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48 results for intellectual content protection

Proposes a general deep neural network method for digital watermarking.

problem Protecting intellectual content in a massive, IoT-acquired image dataset.
method Train a neural network on an image set and use it to protect distinct test images in bulk.
result Demonstrates the robustness and practicality of the proposed method.

SLIP secures LLMs on edge devices by splitting computation and protecting sensitive parts.

problem Protecting LLMs on edge devices from theft and unauthorized use.
method SLIP uses matrix decomposition to split model computation between secure and vulnerable resources, ensuring zero accuracy degradation and minimal latency.
result SLIP is the first practical, secure hybrid protocol for protecting LLMs on edge devices.

Machine learning identifies types of alterations in historical manuscripts.

problem Understanding and categorizing alterations in historical manuscripts.
method Alteration Latent Dirichlet Allocation (alterLDA) model.
result High performance in recognizing alterations on labelled data, and interesting insights on unlabelled data.

NTL protects AI models by restricting their generalization ability to specific domains.

problem Protecting AI models as intellectual property in a secure and robust manner.
method Non-Transferable Learning (NTL) captures exclusive data representation and restricts model generalization ability.
result NTL provides robust resistance to watermark removal and data-centric protection for usage authorization.

Unlike other industries in which intellectual property is patentable, the financial industry relies on trade secrecy to protect its business processes and methods, which can obscure critical financial risk exposures from regulators and the public. We develop methods for sharing and aggregating such risk exposures that …

2011-11-19abs ↗pdf ↗

The commercialization of deep learning creates a compelling need for intellectual property (IP) protection. Deep neural network (DNN) watermarking has been proposed as a promising tool to help model owners prove ownership and fight piracy. A popular approach of watermarking is to train a DNN to recognize images with ce…

2019-06-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Recently, machine learning (ML) has introduced advanced solutions to many domains. Since ML models provide business advantage to model owners, protecting intellectual property of ML models has emerged as an important consideration. Confidentiality of ML models can be protected by exposing them to clients only via predi…

2019-10-11abs ↗pdf ↗

With the widespread use of machine learning (ML) techniques, ML as a service has become increasingly popular. In this setting, an ML model resides on a server and users can query it with their data via an API. However, if the user's input is sensitive, sending it to the server is undesirable and sometimes even legally …

2018-08-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper introduces new regression methods for consistent estimation of biophysical parameters.

problem Estimating biophysical parameters while respecting auxiliary variables.
method Linear and nonlinear kernel-based regression models with consistency constraints.
result Models provide closed-form solutions and successfully estimate chlorophyll content.

Database activity monitoring (DAM) systems are commonly used by organizations to protect the organizational data, knowledge and intellectual properties. In order to protect organizations database DAM systems have two main roles, monitoring (documenting activity) and alerting to anomalous activity. Due to high-velocity …

2019-10-23abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper simplifies the Nash Bargaining Solution for use in intellectual property cases.

problem Limited application of Nash Bargaining Solution in assigning intellectual property damages.
method Normalizes the Nash Bargaining Solution and provides a methodology for determining bargaining weight.
result Clarifies the application of Nash Bargaining Solution to specific case facts.

Simple attack bypasses state-of-the-art DNN watermarking.

problem Protecting DNN models from watermark removal attacks.
method Combining imperceptible pattern embedding and spatial-level transformations for a simple yet effective watermark removal.
result Our attack bypasses state-of-the-art watermarking solutions with high success rates.

This paper detects function-level obfuscation in binary code using graph-based methods.

problem Detecting and characterizing function-level obfuscation in binary code.
method Graph-based approaches, including GNNs, are compared on various datasets.
result GNNs outperform baselines in function-level obfuscation detection, especially in a 11-class classification task.

In this paper we propose a novel index to quantify and measure the flow of information on macro and micro scales. We discuss the implications of this index for knowledge management fields and also as intellectual capital that can thus be utilized by entrepreneurs. We explore different function and human oriented metric…

2011-06-14abs ↗pdf ↗

QGMS framework detects market endpoints using geometric patterns.

problem Identifying market endpoints in large-scale movements.
method Hybrid of geometric pattern recognition and quantitative modeling.
result Consistently identifies market endpoints before major reversals.

Study uses NLP to analyze emotions and challenges of young people with IDD.

problem Challenges faced by young people with IDD during transition to adulthood.
method Natural language processing, unsupervised machine learning, topic modeling.
result NLP methods can assist psychologists in analyzing emotions and summarizing key topics.

Training machine learning (ML) models is expensive in terms of computational power, amounts of labeled data and human expertise. Thus, ML models constitute intellectual property (IP) and business value for their owners. Embedding digital watermarks during model training allows a model owner to later identify their mode…

2019-06-03abs ↗pdf ↗

As companies continue to invest heavily in larger, more accurate and more robust deep learning models, they are exploring approaches to monetize their models while protecting their intellectual property. Model licensing is promising, but requires a robust tool for owners to claim ownership of models, i.e. a watermark. …

2019-10-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Many deployed learned models are black boxes: given input, returns output. Internal information about the model, such as the architecture, optimisation procedure, or training data, is not disclosed explicitly as it might contain proprietary information or make the system more vulnerable. This work shows that such attri…

2017-11-06abs ↗pdf ↗

The aim of this paper is to discuss some applications of general topology in computer algorithms including modeling and simulation, and also in computer graphics and image processing. While the progress in these areas heavily depends on advances in computing hardware, the major intellectual achievements are the algorit…

2012-01-19abs ↗pdf ↗

FairNN learns fair representations and decisions by optimizing a multi-objective loss function.

problem Fairness in machine learning models for decision-making.
method Joint feature representation and classification with multi-objective loss function.
result Joint approach outperforms separate treatment of fairness in representation learning or supervised learning.

Paper introduces proof-of-learning to verify ML model training.

problem No mechanism to prove ML model training parameters were obtained through optimization.
method Inspired by proof-of-work and verified computations, introduces proof-of-learning mechanism.
result Proves model training parameters were obtained through optimization with minimal adversary work.

Study shows online learning algorithms incentivize low-quality content, proposing new algorithms to improve quality.

problem Online learning algorithms in content recommender systems incentivize producers to create low-quality content.
method Analyzed the game between producers and content quality, designed new learning algorithms to incentivize high effort and quality.
result New algorithms incentivize producers to invest high effort and achieve high user welfare, improving content quality.

Proposes a VAE variant for ordinal content factors.

problem Isolating ordinal-valued content factors in deep latent variable models.
method Introduces a partially ordered set (poset) structure and a conditional Gaussian spacing prior model.
result Significant improvements in content-style separation over previous non-ordinal approaches.

Develops methods to measure and reduce fairness in datasets with limited protected attribute labels.

problem Measuring and reducing fairness in datasets with limited protected attribute labels.
method Proposes methods to estimate fairness metrics and train models to limit fairness violations using probabilistic protected attribute labels.
result Our methods provide tighter bounds on true disparity and effectively reduce fairness violations with lesser fairness-accuracy trade-offs.

Study protects federated learning models from eavesdropping attacks.

problem Protecting client models in federated learning from eavesdropping adversaries.
method Theoretical analysis and numerical experiments examining various factors.
result Theoretical and experimental results show the effectiveness of protection methods.

Many businesses are using recommender systems for marketing outreach. Recommendation algorithms can be either based on content or driven by collaborative filtering. We study different ways to incorporate content information directly into the matrix factorization approach of collaborative filtering. These content-booste…

2012-10-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Robust machine learning models improve DNA regulatory sequence prediction under various shifts.

problem Real-world applications of DNA regulatory sequence prediction involve shifts not captured by standard i.i.d. assumptions.
method Introduces a robustness framework combining simulation benchmarks and real data analysis.
result Models remain accurate and calibrated under mild shifts but show higher error and miscalibration under strong shifts.