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Model extraction is a growing concern for the security of AI systems. For deep neural network models, the architecture is the most important information an adversary aims to recover. Being a sequence of repeated computation blocks, neural…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-02-07 Raphael Joud , Pierre-Alain Moellic , Simon Pontie , Jean-Baptiste Rigaud

Backdoors and adversarial examples are the two primary threats currently faced by deep neural networks (DNNs). Both attacks attempt to hijack the model behaviors with unintended outputs by introducing (small) perturbations to the inputs.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-01-22 Yunjie Ge , Qian Wang , Huayang Huang , Qi Li , Cong Wang , Chao Shen , Lingchen Zhao , Peipei Jiang , Zheng Fang , Shenyi Zhang

In-memory computing (IMC) systems have great potential for accelerating data-intensive tasks such as deep neural networks (DNNs). As DNN models are generally highly proprietary, the neural network architectures become valuable targets for…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-03-28 Ziyu Wang , Fan-hsuan Meng , Yongmo Park , Jason K. Eshraghian , Wei D. Lu

Backdoor attacks pose a persistent security risk to deep neural networks (DNNs) due to their stealth and durability. While recent research has explored leveraging model unlearning mechanisms to enhance backdoor concealment, existing attack…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-10-16 Baogang Song , Dongdong Zhao , Jianwen Xiang , Qiben Xu , Zizhuo Yu

During the last decade, Deep Neural Networks (DNN) have progressively been integrated on all types of platforms, from data centers to embedded systems including low-power processors and, recently, FPGAs. Neural Networks (NN) are expected to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-10-22 Maria Méndez Real , Rubén Salvador

In this paper, we propose a framework of filter-based ensemble of deep neuralnetworks (DNNs) to defend against adversarial attacks. The framework builds an ensemble of sub-models -- DNNs with differentiated preprocessing filters. From the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-06-08 Renjue Li , Hanwei Zhang , Pengfei Yang , Cheng-Chao Huang , Aimin Zhou , Bai Xue , Lijun Zhang

The remarkable predictive performance of deep neural networks (DNNs) has led to their adoption in service domains of unprecedented scale and scope. However, the widespread adoption and growing commercialization of DNNs have underscored the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-07-31 Nandan Kumar Jha , Sparsh Mittal , Binod Kumar , Govardhan Mattela

Various studies among side-channel attacks have tried to extract information through leakages from electronic devices to reach the instruction flow of some appliances. However, previous methods highly depend on the resolution of traced…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-08-15 Pouya Narimani , Seyed Amin Habibi , Mohammad Ali Akhaee

This paper asks the intriguing question: is it possible to exploit neural architecture search (NAS) as a new attack vector to launch previously improbable attacks? Specifically, we present EVAS, a new attack that leverages NAS to find…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-11-08 Ren Pang , Changjiang Li , Zhaohan Xi , Shouling Ji , Ting Wang

Extracting the architecture of layers of a given deep neural network (DNN) through hardware-based side channels allows adversaries to steal its intellectual property and even launch powerful adversarial attacks on the target system. In this…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-03-14 Mahya Morid Ahmadi , Lilas Alrahis , Ozgur Sinanoglu , Muhammad Shafique

We study the realistic potential of conducting backdoor attack against deep neural networks (DNNs) during deployment stage. Specifically, our goal is to design a deployment-stage backdoor attack algorithm that is both threatening and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-07-16 Xiangyu Qi , Jifeng Zhu , Chulin Xie , Yong Yang

Backdoor attacks embed hidden functionalities in deep neural networks (DNN), triggering malicious behavior with specific inputs. Advanced defenses monitor anomalous DNN inferences to detect such attacks. However, concealed backdoors evade…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-02-18 Manaar Alam , Hithem Lamri , Michail Maniatakos

The run-time electromagnetic (EM) emanation of microprocessors presents a side-channel that leaks the confidentiality of the applications running on them. Many recent works have demonstrated successful attacks leveraging such side-channels…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-10-16 Nuntipat Narkthong , Yukui Luo , Xiaolin Xu

The proliferation of Deep Neural Networks (DNN) in commercial applications is expanding rapidly. Simultaneously, the increasing complexity and cost of training DNN models have intensified the urgency surrounding the protection of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-12-12 Junlong Mao , Huiyi Tang , Yi Zhang , Fengxia Liu , Zhiyong Zheng , Shanxiang Lyu

Deep neural network (DNN) has demonstrated its success in multiple domains. However, DNN models are inherently vulnerable to adversarial examples, which are generated by adding adversarial perturbations to benign inputs to fool the DNN…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-10-07 Wenqi Wei , Ling Liu , Margaret Loper , Ka-Ho Chow , Emre Gursoy , Stacey Truex , Yanzhao Wu

The rise of deep learning (DL) has increased computing complexity and energy use, prompting the adoption of application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) for energy-efficient edge and mobile deployment. However, recent studies have…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-15 Hanene F. Z. Brachemi Meftah , Wassim Hamidouche , Sid Ahmed Fezza , Olivier Déforges , Kassem Kallas

Beyond the scope of conventional metasurface which necessitates plenty of computational resources and time, an inverse design approach using machine learning algorithms promises an effective way for metasurfaces design. In this paper,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-27 Fardin Ghorbani , Sina Beyraghi , Javad Shabanpour , Homayoon Oraizi , Hossein Soleimani , Mohammad Soleimani

State-of-the-art deep neural networks (DNNs) have been proven to be vulnerable to adversarial manipulation and backdoor attacks. Backdoored models deviate from expected behavior on inputs with predefined triggers while retaining performance…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-04-17 M. Caner Tol , Saad Islam , Andrew J. Adiletta , Berk Sunar , Ziming Zhang

Deep Neural Networks are increasingly leveraging sparsity to reduce the scaling up of model parameter size. However, reducing wall-clock time through sparsity and pruning remains challenging due to irregular memory access patterns, leading…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2025-03-19 Hui Wang , Zhengpeng Zhao , Jing Wang , Yushu Du , Yuan Cheng , Bing Guo , He Xiao , Chenhao Ma , Xiaomeng Han , Dean You , Jiapeng Guan , Ran Wei , Dawei Yang , Zhe Jiang

The rapid deployment of deep neural network (DNN) accelerators in safety-critical domains such as autonomous vehicles, healthcare systems, and financial infrastructure necessitates robust mechanisms to safeguard data confidentiality and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-02-25 Wei Xuan , Zihao Xuan , Rongliang Fu , Ning Lin , Kwunhang Wong , Zikang Yuan , Lang Feng , Zhongrui Wang , Tsung-Yi Ho , Yuzhong Jiao , Luhong Liang