arXiv Machine Learning

SemiScope: Disentangling Classifier Tuning and Joint Optimization in Semi-Supervised Security Classification

arXiv:2607. 00113v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Background.

arXiv AI
Aug 24

C-Score: Beyond Accuracy for Robustness Assessment in Semi-Supervised Learning under Open-World Unlabeled Contamination

The paper introduces C-Score, a diagnostic framework for evaluating pseudo‑label‑based semi‑supervised learning (SSL) when unlabeled data may contain out‑of‑distribution (OOD) samples. C-Score assesses training behavior across prediction, feature representation, and optimization, using metrics such as PLE, CCI, Sem‑Drift, and Grad‑Align. Experiments on CIFAR‑10 and CIFAR‑100 with various OOD sources show that C‑Score detects hidden degradation that clean accuracy alone fails to reveal, highlighting the need for internal diagnostic signals in SSL robustness assessment.

By Tsao-Lun Chen, Chi-Cheng Fu, Han-Yi E. Chou, Shun-Feng Su
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 25

Classifier-Dependent Benefits of Pseudo-Labeling for Semi-Supervised Android Malware Attribution

The study evaluates pseudo‑labeling for semi‑supervised learning on Android malware attribution using six classifiers. Results show that the benefit of SSL varies strongly by classifier: SVM gains the most, LightGBM improves modestly, and Random Forest can be harmed at low label ratios. The approach particularly helps hard‑to‑classify families and achieves near‑optimal performance with about 800 labeled samples.

By Md Rafid Islam, Zahid Hasan, Hafiz Abdur Rahman
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 21

MTSSL: Meta-Thresholding Semi-Supervised Learning

arXiv:2607. 16363v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: A large body of Semi-supervised Learning~(SSL) algorithms encounter the threshold $\tau$ to select pseudo-labels.

By Shuyang Liu, Ziang Zeng, Ruiqiu Zheng, Jiazheng Wang, Zechen Liu, Wenxi Li, Zhou Yu
arXiv AI
Sep 25

Baszta: Data-Centric Fine-Tuning of a Polish Multi-Label Safety Classifier

The paper presents Baszta, a Polish multi‑label content‑safety classifier trained by fine‑tuning the 124M‑parameter allegro/herbert‑base‑cased model on five categories (hate, vulgarity, sexual content, crime, self‑harm) using a Focal + R‑Drop objective. In out‑of‑distribution evaluation on the Gadzi Język benchmark, Baszta achieves a small but statistically significant improvement in micro‑F1 over the Bielik Guard system, though the macro‑F1 advantage disappears when both models are properly tuned. The study also explores calibration techniques, showing that per‑category temperature scaling can recover performance lost by Platt scaling or isotonic regression, and discusses the trade‑offs between robust calibration and adversarial recall.

By Adam G\'orski, Mateusz J\k{a}kalak, Rafa{\l} Jakubowski
arXiv AI
Sep 24

Multi-View Fusion for Encrypted C2 Detection: A Leakage-Controlled Measurement Study of Evaluation Pitfalls

The paper evaluates the common assumption that combining flow statistics and TLS handshake fingerprints improves encrypted command-and-control detection. Using 17,577 TLS flows from 62 real Cobalt Strike captures, the authors show that data leakage and preprocessing choices inflate performance metrics, revealing that the true benefit of multi-view fusion is minimal (0.022 F1). They also uncover that many captures contain only benign traffic and that class imbalance is an artifact of analysis rather than a real feature of the task.

By Hoang-Huy Nguyen-Huu, Van-Tri Phan, Khuong Nguyen-An