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48 results for Adversarial learning

Adversarial consistency depends on the uniqueness of adversarial Bayes classifiers.

problem Consistency of adversarial surrogate losses is not guaranteed.
method Connected consistency of adversarial surrogate losses to the uniqueness of adversarial Bayes classifiers.
result A convex surrogate loss is statistically consistent for adversarial learning if and only if the adversarial Bayes classifier is unique.

Robust RL with learned optimal adversary improves agent performance under adversarial state observations.

problem Ensuring reinforcement learning agents' robustness against adversarial perturbations of state observations.
method Proposed a framework of alternating training with learned adversaries (ATLA) to find optimal adversarial policies and enhance agent robustness.
result ATLA achieves state-of-the-art performance under strong adversaries in continuous control environments.

I describe an optimal control view of adversarial machine learning, where the dynamical system is the machine learner, the input are adversarial actions, and the control costs are defined by the adversary's goals to do harm and be hard to detect. This view encompasses many types of adversarial machine learning, includi…

2018-11-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper tackles robustness in adversarial noise with a meta-optimizer.

problem Sensitivity to adversarial noise hinders machine learning deployment.
method Meta-optimizer learns to robustly optimize models using adversarial examples.
result Meta-optimizer transfers adversarial knowledge to new models without generating new examples.

New method simplifies and improves imitation learning without adversarial techniques.

problem Stable optimization and convergence issues in adversarial imitation learning methods.
method Proposes a non-adversarial framework for imitation learning, providing stronger convergence guarantees.
result Shows AIRL as a special case and derives new algorithms for offline imitation learning.

The burgeoning success of deep learning has raised the security and privacy concerns as more and more tasks are accompanied with sensitive data. Adversarial attacks in deep learning have emerged as one of the dominating security threat to a range of mission-critical deep learning systems and applications. This paper ta…

2018-06-29abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper improves adversarial robustness of deep learning models.

problem Vulnerability of machine learning models to adversarial perturbations.
method Analyzes adversarial training for linear regression and neural networks, incorporating L1 penalty.
result Incorporating L1 penalty leads to consistent adversarially robust estimation in high-dimensional settings.

Bayesian adversaries can outsmart traditional adversarial attacks.

problem Bayesian adversaries can manipulate machine learning models through small perturbations.
method Developed a continuous-time particle system (Abram) to approximate the gradient flow of the Bayesian adversarial robustness problem.
result Abram approximates the minimizer of the Bayesian adversarial robustness problem under certain assumptions.

Study on robustness in linear regression models, focusing on adversarial perturbations.

problem Understanding and improving robustness in linear regression models to adversarial perturbations.
method Developed a two-stage adversarial learning framework that incorporates model structure information.
result Proved the consistency and developed the Bahadur representation of the adversarially robust estimator.

This paper discusses adversarial attacks on cyber security systems using machine learning.

problem Adversarial attacks limit the use of machine learning in cyber security.
method Characterizes adversarial attack methods and their applications in cyber security.
result Highlights unique challenges and future research directions for adversarial attacks in cyber security.

Paper proposes a method to train robust neural networks without labeled data.

problem Training robust neural networks without class labels.
method Adversarial contrastive learning framework using unlabeled data.
result Robust Contrastive Learning (RoCL) achieves comparable robust accuracy to supervised methods and significantly improved robustness.

BN helps learn fragile features, which can improve adversarial robustness.

problem The role of batch normalization in adversarial training and its impact on robustness.
method Investigated the expressiveness of BN in learning robust features compared to random features.
result Adversarially fine-tuning BN layers can result in non-trivial adversarial robustness.

Meta-learning enables a model to learn from very limited data to undertake a new task. In this paper, we study the general meta-learning with adversarial samples. We present a meta-learning algorithm, ADML (ADversarial Meta-Learner), which leverages clean and adversarial samples to optimize the initialization of a lear…

2018-06-08abs ↗pdf ↗

A Bayesian framework models adversarial uncertainty for robust machine learning.

problem Vulnerability of machine learning models to adversarial attacks.
method Formal Bayesian framework that models adversarial uncertainty through a stochastic channel, articulating probabilistic assumptions.
result Explicitly modeling adversarial uncertainty leads to improved robustification strategies.

New approach optimizes policies in adversarial MDPs using adversarial learning.

problem Optimizing policies in adversarial Markov decision processes.
method Adversarial learning on advantage functions, extending previous reductions.
result Stronger regret criteria and performance guarantees for policy optimization.

Previous work on adversarially robust neural networks for image classification requires large training sets and computationally expensive training procedures. On the other hand, few-shot learning methods are highly vulnerable to adversarial examples. The goal of our work is to produce networks which both perform well a…

2019-10-02abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper studies adversarial examples in NIDS, revealing their vulnerability.

problem Vulnerability of machine learning-based NIDS to adversarial examples.
method Used evolutionary computation and deep learning to generate adversarial examples.
result Adversarial examples cause high misclassification rates in various machine learning models.

Ideally, what confuses neural network should be confusing to humans. However, recent experiments have shown that small, imperceptible perturbations can change the network prediction. To address this gap in perception, we propose a novel approach for learning robust classifier. Our main idea is: adversarial examples for…

2018-10-30abs ↗pdf ↗

Federated learning can be vulnerable to adversarial attacks, which this work addresses.

problem Federated learning's adversarial vulnerability when deployed.
method Bias-Variance decomposition for federated learning, proposing Fed_BVA framework.
result Fed_BVA framework generates adversarial examples to improve robustness.

Adversarial Robustness Toolbox (ART) is a Python library supporting developers and researchers in defending Machine Learning models (Deep Neural Networks, Gradient Boosted Decision Trees, Support Vector Machines, Random Forests, Logistic Regression, Gaussian Processes, Decision Trees, Scikit-learn Pipelines, etc.) agai…

2018-07-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Study compares adversarial regularization to sole supervision in machine learning.

problem Understanding when adversarial regularization outperforms sole supervision.
method Examines vanishing gradient, iteration complexity, gradient flow, and convergence in both paradigms.
result Adversarial regularization accelerates gradient descent and improves generalization.

ACL improves robustness with unlabeled data, and we analyze its generalization using Rademacher complexity.

problem Improving robustness of deep networks against adversarial attacks using unlabeled data.
method We analyze the generalization performance of Adversarial Contrastive Learning (ACL) using Rademacher complexity.
result The average adversarial risk of the downstream tasks can be upper bounded by the adversarial unsupervised risk of the upstream task.

Machine learning-based IDSs in ICS are vulnerable to adversarial attacks that can bypass them.

problem Adversarial attacks on machine learning-based IDSs in ICS can lead to undetected cyber attacks.
method Used Jacobian-based Saliency Map attack to generate adversarial samples and explored adversarial training to improve model robustness.
result Classification performance of supervised models decreased by 16-20 percentage points with adversarial samples, but improved with adversarial training.

Paper improves adversarial training using a learned optimizer.

problem Improving robustness of deep learning models against adversarial attacks.
method Empirically identified PGD attack's limitations and used a learning-to-learn framework to train an adaptive inner optimizer.
result The proposed framework consistently improves model robustness over traditional adversarial training methods.

Study adversarial perturbations in classification, analyzing learning and certification.

problem Formal study of classification under adversarial perturbations from both learner and third-party perspectives.
method PAC-type semi-supervised learning framework, black-box certification under limited query budget, adversary analysis.
result Existence of a polynomial query complexity adversary implies the existence of a sample efficient robust learner.

This paper examines how adversarial perturbations affect model performance and equilibrium learning.

problem Adversarial perturbations and covariate shifts impact model performance and equilibrium learning.
method Characterizes the extrapolation region in regression and classification, analyzes dynamics of adversarial learning games.
result Establishes two directional convergence results: a blessing in regression and a curse in classification.

Adversarial training provides a principled approach for training robust neural networks. From an optimization perspective, adversarial training is essentially solving a bilevel optimization problem. The leader problem is trying to learn a robust classifier, while the follower problem is trying to generate adversarial s…

2018-11-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Wide networks learn from adversarial perturbations effectively.

problem Understanding why adversarial examples deceive classifiers and transfer between models.
method Assumed wide two-layer networks, proved with theoretical analysis.
result Adversarial perturbations contain class-specific features for networks to generalize.

Adversarial samples are perturbed inputs crafted to mislead the machine learning systems. A training mechanism, called adversarial training, which presents adversarial samples along with clean samples has been introduced to learn robust models. In order to scale adversarial training for large datasets, these perturbati…

2018-08-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Analyzes adversarial training's impact on loss landscape, proposing PAS to improve model performance.

problem Challenges in optimizing models under adversarial training due to loss landscape properties.
method Analytical studies of adversarial loss functions, numerical analyses, PAS strategy.
result Adversarial training impairs optimization, but PAS strategy improves model performance.

MAT combines meta-learning and adversarial training to defend against universal patches.

problem Defending against universal patches that fool models in various contexts.
method Meta adversarial training (MAT) integrates meta-learning with adversarial training.
result MAT increases robustness against universal patch attacks on image classification and traffic-light detection.

Adversaries with multiple antennas can fool deep learning modulators more effectively.

problem Improving evasion attacks on deep learning-based modulation classifiers.
method Utilizing multiple antennas to enhance adversarial attacks on deep learning classifiers.
result Adversarial attacks with multiple antennas significantly improve classifier accuracy.

The paper evaluates machine learning cyber defenses using log data against adversarial attacks.

problem Evaluating the robustness of machine learning cyber defenses against adversarial attacks.
method Developed a testing framework using deep reinforcement learning and adversarial natural language processing.
result Higher dropout levels increase robustness, with 90% dropout probability showing the highest robustness.

New algorithms achieve no-regret learning even with adversarial transitions and losses.

problem No-regret learning impossible with adversarial transitions and losses.
method Developed algorithms for adversarial Markov Decision Processes with smooth regret increase.
result Achieved O~(T+CextsfP)\widetilde{O}(\sqrt{T} + C^{ extsf{P}}) regret, with CextsfPC^{ extsf{P}} measuring adversarial transition function.

The recent advances in deep transfer learning reveal that adversarial learning can be embedded into deep networks to learn more transferable features to reduce the distribution discrepancy between two domains. Existing adversarial domain adaptation methods either learn a single domain discriminator to align the global …

2019-09-18abs ↗pdf ↗

Unified ML and adversarial learning via α-divergence.

problem Combining strengths of ML and adversarial learning for better generative models.
method Proposes an α-Bridge to unify ML and adversarial learning using α-divergence.
result Generalizations of the α-Bridge are related to recent adversarial learning regularization approaches.

Interpreting machine learning models helps understand adversarial attacks and defenses.

problem Understanding model vulnerability to adversarial attacks.
method Model interpretation techniques to explore adversarial attacks and defenses.
result Interpretation methods can be applied to adversarial attacks and defenses.

Machine learning classifiers are known to be vulnerable to inputs maliciously constructed by adversaries to force misclassification. Such adversarial examples have been extensively studied in the context of computer vision applications. In this work, we show adversarial attacks are also effective when targeting neural …

2017-02-08abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper explores the connection between adversarial and knowledge transferability.

problem Understanding the factors affecting knowledge transferability.
method Theoretical analysis and practical metrics for adversarial transferability.
result Adversarial transferability and knowledge transferability are closely related.