Building Robust Machine Learning Systems: Current Progress, Research Challenges, and Opportunities

Jeff Jun Zhang, Kang Liu, Faiq Khalid, Muhammad Abdullah Hanif, Semeen Rehman, Theocharis Theocharides, Alessandro Artussi, Muhammad Shafique, Siddharth Garg

Abstract: Machine learning, in particular deep learning, is being used in almost all the aspects of life to facilitate humans, specifically in mobile and Internet of Things (IoT)-based applications. Due to its state-of-the-art performance, deep learning is also being employed in safety-critical applications, for instance, autonomous vehicles. Reliability and security are two of the key required characteristics for these applications because of the impact they can have on human's life. Towards this, in this paper, we highlight the current progress, challenges and research opportunities in the domain of robust systems for machine learning-based applications.