Demonstration Data Webinar Today (4/30); Save the Dates for Additional Webinars Throughout May

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Demonstration Data Webinar Today (4/30); Save the Dates for Additional Webinars Throughout May


Today's Webinar:

Join us at 1:00 pm ET today (4/30) for a walk-through of the latest demonstration data released on Wednesday, April 28.

Description:

The webinar will cover in more detail the updates reflected in the new demonstration data, walk through the associated metrics, and provide an opportunity for Q&A. No pre-registration is required. We'll post a recording on the website soon after.

Dial-in:

Event: Understanding the April 2021 Demonstration Data

Date: Friday, April 30

Time: 1:00 PM ET

WebEx:  https://uscensus.webex.com/uscensus/onstage/g.php?MTID=e6f1f895d92d067dbaa0833772487b9ec

WebEx Event number (if needed):  199 529 2379

WebEx Event password (if needed):  @Census1

Audio: Listen to the webinar in one of two ways:

Using your computer's speakers (choose "Audio Broadcast," which is 1-way audio).

-OR-

For Telephone audio option please call 1-800-369-2064 OR 1-212-287-1671; code: 4867486.

May Webinar Series

Tuesday, May 4   

Differential Privacy 101   

This introductory webinar will explain the Census Bureau’s decision to modernize the methods we use to protect respondent confidentiality in the data we release. We will cover the basic principles and concepts of disclosure avoidance and differential privacy and discuss their implications for census data users.

Time: 1:00 – 2:00 pm (ET)

WebEx Login: https://uscensus.webex.com/uscensus/onstage/g.php?MTID=e044ae9d40aab83c7bc4de8520ae64f1a

WebEx Event number (If needed):  199 215 4098

WebEx Event password (If needed):  @Census1

Audio: Listen to the webinar in one of two ways:

Using your computer's speakers (choose "Audio Broadcast," which is 1-way audio).

-OR-

For Telephone audio option please call 1-888-566-6168 OR 1-212-287-1827 (code: 6655851).

Friday, May 7   

The Census Bureau's Simulated Reconstruction-Abetted Re-identification Attack on the 2010 Census           

This webinar will examine the simulated re-identification attack that the Census Bureau performed on the published 2010 Census data  and its implications for the 2020 Census.

* Log-in information coming soon

Thursday, May 13 

Differential Privacy 201 and the TopDown Algorithm           

This webinar will provide a deeper examination of how the Census Bureau is using the framework of differential privacy to safeguard respondent data for the 2020 Census. We will examine how the 2020 Census Disclosure Avoidance System’s TopDown Algorithm works and the parameters and settings used to produce the April 2021 demonstration data.

 * Log-in information coming soon

Friday, May 14 

Highlights of the April 2021 Detailed Summary Metrics       

This webinar will examine how the Census Bureau uses a variety of accuracy measures to evaluate the data produced by the Disclosure Avoidance System’s TopDown Algorithm. We will explain how we developed these accuracy measures and how data users can use them to evaluate the April 2021 demonstration data.

 * Log-in information coming soon

Friday, May 21 

Analysis of April 2021 Demonstration Data for Redistricting and Voting Rights Act Use Cases  

This webinar will examine the results of the Census Bureau’s empirical evaluation of the reliability and fitness-for-use of the April 2021 demonstration data for redistricting and enforcement of the Voting Rights Act.

 * Log-in information coming soon

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About Disclosure Avoidance Modernization

The Census Bureau is protecting 2020 Census data products with a powerful new cryptography-based disclosure avoidance system known as “differential privacy.”  We are committed to producing 2020 Census data products that are of the same high quality you've come to expect while protecting respondent confidentiality from emerging privacy threats in today's digital world. 

 

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