Tutorials#

Learn how to run private synthetic data jobs through hands-on tutorials. Each tutorial provides step-by-step guidance with executable code examples.

Prerequisites#

Before starting any tutorial, ensure you have:

  • NeMo Safe Synthesizer deployed using Docker Compose or Helm

  • Python environment with nemo-microservices SDK installed:

    pip install nemo-microservices[safe-synthesizer]

  • Basic understanding of data privacy concepts

  • Jupyter environment for running tutorial notebooks

Getting Started#

Safe Synthesizer 101

Learn the basics with your first Safe Synthesizer job, leveraging smart defaults. This tutorial covers uploading data, running a job with PII replacement, and reviewing evaluation reports.

Topics covered:

  • Installing the SDK

  • Connecting to Safe Synthesizer

  • Using SafeSynthesizerJobBuilder

  • Monitoring job progress

  • Retrieving synthetic data and evaluation reports

beginner 20 minutes

Safe Synthesizer 101

Advanced Topics#

Differential Privacy Deep Dive

Apply differential privacy to achieve the maximum level of privacy with mathematical guarantees. This tutorial explores the privacy-utility tradeoff and how to configure differential privacy parameters.

Topics covered:

  • Understanding differential privacy concepts (epsilon, delta)

  • Configuring privacy hyperparameters

  • Privacy budget analysis

  • Evaluating privacy-utility tradeoffs

  • Interpreting privacy metrics

intermediate 1.5 hours

Differential Privacy Deep Dive
PII Replacement Deep Dive

Detect, redact, or replace PII without creating a fully synthetic version. This tutorial demonstrates using Safe Synthesizer exclusively for PII replacement.

Topics covered:

  • Configuring PII detection methods

  • Custom entity definitions

  • Replacement strategies (fake, redact, hash)

  • Detection method comparison

  • PII-only workflows

intermediate 15 minutes

PII Replacement Deep Dive

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