Summary of How to Beat a Bayesian Adversary, by Zihan Ding et al.
How to beat a Bayesian adversary
by Zihan Ding, Kexin Jin, Jonas Latz, Chenguang Liu
First submitted to arxiv on: 11 Jul 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Optimization and Control (math.OC); Computation (stat.CO); Machine Learning (stat.ML)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper tackles the challenge of creating machine learning models that are resilient to adversarial attacks, which can cause a model’s prediction to change significantly through small input perturbations. The authors explore the issue in safety-critical applications where model robustness is crucial. They propose a minmax optimization approach that minimizes the loss function while maximizing the potential for an attacker to manipulate the input and compromise the model’s accuracy. This paper focuses on developing robust machine learning models by solving a challenging problem at the intersection of machine learning and adversarial attacks. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper is about making sure computer programs can be trusted even when someone tries to trick them. Imagine you’re playing a game where an opponent can make tiny changes to your moves, but still win or lose based on those changes. This happens in real life with important decisions made by computers, like self-driving cars. To solve this problem, the authors came up with a way to create computer programs that are hard to trick, even if someone tries to manipulate the information they’re working with. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Loss function » Machine learning » Optimization
