Patents by Inventor Nalini K. Ratha

Nalini K. Ratha has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11941536
    Abstract: An entity learning recognition method and computer program product include learning training a model based on a combination of an original entity and an augmented entity in an augmented database, where the entity includes an image that is used for a training of the model and where the training is based on a visual element portion of the image with added noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gaurav Goswami, Sharathchandra Umapathirao Pankanti, Nalini K. Ratha
  • Patent number: 11902424
    Abstract: Securely re-encrypting homomorphically encrypted data by receiving fully homomorphically encrypted (FHE) information from a client device, training a machine learning model using the FHE information, yielding FHE ciphertexts, applying a first transform to the FHE ciphertexts, yielding obfuscated FHE ciphertexts, sending the obfuscated FHE ciphertexts to a secure device, receiving a re-encrypted version of the obfuscated FHE ciphertexts from the secure device, applying a second transform to the re-encrypted version of the obfuscated FHE ciphertexts yielding de-obfuscated re-encrypted FHE ciphertexts, determining FHE ML model parameters according to the de-obfuscated re-encrypted ciphertexts, and sending the FHE ML model parameters to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nalini K. Ratha, Karthik Nandakumar, Sharathchandra Pankanti
  • Patent number: 11816142
    Abstract: A framework is provided in which a querying agency can request (via a query entity) encrypted data through a service provider from a data owning agency that stores encrypted data. The framework uses homomorphic encryption. The data may be gallery entities, and each of the elements in the framework operate on doubly-encrypted information. The service provider compares a representation of an encrypted query entity from the querying agency and representations of encrypted gallery entities from the data owning agency, resulting in doubly-encrypted values of a metric between corresponding compared representations. The querying agency gets result(s), based on the metric, which indicate whether it is probable the service provider has data similar to or the same as query data in the query entity. The elements have to perform communication in order for the querying agency or the data owning agency to get cleartext information corresponding to the query entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sharathchandra Pankanti, Karthik Nandakumar, Nalini K. Ratha, Shai Halevi
  • Patent number: 11764941
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product for homomorphic inference on a decision tree (DT) model. In lieu of HE-based inferencing on the decision tree, the inferencing instead is performed on a neural network (NN), which acts as a surrogate. To this end, the neural network is trained to learn DT decision boundaries, preferably without using the original DT model data training points. During training, a random data set is applied to the DT, and expected outputs are recorded. This random data set and the expected outputs are then used to train the neural network such that the outputs of the neural network match the outputs expected from applying the original data set to the DT. Preferably, the neural network has low depth, just a few layers. HE-based inferencing on the decision tree is done using HE inferencing on the shallow neural network. The latter is computationally-efficient and is carried without the need for bootstrapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kanthi Sarpatwar, Nalini K. Ratha, Karthikeyan Shanmugam, Karthik Nandakumar, Sharathchandra Pankanti, Roman Vaculin
  • Patent number: 11763159
    Abstract: A neural network is configured to suppress an output of a mitigation node in a mitigation layer of the neural network. The neural network is pre-configured to recognize objects from inputs when operating using a processor and a memory. An actual input is sent to the neural network for object recognition, the actual input is an altered input. By suppressing the output of the mitigation node, the neural network is caused to avoid falsely recognizing an object from the actual input, where the altered input is configured to cause the neural network to falsely recognize the object from the actual input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gaurav Goswami, Sharathchandra Pankanti, Nalini K. Ratha, Richa Singh, Mayank Vatsa
  • Patent number: 11741753
    Abstract: Generating visual data by defining a first action into a first set of objects and corresponding first set of motions, and defining a second action into a second set of objects and corresponding second set of motions. A relationship is then determined for the second action to the first action in terms of relationships between corresponding constituent objects and motions. Objects and motions are detected from visual data of first action. Visual data is composed for the second action from the data by transforming the constituent objects and motions detected in first action based on the corresponding determined relationships.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nalini K. Ratha, Sharathchandra Pankanti, Lisa Marie Brown
  • Patent number: 11689916
    Abstract: Mechanisms are provided to implement a privacy enhanced location service for determining a granularity of location information to return to a requestor computing device. The privacy enhanced location service receives, from a requestor computing device, a location query requesting location information for a subject. The privacy enhanced location service retrieves a selected subject privacy policy data structure, selected from a set of subject privacy policy data structures corresponding to the subject identified in the location query. The privacy enhanced location service applies the selected subject privacy policy data structure to location information associated with the subject to generate modified location information having a granularity of location information specified in the selected subject privacy policy data structure. The privacy enhanced location service transmits the modified location information to the requestor computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan H. Connell, II, Jae-Eun Park, Nalini K. Ratha
  • Patent number: 11681918
    Abstract: Mechanisms are provided to provide an improved computer tool for determining and mitigating the presence of adversarial inputs to an image classification computing model. A machine learning computer model processes input data representing a first image to generate a first classification output. A cohort of second image(s), that are visually similar to the first image, is generated based on a comparison of visual characteristics of the first image to visual characteristics of images in an image repository. A cohort-based machine learning computer model processes the cohort of second image(s) to generate a second classification output and the first classification output is compared to the second classification output to determine if the first image is an adversarial image. In response to the first image being determined to be an adversarial image, a mitigation operation by a mitigation system is initiated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gaurav Goswami, Nalini K. Ratha, Sharathchandra Pankanti
  • Publication number: 20230185842
    Abstract: A framework is provided in which a querying agency can request (via a query entity) encrypted data through a service provider from a data owning agency that stores encrypted data. The framework uses homomorphic encryption. The data may be gallery entities, and each of the elements in the framework operate on doubly-encrypted information. The service provider compares a representation of an encrypted query entity from the querying agency and representations of encrypted gallery entities from the data owning agency, resulting in doubly-encrypted values of a metric between corresponding compared representations. The querying agency gets result(s), based on the metric, which indicate whether it is probable the service provider has data similar to or the same as query data in the query entity. The elements have to perform communication in order for the querying agency or the data owning agency to get cleartext information corresponding to the query entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Sharathchandra Pankanti, Karthik Nandakumar, Nalini K. Ratha, Shai Halevi
  • Patent number: 11663263
    Abstract: A framework is provided in which a querying agency can request (via a query entity) encrypted data through a service provider from a data owning agency that stores encrypted data. The framework uses homomorphic encryption. The data may be gallery entities, and each of the elements in the framework operate on doubly-encrypted information. The service provider compares a representation of an encrypted query entity from the querying agency and representations of encrypted gallery entities from the data owning agency, resulting in doubly-encrypted values of a metric between corresponding compared representations. The querying agency gets result(s), based on the metric, which indicate whether it is probable the service provider has data similar to or the same as query data in the query entity. The elements have to perform communication in order for the querying agency or the data owning agency to get cleartext information corresponding to the query entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sharathchandra Pankanti, Karthik Nandakumar, Nalini K. Ratha, Shai Halevi
  • Patent number: 11599806
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a method, apparatus and computer program product to create a full homomorphic encryption (FHE)-friendly machine learning model. The approach herein leverages a knowledge distillation framework wherein the FHE-friendly (student) ML model closely mimics the predictions of a more complex (teacher) model, wherein the teacher model is one that, relative to the student model, is more complex and that is pre-trained on large datasets. In the approach herein, the distillation framework uses the more complex teacher model to facilitate training of the FHE-friendly model, but using synthetically-generated training data in lieu of the original datasets used to train the teacher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kanthi Sarpatwar, Nalini K. Ratha, Karthikeyan Shanmugam, Karthik Nandakumar, Sharathchandra Pankanti, Roman Vaculin, James Thomas Rayfield
  • Patent number: 11502820
    Abstract: A technique for computationally-efficient privacy-preserving homomorphic inferencing against a decision tree. Inferencing is carried out by a server against encrypted data points provided by a client. Fully homomorphic computation is enabled with respect to the decision tree by intelligently configuring the tree and the real number-valued features that are applied to the tree. To that end, and to the extent the decision tree is unbalanced, the server first balances the tree. A cryptographic packing scheme is then applied to the balanced decision tree and, in particular, to one or more entries in at least one of: an encrypted feature set, and a threshold data set, that are to be used during the decision tree evaluation process. Upon receipt of an encrypted data point, homomorphic inferencing on the configured decision tree is performed using a highly-accurate approximation comparator, which implements a “soft” membership recursive computation on real numbers, all in an oblivious manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nalini K. Ratha, Kanthi Sarpatwar, Karthikeyan Shanmugam, Sharathchandra Pankanti, Karthik Nandakumar, Roman Vaculin
  • Publication number: 20220269717
    Abstract: A framework is provided in which a querying agency can request (via a query entity) encrypted data through a service provider from a data owning agency that stores encrypted data. The framework uses homomorphic encryption. The data may be gallery entities, and each of the elements in the framework operate on doubly-encrypted information. The service provider compares a representation of an encrypted query entity from the querying agency and representations of encrypted gallery entities from the data owning agency, resulting in doubly-encrypted values of a metric between corresponding compared representations. The querying agency gets result(s), based on the metric, which indicate whether it is probable the service provider has data similar to or the same as query data in the query entity. The elements have to perform communication in order for the querying agency or the data owning agency to get cleartext information corresponding to the query entity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Sharathchandra Pankanti, Karthik Nandakumar, Nalini K. Ratha, Shai Halevi
  • Patent number: 11354539
    Abstract: An AI model is trained by determining insights for a sequence of computations used in the AI model. The sequence is applied to encrypted data and label pair(s), wherein computational details of each of the computations are defined. Information may also be committed for selected ones of the sequence of computations into a distributed database. The committed information may include computational details used in processing performed for the selected computations, and the distributed database may have a property that the committed information for each selected computation is linked with a verifiable signature of integrity with a previously committed computation in the sequence. Indication is received from an end-user computer system of selected computation(s). Computational details of the indicated selected computation(s) are sent toward the end-user computer system for use by the end-user computer system for verifying the indicated selected computation(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shai Halevi, Sharathchandra Pankanti, Karthik Nandakumar, Nalini K. Ratha
  • Publication number: 20220166607
    Abstract: Securely re-encrypting homomorphically encrypted data by receiving fully homomorphically encrypted (FHE) information from a client device, training a machine learning model using the FHE information, yielding FHE ciphertexts, applying a first transform to the FHE ciphertexts, yielding obfuscated FHE ciphertexts, sending the obfuscated FHE ciphertexts to a secure device, receiving a re-encrypted version of the obfuscated FHE ciphertexts from the secure device, applying a second transform to the re-encrypted version of the obfuscated FHE ciphertexts yielding de-obfuscated re-encrypted FHE ciphertexts, determining FHE ML model parameters according to the de-obfuscated re-encrypted ciphertexts, and sending the FHE ML model parameters to the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Nalini K. Ratha, Karthik Nandakumar, Sharathchandra Pankanti
  • Patent number: 11336643
    Abstract: An anonymized biometric representation of a target individual is used in a computer based security system. A detailed input biometric signal associated with a target individual is obtained. A weakened biometric representation of the detailed biometric signal is constructed such that the weakened biometric representation is designed to identify a plurality of individuals including the target individual. The target individual is enrolled in a data store associated with the computer based security system wherein the weakened biometric representation is included in a record for the target individual. In another aspect of the invention, a detailed input biometric signal from a screening candidate individual is obtained. The detailed biometric signal of the screening candidate is matched against the weakened biometric representation included in the record for the target individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan H Connell, II, Fred A Maymir-Ducharme, Nalini K Ratha
  • Patent number: 11321382
    Abstract: A framework is provided in which a querying agency can request (via a query entity) encrypted data through a service provider from a data owning agency that stores encrypted data. The framework uses homomorphic encryption. The data may be gallery entities, and each of the elements in the framework operate on doubly-encrypted information. The service provider compares a representation of an encrypted query entity from the querying agency and representations of encrypted gallery entities from the data owning agency, resulting in doubly-encrypted values of a metric between corresponding compared representations. The querying agency gets result(s), based on the metric, which indicate whether it is probable the service provider has data similar to or the same as query data in the query entity. The elements have to perform communication in order for the querying agency or the data owning agency to get cleartext information corresponding to the query entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sharathchandra Pankanti, Karthik Nandakumar, Nalini K. Ratha, Shai Halevi
  • Publication number: 20220110542
    Abstract: Determining lung capacity of includes capturing an audio waveform of the user performing an utterance presented to a user. A video of the user performing the utterance can be captured. The captured audio waveform and the video are analyzed for compliance. Based on the audio waveform, an indicator of respiratory function is determined. The indicator is compared with a reference indicator to determine health of the user. A machine learning model such as neural network can be trained to predict the indicator of the respiratory function based on input features comprising audio spectral and temporal characteristics of utterances. Determining the indicator or respiratory function can include running the trained machine learning model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Samuel Thomas, Nalini K. Ratha, Jonathan Hudson Connell, II
  • Patent number: 11301504
    Abstract: A bias compensation method, system, and computer program product include modifying a behavior of a first analytic engine service with a second analytic engine service, where the first service accepts user submitted data and communicates an assessment of the data in a form of a label associated with the corresponding submitted data, where the second service accepts an input and communicates an assessment in a form of a label associated with the corresponding input, and where a behavior model of the first service and the second service includes a discrepancy between the output labels by each service with respect to true labels of data accepted, further including composing a new analytic engine service from the first service and the second service to optimize a service bias in terms of a test dataset based on the behavior model and the known true assessments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jonathan Hudson Connell, II, Nalini K. Ratha, Sharathchandra Pankanti
  • Patent number: 11301944
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method modifies physical classroom resources in a classroom. One or more processors identify and quantify physical classroom resources in the classroom based on sensor readings received from sensors in a classroom. The processor(s) determine physical classroom resource constraints that impede learning by students in the classroom based on the sensor readings from the sensors in the classroom. The processor(s) detect one or more of the physical classroom resource constraints in the physical classroom resources identified by the sensor readings, and then adjust the one or more physical classroom resources based on the one or more detected physical classroom resource constraints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shelby S. Darnell, Sharathchandra U. Pankanti, Nalini K. Ratha, Komminist Weldemariam