Computer Science 692PA - S-Adv Topics Priv & Sec GenMod

New capabilities of language and diffusion models enable applications that interact with users across different modalities, perform independent actions, and leverage external tools. In the seminar, we will study how these capabilities create new privacy and security challenges by analyzing recent papers in ML and S&P communities and connecting discovered problems to fundamental issues from previous decades. As part of the course there will be an opportunity to conduct a research project that goes deeper into these problems.

Open to graduate Computer Science students only. SECT 01=3 CREDITS; SECT 02=1 CREDIT. THE COURSE CAN BE 1 CREDIT REQUIRING PAPER PRESENTATION, REGULAR DISCUSSIONS, AND ATTENDANCE. THE COURSE CAN BE TAKEN FOR 3 CREDITS REQUIRING AN ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH PROJECT TO BE SELECTED BY WEEK 4 AND PRESENTED IN THE FINAL WEEK. STUDENTS NEEDING SPECIAL PERMISSION MUST REQUEST OVERRIDES VIA THE ON-LINE FORM: https://www.cics.umass.edu/overrides.