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2022-12-31: Paper Summary: "Beyond Classifiers: Remote Sensing Change Detection with Metric Learning" Zhang et al.

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Semantic mapping of changes between images using Triplet Loss Metric Learning, Fig 8. from Zhang et al . I talked about two kinds of trust in my previous two posts,  Evaluating Trust in User-Data Networks: What Can We Learn from Waze?  and Trust Management in Multi-Agent Systems via Deep Reinforcement Learning . In the former, we looked at trust as a measure of the accuracy of data provided by user and in the latter we looked at evaluating the behavior of the user to measure out trust in that particular user. The difference is subtle but apparent - a user with trustworthy historical behavior consistently provides accurate data. Conversely, one who provides data with inconsistent accuracy can be considered as being a qualitatively inferior data provider with measurably lower trust.  This implies an exploitable attack vector, however. If we award implicit trust based on historical behavior, what happens when a historically trustworthy user suddenly provides the system with ...

2022-02-16: Trust Management in Multi-Agent Systems via Deep Reinforcement Learning

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VANET system modeled in Zhang et al. I discovered Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL)   sometime around the end of 2014 when I was taking Dr. Charles Isbell's and Dr. Michael Littman's Machine Learning course during the course of my masters degree. One of the projects (during the Reinforcement Learning (RL) section of the course) was to code up a Deep Q Network to play Lunar Lander (a classic tutorial nowadays) .  This is the project that cemented my focus on artificial intelligence and machine learning and lead to my current career. This was right around when my daughter was born and all concept of time management disappeared from my life and, I mean, what better hobby for a gamer computer scientist with no free time to game than one where you teach the computer to play for you? So, I feel its natural for me to look for approaches which couple my area of professional expertise and my interests.  In my previous post:  Evaluating Trust in User-Data Networks...