Research Problems in Machine Learning and Security

Dear Students,

You can now access the UdS GPU cluster to work on the challenges more efficiently.
We have provided an individual username and password for each student on CMS. Please check the "GPU Cluster Credentials" in your Personal Status on CMS to find your cluster credentials.
To learn how to use the university cluster, please refer to the following resources:

• General cluster information: https://sic.link/condor
• FAQ: https://wiki.cs.uni-saarland.de/en/HPC/faq
• Interactive access / Code Server: https://wiki.cs.uni-saarland.de/en/HPC/interactive

If you have any issues connecting to the cluster or have any questions, feel free to ask in the forum or send us an email.

Also, a friendly reminder that the deadline to submit your code, reports, and presentation for Wave 1 is quickly approaching. Please do not forget to submit your solutions before the deadline at 14:00 tomorrow :)

Good luck, have fun, and happy hacking!

The PINE Team

Dear Students,

The second wave of challenges is live! 🚀 You can now connect to the next two challenges of the semester:

• ssh chimera@pine
• ssh zoomer@pine

This is the perfect time to continue your progress, dive into the new challenges, and earn more points on the scoreboard. Some teams may be ahead right now, but nobody is safe yet 👀 This wave alone contains 400 bonus points from badges, and points are awarded continuously throughout the wave. Starting early is definitely worthwhile, and there is still plenty of opportunity for the rankings to change!

As a reminder, you can follow your progress on the local scoreboard at pine-aisec.org, as well as on the international scoreboard with our friends in Vienna, Berlin, and Hamburg at raid-international.org.

Good luck, have fun, and happy hacking!
The PINE Team

Dear Students,

Congratulations on your fantastic efforts so far! As this wave comes to a close, we would like to remind you about our next meeting on Wednesday, 20.05 at 14:15 in room C0.01.

For this meeting, we would ideally like 4-5 students to present their solutions to one of the challenges. If you are interested in sharing your work, please register here:
https://terminplaner6.dfn.de/b/84f32bd35213948e5b05370e6f01cdd7-1716116

Please note that, by the end of the semester, each student is expected to have given one presentation, as this is part of your final grade.

As a reminder, your presentations should be about 10 minutes and self-contained. This means that you should:
- Briefly explain the problem the challenge addresses
- Explain how your method work
- Describe what alternatives or iterations you tried
- Present some of results how your solution performs

Happy hacking,
The PINE Team

Dear Students,

just a quick reminder that the LSF registration deadline is approaching quickly. Please make sure to register by May 13 if you would like to participate in the course.

If you no longer plan to participate, we would appreciate a short email so we can keep track of the numbers.

Happy hacking,
The PINE Team

Dear Students,

Some of you ran into issues connecting to the servers from the university network. We checked this with our IT and found a routing issue that was likely causing the problem. It should now be fixed.

Happy hacking,
The PINE Team

P.S. Congrats to all the teams that made it into the global top 5 ranking at raid-international.org ! 📈

Dear Students,

The wait is over: the first wave of challenges is live, and you can already connect to the first two challenges of the semester:
- ssh snicket@pine
- ssh cheetah@pine

Now is the perfect time to get started, explore the challenges, and claim your first points.

If you run into any connection issues, please let us know - we'll do our best to help you get up and running quickly. We are aware of one issue that sometimes connections from within the university network may fail. We are currently looking into this to see if this can be fixed. In the meantime, using a VPN while on campus should solve the problem.

Once you submit your first solution, you'll appear on the scoreboard at pine-aisec.org, as well as on the shared scoreboard with our friends in Vienna, Berlin, and Hamburg at raid-international.org.

Remember: points are awarded continuously, so getting started early gives you more time to climb the scoreboard!

Good luck, have fun, and happy hacking!  
The PINE Team