\n        progress = min(step / max(self.total_steps - 1, 1), 1.0)\n        # Approximate cosine LR: lr_ratio = (1 + cos(pi * progress)) / 2\n        lr_ratio = 0.5 * (1.0 + math.cos(math.pi * progress))\n        lr_ratio = max(lr_ratio, self.lr_floor)\n        return min(1.0 / math.sqrt(lr_ratio), self.max_noise_factor)\n\n    def clip_and_noise(self, per_sample_grads, step, epoch):\n        batch_size = per_sample_grads[0].shape[0]\n        flat = torch.cat([g.reshape(batch_size, -1) for g in per_sample_grads], dim=1)\n        norms = flat.norm(2, dim=1)  # [B]\n        # AUTO-S normalization: g / (||g|| + gamma), sensitivity <= 1\n        scale = 1.0 / (norms + self.gamma)  # [B]\n        # LR-adaptive noise level\n        f = self._noise_factor(step)\n        noise_std = self.sigma_0 * f / batch_size\n        noised_grads = []\n        for g in per_sample_grads:\n            shape = [batch_size] + [1] * (g.dim() - 1)\n            avg = (g * scale.reshape(shape)).mean(dim=0)\n            noised_grads.append(avg + torch.randn_like(avg) * noise_std)\n        return noised_grads\n\n    def get_effective_sigma(self, step, epoch):\n        \"\"\"Return calibrated sigma for external privacy accounting.\"\"\"\n        return self.noise_multiplier\n\n# =====================================================================\n# EDITABLE SECTION END\n# =====================================================================\n"
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   149|     return (sigma_low + sigma_high) / 2
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   151| 
   152  # =====================================================================
   153  # EDITABLE SECTION START (lines 152-233)
   154  # =====================================================================
   155  # DPMechanism: AUTO-S with LR-Adaptive Noise Budget Allocation.
   156  #
   157  # Key insight: For cosine-annealed LR, the optimal noise allocation that
   158  # minimizes sum_t (lr_t * sigma_t)^2 subject to fixed total RDP is
   159  # sigma_t proportional to 1/sqrt(lr_t). This gives LESS noise when LR
   160  # is high (maximizing early learning), MORE when LR is low (minimal
   161  # impact since updates are dampened). Combined with AUTO-S normalization.
   162  
   163  class DPMechanism:
   164      """AUTO-S with LR-Adaptive N
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### mnist (scripts/mnist.sh)
Training progress (mnist):
TRAIN_METRICS epoch=4 step=902 loss=0.344569 accuracy=95.56
TRAIN_METRICS epoch=5 step=986 loss=0.357262 accuracy=95.49
TRAIN_METRICS epoch=5 step=1036 loss=0.341311 accuracy=95.55
TRAIN_METRICS epoch=5 step=1086 loss=0.347523 accuracy=95.58
TRAIN_METRICS epoch=5 step=1136 loss=0.350102 accuracy=95.62
Epoch summaries (mnist):
Epoch 3/5: train_loss=0.3885 train_acc=95.03% test_loss=0.3401 test_acc=95.60% epsilon_spent=2.29 sigma=0.2385
Epoch 4/5: train_loss=0.3588 train_acc=95.47% test_loss=0.3180 test_acc=95.79% epsilon_spent=2.67 sigma=0.2385
Epoch 5/5: train_loss=0.3481 train_acc=95.68% test_loss=0.3131 test_acc=96.02% epsilon_spent=3.00 sigma=0.2385
accuracy_mnist: 96.0200
epsilon_mnist: 3.0016
best_accuracy_mnist: 96.0200

### fmnist (scripts/fmnist.sh)
Training progress (fmnist):
TRAIN_METRICS epoch=4 step=902 loss=1.316571 accuracy=80.01
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Tool ResultStep 5
[submit] Submitting result from test #1 as final.


## Seed 42

### mnist (scripts/mnist.sh)
Training progress (mnist):
TRAIN_METRICS epoch=4 step=902 loss=0.298006 accuracy=96.16
TRAIN_METRICS epoch=5 step=986 loss=0.317718 accuracy=96.09
TRAIN_METRICS epoch=5 step=1036 loss=0.293941 accuracy=96.18
TRAIN_METRICS epoch=5 step=1086 loss=0.299537 accuracy=96.19
TRAIN_METRICS epoch=5 step=1136 loss=0.301254 accuracy=96.22
Epoch summaries (mnist):
Epoch 3/5: train_loss=0.3412 train_acc=95.63% test_loss=0.2908 test_acc=96.34% epsilon_spent=2.29 sigma=0.2385
Epoch 4/5: train_loss=0.3113 train_acc=96.08% test_loss=0.2762 test_acc=96.39% epsilon_spent=2.67 sigma=0.2385
Epoch 5/5: train_loss=0.2983 train_acc=96.29% test_loss=0.2731 test_acc=96.38% epsilon_spent=3.00 sigma=0.2385
accuracy_mnist: 96.3800
epsilon_mnist: 3.0016
best_accuracy_mnist: 96.3900

### fmnist (scripts/fmnist.sh)
Training progress (fmnist):
TRAIN_METRICS epoch=4 step=902 loss=1.202753 accuracy=81.37
TRAIN_METRICS epoch=5 st