BIML is proud to host Patrick McDaniel, an OG of machine learning security (prominently featured in the BIML TOP 5) and a Dean of Research at Wisconsin, for a visit to the BIML Barn. Patrick arrived in Berryville late on Thursday and was greeted with a Liberal or two on the porch. We stayed up way too late talking about AI and security.

In the morning after breakfast, we spent much of the Friday research discussion going over our soon to be released paper No Security Meter for AI. Patrick has been thinking about measuring ML behavior for a long time, and was an early proponent of a whitebox approach. He had lots of very useful feedback for us.

Does science really get done around the kitchen table? Why yes. Yes it does. (And technical talks really get delivered in the BIML Barn.)

We ventured into greater metropolitan Berryville for lunch and coffee.

And then Patrick delivered a new talk as a BIML in the Barn feature to be released on May 13th. Patrick’s talk really surprised us and in very important philosophical ways.

After the talk we shared a cocktail on the patio. Maybelline is an honorary BIML dog.

Patrick enjoys a well-deserved Lemon Mint Fizz.

And then it was off to dinner with BIML spouses at Huntōn in Leesburg.

Fantastic visit. These kinds of human interaction are absolutely critical as we construct a reasonable approach to machine learning security.