This year’s OCG Förderpreis goes to our research colleague Daryna Oliynyk for her master’s thesis “Man of Steal: Exploring Model Stealing Attacks Against Image Classifiers.” The thesis was completed at the Institute for Information Systems Engineering at TU Wien, under the supervision of Andreas Rauber and co-supervision of Rudolf Mayer.
The jury commended the work for its high topicality and the thorough analysis of security risks in AI systems.
Jury of the OCG Förderpreis 2025:
- Prof. Dr. Gabriele Kotsis (Chair), Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU)
- Univ. Prof. Dr. Ruth Breu, University of Innsbruck
- Univ. Prof. Dr. Jürgen Cito, TU Wien
- Univ. Prof. Dr. Martin Hitz, University of Klagenfurt
- Univ. Prof. Dr. Sascha Hunold, TU Wien
- Univ. Prof. Dr. Gustaf Neumann, WU Vienna
- Univ. Prof. Dr. Andreas Uhl, University of Salzburg
- Univ. Prof. Dr. Franz Wotawa, TU Graz
- Univ. Prof. Dr. Uwe Zdun, University of Vienna
Our heartfelt congratulations to our colleague Daryna on this well-deserved recognition!