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Team of CS Graduate Students take 2nd place in international competition.
Team ML-IDS members with their supervisor Dr. Nashid Shahriar.
Left to right in photo: Md. Shamim Towhid, Nasik Sami Khan, Dr. Nashid Shahriar, and Md Mahibul Hasan
A team of graduate students from the Department of Computer Science received the Runner-up award of 300 Swiss francs (about 460 Canadian dollars) in the 2023 Internatioal Telecommunication Union (ITU) Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) in 5G Challenge dealing with the problem of "Intrusion and Vunerability Detection in Software-Defined Networks (SDN)". Team ML-IDS placed 2nd in a field of 27 teams. Details of the problem that they solved can be found on the Challenge website: https://challenge.aiforgood.itu.int/match/matchitem/81
The ML5G Challenge, (see the website at https://aiforgood.itu.int/about-ai-for-good/aiml-in-5g-challenge/ ) "connects participants (students and professionals) from more than 100 countries, with industry and academia solving real-world problems using AI/ML in communication networks".
There were a total of 12 problems posed in the 2023 Challenge, each carefully curated. Paticipating teams were given access to real-world and simulated data, technical webinars, mentoring, and hands-on sessions. As part of their competition for international recognition and prize money, teams gained experience with ITU standards by mapping their solutions to the standard specifications.
Team ML-IDS, from the University of Regina, participated in the international challenge from Regina between May 28, 2023 and August 25, 2023. The team then submitted the implementation of their solution and a report describing it. The details of the submission can be found in this public repository: https://github.com/ITU-AI-ML-in-5G-Challenge/intrusion-and-Vulnerability-Detection-in-Software-Defined-Networks-SDN-Team-ML-IDS
After evaluating submissions form all teams, top teams were invited to a webinar presentation on October 25, 2023. At the end of webinar, they announced the results: https://aiforgood.itu.int/event/ai-ml-challenge-finale-qos-prediction-network-traffic-scenario-predicition-sdn-security