Research
My research interests lie in the intersection of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and safety, with a particular focus on large language models (LLMs). I am deeply interested in exploring the adversarial robustness of LLMs, specifically examining vulnerabilities such as jailbreaks, prompt injections, data poisoning, and backdoors. I am currently focused on developing techniques for improving the security, reliability, and ethical use of AI. This involves research into methods for detecting, mitigating, and preventing malicious interactions with LLMs, as well as advancing transparency and controllability in AI.
Papers
Diffusion-based Adversarial Purification for Intrusion Detection
Mohamed Amine Merzouk, Erwan Beurier, Reda Yaich, Nora Boulahia-Cuppens, Frédéric Cuppens
arXiv:2406.17606 [cs.CR] (2024)
Adversarial robustness of deep reinforcement learning-based intrusion detection
Mohamed Amine Merzouk, Christopher Neal, Joséphine Delas, Reda Yaich, Nora Boulahia-Cuppens, Frédéric Cuppens
International Journal of Information Security (2024)
Parameterizing poisoning attacks in federated learning-based intrusion detection
Mohamed Amine Merzouk, Frédéric Cuppens, Nora Boulahia-Cuppens, Reda Yaich
Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (2023)
Investigating the practicality of adversarial evasion attacks on network intrusion detection
Mohamed Amine Merzouk, Frédéric Cuppens, Nora Boulahia-Cuppens, Reda Yaich
Annals of Telecommunications (2022)
Evading deep reinforcement learning-based network intrusion detection with adversarial attacks
Mohamed Amine Merzouk, Joséphine Delas, Christopher Neal, Frédéric Cuppens, Nora Boulahia-Cuppens, Reda Yaich
Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (2022)
A deeper analysis of adversarial examples in intrusion detection
Mohamed Amine Merzouk, Frédéric Cuppens, Nora Boulahia-Cuppens, Reda Yaich
Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Risks and Security of Internet and Systems (2021)
Teaching
CR345: Security of servers
Lecturer: Winter 2025
INF4420A: Computer security
Lecturer: Summer 2023, Summer 2024
Lab instructor: Winter 2022, Fall 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024
INF6103: Cybersecurity of critical infrastructures
Lab instructor: Winter 2022, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024
INF8602: Cybersecurity of operating systems
Lab instructor: Winter 2022
INF1040: Introduction to Computer Engineering
Evaluator: Winter 2021, Fall 2021
