CyLab
CMU Internal Workshop on Security and Privacy for Robotics and Autonomous Systems
October 15, 2024
9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. ET
Gates Hillman Center 4405
CyLab welcomes CMU researchers in security, privacy, and robotics to convene for a workshop during Fall break to discuss ideas for building a large-scale research effort on security and privacy for robotics and autonomous systems.
The goal is to find out about the group's research interests and discuss concrete ideas for teaming up on small/medium projects and initiate thinking about large projects that could be proposed to funding agencies. The workshop will include short talks and brainstorming sessions. CyLab hopes to assist in raising seed funds and finding partners who can provide funding and resources going forward.
Lunch will be provided.
Those attending should register ahead of time for logistics planning. If you are interested in this research effort but not available to attend the workshop, please fill out the registration form but indicate you cannot attend so you can be put on a list of interested CMU researchers.
Background from CyLab’s strategic plan: Robotics and autonomous systems can be vulnerable to numerous security and privacy issues, including insecure programming and misconfiguration, as well as deficiencies in authentication, access control, tamper resistance, security patching, secure data communications, confidentiality, and a broad range of other privacy issues. Robots in home environments may invoke real or perceived privacy issues due to their ability to collect data from and about members of a household and potentially share that information with other members of the household or external parties (a recent example is robotic vacuum cleaners sharing photos taken of people in their bathrooms). As LLM systems are integrated into robots, security and privacy concerns may be exacerbated. Security vulnerabilities in many types of robotic systems (including in home, industrial, and public settings) could lead to serious safety issues if exploited. An example of a major outcome of this effort will be a secure and privacy-conscious home care robot that individuals feel comfortable having in their homes and with which they even feel comfortable discussing medical concerns or other personal details.