Cancelled: CIS Seminar: “The Value Alignment Problem in Artificial Intelligence”
Abstract: Abstract: Much of our success in artificial intelligence stems from the adoption of a simple paradigm: specify an objective or goal, and then use optimization algorithms to identify a […]
CIS Seminar: “Building Data-Driven Computers: Reimagining Systems to Reduce the High Costs of Large-Scale Data Processing”
Abstract: A wide range of application domains are emerging as computing platforms of all types become more ubiquitous in society. Many of these applications are data centric, and spend a […]
CIS Seminar: “Breaking and Building End-to-End Encrypted Systems”
Abstract Today’s computer systems and their owners fail to protect data. Exacerbating this are new threats stemming from the rise of cloud computing. The consequences are dire: sensitive information like […]
CIS Seminar: “Risk-Aware Machine Learning at Scale”
Abstract: In recent years, machine learning has seen rapid advances with increasingly large scale and complex data modalities, including processing images, natural language and more. As a result, applications of […]
CIS Seminar: One Size Doesn’t Fit Anyone: Tailoring Digital Tools for Personal Health Journeys
Abstract Personal technologies for everyday health management have the potential to transform healthcare by empowering individuals to engage in their own care, scaffolding access to critical information, and supporting patient-centered […]
CIS Seminar: “User Generated Content: Opportunities to Inform Healthcare”
Abstract When individuals post to social media or use wearable devices, data generated through these everyday interactions with technology reveal a great deal about behaviors that influence health in ways […]
CIS Seminar: Rethinking Operating System and Hardware Abstractions for Good and Evil
Abstract: Current hardware and operating system abstractions were conceived at a time when we had minimal security threats, scarce compute and memory resources, and limited numbers of users. These assumptions […]
ESE & CIS Seminar: “Toward Power-Efficient Computing with Applied Inference”
Abstract: We require computers that extract value from exponential data growth even as exponential transistor scaling falters. With limited scaling, power and thermal density threaten performance. Architects must pursue power […]
CIS Seminar: “Networked Systems in the Era of Programmable Dataplanes”
Abstract: Emerging networking architectures are allowing for flexible and reconfigurable packet processing at line rate both on the switch and the NIC. Despite their promising new functionality, programmable switches and […]
CIS Seminar: ” Flash Boys 2.0: Frontrunning, Transaction Reordering, and Consensus Instability in Decentralized Exchanges”
Abstract: Cryptocurrencies and blockchains are often heralded as the keys to a new era of financial transparency and fairness. Decentralized exchanges (DEXes), in particular, run directly on blockchains. They manage custody of traded […]