[en] Qubit, qudit, qutrit: Quantum computing with improved superconducting circuits
"... current research explores a new way to store and transfer quantum information more efficiently in superconducting circuits using qudits instead of qubits." ...

https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/quantum-computing-superconducting-circuits-qudits-561992/

#ResearchHighlights #quantum #quantumcomputing #quantumcomputer #research #quantumphysics #quantummechanics #qubit #qubits #qudit #qudits #qutrit #qutrits #superconducting #superconductor #circuit #rochester

[en] Cheating in Science: Harvard "Honesty Scholar" May Have Been Caught in Dishonesty

"... dishonesty can lead to creativity" - an interesting and somewhat amusing read.

The New York Times: "Questions about a widely cited paper are the latest to be raised about methods used in #behavioral research."

https://datacolada.org/111

#ResearchHighlights #honesty #dishonesty #phacking #harking #dredging #gino #harvard #fraud #cheating #academic #datacolada

[en] Android: Logging of Sensitive Data and Leak to Third Parties

"Logging of sensitive data in the Android ecosystem ..."
"... Logging of “activity” names can inadvertently reveal information about users through their app usage. "

Paper Prepub:
https://www.usenix.org/system/files/sec23fall-prepub-89-lyons.pdf

Media EL PAÍS:
https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-05-22/this-is-how-android-apps-reveal-our-secrets-without-us-being-aware-of-it.html

#MediaHighlights
#ResearchHighlights

#android #dataleak #leak #mobilesecurity #ictsecurity #itsecurity #infosec #itsec #privacy #security #thirdparty

Analyzing And Editing Inner Mechanisms Of Backdoored Language Models

#ResearchHighlights

"We can successfully insert a weak backdoor mechanism in the benign model, even without also editing the embeddings of the trigger words."

"Our framework can reverse-engineer backdoor mechanisms in toy and large models for the first time, scale the strength of the backdoor mechanism ..."

https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.12461

#ai #llm #pcpablation #mlp #toymodel #largemodel #backdoor #backdooredlanguagemodel #chatgpt

Twitter open-sourced its recommendation algorithm:

"Twitter showed us its algorithm. What does it tell us?"

"The engagement formula is useful both to learn about the overall behavior of the system and for individuals to learn how to control their feed. To be clear, it is far from being sufficient for either purpose."

https://knightcolumbia.org/blog/twitter-showed-us-its-algorithm-what-does-it-tell-us

#ResearchHighlights #algorithmic #algo #algorithm #twitter #recommendation #recommendationalgorithm

[en] Contamination of digital evidence: Understanding an underexposed risk

"... illustrate how easily digital evidence might be contaminated, resulting from a more or less convoluted trait transfer ...

"... might cause serious misinterpretation errors and, therefore, severely hamper the reconstruction of the deed (or incident)."

#DFRWS EU 2023 Best Student Paper Award

https://dfrws.org/presentation/contamination-of-digital-evidence-understanding-an-underexposed-risk/

#ResearchHighlights #forensics #dna #digitalforensics #contamination #infosec #inforensics

[en] Effects of Algorithmic Trend Promotion: Causal Impact of a Hashtag Appearing on the Trending Topics Page on Twitter

"Our analysis suggests that the returns to trending are limited.
"Simply put, the trending topics page cannot create a massively popular hashtag on its own; the spread through the network still plays an important role in creating viral trends."

#ResearchHighlights #trending #algorithmic #algo #algorithm #trend #twitter #hashtag

https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.05382

[en] Effects of Algorithmic Trend Promotion: Causal Impact of a Hashtag Appearing on the Trending Topics Page on Twitter

"Our analysis suggests that the returns to trending are limited.
"Simply put, the trending topics page cannot create a massively popular hashtag on its own; the spread through the network still plays an important role in creating viral trends."

#ResearchHighlights #trending #algorithmic #algo #algorithm #trend #twitter #hashtag

"The notion of security doesn’t exist in a vacuum - it’s always about protecting something from someone or something else."

Prof. Carmela Troncoso, EPFL 2022 Best Teacher in Computer Science and Communication Systems is an international figure in data security and privacy.

https://actu.epfl.ch/news/it-wouldn-t-hurt-those-shaping-our-future-to-be-a-/

#ResearchHighlights
#datasecurity #ictsecurity #itsecurity #infosec #itsec #privacy #security #epfl