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Subset selection problem means finding a small subset of given data that maximizes diversity or information content or some other submodular function depending on the context.

This talk is about Computational Limits to Human Thinking. Human beings make errors, tend to forget, are impatient and look for least effort solutions.

Topic models attempt to discover themes, or Topics, from large collection of documents.

What information does the clustering of a finite data set reveal about the underlying distribution from which the data were sampled?

The principle of maximum entropy states that, given some data, among all hypothetical probability distributions that agree with the data, the one of maximum entropy best represents the current state

Entity mining is one of the hot topics in the area of web mining and information retrieval.

Topic models attempt to discover themes, or Topics, from large collection of documents.

Computing on Encryption Data: Functional Encryption and More

I will discuss several recent findings about the computational power of quantum annealing, either on quantum hardware or as “simulated quantum annealing” by quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) simulations on

Subset selection problem means finding a small subset of given data that maximizes diversity or information content or some other submodular function depending on the context.

The benefits of formal correctness proofs for software are clear intuitively, but the high human costs of proof construction have generally been viewed as prohibitive.

The rise of practical solvers for satisfiability checking (both propositional and first-order logics) has revolutionized the field of automatic program verification.

This presentation describes a body of practice-led research relating to the development of technologies for gallery-focused fine artists.

Bayesian optimization provides a principled, probabilistic approach for global optimization.

This talk will be about fast optimization algorithms (specifically specialized ADMM) for a common practical problem - estimating piecewise constant/linear/quadratic fits to time series data.

The SAT technology has been tremendously successful at solving a wide range of real-world problems, including hardware and software verification, bioinformatics, planning and scheduling.

Advances in Quantum Algorithms & Devices: Position-based cryptography

Open source is a powerful way of advancing software development and sharing data for experimentation.

The falling price of main memory has led to the development and growth of in-memory databases.

Tierless Programming and Reasoning for Software-Defined Networks

The "free app" distribution model has been extremely popular with end users and developers. Developers use mobile ads to generate revenue and cover the cost of developing these free apps.

The Z3 theorem prover is Microsoft's main engine of logic and it is used in a variety of projects.

1st Code Hunt Workshop Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA Conference Room 99/1919 February 9-10, 2015 Goals of the workshop are: - To expose the state of the platform and data of Code Hunt and its

I will present Bonsai, a general purpose visual programming language (GPVPL) for rapid prototyping of reactive data acquisition and control systems.

The key to scalable program synthesis is modular verification, which enables pruning inviable candidates for each component of the target program independently.

Parallel programming models for many-core systems, such as the OpenCL programming model, claim to allow the construction of portable many-core software.

Although many systems use virtual instruction sets to improve security, portability and productivity, two important classes of software – high performance applications and security-sensitive systems

CS50 is Harvard University's introductory course for majors and non-majors alike, a one-semester amalgam of courses generally known as CS1 and CS2.

Current cybersecurity practice is inadequate to defend against the threats faced by society.

Data breaches and cyber-attacks are making the headlines on a daily basis, yet impenetrable network storage solutions are conspicuous by their absence.