SPVis ’24 – Security and Privacy of Machine Learning-Based Vision Processing in Autonomous Systems

Overview

In the era of growing cyber-security threats and nano-scale devices, the intelligent camera-based features of smart cyber physical systems (CPS, like autonomous vehicles) and Internet-of-Things (IoT) along with the smart features of image/video processing tools face new types of attacks and security/privacy threats, requiring novel design principles for robust ML. Besides IP-stealing and data privacy attacks, the foremost threats in this direction to the robustness of modern ML-systems operating on the image/video data are adversarial and backdoor attacks, which are characterized by deliberate and carefully crafted manipulations in the images, exploit inherent vulnerabilities in machine/deep learning models and learning mechanisms, potentially leading to compromised performance and decision-making. Safeguarding against these security and privacy threats has become crucial, requiring continuous advancements in defense and obfuscation strategies to strengthen the resilience of intelligent systems in diverse image/video processing applications and computer vision.

SPVis workshop aims to bring together experts, researchers, and practitioners in image/vision processing and machine learning security/privacy to discuss the latest advancements, challenges, and solutions in the critical domain of adversarial machine learning, backdoors, DNN obfuscation, attacks on visual forensics, deepfake detectors for images/videos, etc. Moreover, SPVis is committed to inclusivity and community building, offering a welcoming space for both seasoned researchers and newcomers to the field. Through a combination of keynote speeches, invited talks, panel discussions, and peer-reviewed paper sessions, the workshop promises a comprehensive overview of the current state and future directions of machine learning security and privacy in vision processing.

Updates

  • 28 Mar, 2024: Call For Papers – Submission page is ready. For more details see Call-for-Papers page.
  • 4 Apr, 2024: Call For Papers – Paper Submission deadline extended to 9 May, 2024.
  • 9 May, 2024: Call For Papers – Paper Submission deadline extended to 13 May, 2024.

Sponsor

SPVis is sponsored by the Center for Cyber Security (CCS) at New York University Abu Dhabi. This center aims to be a world-class hub for cyber security by collaborating with local universities, industry, and government agencies across the UAE and GCC. Its goal is to boost cyber security in the UAE and increase its regional and global competitiveness in this area. CCS is affiliated with the Center for Cyber Security New York.

Organizers

                          
                         

Venue

The SPVis 2024 Workshop as part of IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP 2024) is set to take place in the vibrant city of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, from 27th to 30th of October 2024. This workshop will bring together the ML security and privacy community at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC).