COWBIRD Proposal

Hello everyone,

I would like to share a proposal for how machine learning optimization
might be done in a privacy preserving way. The proposal is called COWBIRD
<https://github.com/AdRoll/privacy/blob/main/COWBIRD.md>, which stands for
Coordinated Optimization Without Big Resource Demands. It builds on SPURFOWL
<https://github.com/AdRoll/privacy/blob/main/SPURFOWL.md>, which we
discussed today, and is inspired by MURRE
<https://github.com/AdRoll/privacy/blob/main/MURRE.md>, which we discussed
a few weeks ago.

At a high level, the idea is for the browser to act as a federated learning
platform, allowing ad-tech companies to optimize toward customizable
objectives with customizable models and features.

Thanks,
Matt Wilson

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Matthew Wilson

Staff Data Science Engineer

matt.wilson@nextroll.com