The FMSE 23 Protocol
- Responsible Disclosure vs. Public Embargo: Several researchers criticized Apple and Google for taking over 120 days to patch vulnerabilities disclosed at previous FMSE events. Apple’s security lead pushed back, citing complexity and the need for extensive regression testing.
- AI as a Threat or Defense? A panel titled “Will AI Replace the Security Researcher by 2027?” saw near-physical arguments between optimists (who see AI as a force multiplier) and pessimists (who note that AI-generated exploits are outpacing AI-generated defenses).
- Open Source vs. Proprietary Firmware: A lightning talk accused major mobile SoC vendors of security-through-obscurity, arguing that closed-source baseband and TEE firmware is “the single greatest liability in modern computing.” The vendor representatives in the room visibly bristled.
Robustness: FMSE is considered a "robust" loss function. This means that even when researchers use an imperfect proxy for true (unobservable) volatility, such as squared returns, the FMSE ranking remains consistent with the true underlying variance. Why FMSE Matters for Risk Management
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#FMSE23: Where Rigor Meets Reality
How to Access FMSE ’23 Materials
- Conference proceedings – Open access via Zenodo (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10023456)
- Recorded keynotes – YouTube playlist “FMSE 2023 Official”
- Supplemental datasets – Available on the FMSE institutional repository (free registration required)