Secure heterogeneous learning federation with information-theoretic guarantees
Other Transaction IDV Awarded Last action
- Contract number
- HR00112090104
- Awardee
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University Of Southern California UEI G88KLJR3KYT5
- Awarding agency
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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Department of Defense
- Task orders
- 0
Award facts
- Last date to order
- Not on record
- IDV ceiling
- $1,000,000.00
- NAICS code
- Not on record
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
- Competition
- Competed Program Solicitation
- Pricing
- Other
Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.
About this IDV
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded a $1,000,000 Other Transaction IDV to the University of Southern California on August 1, 2020 for the purpose of developing a SECURE HETEROGENEOUS LEARNING FEDERATION WITH INFORMATION-THEORETIC GUARANTEES. No set-aside was used in the award. The awardee will be developing a federated learning system that incorporates information-theoretic techniques to guarantee privacy and security for heterogeneous data sources.
As the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency seeks to advance artificial intelligence capabilities, this contract aims to address challenges involving privacy and security when different organizations want to collaboratively train machine learning models on decentralized data without sharing the raw data itself. Federated learning is a promising technique for this type of collaborative training, but traditional approaches lack formal privacy guarantees. By incorporating information-theoretic methods, the University of Southern California under this IDV will work to develop a federated learning system with mathematical assurances regarding what can and cannot be inferred from model updates shared during the training process. This has the potential to enable new forms of collaborative AI that can better protect sensitive data across both government and commercial partners.
Transactions
| Action | Obligated | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exercise an Option | $500,000 | |
| Original award | $500,000 |
Quick answers
Who was awarded contract HR00112090104?
HR00112090104 was awarded to University Of Southern California by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Department of Defense) on August 1, 2020.
How much is contract HR00112090104 worth?
HR00112090104's own ceiling is $1,000,000.
Was contract HR00112090104 competed?
The extent of competition for HR00112090104 was competed.
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