How is IBM Research strengthening security in machine learning?

Machine learning and AI systems need data to function, but they also need to be actively protected. IBM researcher Dr Irina Nicolae is applying her skills to these complex issues. Dr Irina Nicolae is a research scientist at IBM Research Ireland. With a background in computer science and software engineering and a PhD in machine learning (ML), Nicolae has carved out a career battling one of security's most pressing issues: protecting artificial intelligence (AI) and ML systems from attacks. The quality of the data and its relevance to the task are the most important points to consider.