Feature Manipulation for DDPM based Change Detection

Change Detection is a classic task of computer vision that receives a bi-temporal image pair as input and separates the semantically changed and unchanged regions of it. The diffusion model is used in image synthesis and as a feature extractor and has been applied to various downstream tasks. Using this, a feature map is extracted from the pre-trained diffusion model from the large-scale data set, and changes are detected through the additional network. On the one hand, the current diffusion-based change detection approach focuses only on extracting a good feature map using the diffusion model. It obtains and uses differences without further adjustment to the created feature map. Our method focuses on manipulating the feature map extracted from the Diffusion Model to be more semantically useful, and for this, we propose two methods: Feature Attention and FDAF. Our model with Feature Attention achieved a state-of-the-art F1 score (90.18) and IoU (83.86) on the LEVIR-CD dataset.

Comprehensive evaluation of Mal-API-2019 dataset by machine learning in malware detection

This study conducts a thorough examination of malware detection using machine learning techniques, focusing on the evaluation of various classification models using the Mal-API-2019 dataset. The aim is to advance cybersecurity capabilities by identifying and mitigating threats more effectively. Both ensemble and non-ensemble machine learning methods, such as Random Forest, XGBoost, K Nearest Neighbor (KNN), and Neural Networks, are explored. Special emphasis is placed on the importance of data pre-processing techniques, particularly TF-IDF representation and Principal Component Analysis, in improving model performance. Results indicate that ensemble methods, particularly Random Forest and XGBoost, exhibit superior accuracy, precision, and recall compared to others, highlighting their effectiveness in malware detection. The paper also discusses limitations and potential future directions, emphasizing the need for continuous adaptation to address the evolving nature of malware. This research contributes to ongoing discussions in cybersecurity and provides practical insights for developing more robust malware detection systems in the digital era.