{"621227":{"#nid":"621227","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Demo Day Shows the Future of Cybersecurity is in Machine Learning","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA School of Computer Science team won the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/iisp.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInstitute for Information Security and Privacy\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026rsquo;s (IISP) \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/iisp.gatech.edu\/demo-day-event-info-page\u0022\u003EDemo Day Finale\u003C\/a\u003E for their work on making machine learning (ML) models more secure.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe winning project, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/github.com\/mlsploit\u0022\u003EMLsploit\u003C\/a\u003E, is a framework for developers to test their ML model against a variety of attacks to strengthen its security. It can be used to evaluate video, image, and audio data, and also includes cybersecurity protections against malware and network intrusions. This research is vital as ML\u0026rsquo;s prominence makes it more at risk to attacks, which could include \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/611783\/erasing-stop-signs-shapeshifter-shows-self-driving-cars-can-still-be-manipulated\u0022\u003Eforcing self-driving cars to run stop signs\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;We\u0026rsquo;re not just interested in how accurately we can classify a dataset; we\u0026rsquo;re interested in how robust the model is and how well it thwarts attacks,\u0026rdquo; said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.evandowning.com\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEvan Downing\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, the SCS Ph.D. student who presented from the group.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Demo Day Finale was the culmination of a yearlong annual competition that gives students the opportunity to commercialize their research for up to $125,000 in prizes. Students first presented at IISP\u0026rsquo;s fall \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scs.gatech.edu\/news\/613110\/school-computer-science-students-dominate-demo-day\u0022\u003ECybersecurity Summit\u003C\/a\u003E, where the most promising projects were offered funding and mentorship from industry leaders. The three student-led commercialization projects showcased the future of cybersecurity research, including biometric authentication, preventing power grid attacks, and ML security.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAt the April 16 finale, a student from each team gave a TED-style talk on their work and answered questions from three business leaders \u0026ndash; Tech Square Ventures Managing Partner \u003Cstrong\u003EBlake Patton\u003C\/strong\u003E, IBM Security Director of Business and Corporate Development \u003Cstrong\u003ERichard Telljohann\u003C\/strong\u003E, and TDF Ventures Venture Partner \u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Schanz\u003C\/strong\u003E \u0026ndash; who were looking for research that showed novelty and innovation in the market. They chose MLsploit for its practical applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWith the encouraging nod from the judges, and $7,000 from IISP in funding, Downing and his team plan to continue improving MLsploit\u0026rsquo;s capabilities and release it as an open source tool.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMLsploit is the work of SCS Ph.D. students Downing, \u003Cstrong\u003EJinho Jung\u003C\/strong\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/carteryagemann.com\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECarter Yagemann\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E; School of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) Ph.D. students \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/~schen351\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EShang-Tse Chen\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/nilakshdas.com\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENilaksh Das\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E; CSE Associate Professors \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cse.gatech.edu\/people\/polo-chau\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPolo Chau\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cse.gatech.edu\/people\/le-song\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELe Song\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E; and SCS Associate Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/taesoo.kim\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETaesoo Kim\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, with Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/wenke-lee\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWenke Lee\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E acting as advisor.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It can be difficult to apply academic research to the needs of industry, so it\u0026#39;s encouraging to hear interest from companies in our tool,\u0026rdquo; Downing said. \u0026ldquo;It motivates me to work even harder to provide them a product they can use in the real world that also has impact in research.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"An SCS team won Demo Day."}],"uid":"34541","created_gmt":"2019-05-02 16:12:22","changed_gmt":"2019-05-02 16:48:46","author":"Tess Malone","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-05-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-05-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"621223":{"id":"621223","type":"image","title":"Demo Day 2019","body":null,"created":"1556811017","gmt_created":"2019-05-02 15:30:17","changed":"1556814693","gmt_changed":"2019-05-02 16:31:33","alt":"MLsploit team holds big check for winning Demo Day.","file":{"fid":"236634","name":"DSC_7293w-1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/DSC_7293w-1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/DSC_7293w-1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":326601,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/DSC_7293w-1.jpg?itok=TWOpTBNG"}}},"media_ids":["621223"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50877","name":"School of Computational Science and Engineering"},{"id":"50875","name":"School of Computer Science"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"181221","name":"scs-cybersecurity"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"145171","name":"Cybersecurity"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETess Malone, Communications Officer\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tess.malone@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etess.malone@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tess.malone@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}