Summary of Are Neuromorphic Architectures Inherently Privacy-preserving? An Exploratory Study, by Ayana Moshruba et al.
Are Neuromorphic Architectures Inherently Privacy-preserving? An Exploratory Study
by Ayana Moshruba, Ihsen Alouani, Maryam Parsa
First submitted to arxiv on: 10 Nov 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR); Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper investigates whether Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) inherently offer better privacy compared to traditional Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs). The authors examine the privacy resilience of SNNs versus ANNs using membership inference attacks (MIAs) across diverse datasets. They analyze the impact of learning algorithms, frameworks, and parameters on SNN privacy. The findings show that SNNs consistently outperform ANNs in privacy preservation, with evolutionary algorithms offering additional resilience. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper looks at whether Spiking Neural Networks are better for keeping data private than Artificial Neural Networks. Researchers used a type of attack called membership inference to test the privacy of SNNs and ANNs on different types of data. They found that SNNs did a better job of protecting privacy, especially when using certain learning algorithms. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Inference
