Summary of Generic Multi-modal Representation Learning For Network Traffic Analysis, by Luca Gioacchini et al.
Generic Multi-modal Representation Learning for Network Traffic Analysis
by Luca Gioacchini, Idilio Drago, Marco Mellia, Zied Ben Houidi, Dario Rossi
First submitted to arxiv on: 4 May 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary A novel deep learning (DL) approach is proposed for network traffic analysis, which involves tasks such as traffic classification, anomaly detection, and novelty discovery. The paper advocates for a general DL architecture that can solve different traffic analysis tasks, unlike traditional approaches that require custom architectures for each specific problem. A Multi-modal Autoencoder (MAE) pipeline is designed with generic data adaptation modules and an integration module that summarizes extracted information into compact embeddings. The MAE is demonstrated on traffic classification tasks, showing comparable or better performance than alternatives while avoiding feature engineering. This architecture has the potential to streamline the adoption of DL solutions for traffic analysis. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Network traffic analysis is important for managing, troubleshooting, and securing networks. Researchers are moving from basic machine learning to deep learning (DL) approaches. A new idea is proposed: a general DL architecture that can solve different tasks. This means one approach can be used for many problems. The paper shows how this works with a Multi-modal Autoencoder (MAE) pipeline that uses generic modules to summarize information. This MAE is tested on traffic classification and does as well or better than other methods without requiring extra work. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Anomaly detection » Autoencoder » Classification » Deep learning » Feature engineering » Machine learning » Mae » Multi modal
