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Technical Perspective: Solving the Signal Reconstruction Problem at Scale
"Scalable Signal Reconstruction for a Broad Range of Applications," by Abolfazl Asudeh, et al. shows that algorithmic insights about SRP, combined with database...
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Scalable Signal Reconstruction for a Broad Range of Applications
Most of the common approaches for solving signal reconstruction problem do not scale to large problem sizes. We propose a novel and scalable algorithm for solving...
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Technical Perspective: SkyCore's Architecture Takes It to the 'Edge'
"SkyCore," by Mehrdad Moradi, et al., addresses an exciting use case for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in which UAVs can act as mobile base stations for the cellular...
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SkyCore: Moving Core to the Edge for Untethered and Reliable UAV-Based LTE Networks
We argue for and propose an alternate, radical edge evolved packet core design, called SkyCore, that pushes the EPC functionality to the extreme edge of the core...
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Technical Perspective: Deciphering Errors to Reduce the Cost of Quantum Computation
In "Constant Overhead Quantum Fault Tolerance with Quantum Expander Codes," by Omar Fawzi, et al., the authors produce an algorithm that can rapidly deduce the...
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Constant Overhead Quantum Fault Tolerance with Quantum Expander Codes
In this paper, we study the asymptotic scaling of the space overhead needed for fault-tolerant quantum computation.
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Technical Perspective: The Future of Large-Scale Embedded Sensing
The system described in "SATURN: An Introduction to the Internet of Materials" works passively, energized essentially by static electricity generated as layers...
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SATURN: An Introduction to the Internet of Materials
We propose an Internet of Materials, where the very materials of objects and surfaces are augmented or manufactured to have computational capabilities.
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Technical Perspective: XNOR-Networks – Powerful but Tricky
How to produce a convolutional neural net that is small enough to run on a mobile device, and accurate enough to be worth using? The strategies in "Enabling AI...
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Enabling AI at the Edge with XNOR-Networks
We present a novel approach to running state-of-the-art AI algorithms in edge devices, and propose two efficient approximations to standard convolutional neural...
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Technical Perspective: ASIC Clouds: Specializing the Datacenter
Can we build purpose-built, warehouse-scale datacenters customized for large-scale arrays of ASIC accelerators or, to use a term coined in the paper by Michael...
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ASIC Clouds: Specializing the Datacenter for Planet-Scale Applications
This paper distills lessons from Bitcoin ASIC Clouds and applies them to other large scale workloads, showing superior TCO (total cost of ownership) versus CPU...
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Technical Perspective: Why 'Correct' Computers Can Leak Your Information
"Spectre Attacks: Exploiting Speculative Execution," by Paul Kocher, et al., reviews how speculative execution and caches can be exploited, presents specific exploits...
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Spectre Attacks: Exploiting Speculative Execution
This paper describes practical attacks that combine methodology from side-channel attacks, fault attacks, and return-oriented programming that can read arbitrary...
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Technical Perspective: Fake 'Likes' and Targeting Collusion Networks
"Measuring and Mitigating OAuth Access Token Abuse by Collusion Networks," by Shehroze Farooqi et al., explores a social-networking reputation manipulation ecosystem...
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Measuring and Mitigating OAuth Access Token Abuse by Collusion Networks
We carried out a comprehensive measurement study to understand how collusion networks exploited popular third-party Facebook applications with weak security settings...
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Technical Perspective: A Perspective on Pivot Tracing
Instead of handing trace records off to a collector for long-term storage and future processing, the system described in "Pivot Tracing: Dynamic Causal Monitoring...
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Pivot Tracing: Dynamic Causal Monitoring for Distributed Systems
This paper presents Pivot Tracing, a monitoring framework for distributed systems, which addresses the limitations of today's monitoring and diagnosis tools by...
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Technical Perspective: Lighting the Way to Visual Privacy
"Automating Visual Privacy Protection Using a Smart LED," presents a new technique to address the issue of cameras capturing proprietary or private information—it...
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