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Federated learning is a privacy-enforcing machine learning technology but suffers from limited scalability. This limitation mostly originates from the internet connection and memory capacity of the central parameter server, and the…
Graphs provide a powerful basis for modeling Web-based relational data, with expressive GNNs to support the effective learning in dynamic web environments. However, real-world deployment is hindered by pervasive out-of-distribution (OOD)…
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Graph convolutional networks (GCNs) have achieved great success on graph-structured data. Many graph convolutional networks can be thought of as low-pass filters for graph signals. In this paper, we propose a more powerful graph…
With the development of the Internet of Things (IoT), network intrusion detection is becoming more complex and extensive. It is essential to investigate an intelligent, automated, and robust network intrusion detection method. Graph neural…
Random access schemes are widely used in IoT wireless access networks to accommodate simplicity and power consumption constraints. As a result, the interference arising from overlapping IoT transmissions is a significant issue in such…
Protecting sensitive program content is a critical issue in various situations, ranging from legitimate use cases to unethical contexts. Obfuscation is one of the most used techniques to ensure such protection. Consequently, attackers must…
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Cyber Threat hunting is a proactive search for known attack behaviors in the organizational information system. It is an important component to mitigate advanced persistent threats (APTs). However, the attack behaviors recorded in…
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