Robust Optimization-based Neural Architectures Against Adversarial Attacks

Recent years have seen a rapid development in Machine Learning, which has profoundly influenced many areas of science and engineering. Among them, computer vision takes the leading place, where important tasks are image classifications powered by CNNs. Despite the great performance of CNNs in complicated scenarios, they remain sensitive to so-called adversarial attacks, and deliberate perturbations leading them to incorrect predictions. Besides more innocuous consequences, this has serious security implications for critical applications, in-cluding medical diagnostics, where misclassifications might result in disastrous outcomes. This research work discusses adversarial attacks on CNNs and other DNNs in computer vision, studying a full range of the generation and detection methods with details while discussing intrinsic vulnerability and robustness. It also proposes a learning framework that will enhance the robustness and security of DNNs and CNNs against such adversarial perils. The ultimate goal is directed to an improvement in the reliability of such models in absolutely critical scenarios for safe deployment into applications where accuracy is crucial.