Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) enhance mobility but face cybersecurity threats, particularly through the insecure Controller Area Network (CAN) bus. Cyberattacks can have devastating consequences in connected vehicles, including the loss of control over critical systems, necessitating robust security solutions. In-vehicle Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs) offer a promising approach by detecting malicious activities in real time. This survey provides a comprehensive review of state-of-the-art research on learning-based in-vehicle IDSs, focusing on Machine Learning (ML), Deep Learning (DL), and Federated Learning (FL) approaches. Based on the reviewed studies, we critically examine existing IDS approaches, categorising them by the types of attacks they detect - known, unknown, and combined known-unknown attacks - while identifying their limitations. We also review the evaluation metrics used in research, emphasising the need to consider multiple criteria to meet the requirements of safety-critical systems. Additionally, we analyse FL-based IDSs and highlight their limitations. By doing so, this survey helps identify effective security measures, address existing limitations, and guide future research toward more resilient and adaptive protection mechanisms, ensuring the safety and reliability of CAVs.

Deep learning has revolutionized various real-world applications, but the quality of Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) remains a concern. DNNs are complex and have millions of parameters, making it difficult to determine their contributions to fulfilling a task. Moreover, the behavior of a DNN is highly influenced by the data used during training, making it challenging to collect enough data to exercise all potential DNN behavior under all possible scenarios. This paper proposes NP SBFL method to locate faulty neural pathways (NP) using spectrum-based fault localization (SBFL). Our method identifies critical neurons using the layer-wise relevance propagation (LRP) technique and determines which critical neurons are faulty. Moreover, we propose a multi-stage gradient ascent (MGA), an extension of gradient ascent (GA), to effectively activate a sequence of neurons one at a time while maintaining the activation of previous neurons, so we are able to test the reported faulty pathways. We evaluated the effectiveness of our method, i.e. NP-SBFL-MGA, on two commonly used datasets, MNIST and CIFAR-10, two baselines DeepFault and NP-SBFL-GA, and three suspicious neuron measures, Tarantula, Ochiai, and Barinel. The empirical results showed that NP-SBFL-MGA is statistically more effective than the baselines at identifying suspicious paths and synthesizing adversarial inputs. Particularly, Tarantula on NP-SBFL-MGA had the highest fault detection rate at 96.75%, surpassing DeepFault on Ochiai (89.90%) and NP-SBFL-GA on Ochiai (60.61%). Our approach also yielded comparable results to the baselines in synthesizing naturalness inputs, and we found a positive correlation between the coverage of critical paths and the number of failed tests in DNN fault localization.

Meta-learning usually refers to a learning algorithm that learns from other learning algorithms. The problem of uncertainty in the predictions of neural networks shows that the world is only partially predictable and a learned neural network cannot generalize to its ever-changing surrounding environments. Therefore, the question is how a predictive model can represent multiple predictions simultaneously. We aim to provide a fundamental understanding of learning to learn in the contents of Decentralized Neural Networks (Decentralized NNs) and we believe this is one of the most important questions and prerequisites to building an autonomous intelligence machine. To this end, we shall demonstrate several pieces of evidence for tackling the problems above with Meta Learning in Decentralized NNs. In particular, we will present three different approaches to building such a decentralized learning system: (1) learning from many replica neural networks, (2) building the hierarchy of neural networks for different functions, and (3) leveraging different modality experts to learn cross-modal representations.

"I want people to have the awareness of the issues affecting Japan," says University of Tsukuba Associate Professor Yoichi Ochiai. Artificial intelligence, 5G wireless networks, and other technologies can be harnessed to address social challenges unique to Japan, says Yoichi Ochiai, an associate professor at the University of Tsukuba and CEO of Pixie Dust Technologies Inc. The 5G network is set to enter commercial service in Japan next spring. It will "have an enormous impact on our communication media . . . Improving the service infrastructure for the elderly, including taxi-hailing apps and automatic transcriptions for those with hearing difficulty, is vital to independent living, Ochiai says.

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI), 5G wireless networks and other technologies are making our lives more exciting and convenient, but a young entrepreneur, professor and media artist is also keen to harness them for other ambitions: addressing social challenges unique to Japanese society. The fifth-generation, or 5G, high-speed mobile network set to enter commercial service in the country next spring will "have an enormous impact on our communication media," Yoichi Ochiai said in a mid-September interview with The Japan Times. It will become a means for us to resolve challenges." Ochiai, 32, who specializes in human-computer interaction and computer graphics, serves as an associate professor at the University of Tsukuba and is CEO of Pixie Dust Technologies Inc. Also a commentator on technology, Ochiai will give a speech at the digital trade fair CEATEC 2019, which runs from Oct. 15 to 18 at Makuhari Messe. The Japan Times is a prime media partner for the event.