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most citedImage and Model Transformation with Secret Key for Vision Transformer

18 citations · 29 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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13 papers

cs.CL2025

SGM: Safety Glasses for Multimodal Large Language Models via Neuron-Level Detoxification

Hongbo Wang, AprilPyone MaungMaung, Isao Echizen

Disclaimer: Samples in this paper may be harmful and cause discomfort. Multimodal large language models (MLLMs) enable multimodal understanding but inherit toxic signals from weakl…

cs.CV2022★ 18 cited

Image and Model Transformation with Secret Key for Vision Transformer

Hitoshi Kiya, Ryota Iijima, MaungMaung Aprilpyone +1

In this paper, we propose a combined use of transformed images and vision transformer (ViT) models transformed with a secret key. We show for the first time that models trained wit…

cs.CV2022

Privacy-Preserving Image Classification Using Isotropic Network

AprilPyone MaungMaung, Hitoshi Kiya

In this paper, we propose a privacy-preserving image classification method that uses encrypted images and an isotropic network such as the vision transformer. The proposed method a…

cs.CV2022

Adversarial Detector with Robust Classifier

Takayuki Osakabe, Maungmaung Aprilpyone, Sayaka Shiota +1

Deep neural network (DNN) models are wellknown to easily misclassify prediction results by using input images with small perturbations, called adversarial examples. In this paper,…

cs.CV2021★ 4 cited

Access Control Using Spatially Invariant Permutation of Feature Maps for Semantic Segmentation Models

Hiroki Ito, MaungMaung AprilPyone, Hitoshi Kiya

In this paper, we propose an access control method that uses the spatially invariant permutation of feature maps with a secret key for protecting semantic segmentation models. Segm…

cs.CV2021★ 2 cited

A Protection Method of Trained CNN Model Using Feature Maps Transformed With Secret Key From Unauthorized Access

MaungMaung AprilPyone, Hitoshi Kiya

In this paper, we propose a model protection method for convolutional neural networks (CNNs) with a secret key so that authorized users get a high classification accuracy, and unau…

eess.IV2021

Protecting Semantic Segmentation Models by Using Block-wise Image Encryption with Secret Key from Unauthorized Access

Hiroki Ito, MaungMaung AprilPyone, Hitoshi Kiya

Since production-level trained deep neural networks (DNNs) are of a great business value, protecting such DNN models against copyright infringement and unauthorized access is in a…

cs.CV2021★ 5 cited

Piracy-Resistant DNN Watermarking by Block-Wise Image Transformation with Secret Key

MaungMaung AprilPyone, Hitoshi Kiya

In this paper, we propose a novel DNN watermarking method that utilizes a learnable image transformation method with a secret key. The proposed method embeds a watermark pattern in…

cs.LG2021

Transfer Learning-Based Model Protection With Secret Key

MaungMaung AprilPyone, Hitoshi Kiya

We propose a novel method for protecting trained models with a secret key so that unauthorized users without the correct key cannot get the correct inference. By taking advantage o…

cs.CV2020

Ensemble of Models Trained by Key-based Transformed Images for Adversarially Robust Defense Against Black-box Attacks

MaungMaung AprilPyone, Hitoshi Kiya

We propose a voting ensemble of models trained by using block-wise transformed images with secret keys for an adversarially robust defense. Key-based adversarial defenses were demo…

cs.CV2020

Block-wise Image Transformation with Secret Key for Adversarially Robust Defense

MaungMaung AprilPyone, Hitoshi Kiya

In this paper, we propose a novel defensive transformation that enables us to maintain a high classification accuracy under the use of both clean images and adversarial examples fo…

cs.LG2020

Encryption Inspired Adversarial Defense for Visual Classification

MaungMaung AprilPyone, Hitoshi Kiya

Conventional adversarial defenses reduce classification accuracy whether or not a model is under attacks. Moreover, most of image processing based defenses are defeated due to the…

eess.IV2019

Adversarial Test on Learnable Image Encryption

MaungMaung AprilPyone, Warit Sirichotedumrong, Hitoshi Kiya

Data for deep learning should be protected for privacy preserving. Researchers have come up with the notion of learnable image encryption to satisfy the requirement. However, exist…