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Michael Backes

Researcher Next ID · RN-027607

Researcher · Physics and Astronomy

University of Namibia

Windhoek, South Africa

Not currently recruitingFunding unknown
Works count
820
Citation count
25,228
H-index
78
i10-index
373

Research interests

Physics and Astronomy
Computer Science
Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
Cryptography and Data Security
Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
Advanced Authentication Protocols Security

Publications

  • Dynamic Backdoor Attacks Against Machine Learning Models

    · 2022 · 10.1109/eurosp53844.2022.00049

  • Dynamic Backdoor Attacks Against Machine Learning Models

    · 2022 · 10.1109/eurosp53844.2022.00049

  • Revealing x-ray and gamma ray temporal and spectral similarities in the GRB 190829A afterglow

    Science · 2021 · 10.1126/science.abe8560

  • BadNL: Backdoor Attacks against NLP Models with Semantic-preserving Improvements

    Annual Computer Security Applications Conference · 2021 · 10.1145/3485832.3485837

  • Revealing x-ray and gamma ray temporal and spectral similarities in the GRB 190829A afterglow

    Science · 2021 · 10.1126/science.abe8560

  • BadNL: Backdoor Attacks against NLP Models with Semantic-preserving Improvements

    Annual Computer Security Applications Conference · 2021 · 10.1145/3485832.3485837

  • Swarm Learning for decentralized and confidential clinical machine learning

    Nature · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03583-3

  • A very-high-energy component deep in the γ-ray burst afterglow

    Nature · 2019 · 10.1038/s41586-019-1743-9

  • MemGuard

    · 2019 · 10.1145/3319535.3363201

  • ML-Leaks: Model and Data Independent Membership Inference Attacks and Defenses on Machine Learning Models

    · 2019 · 10.14722/ndss.2019.23119

  • ML-Leaks: Model and Data Independent Membership Inference Attacks and Defenses on Machine Learning Models

    · 2019 · 10.14722/ndss.2019.23119

  • The H.E.S.S. Galactic plane survey

    Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2018 · 10.1051/0004-6361/201732098

  • On the (Statistical) Detection of Adversarial Examples

    arXiv (Cornell University) · 2017 · 10.48550/arxiv.1702.06280

  • Stack Overflow Considered Harmful? The Impact of Copy&Paste on Android Application Security

    · 2017 · 10.1109/sp.2017.31

  • Adversarial Examples for Malware Detection

    Lecture notes in computer science · 2017 · 10.1007/978-3-319-66399-9_4

  • Comparing the Usability of Cryptographic APIs

    · 2017 · 10.1109/sp.2017.52

  • Comparing the Usability of Cryptographic APIs

    · 2017 · 10.1109/sp.2017.52

  • Science with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

    HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) · 2017

  • Adversarial Perturbations Against Deep Neural Networks for Malware Classification

    arXiv (Cornell University) · 2016 · 10.48550/arxiv.1606.04435

  • Reliable Third-Party Library Detection in Android and its Security Applications

    · 2016 · 10.1145/2976749.2978333

  • Search for Dark Matter Annihilations towards the Inner Galactic Halo from 10 Years of Observations with H.E.S.S.

    Physical Review Letters · 2016 · 10.1103/physrevlett.117.111301

  • Design and operation of FACT – the first G-APD Cherenkov telescope

    Journal of Instrumentation · 2013 · 10.1088/1748-0221/8/06/p06008

  • Verifiable delegation of computation on outsourced data

    · 2013 · 10.1145/2508859.2516681

  • Verifiable delegation of computation on outsourced data

    · 2013 · 10.1145/2508859.2516681

  • Design and operation of FACT – the first G-APD Cherenkov telescope

    Journal of Instrumentation · 2013 · 10.1088/1748-0221/8/06/p06008

  • Performance of the MAGIC stereo system obtained with Crab Nebula data

    Astroparticle Physics · 2011 · 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2011.11.007

  • MAGIC DISCOVERY OF VERY HIGH ENERGY EMISSION FROM THE FSRQ PKS 1222+21

    The Astrophysical Journal Letters · 2011 · 10.1088/2041-8205/730/1/l8

  • Automatic Discovery and Quantification of Information Leaks

    · 2009 · 10.1109/sp.2009.18

  • Automatic Discovery and Quantification of Information Leaks

    · 2009 · 10.1109/sp.2009.18

  • Probing quantum gravity using photons from a flare of the active galactic nucleus Markarian 501 observed by the MAGIC telescope

    Physics Letters B · 2008 · 10.1016/j.physletb.2008.08.053

  • Very-High-Energy Gamma Rays from a Distant Quasar: How Transparent Is the Universe?

    Science · 2008 · 10.1126/science.1157087

  • Observation of Pulsed γ-Rays Above 25 GeV from the Crab Pulsar with MAGIC

    Science · 2008 · 10.1126/science.1164718

  • Observation of Pulsed γ-Rays Above 25 GeV from the Crab Pulsar with MAGIC

    Science · 2008 · 10.1126/science.1164718

  • Probing quantum gravity using photons from a flare of the active galactic nucleus Markarian 501 observed by the MAGIC telescope

    Physics Letters B · 2008 · 10.1016/j.physletb.2008.08.053

  • TMVA - Toolkit for Multivariate Data Analysis

    arXiv (Cornell University) · 2007

  • A composable cryptographic library with nested operations

    · 2003 · 10.1145/948109.948140

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