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48 results for adversarial neural networks

This paper analyzes the limits of neural networks under adversarial attacks.

problem Understanding how neural networks perform under adversarial noise.
method Defined the adversarial VC-dimension and combined it with the VC-dimension of halfspace classifiers.
result Concluded the adversarial VC-dimension of neural networks with sign activation functions.

Deep neural networks with adversarial training achieve sup-norm convergence for nonparametric regression.

problem Achieving sup-norm convergence for deep neural network estimators in nonparametric regression.
method Developed an adversarial training scheme to address the sup-norm convergence issue.
result Deep neural network estimators achieve optimal sup-norm convergence with the proposed adversarial training.

NTK neural networks are robust to adversarial attacks in nonparametric regression.

problem Adversarial robustness of neural networks in nonparametric regression.
method Gradient flow with early stopping for NTK neural networks, proving robustness in Sobolev spaces.
result NTK neural networks achieve optimal adversarial robustness rates in Sobolev spaces.

This work simplifies adversarial attacks using neural networks, reducing computation and improving training convergence.

problem Efficiently generating and training against ideal adversarial attacks with minimal computational overhead.
method Representing ideal adversarial attacks as smooth piece-wise functions and approximating them with neural networks. Using a mathematical game between an attack network and a defense network for adversarial training.
result Obtained convergence rates of adversarial loss in terms of sample size nn for adversarial training.

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.

The paper examines how neural network topology affects adversarial robustness.

problem Understanding how neural network topology influences adversarial robustness.
method Investigated the graph of input traversing all layers of a neural network, comparing clean and adversarial inputs.
result Under-optimized edges in neural network graphs are a source of adversarial vulnerability and can be used to detect adversarial inputs.

Random deep neural networks are robust to adversarial examples, scaling with input size and dimension.

problem Adversarial examples challenge the reliability of deep learning algorithms.
method Analysis of random deep neural networks with Gaussian process equivalence and experiments on MNIST and CIFAR10.
result The p\ell^p distance of adversarial examples scales as 1/dimesp1/\sqrt{d} imes \ell^p norm of the input.

Adversarial training adds dynamic perturbations to neural networks for robustness.

problem Accuracy trade-off and lack of diversity in adversarial examples.
method Dynamic adversarial perturbations in the parameter space of neural networks, updating perturbation biases during training.
result Adversarial training with negligible cost and reduced accuracy trade-off.

Adversarial noises are linearly separable for random neural networks.

problem The challenge of adversarial examples in neural networks.
method Theoretical proof and empirical evidence for two-layer networks with random initialization and neural tangent kernel setup.
result Adversarial noises are linearly separable with corresponding labels.

Adversarial Reprogramming has demonstrated success in utilizing pre-trained neural network classifiers for alternative classification tasks without modification to the original network. An adversary in such an attack scenario trains an additive contribution to the inputs to repurpose the neural network for the new clas…

2018-09-06abs ↗pdf ↗

Study evaluates adversarial training for deep learning IDSs against various attacks.

problem Evasion attacks against deep learning-based IDSs.
method Investigated adversarial training using min-max approach on CNN and RNN.
result Adversarial training improves robustness against five attack methods.

Colored noise improves neural network robustness against adversarial attacks.

problem Vulnerability of neural networks to adversarial perturbations.
method Injection of colored noise into network weights and activations during adversarial training.
result Our approach outperforms previous methods in terms of adversarial accuracy on CIFAR-10 and CIFAR-100 datasets.

With rapid progress and significant successes in a wide spectrum of applications, deep learning is being applied in many safety-critical environments. However, deep neural networks have been recently found vulnerable to well-designed input samples, called adversarial examples. Adversarial examples are imperceptible to …

2017-12-19abs ↗pdf ↗

New method improves DNN robustness against adversarial attacks.

problem Adversarial vulnerability of neural networks.
method Enforcing linearity in DNN in transformed input and feature space, and augmenting with Local Lipschitz regularizer.
result Significantly improved robustness of DNN models on various datasets.

Bayesian neural networks are vulnerable to adversarial attacks.

problem Adversarial robustness of Bayesian neural networks.
method Examination of adversarial robustness through three tasks: label prediction, adversarial example detection, and semantic shift detection.
result Bayesian neural networks are highly susceptible to adversarial attacks.

DeepMPM uses MPM to make deep neural networks more robust against adversarial attacks.

problem Vulnerability of deep neural networks to adversarial attacks.
method Applying MPM to deep neural networks in an end-to-end fashion to minimize an upper bound of misclassification probabilities considering global class information.
result DeepMPM achieves comparable classification performance with CNN but is more robust against adversarial attacks.

This paper extensively evaluates the vulnerability of capsule networks to different adversarial attacks. Recent work suggests that these architectures are more robust towards adversarial attacks than other neural networks. However, our experiments show that capsule networks can be fooled as easily as convolutional neur…

2019-06-09abs ↗pdf ↗

SGD-trained neural networks generalize well even with adversarial label noise.

problem Generalization of neural networks trained on adversarial label noise.
method Training a one-hidden-layer neural network with SGD on arbitrary width networks.
result SGD-trained networks achieve classification accuracy competitive with the best halfspace over adversarial label noise.

Bayesian explanations are more resilient to adversarial attacks than deterministic ones.

problem Stability of saliency-based explanations under adversarial attacks in Neural Networks.
method Empirical and theoretical analysis of Bayesian vs deterministic Neural Networks.
result Bayesian explanations are more stable under adversarial perturbations and direct attacks.

New method improves neural network interpretability against adversarial attacks.

problem Adversarial attacks can hide from neural network interpretability methods.
method Develops an interpretability-aware defensive scheme promoting robust interpretation.
result Achieves both robust classification and robust interpretation.

This paper investigates how network width and depth affect adversarially robust DNNs.

problem Understanding architectural configurations for adversarially robust DNNs.
method Comprehensive investigation on the impact of network width and depth on adversarial robustness.
result Optimal architectural configuration for adversarial robustness exists and can improve robustness.

Deep Neural Networks are built to generalize outside of training set in mind by using techniques such as regularization, early stopping and dropout. But considerations to make them more resilient to adversarial examples are rarely taken. As deep neural networks become more prevalent in mission-critical and real-time sy…

2017-12-26abs ↗pdf ↗

In recent years, it has been found that neural networks can be easily fooled by adversarial examples, which is a potential safety hazard in some safety-critical applications. Many researchers have proposed various method to make neural networks more robust to white-box adversarial attacks, but an effective method have …

2018-04-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Study shows prior Lipschitz continuity can improve adversarial robustness of Bayesian Neural Networks.

problem Improving adversarial robustness of Bayesian Neural Networks.
method Analysis of i.i.d., zero-mean Gaussian priors and posteriors approximated via mean-field variational inference.
result Adversarial robustness is sensitive to the prior variance.

Enhances neural network robustness with Mixup and TLAT.

problem Neural networks are sensitive to various perturbations and adversarial examples.
method Combines Mixup augmentation with Targeted Labeling Adversarial Training (TLAT).
result M-TLAT increases robustness against 19 corruptions and 5 adversarial attacks without reducing clean sample accuracy.

New measure assesses deep neural networks' robustness to adversarial attacks.

problem Deep learning's fragility to adversarial attacks limits its adoption in mission-critical applications.
method Introduces residual error as a new performance measure for assessing adversarial robustness.
result Demonstrates effectiveness of residual error in assessing robustness of deep neural networks.

The paper identifies potential adversarial samples near decision boundaries of neural networks.

problem Vulnerability of deep neural networks to small perturbations of inputs.
method Developed a method to explore near decision boundaries of trained classifiers to identify potential adversarial samples.
result Potential adversarial samples represent only 61% of the test data but cover more than 82% of adversarial samples produced by iFGSM and 92% of those by DeepFool on CIFAR10.

New method makes neural networks more resilient to location-optimized adversarial patches.

problem Neural networks' vulnerability to adversarial patches that are visible but still effective.
method Developed a practical approach to optimize patch locations and applied adversarial training.
result Significantly improved robustness against adversarial patches on CIFAR10 and GTSRB.

Minimax defense improves neural network security against gradient-based attacks.

problem Gradient-based adversarial attacks on neural networks.
method Minimax optimization in a GAN framework to create a discriminator that plays a minimax game with the generator.
result Minimax defense significantly reduces adversarial attack success rates compared to standard classifiers.

Two-layer networks trained on low-dimensional subspaces are vulnerable to adversarial examples.

problem Vulnerability of two-layer neural networks to adversarial examples on low-dimensional subspaces.
method Analysis of gradient behavior and effect of initialization scale and regularization.
result Decreasing initialization scale or adding L2 regularization can improve robustness to adversarial perturbations orthogonal to the data.

Study reveals how neural network smoothness affects their vulnerability to adversarial attacks.

problem Understanding adversarial vulnerability in deep learning networks.
method Analysis of manifold smoothness and generalization capability of deep neural networks trained with local errors.
result High generalization accuracy requires a fast power-law decay of eigen-spectrum of hidden representations.

Single gradient step finds adversarial examples in random neural networks.

problem Finding adversarial examples in neural networks with random architectures.
method Gradient descent approach applied to random undercomplete and overcomplete two-layers neural networks.
result A single gradient step is sufficient to find adversarial examples in random neural networks.

The paper tackles adversarial attacks on recurrent neural networks.

problem Adversarial attacks on recurrent neural networks are easy and lack theoretical guarantees.
method Inspired by dynamical systems theory, the paper dynamically computes adversarial perturbations for each timestep of the input sequence.
result The paper provides theoretical guarantees on the existence of adversarial examples and robustness margins.