"Hardware Security Vulnerabilities in Deep Neural Networks and Mitigations" Committee Members: Prof. Yunsi Fei (Advisor) Prof. Xue Lin Prof. Xiaolin Xu Abstract: Over the past decade, Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) have revolutionized numerous fields. With the increasing deployment of DNN models in security-sensitive and mission-critical applications, such as autonomous driving, ensuring the security and privacy […]

"AI for communication and sensing in RF environments" Committee Members: Prof. Kaushik Chowdhury (Advisor) Prof. Stratis Ioannidis Prof. Hanumant Singh Abstract: The recent growth of Internet of Things (IoT), as well as other new revolutionary applications utilizing wireless spectrum are leading the way towards the realization of next-generation wireless systems that jointly utilize communications and […]

Committee Members: Prof. Edmund Yeh (Advisor) Prof. Stratis Ioannidis Prof. Lili Su Prof. Carlee Joe-Wong Abstract: Significant advances in edge and mobile computing capabilities enable machine learning to occur at geographically diverse locations in networks, e.g., cloud, edge, and mobile devices. The training data needed in those learning tasks may not be fully generated locally. […]