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.

Event: Understanding the April 2021 Demonstration Data

Date: Friday, April 30

Time: 1:00 PM ET

• Slides (Note that much of the webinar content featured a “live” web demonstration that was not captured in these slides)
• Recording (*Coming soon)

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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