Workshop: Anonymization and Synthetic Data – Methods, Tools, and Applications
A hands-on workshop introducing the concepts, methods, and tools of data anonymization and synthetic data generation, with practical sdcMicro training.
Learn how to anonymize sensitive data while preserving its utility!
This hands-on workshop introduces essential concepts, methods, and tools for data anonymization and synthetic data generation. Whether you’re working in research, data protection, or public administration, this event will give you practical skills and legal context to handle sensitive data responsibly.
🧠 What you’ll learn:
- Legal foundations and key concepts of anonymization
- Practical techniques: microaggregation, local suppression, synthetic data
- Hands-on training with sdcMicro
- Assessing re-identification risks with real-world examples
- Advanced methods: statistical approaches and GAN-/LLM-based synthetic data
📅 Schedule
09:30 – Introduction & Legal Foundations
Murat Sariyar (Bern University of Applied Sciences)
10:00 – The Concept of Identity in the Context of Anonymization
Murat Sariyar
10:30 – General Methodological Overview
Murat Sariyar
11:00 – Key Anonymization Techniques: Microaggregation, Local Recoding, Local Suppression, Classical Synthetic Data
Matthias Templ (University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland)
12:15 – Lunch Break
13:15 – Hands-on with sdcMicro
Matthias Templ
14:15 – Re-identification Risk: Attacker Scenarios & Risk Metrics with Examples
Matthias Templ
15:15 – Coffee Break
15:30 – Utility Metrics: General and Use-case Specific – Concepts and Examples
Murat Sariyar & Matthias Templ
16:15 – Synthetic Data Generation: Statistical vs. Deep Learning and LLM Approaches
Murat Sariyar
17:15 – Apéro
📅 When: 26 January 2026, 09.30-17.15
📍 Where: Riggenbachstrasse 16, 4600 Olten
💰 Cost: CHF 350
👉 Register now to enhance your data privacy expertise!