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Technical Perspective: Hiding Secrets in Programs
"Indistinguishability Obfuscation from Well-Founded Assumptions," by Aayush Jain et al., gives a new construction of indistinguishability obfuscation that is provably...
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Indistinguishability Obfuscation from Well-Founded Assumptions
We examine a formalization of the "one-way compiler" concept with the notion of indistinguishability obfuscation.
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Technical Perspective: How Easy Is It to Describe Hard Polynomials?
"Superpolynomial Lower Bounds Against Low-Depth Algebraic Circuits," by Nutan Limaye et al., achieves a landmark in the larger quest of understanding hardness,...
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Superpolynomial Lower Bounds Against Low-Depth Algebraic Circuits
In this paper, we prove the first superpolynomial lower bounds against algebraic circuits of all constant depths over all fields of characteristic 0.
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Technical Perspective: Bridging AI with Real-Time Systems
"Taming Algorithmic Priority Inversion in Mission-Critical Perception Pipelines," by Shengzhong Liu et al., proposes a new methodology for overcoming the limitations...
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Taming Algorithmic Priority Inversion in Mission-Critical Perception Pipelines
This paper discusses algorithmic priority inversion in mission-critical machine inference pipelines used in modern neural-network-based perception subsystems and...
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Technical Perspective: The User as a Key Ingredient in AAC Design
"Nonverbal Communication through Expressive Objects," by Stephanie Valencia et al., describes the design of a physical object to support communication and focuses...
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Nonverbal Communication through Expressive Objects
In this work, we work closely with an Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) user to understand how motion through a physical expressive object can support...
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Technical Perspective: Maximum Flow through a Network: A Storied Problem and a Groundbreaking Solution
"Almost-Linear-Time Algorithms for Maximum Flow and Minimum-Cost Flow," by Li Chen et al., comes within striking distance of answering the question: "Does maximum...
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