Event details
Schedule
6:00 p.m. EST Arrival, setup, mingle, PIZZA!
6:30 p.m. EST Technical Talks
- Introduction to OWASP Ottawa, Public Announcements.
- The fragile security of deep learning models with Dr. Guy-Vincent Jourdan and William Aiken
Abstract
The fragile security of deep learning models with Dr. Guy-Vincent Jourdan and William Aiken.
Use of deep learning models and generative AI has exploded. ChatGPT and similar technologies have taken the world by storm, showing an astonishing ability to create text, images and even videos that are barely distinguishable from human produced content. Many businesses have jumped in the bandwagon and countless companies are integrating these models into their product lines as fast as they possibly can. They certainly do produce excellent results in many situations and save time and money. But how secure are they really? In this talk, we will discuss two examples of models that are heavily adopted and, while very effective, are also easily compromised, and are much more insecure than previously understood. With no fix on the horizon, wild adoption of these models is shown to be problematic.
About the OWASP® Foundation
The Open Worldwide Application Security Project® (OWASP) is a nonprofit foundation that works to improve the security of software. Through community-led open-source software projects, hundreds of local chapters worldwide, tens of thousands of members, and leading educational and training conferences, the OWASP Foundation is the source for developers and technologists to secure the web.
Dr. Guy-Vincent Jourdan
Professor at the University of Ottawa
Dr. Guy-Vincent Jourdan is a professor at the University of Ottawa's School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, where he has been a key contributor since 2004. He holds a Ph.D. from l'Université de Rennes/INRIA in France, earned in 1995, with a specialization in distributed systems analysis. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Jourdan gained extensive industry experience as C.T.O. and later C.E.O. of Decision Academic Graphics, an Ottawa-based company.
His research at the University of Ottawa spans critical areas such as software verification, validation, testing, software security, and cybercrime protection. An accomplished scholar, Dr. Jourdan has co-authored more than a hundred scientific publications and holds 15 patents. He also serves as co-director of the uOttawa-IBM Cyber Range, a cutting-edge facility dedicated to cybersecurity research and training.
Dr. Jourdan’s work focuses on developing proactive strategies to detect, prevent, and recover from cyber threats, with particular expertise in early detection of phishing sites and cybercrime mitigation.
William Aiken
PhD student at the University of Ottawa
William majored in Security and Risk Analysis at Penn State University under the cybersecurity track, and received his Master’s in Electronic and Computer Engineering from Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea. His current research work lies at the intersection of many fields including synthetic data generation (such as diffusion models!), federated learning, and augmented reality. His research also emphasizes security and vulnerability assessments on deep learning models and bringing tangible DL applications to a variety of domains.
Event will be indoors. Based on the Ottawa Public Health Guidelines we strongly recommend that attendees wear a mask while not presenting. This will reduce the risk of transmission and protect members who may have compromised immune systems.