Hummingbird: An Energy-Efficient GPS Receiver for Small Satellites
In this work, we elucidate the design of a low-cost, low-power GPS receiver for small satellites.
Architecture and Hardware
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An ambitious reporter's quest to interview a reclusive tech CEO leads her to find out who really pulls the strings.
There is Plenty of Room at The Top (of Supercomputing)
Jack Dongarra on the future of high-performance computing.
Computing’s Grand Challenge for Sustainability
The computing community should embrace a grand challenge to reduce the carbon-emissions and environmental impact of computing in absolute terms dramatically, and if possible, to zero.
Combining neural networks with symbolic representations might make them more versatile and dependable.
Assessing the Quantum-Computing Landscape
A summative assessment of quantum computing's progress, based on market readiness and investment levels, and its future implications.
Pushing the Frontiers of Mathematical Research
Computer proof assistants are being used to create online libraries of mathematical theorems and proofs.
Technical Perspective: Physical Layer Resilience through Deep Learning in Software Radios
"Polymorphic Wireless Receivers," by Francesco Restuccia and Tommaso Melodia, tackles the problem of physical layer resilience in wireless systems from a completely new perspective.
Polymorphic Wireless Receivers
We introduce PolymoRF, a deep learning-based polymorphic receiver able to reconfigure itself in real time based on the inferred waveform parameters.
Advancing the Ability of Robots to Help
ACM Athena Lecturer Ayanna Howard considers the benefits of robotics and the potential drawbacks of overtrust.
These Are Not the Apes You Are Looking For
Considering copyright licensing issues involving non-fungible tokens to manage creative works.
hXDP: Efficient Software Packet Processing on FPGA NICs
We present hXDP, a solution to run on FPGAs software packet processing tasks described with the eBPF technology and targeting the Linux's eXpress Data Path.
Technical Perspective: hXDP: Light and Efficient Packet Processing Offload
In "hXDP: Efficient Software Packet Processing on FPGA NICs," the authors offer an interesting solution to bridging the performance gap between the CPU and the home network.
Advances in the Quantum Internet
A deep dive into the quantum Internet's potential to transform and disrupt.
The "uncanny valley effect" may be holding back the field of robotics.
FPGAs in Client Compute Hardware
Despite certain challenges, FPGAs provide security and performance benefits over ASICs.
The future of over-the-counter at-home medical tests is trending toward multiple-malady detection.
Universities, and a growing number of companies, are producing brain-computer interfaces.
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