Abstract: To start, basic concepts of blockchain systems will be introduced assuming only a basic background in computing. The key properties that distinguish blockchains from…
Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) holds enormous potential for enabling scientific breakthroughs, accelerating business growth, and tackling global challenges. Nonetheless, the evergrowing demand for AI has…
Abstract: We present BGP-iSec, an enhancement of the BGPsec protocol for securing BGP, the Internet’s inter-domain routing protocol. BGP-iSec ensures additional and stronger security properties,…
Abstract: While language models (or LMs, à la ChatGPT) have become the predominant tool in natural language processing, their performance in non-English languages increasingly lags…
Abstract: Envy-freeness up to any good (EFX) has emerged as a compelling fairness notion in discrete fair division. However, its existence has not been settled…
Abstract: Despite the impressive results of deep learning models, modern large-scale systems are required to be trained using massive amounts of manually annotated or freely…
Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) have significantly extended the boundaries of NLP's potential applications, partially because of their increased ability to do complex reasoning. However,…
Abstract: Quantum computing capabilities are evolving rapidly. With that increasing are the security risks especially to the public key ciphersuites widely used in day-today lives…
Abstract: A majority of existing research in large language models and generative AI systems focuses on scaling and engineering. In this talk, I argue that…
Abstract: Today, access to high-quality data has become the key bottleneck to deploying machine learning. Often, the data that is most valuable is locked away…
Abstract: As babies, we begin to grasp the world through spontaneous observations, gradually developing generalized knowledge about the world. This foundational knowledge enables humans to…
Abstract: We consider the problem of sorting a set of items having an unknown total order by doing binary comparisons of the items, given the…