Summary of Watermarking Decision Tree Ensembles, by Stefano Calzavara et al.
Watermarking Decision Tree Ensembles
by Stefano Calzavara, Lorenzo Cazzaro, Donald Gera, Salvatore Orlando
First submitted to arxiv on: 6 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR); Multimedia (cs.MM)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary Machine learning models are being protected from intellectual property theft through watermarking schemes, but most research focuses on deep neural networks. This paper introduces a novel watermarking scheme specifically designed for decision tree ensembles, which are highly effective classification models for non-perceptual data. The proposed scheme includes watermark creation and verification, with a thorough security analysis of potential attacks. Experimental results demonstrate high accuracy and robustness against threats. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Machine learning models are getting protected from being copied without permission. Right now, most research focuses on protecting deep neural networks, but decision tree ensembles are also super important for certain tasks. This new scheme helps protect these types of models by creating a special mark or “watermark” that’s hard to remove. The researchers explain how they made this watermark and tested it against different kinds of attacks. They’re happy with the results! |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Classification » Decision tree » Machine learning
