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Main Authors: Ghosh, Suklav, Kumar, Sonal, Sur, Arijit
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.27249
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author Ghosh, Suklav
Kumar, Sonal
Sur, Arijit
author_facet Ghosh, Suklav
Kumar, Sonal
Sur, Arijit
contents Deep neural networks (DNNs) have achieved remarkable success in computer vision tasks such as image classification, segmentation, and object detection. However, they are vulnerable to adversarial attacks, which can cause incorrect predictions with small perturbations in input images. Addressing this issue is crucial for deploying robust deep-learning systems. This paper presents a novel approach that utilizes contrastive learning for adversarial defense, a previously unexplored area. Our method leverages the contrastive loss function to enhance the robustness of classification models by training them with both clean and adversarially perturbed images. By optimizing the model's parameters alongside the perturbations, our approach enables the network to learn robust representations that are less susceptible to adversarial attacks. Experimental results show significant improvements in the model's robustness against various types of adversarial perturbations. This suggests that contrastive loss helps extract more informative and resilient features, contributing to the field of adversarial robustness in deep learning. The code is publicly made available on GitHub in the following link: https://github.com/suklav/C_Lead .
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spellingShingle C-LEAD: Contrastive Learning for Enhanced Adversarial Defense
Ghosh, Suklav
Kumar, Sonal
Sur, Arijit
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Deep neural networks (DNNs) have achieved remarkable success in computer vision tasks such as image classification, segmentation, and object detection. However, they are vulnerable to adversarial attacks, which can cause incorrect predictions with small perturbations in input images. Addressing this issue is crucial for deploying robust deep-learning systems. This paper presents a novel approach that utilizes contrastive learning for adversarial defense, a previously unexplored area. Our method leverages the contrastive loss function to enhance the robustness of classification models by training them with both clean and adversarially perturbed images. By optimizing the model's parameters alongside the perturbations, our approach enables the network to learn robust representations that are less susceptible to adversarial attacks. Experimental results show significant improvements in the model's robustness against various types of adversarial perturbations. This suggests that contrastive loss helps extract more informative and resilient features, contributing to the field of adversarial robustness in deep learning. The code is publicly made available on GitHub in the following link: https://github.com/suklav/C_Lead .
title C-LEAD: Contrastive Learning for Enhanced Adversarial Defense
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.27249