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In the news | Windows Central
What is edge computing, and why does it matter to you?
The intelligent edge represents those devices from factory floor equipment to fitness trackers or smartphones and more that connect to the cloud but are closest to and directly interacted with by users.
In the news | Cyberscoop
From the NSA to Silicon Valley, a new kind of encryption is going commercial
Encryption as we know it is on the brink of a major advancement: Mathematics teams Microsoft and a range of startup firms are pushing ahead with research that could make it possible for technology companies to encrypt data while it’s…
Building contextually intelligent assistants with Dr. Paul Bennett
Episode 59, January 16, 2019 – Dr. Bennett brings us up to speed on the science of contextually intelligent assistants, explains how what we think our machines can do actually shapes what we expect them to do, and shares how…
In the news | Nature Electronics
Working on the edge
Edge computing processes data on infrastructure that is located close to the point of data creation. Mahadev Satyanarayanan recounts how recognition of the potential limitations of centralized, cloud-based processing led to this new approach to computing.
In the news | IT Toolbox
Intel, Microsoft Push Homomorphic Encryption with Open-Source Moves
Microsoft’s SEAL was unveiled in 2015 and was written in standard C++ programming language, working on Windows, Linux and OS X. It incorporates both the Brakerski/Fan-Vercauteren (BFV) and the Cheon-Kim-Kim-Song (CKKS) encryption schemes.
Scaling the Everest of software security with Dr. Jonathan Protzenko
Episode 58, January 9, 2019 – Dr. Protzenko talks about what’s wrong with software (and why it’s vitally important to get it right), explains why there are so many programming languages (and tells us about a few he’s been working…
In the news | Microsoft Industry Blog
Every immune system has a story to tell; the key is knowing how to listen
Decoding nature’s antigen map requires immunological data of a scale never-before generated, coupled with new algorithmic approaches to modeling how T-cells bind to antigens.
In the news | Computer Business Review
Microsoft Open Sources Homomorphic Encryption Library SEAL
Microsoft’s Simple Encrypted Arithmetic Library (SEAL) has already been adopted by Intel to implement the underlying cryptography functions in its neural network compiler nGraph.
Chasing convex bodies and other random topics with Dr. Sébastien Bubeck
Episode 53, December 5, 2018 – Dr. Sébastien Bubeck explains the difficulty of the multi-armed bandit problem in the context of a parameter- and data-rich online world. He also discusses a host of topics from randomness and convex optimization to…