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48 results for Adversarial components

This work reveals the relationship between DNN generalization and adversarial behavior.

problem Understanding the relationship between DNN generalization and adversarial behavior.
method Introducing a metric to disentangle non-robust and robust components in DNN performance.
result Current DNNs rely heavily on the non-robust component for decent performance.

Proposes BATer for improved adversarial example detection.

problem Detecting adversarial examples in neural networks.
method Introduces a Bayesian adversarial example detector (BATer) using random components in a Bayesian neural network.
result BATer outperforms state-of-the-art detectors in adversarial example detection.

SPGD improves adversarial training efficiency and accuracy.

problem Improving adversarial training efficiency and accuracy with fewer steps.
method Adversarial-sample generation from a frequency domain perspective, extending PGD to the frequency domain.
result SPGD achieves greater adversarial accuracy compared to PGD with fewer attack steps.

This work analyzes how frequency components affect CNN predictions and robustness.

problem Lack of frequency-based explanation for CNNs leading to vulnerabilities.
method Frequency component analysis and quantification of their contribution to CNN predictions.
result Adversarial attacks exploit high-frequency features, while robustness comes from low-frequency associations.

Improves deep learning robustness by enforcing local and global compactness.

problem Deep neural networks' vulnerability to adversarial attacks.
method Proposes Adversary Divergence Reduction Network (ADRN) that enforces local/global compactness and clustering assumption.
result Augmenting adversarial training with ADRN components improves robustness.

Study on deep learning IDS resistance against adversarial attacks.

problem Vulnerabilities in deep learning-based IDS against adversarial attacks.
method Apply min-max optimization to train IDS against adversarial samples.
result Adversarial attack methods can be used in continuous domains and boost IDS robustness.

Recent advances in Representation Learning and Adversarial Training seem to succeed in removing unwanted features from the learned representation. We show that demographic information of authors is encoded in -- and can be recovered from -- the intermediate representations learned by text-based neural classifiers. The …

2018-08-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Study robust estimation of principal components under adversarial perturbations.

problem Estimating principal components in high-dimensional data under adversarial perturbations.
method Design of a computationally efficient algorithm for recovering the top-r principal subspace.
result The algorithm recovers an estimate of the top-r principal subspace with error depending on the robustness parameter κ.

We propose a novel method for imputing missing data by adapting the well-known Generative Adversarial Nets (GAN) framework. Accordingly, we call our method Generative Adversarial Imputation Nets (GAIN). The generator (G) observes some components of a real data vector, imputes the missing components conditioned on what …

2018-06-07abs ↗pdf ↗

Study shows adversarial attacks can fool speech-to-text models, and PCA is ineffective as a defense.

problem Adversarial attacks can mislead speech-to-text neural networks.
method Crafted adversarial waveforms, used PCA for defense, tested under black-box setting.
result PCA is ineffective as a defense mechanism against adversarial attacks in audio domain.

The paper detects adversarial examples in LECs for regression in CPS using variational autoencoder.

problem Detecting adversarial examples in learning-enabled cyber-physical systems (CPS).
method Inductive conformal prediction using a variational autoencoder regression model.
result The method effectively detects adversarial examples with a short delay in an emergency braking system simulation.

AdaGCN transfers labels across networks via adversarial domain adaptation and graph convolution.

problem Cross-network node classification with limited labeled data.
method Adversarial domain adaptation and graph convolution.
result AdaGCN successfully transfers labels with low labeled data on source networks and significant domain divergence.

BagCert efficiently certifies robustness against adversarial patches on image classifiers.

problem Adversarial patches pose a threat to autonomous systems' perception component.
method BagCert combines model architecture and certification procedure for efficient inference.
result BagCert certifies 10,000 examples in 43 seconds on a single GPU, achieving 86% clean and 60% certified accuracy against 5x5 patches.

Paper proposes a method to test and verify control systems with machine learning components.

problem Testing and verifying control systems with machine learning components is challenging.
method Gradient-based method combined with randomized search to find adversarial samples.
result Method outperforms Simulated Annealing optimization in finding adversarial samples.

Decentralized learning reduces regret by sharing model updates, especially with stochastic components.

problem Achieve better online problem solving without sharing private data.
method Characterize loss functions as adversarial and stochastic components, analyze DOG algorithm's regret bound.
result Decentralized online gradient (DOG) achieves a new regret bound with communication, benefiting from private data randomness.

Improved acoustic modeling with attentive adversarial learning.

problem Domain variability in acoustic modeling.
method Proposes an attentive ADIT method with an attention mechanism to improve domain-invariance of deep features.
result Improves deep feature domain-invariance and senone-discriminativity over ADIT.

Generative models with an encoding component such as autoencoders currently receive great interest. However, training of autoencoders is typically complicated by the need to train a separate encoder and decoder model that have to be enforced to be reciprocal to each other. To overcome this problem, by-design reversible…

2018-06-05abs ↗pdf ↗

A structured approach to generating adversarial attacks for ML systems.

problem Vulnerability of ML systems to adversarial perturbations.
method Developed an 'attack generator' to systematically create adversarial attacks.
result Summarized and extended existing adversarial perturbation taxonomies.

We present a new autoencoder-type architecture that is trainable in an unsupervised mode, sustains both generation and inference, and has the quality of conditional and unconditional samples boosted by adversarial learning. Unlike previous hybrids of autoencoders and adversarial networks, the adversarial game in our ap…

2017-04-07abs ↗pdf ↗

SEAL improves AL on attributed graphs by combining deep learning and adversarial strategies.

problem Efficient AL on attributed graphs with label sparsity issues.
method SEAL framework using adversarial components for graph embedding and semi-supervised discriminator.
result Superior performance improvements over state-of-the-art baselines.

This work introduces a new threat model for adversarial attacks using perceptual metrics.

problem Insufficient threat models for capturing imperceivable adversarial examples.
method Leverage quantitative perceptual metrics (LPIPS, SSIM) to define a novel threat model.
result Combined attacks retain perceptual distortion but induce higher misclassification rates.

This paper introduces a new method to deceive causal structure learning by omitting data.

problem Deceiving causal structure learning algorithms with incompletely observed data.
method Adversarial missingness attack to bias the learned causal structures.
result Theoretical and practical attack mechanisms are developed for various SCMs.

Gradient-based explanations correlate with Android malware classifier robustness.

problem Evasion attacks on Android malware classifiers using sparse perturbations.
method Investigated gradient-based attribution methods for explaining classifier decisions and their evenness, proposing metrics to assess adversarial robustness.
result Gradient-based explanations, especially Integrated Gradients, correlate with adversarial robustness of malware classifiers.

Study reveals how neural network biases align with adversarial attack frequencies.

problem Correlation between neural network biases and adversarial attacks.
method Fourier transform analysis of network implicit bias and adversarial perturbations.
result Network bias and adversarial attack frequencies are highly correlated.

COLEP improves robustness of conformal prediction via probabilistic circuits.

problem Adversarial perturbations can undermine the coverage guarantees of conformal prediction.
method COLEP uses probabilistic circuits to learn and reason about different semantic concepts, providing certifiable coverage guarantees.
result COLEP achieves higher prediction coverage and accuracy than a single model, especially with non-trivial knowledge models.

Paper defends machine learning models from adversarial attacks using GLRT.

problem Adversarial attacks on machine learning models leading to misclassification.
method Generalized likelihood ratio test (GLRT) for robust classification.
result GLRT yields performance competitive with minimax approach under worst-case attacks, and better trade-off under weaker attacks.

Paper defends iris recognition from adversarial examples using wavelet decomposition.

problem Adversarial examples threaten deep neural networks in biometric applications.
method Wavelet domain denoising of input examples to detect and mitigate adversarial attacks.
result Proposed defense strategies improve recognition accuracy against adversarial attacks.

A new model combines VAE and GAN for better anomaly detection in imbalanced datasets.

problem Anomaly detection in imbalanced datasets, especially in medical applications.
method β-VAEGAN model combining VAE and GAN, kernelized SVM for anomaly scores, and deviation from Gaussian prior.
result Improved F1F_1 score from 0.85 to 0.92 on MITBIH Arrhythmia Database.

QGAA learns latent quantum states, reducing errors in quantum data generation.

problem Learning latent representations for quantum data generation.
method Quantum Generative Adversarial Autoencoder (QGAA) combining QAE and QGAN.
result Average errors in energies for H2 and LiH are 0.02 Ha and 0.06 Ha respectively, demonstrating QGAA's potential.