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We are excited to invite you and your colleagues to participate in the <strong>Red Teaming Competition at SaTML'25</strong>, titled <strong>"Inference Attacks Against Document VQA"</strong>, which focuses on privacy vulnerabilities in Document Visual Question


 Answering (DocVQA) models. This competition presents a unique opportunity to explore critical privacy concerns in AI, specifically through the development of <strong>membership inference and reconstruction attacks</strong> tailored to DocVQA models.<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"></span></p>


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We would greatly appreciate it if you could share this announcement with anyone in your network who might be interested in participating.<br>


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More details, including competition rules and registration, can be found on the official website: <a href="https://benchmarks.elsa-ai.eu/?ch=2&com=introduction" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://benchmarks.elsa-ai.eu/<wbr>?ch=2&com=introduction</a>.</p>


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<li><strong>Submission Deadline</strong>: February 28, 2025</li><li><strong>Announcement of Winning Teams</strong>: March 10, 2025</li><li><strong>Competition Track</strong>: April 9-11, 2025 (during SaTML’25)</li></ul>


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For any inquiries or further information, please do not hesitate to contact us at <strong>info_pfl@cvc.uab.cat</strong>.</p>


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We look forward to your participation and the innovative solutions you will bring to this critical area of AI privacy research.</p>


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The competition is organized by the European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI (ELSA). </p>


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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Best regards,</span></p>


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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Dr. Raouf KERKOUCHE</span></p>


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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"></span>CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security</p>


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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 14, 2024 9:49:59 AM<br>


<b>To:</b> connectionists@mailman.srv.cs.cmu.edu<br>


<b>Subject:</b> Announcing the SaTML’25 Red Teaming Competition on Privacy in Document Visual Question Answering (DocVQA)</font>


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We are excited to invite you and your colleagues to participate in the <strong>Red Teaming Competition at SaTML'25</strong>, titled <strong>"Inference Attacks Against Document VQA"</strong>, which focuses on privacy vulnerabilities in Document Visual Question


 Answering (DocVQA) models. This competition presents a unique opportunity to explore critical privacy concerns in AI, specifically through the development of <strong>membership inference and reconstruction attacks</strong> tailored to DocVQA models.<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"></span></p>


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We would greatly appreciate it if you could share this announcement with anyone in your network who might be interested in participating.<br>


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More details, including competition rules and registration, can be found on the official website: <a href="https://benchmarks.elsa-ai.eu/?ch=2&com=introduction" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://benchmarks.elsa-ai.eu/<wbr>?ch=2&com=introduction</a>.</p>


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<li><strong>Submission Deadline</strong>: February 28, 2025</li><li><strong>Announcement of Winning Teams</strong>: March 10, 2025</li><li><strong>Competition Track</strong>: April 9-11, 2025 (during SaTML’25)</li></ul>


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For any inquiries or further information, please do not hesitate to contact us at <strong>info_pfl@cvc.uab.cat</strong>.</p>


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We look forward to your participation and the innovative solutions you will bring to this critical area of AI privacy research.</p>


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The competition is organized by the European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI (ELSA). </p>


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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Best regards,</span></p>


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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Dr. Raouf KERKOUCHE</span></p>


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Postdoctoral Researcher, </p>


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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"></span>CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security</p>


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