📅 Course Calendar
Weekly topics and readings for CS 6501.
Week 1 - Introduction to LLM Security and Threat Landscape
- Jan 13
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- LectureIntroduction to LLM Security and Threat Landscape
- Readings TBD
- Jan 15
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- LectureThreat Landscape Overview
- Readings TBD
Week 2 - Adversarial Prompt Attacks (Prompt Injection & Jailbreaking)
- Jan 20
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- LecturePrompt Injection Attacks
- Readings TBD
- Jan 22
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- LectureJailbreaking Techniques
- Readings TBD
Week 3 - Advanced Prompt-Based Attacks and Evasion Techniques
- Jan 27
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- LectureAdvanced Prompt Engineering Attacks
- Readings TBD
- Jan 29
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- LectureEvasion and Obfuscation Methods
- Readings TBD
Week 4 - Data Poisoning and Training-Time Attacks
- Feb 3
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- LectureData Poisoning Attacks
- Readings TBD
- Feb 5
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- LectureTraining-Time Attack Vectors
- Readings TBD
Week 5 - Privacy Attacks (Model Inversion & Membership Inference)
- Feb 10
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- LectureModel Inversion Attacks
- Readings TBD
- Feb 12
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- LectureMembership Inference Attacks
- Readings TBD
Week 6 - Model Extraction and Intellectual Property Theft
- Feb 17
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- LectureModel Extraction Techniques
- Readings TBD
- Feb 19
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- LectureIP Protection and Watermarking
- Readings TBD
Week 7 - Red Teaming and Threat Modeling for LLMs
- Feb 24
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- LectureRed Teaming Methodologies
- Readings TBD
- Feb 26
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- LectureThreat Modeling for LLMs
- Readings TBD
Week 8 - Secure Fine-Tuning and RLHF
- Mar 10
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- LectureSecure Fine-Tuning Techniques
- Readings TBD
- Mar 12
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- LectureRLHF and Safety Alignment
- Readings TBD
Week 9 - Defenses and Mitigations for LLMs
- Mar 17
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- LectureDefense Mechanisms
- Readings TBD
- Mar 19
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- LectureMitigation Strategies
- Readings TBD
Week 10 - Robust Architectures and Safety Alignment Techniques
- Mar 24
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- LectureRobust Model Architectures
- Readings TBD
- Mar 26
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- LectureAdvanced Safety Alignment Methods
- Readings TBD
Week 11 - Evaluation and Benchmarking of LLM Security
- Mar 31
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- LectureSecurity Evaluation Metrics
- Readings TBD
- Apr 2
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- LectureBenchmarking LLM Security
- Readings TBD
Week 12 - Security Challenges in LLM-Based Systems
- Apr 7
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- LectureSecurity in LLM Agents and Tools
- Readings TBD
- Apr 9
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- LectureMulti-Modal Model Security
- Readings TBD
Week 13 - Supply Chain Security and Deployment Best Practices
- Apr 14
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- LectureSupply Chain Vulnerabilities
- Readings TBD
- Apr 16
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- LectureSecure Deployment Practices
- Readings TBD
Week 14 - Emerging Threats and Future Research Directions
- Apr 21
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- LectureEmerging Attack Vectors
- Readings TBD
- Apr 23
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- LectureFuture Research and Open Problems
- Readings TBD