Jianguo Zhao

Zhimin Zhu, Jianguo Zhao, Tong Mu et al.

In deep learning, Multi-Layer Perceptrons (MLPs) have once again garnered attention from researchers. This paper introduces MC-MLP, a general MLP-like backbone for computer vision that is composed of a series of fully-connected (FC) layers. In MC-MLP, we propose that the same semantic information has varying levels of difficulty in learning, depending on the coordinate frame of features. To address this, we perform an orthogonal transform on the feature information, equivalent to changing the coordinate frame of features. Through this design, MC-MLP is equipped with multi-coordinate frame receptive fields and the ability to learn information across different coordinate frames. Experiments demonstrate that MC-MLP outperforms most MLPs in image classification tasks, achieving better performance at the same parameter level. The code will be available at: https://github.com/ZZM11/MC-MLP.

Jiaren Peng, Zeqin Li, Chang You et al.

The rapid advancement of Large Language Models (LLMs) has created new opportunities for Automated Penetration Testing (AutoPT), spawning numerous frameworks aimed at achieving end-to-end autonomous attacks. However, despite the proliferation of related studies, existing research generally lacks systematic architectural analysis and large-scale empirical comparisons under a unified benchmark. Therefore, this paper presents the first Systematization of Knowledge (SoK) focusing on the architectural design and comprehensive empirical evaluation of current LLM-based AutoPT frameworks. At systematization level, we comprehensively review existing framework designs across six dimensions: agent architecture, agent plan, agent memory, agent execution, external knowledge, and benchmarks. At empirical level, we conduct large-scale experiments on 13 representative open-source AutoPT frameworks and 2 baseline frameworks utilizing a unified benchmark. The experiments consumed over 10 billion tokens in total and generated more than 1,500 execution logs, which were manually reviewed and analyzed over four months by a panel of more than 15 researchers with expertise in cybersecurity. By investigating the latest progress in this rapidly developing field, we provide researchers with a structured taxonomy to understand existing LLM-based AutoPT frameworks and a large-scale empirical benchmark, along with promising directions for future research.