Summary of Testing Neural Network Verifiers: a Soundness Benchmark with Hidden Counterexamples, by Xingjian Zhou et al.
Testing Neural Network Verifiers: A Soundness Benchmark with Hidden Counterexamples
by Xingjian Zhou, Hongji Xu, Andy Xu, Zhouxing Shi, Cho-Jui Hsieh, Huan Zhang
First submitted to arxiv on: 4 Dec 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Software Engineering (cs.SE)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary In this research paper, a novel benchmark for neural network (NN) verification is proposed. The current benchmarks in the field lack a ground-truth for hard instances where no existing verifier can verify, making it challenging to evaluate the soundness of new verifiers. To address this issue, the authors design a training method to produce NNs with deliberately inserted counterexamples and hide them from regular adversarial attacks. This benchmark aims to test the soundness of NN verifiers and identify falsely claimed verifiability when hidden counterexamples exist. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This research is about creating a special set of examples for testing how well artificial neural networks can be verified. Right now, there’s no way to prove that some verifiers are actually good at finding mistakes in these networks. The authors created a new type of example that has a mistake hidden inside it, but regular attacks won’t find it. They also made sure the benchmark includes many different types of networks and attacks. This makes it useful for testing how well various verifiers work. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Neural network
