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Machine Unlearning: Solutions and Challenges

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Jie Xu *
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Zihan Wu
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Cong Wang
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Xiaohua Jia
DOI:10.1109/TETCI.2024.3379240delete
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Abstract

Abstract

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Machine learning models may inadvertently memorize sensitive, unauthorized, or malicious data, posing risks of privacy breaches, security vulnerabilities, and performance degradation. To address these issues, machine unlearning has emerged as a critical technique to selectively remove specific training data points' influence on trained models. This paper provides a comprehensive taxonomy and analysis of the solutions in machine unlearning. We categorize existing solutions into exact unlearning approaches that remove data influence thoroughly and approximate unlearning approaches that efficiently minimize data influence. By comprehensively reviewing solutions, we identify and discuss their strengths and limitations. Furthermore, we propose future directions to advance machine unlearning and establish it as an essential capability for trustworthy and adaptive machine learning models. This paper provides researchers with a roadmap of open problems, encouraging impactful contributions to address real-world needs for selective data removal.
Keywords:
Machine unlearning
machine learning security
the right to be forgotten

Journal

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IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence
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6.5
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1.4K
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4.5K

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City University of Hong Kong
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2.3W
Papers: 3.0W
Citations: 6.1W