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Breaking Speaker Recognition with PaddingBack
Machine Learning as a Service (MLaaS) has gained popularity due to advancements in Deep Neural Networks (DNNs). However, untrusted third-party platforms have raised concerns about AI security, particularly in backdoor attacks. Recent research has shown that speech backdoors can utilize transformations as triggers, similar to image backdoors. However, human ears can easily be aware of these transformations, leading to suspicion. In this paper, we propose PaddingBack, an inaudible backdoor attack…

Towards Architecting Sustainable MLOps: A Self-Adaptation Approach
Hiya Bhatt, Shrikara Arun, Adyansh Kakran, Karthik Vaidhyanathan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.04572

Towards Architecting Sustainable MLOps: A Self-Adaptation Approach
In today's dynamic technological landscape, sustainability has emerged as a pivotal concern, especially with respect to architecting Machine Learning enabled Systems (MLS). Many ML models fail in transitioning to production, primarily hindered by uncertainties due to data variations, evolving requirements, and model instabilities. Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) offers a promising solution by enhancing adaptability and technical sustainability in MLS. However, MLOps itself faces challenges …

Michigan Republican congressman suggests nuking Gaza, ending humanitarian aid (Melissa Nann Burke/The Detroit News)
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2024/03/30/michigan-congressman-tim-walberg-suggests-nuking-gaza-ending-humanitarian-aid-nagasaki-hiroshima/73156051007/
http://www.memeorandum.com/240330/p35#a240330p35

Cómo venden los ayuntamientos el patrimonio arqueológico vs cómo lo conservan #Galapagar #CalzadaRomana #hayUntamiento

Oh whoopie-zee!! It's been a third of a year since this crises began - and finally, finally, Biden does something that is concrete help to the dying innocents in Gaza - he air-dropped 38,000 meals.
38,000? Enough to feed only a tiny number of the suffering people in Gaza for less than a day.
Seems to me that the US can do better, much better.
A quick glance at any map shows that Gaza is next to the ocean - 25 miles of beaches. Longer than the beaches of Normandy upo…

It’s amazing how concerned these alpha males are about what kids in the ice cream parlor think of them

Figuring Out Gas & Galaxies In Enzo (FOGGIE) VIII: Complex and Stochastic Metallicity Gradients at z > 2
Ayan Acharyya, Molly S. Peeples, Jason Tumlinson, Brian W. O Shea, Cassandra Lochhaas, Anna C. Wright, Raymond C. Simons, Ramona Augustin, Britton D. Smith, Eugene Hyeonmin Lee
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.06613

Figuring Out Gas & Galaxies In Enzo (FOGGIE) VIII: Complex and Stochastic Metallicity Gradients at z > 2
Gas-phase metallicity gradients are a crucial element in understanding the chemical evolution of galaxies. We use the FOGGIE simulations to study the metallicity gradients ($\nabla Z$) of six Milky Way-like galaxies throughout their evolution. FOGGIE galaxies generally exhibit steep negative gradients for most of their history, with only a few short-lived instances reaching positive slopes that appear to arise mainly from interactions with other galaxies. FOGGIE concurs with other simulation re…

Congratulations to Ed Pentz. Executive Director of Crossref, for receiving the NISO Miles Conrad Award! https://www.crossref.org/blog/ed-pentz-accepts-the-2024-niso-miles-conrad-award/ @…

In the 1980s as railroads abandoned thousands of miles of track following deregulation,
Congress provided for “#railbanking,” seeking to preserve rail corridors while allowing for interim use as trails.
Today, there are nearly 26,000 miles of rail-trails in the U.S., according to RTC.
• More than $830 million in U.S. Department of Transportation funds announced last week under the ⭐️R…

Communities build walking, biking trails along old railroad lines with federal grants
Active transportation projects represent over 25% of the $3.3 billion grant awards the DOT announced last week.