Dr. Kobi Ako Abayomi (Georgia Institute of Technology)

Title: Statistics for re-identification in networked data models

Abstract: Re-identification in networked data models involves testing procedures for the identification of similar observations. We consider this testing problem from first principles: we derive probability distributions for a version of a similarity score for three well known network data models. Our method is unique in that it suggests a sufficiency property for (at least) these distributions, an unexplored area of network/graphical modeling.