On the Implicit Bias in Deep-Learning Algorithms
Examining the implicit bias in training neural networks using gradient-based methods.
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FoundationDB: A Distributed Key-Value Store
FoundationDB, an open-source transactional key-value store, is one of the first systems to combine the flexibility and scalability of NoSQL architectures with the power of ACID transactions.
Bob Metcalfe, recipient of the 2022 ACM A.M. Turing Award for his role in the development of Ethernet, briefly considered a career in tennis.
Using Algorithms to Deliver Disaster Aid
Ensuring the billions of dollars governments send the disaster-stricken actually get to their intended destinations.
Standards to Secure the Sensors That Power IoT
Existing security standards do not always offer sufficient protection to secure the Internet of Things.
Can Generative AI Bots Be Trusted?
It will be a long road to learning how to use generative AI wisely.
Conjoined Twins: Artificial Intelligence and the Invention of Computer Science
How artificial intelligence and computer science grew up together.
Trust Is Not Enough: Accuracy, Error, Randomness, and Accountability in an Algorithmic Society
Searching for improved algorithmic accountability.
Decentraland: The Alleged Decentralization of Blockchain Applications
Breaking down the blockchain.
Technical Perspective: FoundationDB Performs Balancing Act
FoundationDB, as explored in "FoundationDB: A Distributed Key-Value Store," by Jingyu Zhou et al., pioneered the development of a scalable distributed key-value store with strong consistency guarantees.
Bob Metcalfe, who co-invented Ethernet networking technology, continues to take on new challenges as a computational engineer.
How Did Scientists Succumb to Aunt Edna? The Dangers of a Superintelligent AI is Fiction
Speaking of the existential threat of AI is science fiction, and bad science fiction for that matter because it is not based on anything we know about science, logic, and nothing we even know about ourselves.
A Pioneer in Participatory Design Turns 80
Christiane Floyd continues to consider the philosophical and ethical concerns of computer science.
Spyware Lurks in Android Smartphones
Google's decision to allow its operating system to install third-party apps makes Android smartphones targets for spyware.
Disentangling Hype from Practicality: On Realistically Achieving Quantum Advantage
What are the promising applications to realize quantum advantage?
ChatGPT, Can You Tell Me a Story?
An exercise in challenging the true creativity of generative AI.
AlphaFold Spreads through Protein Science
Based on machine learning, DeepMind's code now lies at the heart of a variety of protein-structure tools and workflows. It may ultimately be replaced by models that are bigger but faster.
Locking Down Secure Open Source Software
Can even secure open source software ever be considered truly safe?
Updates, Threats, and Risk Management
Revisiting a recent column considering security updates.
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