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Robust unsupervised outlier detection in IoT using contrastive learning-driven autoencoders.

Shengyu Gu1,2

  • 1School of Geography and Tourism, Huizhou Universiy, Huizhou, 516007, Guangdong, China. miller@hzu.edu.cn.

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|May 7, 2026
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This study introduces a robust unsupervised outlier detection framework for Internet of Things (IoT) systems. The method enhances anomaly detection accuracy by integrating representation learning with contrastive loss and adaptive thresholding.

Keywords:
AutoencoderDetectionInternet of ThingsOutlier

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Area of Science:

  • Computer Science
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Data Science

Background:

  • Outlier detection is crucial for Internet of Things (IoT) system reliability and security.
  • IoT data streams are often high-dimensional, heterogeneous, and unlabeled, posing challenges for traditional methods.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a robust unsupervised outlier detection framework for IoT systems.
  • To enhance the discriminative capability in latent space using representation learning and contrastive loss.
  • To improve detection robustness with an adaptive threshold determination algorithm.

Main Methods:

  • Integrates autoencoder-based representation learning with contrastive loss.
  • Jointly optimizes reconstruction and contrastive losses for better normal pattern reconstruction and anomaly separation.
  • Introduces an adaptive thresholding algorithm based on statistical analysis and percentile modeling of reconstruction errors.

Main Results:

  • Consistently outperforms traditional unsupervised and deep learning baselines on Statlog (Landsat Satellite) and UNSW-NB15 datasets.
  • Demonstrates significant improvements in precision, recall, and F1-score.
  • Confirms enhanced anomaly separability and detection accuracy due to contrastive learning.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed framework offers a reliable and scalable solution for outlier detection in real-world IoT environments.
  • The integration of contrastive learning significantly boosts anomaly detection performance.
  • Adaptive thresholding enhances robustness against varying data distributions and operational conditions.