DIMACS Working Group on Data De-Identification, Combinatorial Optimization, Graph Theory,
and the Stat/OR Interface

November 9 - 10, 2004
DIMACS Center, CoRE Building, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey

Organizers:
Larry Cox, CDC, lcox@cdc.gov
Brenda Latka, DIMACS, latka@dimacs.rutgers.edu
Fred Roberts, DIMACS, froberts@dimacs.rutgers.edu
Presented under the auspices of the Special Focus on Communication Security and Information Privacy and
Special Focus on Computational and Mathematical Epidemiology.

This is a subgroup meeting of the DIMACS Working Group on Privacy / Confidentiality of Health Data.

Workshop Program:

This is a revised program. 

Tuesday, November 9, 2004

 9:00 -  9:30 Registration and Breakfast

 9:30 -  9:35 Welcome and Opening Remarks
              Fred Roberts, DIMACS Director

 9:35 - 10:35 Introductory Talk: Data De-Identification and 
              Properties and Problems Related to m-Dimensional Tables
              Larry Cox, CDC 

10:35 - 10:50 Break

10:50         Problem 1: Generating Representative Samples of 
              Nonnegative Integer-Feasible Solutions to 
              Partially Specified m-Dimensional Tables

              10:50 - 11:10 Introduction by Larry Cox

              11:10 - 12:30 Discussion

12:30 -  1:30 Lunch

 1:30         Problem 2: Use of Linear Programming and Search 
              in Lieu or Support of Integer Programming

              1:30 - 1:50  Introduction by Larry Cox
     
              1:50 - 3:10  Discussion

 3:10 - 3:25  Break

 3:25         Problem 3: :  Identifying and Exploiting Convenient Mathematical 
              Structures in m-Dimensional Tables

              3:25 - 3:45: Introduction by Larry Cox
     
              3:45 - 5:00: Discussion

 5:00         Wine and Cheese Reception

Wednesday, November 10, 2004

 8:00 -  8:30 Registration and Breakfast

 8:30 - 10:30 Break-Out Discussions

              -	   Work on 3 Posed Problem Areas

              -	   Identify Other Relevant Problems

10:30 - 10:45 Break

10:45 - 11:45 Reports from Break-Out

11:45 - 12:00 Discussion of Potential Next Steps
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