Calendar

DS 6559

Jan 18
Class Overview
“The Security Mindset”, Bruce Schneier
Jan 23
Security Principles :
Jan 25
Authentication :
Jan 30
Malware :
Feb 1
Intrusion Detection Systems I :
Feb 6
Lab 1 Tutorial
Lab 1: Cyberbully detection on text Link
Feb 8
Intrusion Detection Systems II :
Feb 13
System Auditing I :
Feb 15
System Auditing II :
Feb 20
Digital Forensics :
Feb 22
Lab 2 Tutorial
Lab 2: Cyberbully detection on Image Link
Feb 27
Intro to Network Security (online) :
Feb 29
No Class :
Mar 5
Spring recess :
Mar 7
Spring recess :
Mar 12
Tor Anonymity :
Mar 14
Denial of Service Attacks I :
Mar 19
Intro to Deep Learning :
Mar 21
Lab 3 Tutorial
Lab 3: Adversarial attack on Cyberbully detection models Link
Mar 21
Denial of Service Attacks II :
Mar 26
Intro to ML and Deep Learning I :
Mar 28
Intro to ML and Deep Learning II :
Apr 2
ChatGPT Safety
Student Presentation
1. RealToxicityPrompts: Evaluating neural toxic degeneration in language models [Luz Melo]
2. Exploring AI Ethics of ChatGPT: A Diagnostic Analysis
Apr 4
Adversarial Attacks :
Apr 9
Lab 4 Tutorial
Lab 4: Debiasing Word Embeddings Link
Apr 11
Security in Large Language Models (LLMs)
Student Presentation
1. Why So Toxic? Measuring and Triggering Toxic Behavior in Open-Domain Chatbots
2. Not what you’ve signed up for: Compromising Real-World LLM-Integrated Applications with Indirect Prompt Injection [Jack Beerman]
Apr 16
Online Abuse Defense
Student Presentation
1. The Risk of Racial Bias in Hate Speech Detection [Meesun Yang]
2. HateXplain: A Benchmark Dataset for Explainable Hate Speech Detection
Apr 18
Deep Fake Defense
Student Presentation
1. Deepfake Text Detection: Limitations and Opportunities
2. Deepfake Videos in the Wild: Analysis and Detection [Jack Beerman]
Apr 23
Ethics of AI
Student Presentation
1. Man is to Computer Programmer as Woman is to Homemaker? Debiasing Word Embeddings [Meesun Yang]
2. “Why Should I Trust You?”: Explaining the Predictions of Any Classifier [Luz Melo]
Apr 25
Pitfalls of Machine Learning in Security
Dos and Don’ts of Machine Learning in Computer Security
Apr 30
Provenance-based Intrusion Detection System
Mati Ur Rehman (PhD Student at UVA)