BSidesLuxembourg 2025

Practical intro to deep learning: chihuahuas vs muffins
2025-06-19 , Classroom 3 workshops

Once upon a time, an algorithm's task was to make the distinction between a chiwawa and a cookie... true story. Human, curiosity is a great thing, and this workshop is built around it.

Here total beginners in AI learn the fundamentals of deep learning, set up their environment, and apply it to image classification. By the end of the workshop, they are able to build a simple web application using Gradio that classifies images.


Agenda:

• Short introduction to deep learning

• Setting up the environment

• Hands-on session: we’ll experiment with image classification

• Hands-on session: we build a web app with Gradio

We’ll also be discussing applications to cybersecurity you can prototype, deep learning and training methods, cool the hype and discuss realistic LLM capacities.

Pauline Bourmeau works at the intersection of artificial intelligence, human cognition, and information security.

She is the founder of Cubessa, where shet puts humans at the center of its research. With a diverse background including linguistics, programming, and criminology, she brings a unique perspective blending humanistic and technical approaches to analyze cyber threats and their evolution.

She is also involved in AI education and open-source projects, notably within the MISP community. Outside of her work, Pauline is a medal-winning para-climber and interested in projects that make AI more accessible.

William manages the technical team behind AS197692 at Conostix S.A. in Luxembourg. He’s been working in cybersecurity using free and opensource software on a daily basis for more than 25 years. Recently, he presented his work on SSL/TLS toolkits at Nullcon 2025 in Goa. He contributed to the cleanup and enhancement efforts done on ssldump lately. He particularly enjoys tinkering with open (and not so open) hardware. Currently he likes playing around with new tools in the current ML scene, building, hopefully, useful systems for fun and, maybe, profit. When not behind an intelligent wannabe machine, he's doing analog music with his band of humans.