ERASURE: A Modular and Extensible Framework for Machine Unlearning
Machine Unlearning (MU) is an emerging research area that enables models to selectively forget specific data, a critical requirement for privacy compliance (e.g., GDPR, CCPA) and security. However, the lack of standardized benchmarks makes evaluating and developing unlearning methods difficult. To address this gap, we introduce ERASURE, a benchmarking and development framework designed to systematically assess MU techniques. ERASURE provides a modular, extensible, open-source environment with real-world datasets and standardized unlearning measures. The framework is designed with configuration-driven workflows and an inversion of control architecture, allowing integration of new datasets, models, and evaluation measures. ERASURE advances trustworthy AI research as a tool for researchers to develop and benchmark new MU methods.
Authors
- Elena Baralis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9231-467X)
- Flavio Giobergia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8806-7979)
- Giovanni Stilo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2092-0213)
- Andrea D’Angelo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0577-2494)
- Claudio Savelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1108-1170)
- G. Tagliente (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3749-3019)
Institutions
- Politecnico di Torino (IT)
- University of L'Aquila (IT)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-11-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1145/3746252.3761627
- Primary Topic
- Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00