Springer Adversary-Aware Learning Techniques and Trends in Cybersecurity

This book is intended to give researchers and practitioners in the cross-cutting fields of artificial intelligence, machine learning (AI/ML) and cyber security up-to-date and in-depth knowledge of recent techniques for improving the vulnerabilities of AI/ML systems against attacks from malicious adversaries. The ten chapters in this book, written by eminent researchers in AI/ML and cyber-security, span diverse, yet inter-related topics including game playing AI and game theory as defenses against attacks on AI/ML systems, methods for effectively addressing vulnerabilities of AI/ML operating in large, distributed environments like Internet of Things (IoT) with diverse data modalities, and, techniques to enable AI/ML systems to intelligently interact with humans that could be malicious adversaries and/or benign teammates. Readers of this book will be equipped with definitive information on recent developments suitable for countering adversarial threats in AI/ML systems towards making them operate in a safe, reliable and seamless manner. From the Back Cover This book is intended to give researchers and practitioners in the cross-cutting fields of artificial intelligence, machine learning (AI/ML) and cyber security up-to-date and in-depth knowledge of recent techniques for improving the vulnerabilities of AI/ML systems against attacks from malicious adversaries. The ten chapters in this book, written by eminent researchers in AI/ML and cyber-security, span diverse, yet inter-related topics including game playing AI and game theory as defenses against attacks on AI/ML systems, methods for effectively addressing vulnerabilities of AI/ML operating in large, distributed environments like Internet of Things (IoT) with diverse data modalities, and, techniques to enable AI/ML systems to intelligently interact with humans that could be malicious adversaries and/or benign teammates. Readers of this book will be equipped with definitive information on recent developments suitable for countering adversarial threats in AI/ML systems towards making them operate in a safe, reliable and seamless manner. About the Author Prithviraj (Raj) Dasgupta is a computer engineer in the Distributed Systems Section, Information Technology Division at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington D.C. His research interests are in the areas of artificial intelligence, multi-agent systems, game theory and machine learning. From 2001 through 2019, he was a professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of Nebraska, Omaha, where he had founded and directed the CMANTIC Robotics Lab. His lab received federal funding of over $4 million and established successful, funded multi-university collaborations across multiple disciplines including mechanical and electrical engineering, surgery and biomechanics. He has published over 150 papers in leading journals and conferences in his area and serves on the program committee of major AI conferences including AAAI, IJCAI, and AAMAS; IEEE conferences ICRA, IROS, and ICARSC; and regularly reviews manuscripts for premier journals in the areas of machine learning, multi-agent systems and robotics. He has mentored several Ph.D., Masters and undergraduate students and has continued involvement in STEM mentoring activities for high school students. Dr. Dasgupta is a senior member of IEEE. He received the highest research award from the University of Nebraska, Omaha, called ADROCA, in 2017. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara and his B. Engg. in Computer Science from Jadavpur University, India. Joseph B. Collins heads the Intelligent Distributed Systems Section in the Information Management & Decision Architectures Branch of the Information Technology Division at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Brown University and has worked at NRL for over 30 year