AI7042 AI Reverse Engineering

Course Description

Time & Location

• Monday 15:00-17:45 @ College of Electronics Information and Applied Science 211-2

Objectives

• Understand how to analyze existing AI models in various aspects

• Gain insights into the design, functionality, and potential vulnerabilities of AI models

• Have a hands-on experience with AI reverse engineering

Structure

The course will consists of three parts:

• • Lecture: The lecturer will introduce the basic concepts of AI reverse engineering.

  • Seminar: Each student will present a review of recent research papers on AI reverse engineering.

  • Project: Each student will work on a small project regarding AI reverse engineering

Schedule

• Week  1 2025.9.01 Introduction

• Week  2 2025.9.08 Model Architecture Analysis

• Week  3 2025.9.15 Interpretability & Feature Analysis

• Week  4 2025.9.22 Paper Reviews

• Week  5 2025.9.29 Paper Reviews

• Week  6 2025.10.06 No Lecture

• Week  7 2025.10.13 Paper Reviews

• Week  8 2025.10.20 Paper Reviews (Remote)

• Week  9 2025.10.27 Model Extraction Attack

• Week 10 2025.11.03 Data Inference Attack

• Week 11 2025.11.10 Paper Reviews

• Week 12 2025.11.17 Paper Reviews

• Week 13 2025.11.24 Paper Reviews

• Week 14 2025.12.01 Paper Reviews

• Week 15 2025.12.08 Project Presentation (Final)

• Week 16 2025.12.15 Project Presentation (Final)

Presentation

• Part I: Analysis & Optimization

  • Week  4 2025.9.22

  • Week  5 2025.9.29

  • Week  7 2025.10.13

  • Week  8 2025.10.20

• Part II: Security & Threats

  • Week 11 2025.11.10

  • Week 12 2025.11.17

  • Week 13 2025.11.24

  • Week 14 2025.12.01

Evaluation

The grade will be given according to the following grading percentages.

• Presentation 60%

• Project 30%

• Attendance 10%

Teaching Assistant