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Thursday, July 7, 2022 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Cryptography, Security and Privacy (CrySP) • Security and Ownership Verification in Deep Reinforcement

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will be given online.

Ching-wen Wang, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor N. Asokan

Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) has seen many successes in complex tasks such as robot manipulation, autonomous driving, and competitive games. However, there are few studies on the security threats against DRL systems. In this thesis, we focus on two security concerns in DRL.

Friday, July 8, 2022 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Research Paper Presentation • Algorithms and Complexity • Quantum Game Theory and the Complexity of Approximating Quantum Nash Equilibria

Please note: This master’s research paper presentation will be given online.

John Bostanci, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Richard Cleve

Monday, July 11, 2022 8:00 am - 9:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Cryptography, Security, and Privacy (CrySP) • Systematically Detecting Access Control Flaws in the Android Framework

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will be given online.

Zeinab El-Rewini, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor Yousra Aafer

Android’s permission model is used to regulate access to the Application Program Interfaces (APIs) within the Android system services, which provide access to sensitive system resources, such as the camera and microphone. To successfully invoke sensitive APIs, a caller must hold one or more Android permissions.

Wednesday, July 13, 2022 9:00 am - 10:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Master’s Thesis Presentation • Cryptography, Security, and Privacy (CrySP) • Multimodal Spoofing and Adversarial Examples Countermeasure for Speaker Verification

Please note: This master’s thesis presentation will take place online.

Karthik Ramesh, Master’s candidate
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science

Supervisor: Professor N. Asokan

Authentication mechanisms have always been prevalent in our society — even as far back as Ancient Mesopotamia in the form of seals. Since the advent of the digital age, the need for a good digital authentication technique has soared stemming from the widespread adoption of online platforms and digitized content.