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Open Position:
VP, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Job Overview Summary
Reporting to the General Counsel, the inaugural Chief Information Security Officer is a visionary leader who is responsible for establishing the information security strategy and directing the implementation and monitoring of services, policies, standards, and solutions for Advarra. The CISO is both an experienced leader and a subject matter expert who will address cyber security from a strategic lens and provide guidance to leadership for managing risks to information security and cyber crisis management.
Description
At Advarra, we are passionate about making a difference in the world of clinical research and advancing human health. With a rich history rooted in ethical review services combined with innovative technology solutions and deep industry expertise, we are at the forefront of industry change. A market leader and pioneer, Advarra breaks the silos that impede clinical research, aligning patients, sites, sponsors, and CROs in a connected ecosystem to accelerate trials.
Company Culture
Our employees are the heart of Advarra. They are the key to our success and the driving force behind our mission and vision. Our values (Patient-Centric, Ethical, Quality Focused, Collaborative) guide our actions and decisions. Knowing the impact of our work on trial participants and patients, we act with urgency and purpose to advance clinical research so that people can live happier, healthier lives.
At Advarra, we seek to foster an inclusive and collaborative environment where everyone is treated with respect and diverse perspectives are embraced. Treating one another, our clients, and clinical trial participants with empathy and care are key tenets of our culture at Advarra; we are committed to creating a workplace where each employee is not only valued but empowered to thrive and make a meaningful impact.
Please note: I have no ability to answer questions about the position, or to refer anyone to the hiring managers involved.
Posting this here for anyone who feels this would be a good fit.
Link to Advarra listing:
https://recruiting.ultipro.com/ADV1023AVR/JobBoard/6051d363-03fe-4650-945e-f836306a8388/OpportunityDetail?opportunityId=3bd76d2a-3885-4449-8b7e-b8f1a14d624b

Re-listening to this interview with B C Manjunath, fully taking in his answer to @…'s queston about whether konnakol could be formalised in code.. He basically says any computer sound can be formalised in konnakol but not vice-versa, because the body is a much more advanced system for thinking about sound than any computer.

These reactions make me worry that this Federal Circuit decision will push more patent owners to use #ScheduleA litigation instead of APEX:
https://www.law360.com/articles/18356…

Patent Owners Face Risks In Amazon Program After Ruling - Law360
The Federal Circuit ruled earlier this month that a company alleging patent infringement through Amazon's patent evaluation program must face a declaratory judgment suit in the accused infringer's home state. The holding creates a risk for patent owners who may rethink using the program, attorneys told Law360.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.06929 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCR_…

Advancing Differential Privacy: Where We Are Now and Future Directions for Real-World Deployment
In this article, we present a detailed review of current practices and state-of-the-art methodologies in the field of differential privacy (DP), with a focus of advancing DP's deployment in real-world applications. Key points and high-level contents of the article were originated from the discussions from "Differential Privacy (DP): Challenges Towards the Next Frontier," a workshop held in July 2022 with experts from industry, academia, and the public sector seeking answers to broad questions p…

Cabello's nonlocality argument for multisetting high-dimensional systems and its experimental test
M. Yang, D. Zhang, L. Chen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.07417

Cabello's nonlocality argument for multisetting high-dimensional systems and its experimental test
Recent advancements have expanded Hardy's nonlocality arguments into multisetting and multidimensional systems to enhance quantum correlations. In comparison with Hardy's nonlocal argument, Cabello's nonlocal argument (CNA) emerges as a superior choice for illustrating nonlocal features. An open question persists regarding the potential extension of CNA to arbitrary (k, d) scenarios. Here, we answer this question both in theory and experiment. Theoretically, by utilizing compatibility graphs, w…

Improving Retrieval for RAG based Question Answering Models on Financial Documents
Spurthi Setty, Katherine Jijo, Eden Chung, Natan Vidra
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.07221

Improving Retrieval for RAG based Question Answering Models on Financial Documents
The effectiveness of Large Language Models (LLMs) in generating accurate responses relies heavily on the quality of input provided, particularly when employing Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) techniques. RAG enhances LLMs by sourcing the most relevant text chunk(s) to base queries upon. Despite the significant advancements in LLMs' response quality in recent years, users may still encounter inaccuracies or irrelevant answers; these issues often stem from suboptimal text chunk retrieval by …

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.06929 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCR_…

Advancing Differential Privacy: Where We Are Now and Future Directions for Real-World Deployment
In this article, we present a detailed review of current practices and state-of-the-art methodologies in the field of differential privacy (DP), with a focus of advancing DP's deployment in real-world applications. Key points and high-level contents of the article were originated from the discussions from "Differential Privacy (DP): Challenges Towards the Next Frontier," a workshop held in July 2022 with experts from industry, academia, and the public sector seeking answers to broad questions p…

Overcoming Anchoring Bias: The Potential of AI and XAI-based Decision Support
Felix Haag, Carlo Stingl, Katrin Zerfass, Konstantin Hopf, Thorsten Staake
https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.04972

Overcoming Anchoring Bias: The Potential of AI and XAI-based Decision Support
Information systems (IS) are frequently designed to leverage the negative effect of anchoring bias to influence individuals' decision-making (e.g., by manipulating purchase decisions). Recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the explanations of its decisions through explainable AI (XAI) have opened new opportunities for mitigating biased decisions. So far, the potential of these technological advances to overcome anchoring bias remains widely unclear. To this end, we conducted two o…

Huawei Pura 70 Pro teardown: the 7nm Kirin 9010 is only marginally better than Kirin 9000S, and the majority of the chips are designed and manufactured in China (Shahram Mokhtari/iFixit News)
https://www.ifixit.com/News/95646/huaweis-

Huawei’s Kirin 9010 Is a Reality Check for China’s Semiconductor Ambitions | iFixit News
Sanctions on China’s chip industry were supposed to slow technological advancement, but are they working? Huawei’s latest smartphone may hold answers.

Authorship Attribution in Bangla Literature (AABL) via Transfer Learning using ULMFiT
Aisha Khatun, Anisur Rahman, Md Saiful Islam, Hemayet Ahmed Chowdhury, Ayesha Tasnim
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.05519

Authorship Attribution in Bangla Literature (AABL) via Transfer Learning using ULMFiT
Authorship Attribution is the task of creating an appropriate characterization of text that captures the authors' writing style to identify the original author of a given piece of text. With increased anonymity on the internet, this task has become increasingly crucial in various security and plagiarism detection fields. Despite significant advancements in other languages such as English, Spanish, and Chinese, Bangla lacks comprehensive research in this field due to its complex linguistic featu…