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Technical Perspective: Fairness and the Coin Flip

"Secure Multiparty Computations on Bitcoin" introduces an exciting new idea for how to provide fairness: leverage Bitcoin’s existing infrastructure for distributed...

Secure Multiparty Computations on Bitcoin
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Secure Multiparty Computations on Bitcoin

In this work, we propose to use Bitcoin to design fully decentralized protocols that are secure even if no trusted third party is available.

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Technical Perspective: Taming the Name Game

In "Learning to Name Objects," the authors offer a method to determine a basic-level category name for an object in an image.

Learning to Name Objects
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Learning to Name Objects

This paper looks at the problem of predicting category labels that mimic how human observers would name objects.

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Technical Perspective: Catching Lies (and Mistakes) in Offloaded Computation

The system described in "Pinocchio: Nearly Practical Verifiable Computation" refines an important theoretical advance by Gennaro et al. Together, these two works represent...

Pinocchio
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Pinocchio: Nearly Practical Verifiable Computation

We introduce Pinocchio, a built system for efficiently verifying general computations while relying only on cryptographic assumptions.

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Technical Perspective: High-Performance Virtualization: Are We Done?

"Bare-Metal Performance for Virtual Machines with Exitless Interrupts" shows how to enable a virtual machine to attain "bare metal" performance from high-speed...

Bare-Metal Performance For Virtual Machines with Exitless Interrupts
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Bare-Metal Performance For Virtual Machines with Exitless Interrupts

We present ExitLess Interrupts (ELI), a software-only approach for handling interrupts within guest virtual machines directly and securely.

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Technical Perspective: In-Situ Database Management

"NoDB: Efficient Query Execution on Raw Data Files" investigates extending a DBMS so it can use the file data in situ, without having to load it first.

NoDB
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NoDB: Efficient Query Execution on Raw Data Files

We here present the design and roadmap of a new paradigm in database systems, called NoDB, which do not require data loading while still maintaining the whole feature...

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Technical Perspective: Treating Networks Like Programs

"Software Dataplane Verification" takes existing static checking of networks to a new level by checking the real code in the forwarding path of a Click router using...

Software Dataplane Verification
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Software Dataplane Verification

We present the result of working iteratively on two tasks: designing a domain-specific verification tool for packet-processing software, while trying to identify...

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Technical Perspective: Virtual Reality in Your Living Room

The authors of IllumiRoom investigate what AR/VR could look like in a truly social environment — the living room.

Illumiroom
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Illumiroom: Immersive Experiences Beyond the TV Screen

IllumiRoom is a proof-of-concept system that surrounds a television with projected light, bringing video games, and film experiences out of the TV screen and into...

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Technical Perspective: Programming Multicore Computers

"Can Traditional Programming Bridge the Ninja Performance Gap for Parallel Computing Applications" advocates an appealing division of labor between a developer...

Can Traditional Programming Bridge the Ninja Performance Gap For Parallel Computing Applications?
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Can Traditional Programming Bridge the Ninja Performance Gap For Parallel Computing Applications?

Current processor trends of integrating more cores with SIMD units have made it more to extract performance from applications. It is believed that traditional...

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Technical Perspective: The Specialization Trend in Computer Hardware

Specialization improves energy-efficiency in computing but only makes economic sense if there is significant demand. A balance can often be found by designing...

Convolution Engine
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Convolution Engine: Balancing Efficiency and Flexibility in Specialized Computing

We present the Convolution Engine (CE) — a programmable processor specialized for the convolution-like data-flow prevalent in computational photography, computer...

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Technical Perspective: Big Data Needs Approximate Computing

"Neural Acceleration for General-Purpose Approximate Programs" demonstrates the significant advantages in cost, power, and latency through approximate computing...

Neural Acceleration For General-Purpose Approximate Programs
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Neural Acceleration For General-Purpose Approximate Programs

This paper describes a new approach that uses machine learning-based transformations to accelerate approximation-tolerant programs.
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