{"id":4514,"date":"2026-04-09T15:14:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T19:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/cse-senior-design-expo\/?p=4514"},"modified":"2026-04-16T15:58:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T19:58:41","slug":"exploring-membership-inference-attacks-on-llms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/cse-senior-design-expo\/2026\/04\/exploring-membership-inference-attacks-on-llms\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Membership Inference Attacks on LLMs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<article style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color: #333;line-height: 1.6;max-width: 800px;margin: 0 auto;padding: 10px 0\">\n\n    <table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;margin-bottom: 30px;border: none\">\n        <tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">\n            <td style=\"padding: 15px 0;width: 160px;font-weight: bold;color: #666;vertical-align: top;text-transform: uppercase;font-size: 13px;letter-spacing: 0.5px\">Vision<\/td>\n            <td style=\"padding: 15px 10px;color: #444;vertical-align: top\">We want to gain a deeper understanding of membership inference attacks (MIAs) that are prevalent in LLMs. This will allow us to demonstrate the privacy risks and how they can leak private data.<\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n\n        <tr style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">\n            <td style=\"padding: 15px 0;font-weight: bold;color: #666;vertical-align: top;text-transform: uppercase;font-size: 13px;letter-spacing: 0.5px\">Mission<\/td>\n            <td style=\"padding: 15px 10px;color: #444;vertical-align: top\">Our team will solve this problem by designing, implementing, and documenting a functional proof-of-concept Membership Inference Attack. 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