Focus on AI Security: Tohoku University Visits KASTEL Security Research Labs

On April 17, Prof. Dr. Teiji TOMINAGA, President of Tohoku University, visited KASTEL Security Research Labs at KIT with a Japanese delegation. A particular focus of the delegation’s visit was an exchange on the topic of AI.

Following a brief welcome by Prof. Dr. Jörn Müller-Quade, spokesperson for KASTEL Security Research Labs, two impressive demonstrations on cybersecurity research took place.

First, Alessandro Erba simulated real-world threat scenarios for traffic light recognition in autonomous vehicles. To mitigate these threats, he presented XAI-based defense strategies and anti-backdoor learning techniques as potential solutions.

Jeremias Mechler then demonstrated in a live demo how an AI computation can be executed in a cryptographic enclave on the DKFZ’s Kaapana platform without giving insight into sensitive medical data.

Visitors asked numerous questions, underscoring the strong interest in the presented research results.