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I really can’t think of AI agents as anything other than malware with articles like these:
#AI #tech #LLM

The Data Dilemma: Authors' Intentions and Recognition of Research Data in Educational Technology Research
Sandra Schulz, Natalie Kiesler
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.04954

The Data Dilemma: Authors' Intentions and Recognition of Research Data in Educational Technology Research
Educational Technology (EdTec) research is conducted by multiple disciplines, some of which annually meet at the DELFI conference. Due to the heterogeneity of involved researchers and communities, it is our goal to identify categories of research data overseen in the context of EdTec research. Therefore, we analyze the author's perspective provided via EasyChair where authors specified whether they had research data to share. We compared this information with an analysis of the submitted articl…

DRKF: Decoupled Representations with Knowledge Fusion for Multimodal Emotion Recognition
Peiyuan Jiang (School of Computer Science,Engineering, University of Electronic Science,Technology of China), Yao Liu (School of Information,Software Engineering, University of Electronic Science,Technology of China), Qiao Liu (School of Computer Science,Engineering, University of Electronic Science,Technology of China), Zongshun Zhang (School of Computer Science,Engineering, University of Electron…

DRKF: Decoupled Representations with Knowledge Fusion for Multimodal Emotion Recognition
Multimodal emotion recognition (MER) aims to identify emotional states by integrating and analyzing information from multiple modalities. However, inherent modality heterogeneity and inconsistencies in emotional cues remain key challenges that hinder performance. To address these issues, we propose a Decoupled Representations with Knowledge Fusion (DRKF) method for MER. DRKF consists of two main modules: an Optimized Representation Learning (ORL) Module and a Knowledge Fusion (KF) Module. ORL e…

Another of my forays into AI ethics is just out! This time the focus is on the ethics (or lack thereof) of Reinforcement Learning Feedback (RLF) techniques aimed at increasing the 'alignment' of LLMs.
The paper is fruit of the joint work of a great team of collaborators, among whom @… and @…

Helpful, harmless, honest? Sociotechnical limits of AI alignment and safety through Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback - Ethics and Information Technology
This paper critically evaluates the attempts to align Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems, especially Large Language Models (LLMs), with human values and intentions through Reinforcement Learning from Feedback methods, involving either human feedback (RLHF) or AI feedback (RLAIF). Specifically, we show the shortcomings of the broadly pursued alignment goals of honesty, harmlessness, and helpfulness. Through a multidisciplinary sociotechnical critique, we examine both the theoretical underpinni…

QiMeng: Fully Automated Hardware and Software Design for Processor Chip
Rui Zhang, Yuanbo Wen, Shuyao Cheng, Di Huang, Shaohui Peng, Jiaming Guo, Pengwei Jin, Jiacheng Zhao, Tianrui Ma, Yaoyu Zhu, Yifan Hao, Yongwei Zhao, Shengwen Liang, Ying Wang, Xing Hu, Zidong Du, Huimin Cui, Ling Li, Qi Guo, Yunji Chen
https://arxiv.org/abs…

QiMeng: Fully Automated Hardware and Software Design for Processor Chip
Processor chip design technology serves as a key frontier driving breakthroughs in computer science and related fields. With the rapid advancement of information technology, conventional design paradigms face three major challenges: the physical constraints of fabrication technologies, the escalating demands for design resources, and the increasing diversity of ecosystems. Automated processor chip design has emerged as a transformative solution to address these challenges. While recent breakthr…

The QTF-Backbone: Proposal for a Nationwide Optical Fibre Backbone in Germany for Quantum Technology and Time and Frequency Metrology
Klaus Blaum (Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics), Peter Kaufmann (German National Research,Education Network, DFN), Jochen Kronj\"ager (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt), Stefan K\"uck (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt), Tara Cubel Liebisch (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt), Dieter Meschede (University of Bonn), Susanne Na…

The QTF-Backbone: Proposal for a Nationwide Optical Fibre Backbone in Germany for Quantum Technology and Time and Frequency Metrology
The recent breakthroughs in the distribution of quantum information and high-precision time and frequency (T&F) signals over long-haul optical fibre networks have transformative potential for physically secure communications, resilience of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and fundamental physics. However, so far these capabilities remain confined to isolated testbeds, with quantum and T&F signals accessible, for example in Germany, to only a few institutions. We propose the QTF-Back…

A 3D Mobile Crowdsensing Framework for Sustainable Urban Digital Twins
Taku Yamazaki (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Kaito Watanabe (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Tatsuya Kase (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Kenta Hasegawa (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Koki Saida (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Takumi Miyoshi (Shibaura Institute of Technology)

A 3D Mobile Crowdsensing Framework for Sustainable Urban Digital Twins
In this article, we propose a 3D mobile crowdsensing (3D-MCS) framework aimed at sustainable urban digital twins (UDTs). The framework comprises four key mechanisms: (1) the 3D-MCS mechanism, consisting of active and passive models; (2) the Geohash-based spatial information management mechanism; (3) the dynamic point cloud integration mechanism for UDTs; and (4) the web-based real-time visualizer for 3D-MCS and UDTs. The active sensing model features a gamified 3D-MCS approach, where participan…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.20618 has been replaced.
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Statistical Channel Based Low-Complexity Rotation and Position Optimization for 6D Movable Antennas Enabled Wireless Communication
Six-dimensional movable antenna (6DMA) is a promising technology to fully exploit spatial variation in wireless channels by allowing flexible adjustment of three-dimensional (3D) positions and rotations of antennas at the transceiver. In this paper, we investigate the practical low-complexity design of 6DMA-enabled communication systems, including transmission protocol, statistical channel information (SCI) acquisition, and joint position and rotation optimization of 6DMA surfaces based on the …

A Review of Various Datasets for Machine Learning Algorithm-Based Intrusion Detection System: Advances and Challenges
Sudhanshu Sekhar Tripathy, Bichitrananda Behera
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02438

A Review of Various Datasets for Machine Learning Algorithm-Based Intrusion Detection System: Advances and Challenges
IDS aims to protect computer networks from security threats by detecting, notifying, and taking appropriate action to prevent illegal access and protect confidential information. As the globe becomes increasingly dependent on technology and automated processes, ensuring secured systems, applications, and networks has become one of the most significant problems of this era. The global web and digital technology have significantly accelerated the evolution of the modern world, necessitating the u…

Cyber-Physical Co-Simulation of Load Frequency Control under Load-Altering Attacks
Micha{\l} Forystek, Andrew D. Syrmakesis, Alkistis Kontou, Panos Kotsampopoulos, Nikos D. Hatziargyriou, Charalambos Konstantinou
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.00637

Cyber-Physical Co-Simulation of Load Frequency Control under Load-Altering Attacks
Integrating Information and Communications Technology (ICT) devices into the power grid brings many benefits. However, it also exposes the grid to new potential cyber threats. Many control and protection mechanisms, such as Load Frequency Control (LFC), responsible for maintaining nominal frequency during load fluctuations and Under Frequency Load Shedding (UFLS) disconnecting portion of the load during an emergency, are dependent on information exchange through the communication network. The r…

"""
Writing has been an instrument for some of the highest expressions of the human spirit: poetry, philosophy, science. But to understand it — why it came into being, how it changed the human experience — we have to first appreciate its crass practicality. It evolved mainly as an instrument of the mundane: the economic, the administrative, the political.
Confusion over this point is understandable. Some scholars have equated the origin of “civilization” with the origin of writing. Laypeople sometimes take this equation to mean that with writing humanity put aside its barbarous past and started behaving in gentlemanly fashion, sipping tea and remembering to say “please.” And indeed, this may be only a mild caricature of what some nineteenth-century scholars actually meant by the equation: writing equals Greece equals Plato; illiteracy equals barbarism equals Attila the Hun.
But, in truth, if you add literacy to Attila the Hun, you don’t get Plato. You get Genghis Khan. During the thirteenth century, he administered what even today is the largest continuous land empire in the history of the world. And he could do so only because he had the requisite means of control: a script that, when carried by his pony express, amounted to the fastest large-scale information-processing technology of his era. One consequence was to give pillaging a scope beyond Attila’s wildest dreams. Information technology, like energy technology or any other technology, can be a tool for good or bad. By itself, it is no guarantor of moral progress or civility.
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(Robert Wright, Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny)

Position and Velocity Estimation Accuracy in MIMO-OFDM ISAC Networks: A Fisher Information Analysis
Lorenzo Pucci, Luca Arcangeloni, Andrea Giorgetti
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01743

Position and Velocity Estimation Accuracy in MIMO-OFDM ISAC Networks: A Fisher Information Analysis
Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is a core technology for future wireless networks, enabling high-resolution sensing and reliable data transmission within a unified radio platform. This paper develops a theoretical framework to assess the estimation accuracy of target position and velocity in heterogeneous orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)-based ISAC networks with multiple cooperative and distributed multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) base stations (BSs). Using Fis…

Arizona Woman Sentenced for $17M Information Technology Worker Fraud Scheme that Generated Revenue for North Korea (US Department of Justice)
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/arizona-woman-sentenced-17m-information-technology-worker-fraud-scheme-generated-revenue
http://www.memeorandum.com/250725/p58#a250725p58

Somehow, I missed this, but the British Medical Association objected to the NHS giving Palantir a £330m deal to create a unified platform for all data.
Founder Peter Thiel said the British public’s affection for the NHS is a case of “Stockholm syndrome.”
https://w…

«AI systems are an attack on workers, climate goals, our information environment, and civil liberties. Rather than enhancing our human qualities, these systems degrade our social relations, and undermine our capacity for empathy and care.»
Nice writing by @…!
https://thedabbler.patatas.ca/pages/ai-is-dehumanization-technology.html

VisAug: Facilitating Speech-Rich Web Video Navigation and Engagement with Auto-Generated Visual Augmentations
Baoquan Zhao, Xiaofan Ma, Qianshi Pang, Ruomei Wang, Fan Zhou, Shujin Lin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.03410

VisAug: Facilitating Speech-Rich Web Video Navigation and Engagement with Auto-Generated Visual Augmentations
The widespread adoption of digital technology has ushered in a new era of digital transformation across all aspects of our lives. Online learning, social, and work activities, such as distance education, videoconferencing, interviews, and talks, have led to a dramatic increase in speech-rich video content. In contrast to other video types, such as surveillance footage, which typically contain abundant visual cues, speech-rich videos convey most of their meaningful information through the audio …

Predictive Risk Analysis and Safe Trajectory Planning for Intelligent and Connected Vehicles
Zeyu Han, Mengchi Cai, Chaoyi Chen, Qingwen Meng, Guangwei Wang, Ying Liu, Qing Xu, Jianqiang Wang, Keqiang Li
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.23999

Predictive Risk Analysis and Safe Trajectory Planning for Intelligent and Connected Vehicles
The safe trajectory planning of intelligent and connected vehicles is a key component in autonomous driving technology. Modeling the environment risk information by field is a promising and effective approach for safe trajectory planning. However, existing risk assessment theories only analyze the risk by current information, ignoring future prediction. This paper proposes a predictive risk analysis and safe trajectory planning framework for intelligent and connected vehicles. This framework fi…

Doesn't seem controversial. 'Palantir (inclusive of any associated companies) is an unacceptable choice of partner to create a Federated Data Platform for the NHS. It recognises that this partnership threatens to undermine public trust in NHS data systems'

ARM 2025: BMA passes resolution on Health Information Management and Information Technology - BMA media centre - BMA
BMA statement. 

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.10052 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@ar…

Test of LGAD as Potential Next-Generation μSR Spectrometer Detectors
Muon Spin Rotation/Relaxation/Resonance ($μ$SR) is a versatile and powerful non-destructive technology for investigating the magnetic properties of materials at the microscopic level. The $μ$SR technique typically utilizes fully spin polarized beams of positive muons generated at particle accelerator facilities and measures the evolution of the muon spin polarization inside a sample to extract information about the local magnetic environment in materials. With the development of accelerator t…

Here's an example of a company trying to destroy a product that it only recently acquired.
VMware, the company, was acquired by Broadcom.
VMware products have always been a pain-in-the-ass to operate, partially because of a marketing brain-crash that named everything "vsphere" this and "vsphere" that.
We used only the once free Esxi hypervisor, but we needed several, also at the time free, "vsphere" pieces to manage it.
But Broadcom p…

VMware perpetual license holder receives audit letter from Broadcom
“Our management thought it was a bluff…”…

Orchestration of Music by Grammar Systems
Jozef Maki\v{s} (Faculty of Information Technology, Brno University of Technology), Alexander Meduna (Faculty of Information Technology, Brno University of Technology), Zbyn\v{e}k K\v{r}ivka (Faculty of Information Technology, Brno University of Technology)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.15314

Orchestration of Music by Grammar Systems
This application-oriented study concerns computational musicology, which makes use of grammar systems. We define multi-generative rule-synchronized scattered-context grammar systems (without erasing rules) and demonstrates how to simultaneously make the arrangement of a musical composition for performance by a whole orchestra, consisting of several instruments. Primarily, an orchestration like this is illustrated by examples in terms of classical music. In addition, the orchestration of jazz co…

Digitalizing Uncertain Information
Chris Partridge, Andrew Mitchell, Andreas Cola
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.21173 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.21173

Digitalizing Uncertain Information
The paper sketches some initial results from an ongoing project to develop an ontology-based digital form for representing uncertain information. We frame this work as a journey from lower to higher levels of digital maturity across a technology divide. The paper first sets a baseline by describing the basic challenges any project dealing with digital uncertainty faces. It then describes how the project is facing them. It shows firstly how an extensional ontology (such as the BORO Foundational …

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.15395 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCR_…

Measuring likelihood in cybersecurity
In cybersecurity risk is commonly measured by impact and probability, the former is objectively measured based on the consequences from the use of technology to obtain business gains, or by achieving business objectives. The latter has been measured, in sectors such as financial or insurance, based on historical data because there is vast information, and many other fields have applied the same approach. Although in cybersecurity, as a new discipline, there is not always historical data to supp…

Our meetup was well-attended with two interesting talks:
📋 Sarah Julia Kriesch presented "Docker vs Podman" - a beginner-friendly introduction to container basics and key differences between these tools.
🔧 Philip Laine showcased "Spegel", an OCI Registry Mirror that leverages torrent technology for efficient container image distribution - saving traffic costs and safeguarding against registry outages.
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Gold after Randomized Sand: Model-X Split Knockoffs for Controlled Transformation Selection
Yang Cao, Hangyu Lin, Xinwei Sun, Yuan Yao
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01732

Gold after Randomized Sand: Model-X Split Knockoffs for Controlled Transformation Selection
Controlling the False Discovery Rate (FDR) in variable selection is crucial for reproducibility and preventing over-selection, particularly with the increasing prevalence of predictive modeling. The Split Knockoff method, a recent extension of the canonical Knockoffs framework, offers finite-sample FDR control for selecting sparse transformations, finding applications across signal processing, economics, information technology, and the life sciences. However, its current formulation is limited …

Emerging applications of neurotechnology and their implications for EU governance #BCI

Emerging applications of neurotechnology and their implications for EU governance
This report sums up recent developments in neurotechnology, that is, technology that can read and modify activity from the central nervous system. Some devices record information from the brain, and others deliver stimulation to the brain (and some do both). These technologies are rapidly advancing and are likely to have a profound impact on various aspects of society. In the near future, neurotechnology is set to revolutionise the way we approach a range of policy areas, from healthcare, educa…

LO-Aware Adaptive Modulation for Rydberg Atomic Receivers
Jiuyu Liu, Yi Ma, Rahim Tafazolli
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.00458 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.004…

LO-Aware Adaptive Modulation for Rydberg Atomic Receivers
Rydberg atomic (RA) receivers represent a revolutionary quantum technology for wireless communications, offering unprecedented sensitivity beyond conventional radio frequency (RF) antennas. However, these receivers detect only signal amplitude, losing critical phase information. While reference signals generated by a local oscillator (LO) can assist in phase recovery, existing modulation schemes designed for conventional systems perform poorly with this quantum detection mechanism. This paper i…

Acting FAA Administrator Chris Rocheleau told the House Appropriations Committee that the Federal Aviation Administration plans to replace its aging air traffic control systems
-- which still rely on floppy disks and Windows 95 computers!
The agency has issued a Request For Information to gather proposals from companies willing to tackle the massive infrastructure overhaul

US air traffic control still runs on Windows 95 and floppy disks
Agency seeks contractors to modernize decades-old systems within four years.

#neu: "Handbook of Trends and Innovations Concerning Library and Information Science: A Multidisciplinary Approach"
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111443003

Sources: Mira Murati has told investors Thinking Machines Lab plans to develop customized AI models based on business KPIs, and also plans a consumer product (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/ex-openai-cto-m…

How Ex-OpenAI CTO Murati’s Startup Plans to Compete With OpenAI and Others
The thinking behind Thinking Machines Lab, a high-profile but mysterious artificial intelligence startup led by former OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati, is becoming clearer. After raising an astonishing $2 billion at a $10 billion valuation from investors including Andreessen Horowitz ...

Analog Programmable-Photonic Information
Andr\'es Macho Ortiz, Ra\'ul L\'opez March, Pablo Mart\'inez Carrasco Romero, Francisco Javier Fraile Pel\'aez, Jos\'e Capmany
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21649

Analog Programmable-Photonic Information
The limitations of digital electronics in handling real-time matrix operations for emerging computational tasks - such as artificial intelligence, drug design, and medical imaging - have prompted renewed interest in analog computing. Programmable Integrated Photonics (PIP) has emerged as a promising technology for scalable, low-power, and high-bandwidth analog computation. While prior work has explored PIP implementations of quantum and neuromorphic computing, both approaches face significant l…

Signals and Symptoms: ICS Attack Dataset From Railway Cyber Range
Anis Yusof, Yuancheng Liu, Niklaus Kang, Choon Meng Seah, Zhenkai Liang, Ee-Chien Chang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01768

Signals and Symptoms: ICS Attack Dataset From Railway Cyber Range
The prevalence of cyberattacks on Industrial Control Systems (ICS) has highlighted the necessity for robust security measures and incident response to protect critical infrastructure. This is prominent when Operational Technology (OT) systems undergo digital transformation by integrating with Information Technology (IT) systems to enhance operational efficiency, adaptability, and safety. To support analysts in staying abreast of emerging attack patterns, there is a need for ICS datasets that re…

Learning to Call: A Field Trial of a Collaborative Bandit Algorithm for Improved Message Delivery in Mobile Maternal Health
Arpan Dasgupta, Mizhaan Maniyar, Awadhesh Srivastava, Sanat Kumar, Amrita Mahale, Aparna Hedge, Arun Suggala, Karthikeyan Shanmugam, Aparna Taneja, Milind Tambe
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.16356

Learning to Call: A Field Trial of a Collaborative Bandit Algorithm for Improved Message Delivery in Mobile Maternal Health
Mobile health (mHealth) programs utilize automated voice messages to deliver health information, particularly targeting underserved communities, demonstrating the effectiveness of using mobile technology to disseminate crucial health information to these populations, improving health outcomes through increased awareness and behavioral change. India's Kilkari program delivers vital maternal health information via weekly voice calls to millions of mothers. However, the current random call schedul…

«AI systems are an attack on workers, climate goals, our information environment, and civil liberties. Rather than enhancing our human qualities, these systems degrade our social relations, and undermine our capacity for empathy and care.»
Nice writing by @…!
https://thedabbler.patatas.ca/pages/ai-is-dehumanization-technology.html

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.00306 has been replaced.
link: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=a

A blockchain-based intelligent recommender system framework for enhancing supply chain resilience
This research proposed a data-driven supply chain disruption response baseline framework based on intelligent recommender system technology as an initial SCRes reactive solution. To improve the data quality and reliability of the proposed IRS as a stable, secure, and resilient decision support system, blockchain technology is integrated into the baseline architecture. The smart contract is prototyped to demonstrate the information exchange mechanism under a BLC network environment. The BLC-IRS …

AIs Structural Impact on Indias Knowledge Intensive Startup Ecosystem: A Natural Experiment in Firm Efficiency and Design
Venkat Ram Reddy Ganuthula, Ramesh Kuruva
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19775

AIs Structural Impact on Indias Knowledge Intensive Startup Ecosystem: A Natural Experiment in Firm Efficiency and Design
This study explores the structural and performance impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) adoption on Indias knowledge intensive startups, spanning information technology, financial technology, health technology, and educational technology, founded between 2016 and 2025. Using a natural experiment framework with the founding year as an exogenous treatment proxy, it examines firm size, revenue productivity, valuation efficiency, and capital utilization across pre AI and AI era cohorts. Findings…

Ukraine detains 2 Chinese nationals suspected of spying on Neptune missile technology, SBU says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/09/ukraine-detains-chinese-nationals-suspected.html

Justice Department Announces Coordinated, Nationwide Actions to Combat North Korean Remote Information Technology Workers' Illicit Revenue Generation Schemes (US Department of Justice)
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-coordinated-nationwide-actions-combat-north-korean-remote
http://www.memeorandum.com/250630/p137#a250630p137

The Impact of Foregrounds on Dark Ages Measurements with the Highly Redshifted 21 cm Line
Jonathan C. Pober, Willow Smith
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22993 https://

The Impact of Foregrounds on Dark Ages Measurements with the Highly Redshifted 21 cm Line
Studies of the cosmic dark ages ($30 \lesssim z \lesssim 150$) using the highly redshifted 21 cm line of neutral hydrogen offer unparalleled amounts of cosmological information, and recent years have seen the refinement of concepts for such experiments (e.g. CoDEX and FarView), nominally feasible with technology and resources in the next one to two decades. This work studies how the "foreground wedge" -- a term in the 21 cm cosmology literature referring to the contamination of power spectrum m…

High-Density EEG Enables the Fastest Visual Brain-Computer Interfaces
Gege Ming (Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University), Weihua Pei (Laboratory of Solid-State Optoelectronics Information Technology, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences), Sen Tian (Suzhou Nianji Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd), Xiaogang Chen (Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Medical Sci…

High-Density EEG Enables the Fastest Visual Brain-Computer Interfaces
Brain-computer interface (BCI) technology establishes a direct communication pathway between the brain and external devices. Current visual BCI systems suffer from insufficient information transfer rates (ITRs) for practical use. Spatial information, a critical component of visual perception, remains underexploited in existing systems because the limited spatial resolution of recording methods hinders the capture of the rich spatiotemporal dynamics of brain signals. This study proposed a freque…

Near-Field Directional Modulation for RIS-Aided Movable Antenna MIMO Systems with Hardware Impairments
Maolin Li, Feng Shu, Riqing Chen, Cunhua Pan, Yongpeng Wu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.00972

Near-Field Directional Modulation for RIS-Aided Movable Antenna MIMO Systems with Hardware Impairments
Movable antennas (MAs) are a promising technology to achieve a significant enhancement in rate for future wireless networks. The pioneering investigation on near-field directional modulation design for a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted MA system is presented, with the base station equipped with a MA array. To maximize the secrecy sum rate (Max-SSR) with hardware impairments (HWIs) and imperfect channel state information (CSI), which involves a joint optimization of beamforming…

“A cautionary history: In 1999, the US coal industry claimed that information technology would need half the nation’s electricity by 2020, so a strong economy required far more coal-fired power stations. Such claims were spectacularly wrong but widely believed, even by top officials. Hundreds of unneeded power plants were built, hurting investors. Despite that costly lesson, similar dynamics are now unfolding again.”
- Amory
“It’s all about design.”
- Me

The Food and Agriculture Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Food and Ag-ISAC) and the Information Technology-ISAC (IT-ISAC) issued an updated statement saying they had not seen any confirmed cyberattacks from Iran on their members.

Bremsstrahlung emission accompanying ternary fission of \isotope[252]{Cf}
Sergei P. Maydanyuk (Southern Center for Nuclear-Science Theory, Institute for Nuclear Research, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine), Ju-Jun Xie (Southern Center for Nuclear-Science Theory, School of Nuclear Sciences and Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China), Sergei O. Omelchenko (Institute for Nuclear Research, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Uk…

Bremsstrahlung emission accompanying ternary fission of \isotope[252]{Cf}
\textbf{Background} In ternary fission, bremsstrahlung photons are emitted but those have never been studied yet theoretically and experimentally. In other reactions, bremsstrahlung has been studied for a long time. \textbf{Purpose} To clarify which new information about ternary fission can be obtained from study of bremsstrahlung emission accompanying the ternary fission of \isotope[252]{Cf}. \textbf{Methods} A new quantum model of emission of bremsstrahlung photons accompanying ternary fi…

Now starting: the #SecurityNarratives workshop, a very interesting expression of the #DigitalHumanities and a collaboration between the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture and Department of Information Security and Communication Technology at

In-Plane Magnetic Anisotropy and Large topological Hall Effect in Self-Intercalated Ferromagnet Cr1.61Te2
Yalei Huang, Na Zuo, Zheyi Zhang, Xiangzhuo Xing, Xinyu Yao, Anlei Zhang, Haowei Ma, Chunqiang Xu, Wenhe Jiao, Wei Zhou, Raman Sankar, Dong Qian, Xiaofeng Xu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22397

In-Plane Magnetic Anisotropy and Large topological Hall Effect in Self-Intercalated Ferromagnet Cr1.61Te2
Self-intercalated chromium tellurides Cr1+xTe2 have garnered growing attention due to their high-temperature ferromagnetism, tunable spin structures and air stability, all of which are vital for versatile applications in next-generation memory and information technology. Here, we report strong magnetic anisotropy and a large topological Hall effect (THE) in self-intercalated Cr1.61Te2 single crystals, which are both highly desirable properties for future spintronic applications. Our results dem…

Kudos to @… here, demonstrating how to report on a press release without parroting it. That extends to the headline, arguably the most important place not to just swallow the PR dept’s framing:
After AI setbacks, Meta bets billions on undefined “superintelligence”
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/06/after-ai-setbacks-meta-bets-billions-on-undefined-superintelligence/

When a WhatsApp message says "Forwarded many times", in India it often means the message has been forwarded (tens/hundreds of) millions of times. 😳
The speed and scale are both just mind numbing.
#technology #information

🪩 HUSH: Holistic panoramic 3D scene understanding using spherical harmonics
#ai

HUSH: Holistic panoramic 3D scene understanding using spherical harmonics
An advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technology has been developed that can extract three-dimensional (3D) spatial structure and object information within indoor environments using just a single 360-degree panoramic photograph. This breakthrough is expected to significantly impact fields requiring precise spatial understanding, including augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR), and digital twin applications.

Bridging the Gap: Enhancing News Interpretation Across Diverse Audiences with Large Language Models
Leyi Ouyang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.21055 https://ar…

Bridging the Gap: Enhancing News Interpretation Across Diverse Audiences with Large Language Models
In the interconnected world, news media are critical in conveying information to public across diverse domains including technology, finance, and agriculture. Journalists make efforts to present accurate information, however, the interpretation of news often varies significantly among different audiences due to their specific expertise and age. In this work, we investigate how to identify these comprehension gaps and provide solutions to improve audiences understanding of news content, particul…

Thinking for no particular reason today* about the peculiar genius of Stanislaw Lem
A Jew, a doctor, a Pole, in the resistance against Hitler & Stalin & capitalism, an SF legend, feared by PK Dick, lauded by UK Le Guin
…& one of the earliest AGI skeptics
>… held that information technology drowns people in a glut of low-quality information, and considered truly intelligent robots as both undesirable and impossible to construct.

Stanisław Lem - Wikipedia

High-Efficiency Tunable Microwave Photon Detector Based on a Semiconductor Double Quantum Dot Coupled to a Superconducting High-Impedance Cavity
Fabian Oppliger, Wonjin Jang, Aldo Tarascio, Franco De Palma, Christian Reichl, Werner Wegscheider, Ville F. Maisi, Dominik Zumb\"uhl, Pasquale Scarlino
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.…

High-Efficiency Tunable Microwave Photon Detector Based on a Semiconductor Double Quantum Dot Coupled to a Superconducting High-Impedance Cavity
High-efficiency single-photon detection in the microwave domain is a key enabling technology for quantum sensing, communication, and information processing. However, the extremely low energy of microwave photons (~μeV) presents a fundamental challenge, preventing direct photon-to-charge conversion as achieved in optical systems using semiconductors. Semiconductor quantum dot (QD) charge qubits offer a compelling solution due to their highly tunable energy levels in the microwave regime, enabli…

Strategy Evolution in the Adoption of Conservation Tillage Technology under Time Preference Heterogeneity and Lemon Market: Insights from Evolutionary Dynamics
Dingyi Wang, Ruqiang Guo, Qian Lu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.15497

Strategy Evolution in the Adoption of Conservation Tillage Technology under Time Preference Heterogeneity and Lemon Market: Insights from Evolutionary Dynamics
The promotion of Conservation Tillage Technology (CTT) is critical for mitigating global soil degradation, yet their actual adoption rates remain substantially lower than anticipated targets. Existing research predominantly focuses on static factor analyses, failing to adequately capture the dynamic evolutionary mechanisms of farmer strategic interactions and the impacts of information asymmetries in agricultural markets. This study constructs an evolutionary game model integrating heterogeneou…

I frequently talk against the rush of transitioning to electric battery-powered buses. The technology is just not there yet, and we risk making public transit worse and reduce actual bus service if we don't slow down.
This article based on a TTC report makes a good case as to why.
The TTC had announced they would no longer buy hybrid bus, now they are considering buying 200 because electric isn't ready.

Visualization enhances Problem Solving in Multi-Qubit Systems: An Eye-Tracking Study
Jonas Bley, Eva Rexigel, Alda Arias, Lars Krupp, Nikolas Longen, Paul Lukowicz, Stefan K\"uchemann, Jochen Kuhn, Maximilian Kiefer-Emmanouilidis, Artur Widera
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.21508

Visualization enhances Problem Solving in Multi-Qubit Systems: An Eye-Tracking Study
Quantum Information Science (QIS) is a vast, diverse, and abstract field. In consequence, learners face many challenges. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education research has found that visualizations are valuable to aid learners in complex matters. The conditions under which visualizations pose benefits are largely unexplored in QIS education. In this eye-tracking study, we examine the conditions under which the visualization of multi-qubit systems in addition to the …

Information Security Based on LLM Approaches: A Review
Chang Gong, Zhongwen Li, Xiaoqi Li
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.18215 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.18215…

Information Security Based on LLM Approaches: A Review
Information security is facing increasingly severe challenges, and traditional protection means are difficult to cope with complex and changing threats. In recent years, as an emerging intelligent technology, large language models (LLMs) have shown a broad application prospect in the field of information security. In this paper, we focus on the key role of LLM in information security, systematically review its application progress in malicious behavior prediction, network threat analysis, syste…

In silico tool for identification of colorectal cancer from cell-free DNA biomarkers
Kartavya Mathur (Department of Computational Biology, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi, School of Biotechnology, Gautam Buddha University, Uttar Pradesh), Shipra Jain (Department of Computational Biology, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi), Nisha Bajiya (Department of Computational Biology, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi), Nishant Ku…

In silico tool for identification of colorectal cancer from cell-free DNA biomarkers
Colorectal cancer remains a major global health concern, with early detection being pivotal for improving patient outcomes. In this study, we leveraged high throughput methylation profiling of cellfree DNA to identify and validate diagnostic biomarkers for CRC. The GSE124600 study data were downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus, as the discovery cohort, comprising 142 CRC and 132 normal cfDNA methylation profiles obtained via MCTA seq. After preprocessing and filtering, 97,863 CpG sites w…

Antibonding and Electronic Instabilities in GdRu2X2 (X = Si, Ge, Sn): A New Pathway Toward Developing Centrosymmetric Skyrmion Materials
Dasuni N. Rathnaweera, Xudong Huai, K. Ramesh Kumar, Sumanta Tewari, Micha{\l} J. Winiarski, Richard Dronskowski, Thao T. Tran
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.18904

Antibonding and Electronic Instabilities in GdRu2X2 (X = Si, Ge, Sn): A New Pathway Toward Developing Centrosymmetric Skyrmion Materials
Chemical bonding is key to unlocking the potential of magnetic materials for future information technology. Magnetic skyrmions are topologically protected nano-sized spin textures that can enable high-density low-power spin-based electronics. Despite increasing interest in the discovery of new skyrmion hosts and their characterization, the electronic origins of the skyrmion formation remain unknown. Here, we study GdRu2X2 (X = Si, Ge, Sn) as a model system to study the connection among chemical…

Low-Complexity 6DMA Rotation and Position Optimization Based on Statistical Channel Information
Qijun Jiang, Xiaodan Shao, Rui Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19309 https://

Low-Complexity 6DMA Rotation and Position Optimization Based on Statistical Channel Information
The six-dimensional movable antenna (6DMA) is a promising technology to fully exploit spatial variation in wireless channels by allowing flexible adjustment of three-dimensional (3D) positions and rotations of antennas at the transceiver. In this paper, we consider a 6DMA-equipped base station (BS) and aim to maximize the average sum logarithmic rate of all users served by the BS by jointly designing 6DMA surface positions and rotations based on statistical channel information (SCI). Different …

Highly efficient coherent amplification of zero-field spin waves in YIG nano-waveguides
K. O. Nikolaev, S. R. Lake, B. Das Mohapatra, G. Schmidt, S. O. Demokritov, V. E. Demidov
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19051

Highly efficient coherent amplification of zero-field spin waves in YIG nano-waveguides
Transmission and processing of information at the nanoscale using spin waves and their quanta - magnons, offers numerous advantages and opportunities that make it a promising next-generation technology for integrated electronics. The main challenges that still need to be addressed to ensure high competitiveness of magnonic devices include finding ways to efficiently amplify spin waves in nanostructures and developing nanocircuits that can operate without the need for an external bias magnetic f…

Under constant attack, Ukraine’s arms makers take shelter in European factories: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/21/under-constant-attack-ukraines-arms.html

Humanoid Occupancy: Enabling A Generalized Multimodal Occupancy Perception System on Humanoid Robots
Wei Cui, Haoyu Wang, Wenkang Qin, Yijie Guo, Gang Han, Wen Zhao, Jiahang Cao, Zhang Zhang, Jiaru Zhong, Jingkai Sun, Pihai Sun, Shuai Shi, Botuo Jiang, Jiahao Ma, Jiaxu Wang, Hao Cheng, Zhichao Liu, Yang Wang, Zheng Zhu, Guan Huang, Jian Tang, Qiang Zhang
https:…

Humanoid Occupancy: Enabling A Generalized Multimodal Occupancy Perception System on Humanoid Robots
Humanoid robot technology is advancing rapidly, with manufacturers introducing diverse heterogeneous visual perception modules tailored to specific scenarios. Among various perception paradigms, occupancy-based representation has become widely recognized as particularly suitable for humanoid robots, as it provides both rich semantic and 3D geometric information essential for comprehensive environmental understanding. In this work, we present Humanoid Occupancy, a generalized multimodal occupanc…

A continuous-wave vacuum ultraviolet laser for the nuclear clock
Qi Xiao, Gleb Penyazkov, Xiangliang Li, Beichen Huang, Wenhao Bu, Juanlang Shi, Haoyu Shi, Tangyin Liao, Gaowei Yan, Haochen Tian, Yixuan Li, Jiatong Li, Bingkun Lu, Li You, Yige Lin, Yuxiang Mo, Shiqian Ding
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19449 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.19449 https://arxiv.org/html/2507.19449
arXiv:2507.19449v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: The exceptionally low-energy isomeric transition in $^{229}$Th at around 148.4 nm offers a unique opportunity for coherent nuclear control and the realisation of a nuclear clock. Recent advances, most notably the incorporation of large ensembles of $^{229}$Th nuclei in transparent crystals and the development of pulsed vacuum-ultraviolet (VUV) lasers, have enabled initial laser spectroscopy of this transition. However, the lack of an intense, narrow-linewidth VUV laser has precluded coherent nuclear manipulation. Here we introduce and demonstrate the first continuous-wave laser at 148.4 nm, generated via four-wave mixing (FWM) in cadmium vapor. The source delivers 100 nW of power with a linewidth well below 100 Hz and supports broad wavelength tunability. This represents a five-orders-of-magnitude improvement in linewidth over all previous single-frequency lasers below 190 nm, marking a major advance in laser technology. We develop a spatially resolved homodyne technique to place a stringent upper bound on the phase noise induced by the FWM process and demonstrate sub-hertz linewidth capability. These results eliminate the final technical hurdle to a $^{229}$Th-based nuclear clock, opening new directions in quantum metrology, nuclear quantum optics and precision tests of the Standard Model. More broadly, they establish a widely tunable, ultranarrow-linewidth laser platform for applications across quantum information science, condensed matter physics, and high-resolution VUV spectroscopy.
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Attached: 1 image New Grok AI model surprises experts by checking Elon Musk’s views before answering Grok 4's "reasoning" shows cases where the chatbot consults Musk posts to answer divisive questions. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/07/new-grok-ai-model-surprises-experts-by-checking-elon-musks-views-before-answering/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Optimizing System Latency for Blockchain-Encrypted Edge Computing in Internet of Vehicles
Cui Zhang, Maoxin Ji, Qiong Wu, Pingyi Fan, Qiang Fan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14208

Optimizing System Latency for Blockchain-Encrypted Edge Computing in Internet of Vehicles
As Internet of Vehicles (IoV) technology continues to advance, edge computing has become an important tool for assisting vehicles in handling complex tasks. However, the process of offloading tasks to edge servers may expose vehicles to malicious external attacks, resulting in information loss or even tampering, thereby creating serious security vulnerabilities. Blockchain technology can maintain a shared ledger among servers. In the Raft consensus mechanism, as long as more than half of the no…

Progressive Web Application for Storytelling Therapy Support
Javier Jimenez-Honrado, Javier Gomez Garcia, Felipe Costa-Tebar, Felix A. Marco, Jose A. Gallud, Gabriel Sebastian Rivera
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22839

Progressive Web Application for Storytelling Therapy Support
In spite of all advances promoted by information technologies, there are still activities where this technology is not applied for reasons such as being carried out in non-profit organizations or because they have not adapted to this modernization. Until recently, the way to work with mobile devices was either by connecting through a web page with the device's browser, or by downloading an application from the corresponding platform. But lately, technologies are being developed that aim to brea…

Smartphone-integrated RPA-CRISPR-Cas12a Detection System with Microneedle Sampling for Point-of-Care Diagnosis of Potato Late Blight in Early Stage
Jiangnan Zhao (Key Laboratory of Smart Agriculture Systems, Ministry of Education, China Agricultural University, Beijing, PR China, Key Laboratory of Agricultural Information Acquisition Technology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, China Agricultural University, Beijing, PR China), Hanbo Xu (Key Laboratory of Smart Agric…

Smartphone-integrated RPA-CRISPR-Cas12a Detection System with Microneedle Sampling for Point-of-Care Diagnosis of Potato Late Blight in Early Stage
Potato late blight, caused by the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora infestans, is one of the most devastating diseases affecting potato crops in the history. Although conventional detection methods of plant diseases such as PCR and LAMP are highly sensitive and specific, they rely on bulky and expensive laboratory equipment and involve complex operations, making them impracticable for point-of care diagnosis in the field. Here in this study, we report a portable RPA-CRISPR based diagnosis system f…

CP-Dilatation: A Copy-and-Paste Augmentation Method for Preserving the Boundary Context Information of Histopathology Images
Sungrae Hong, Sol Lee, Mun Yong Yi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.04660

CP-Dilatation: A Copy-and-Paste Augmentation Method for Preserving the Boundary Context Information of Histopathology Images
Medical AI diagnosis including histopathology segmentation has derived benefits from the recent development of deep learning technology. However, deep learning itself requires a large amount of training data and the medical image segmentation masking, in particular, requires an extremely high cost due to the shortage of medical specialists. To mitigate this issue, we propose a new data augmentation method built upon the conventional Copy and Paste (CP) augmentation technique, called CP-Dilatati…

Orbital chiral lasing in twisted bilayer metasurfaces
Mingjin Wang (Laboratory of Solid State Optoelectronics Information Technology, Institute of Semiconductors, CAS, Beijing, China, Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, China, College of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China…

Orbital chiral lasing in twisted bilayer metasurfaces
Chirality is a fundamental concept in physics that underpins various phenomena in nonlinear optics, quantum physics, and topological photonics. Although the spin of a photon naturally brings chirality, orbital angular momentum can also become chirally active in the structures with a broken mirror symmetry. Here, we observe orbital chiral lasing from a twisted bilayer photonic structure leveraging its inherent structural chirality. Specifically, we design and fabricate a Moire-type optical struc…

TEMPEST-LoRa: Cross-Technology Covert Communication
Xieyang Sun, Yuanqing Zheng, Wei Xi, Zuhao Chen, Zhizhen Chen, Han Hao, Zhiping Jiang, Sheng Zhong
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21069

TEMPEST-LoRa: Cross-Technology Covert Communication
Electromagnetic (EM) covert channels pose significant threats to computer and communications security in air-gapped networks. Previous works exploit EM radiation from various components (e.g., video cables, memory buses, CPUs) to secretly send sensitive information. These approaches typically require the attacker to deploy highly specialized receivers near the victim, which limits their real-world impact. This paper reports a new EM covert channel, TEMPEST-LoRa, that builds on Cross-Technology …

Wi-Fi Sensing Tool Release: Gathering 802.11ax Channel State Information from a Commercial Wi-Fi Access Point
Zisheng Wang, Feng Li, Hangbin Zhao, Zihuan Mao, Yaodong Zhang, Qisheng Huang, Bo Cao, Mingming Cao, Baolin He, Qilin Hou
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.16957

Wi-Fi Sensing Tool Release: Gathering 802.11ax Channel State Information from a Commercial Wi-Fi Access Point
Wi-Fi sensing has emerged as a powerful technology, leveraging channel state information (CSI) extracted from wireless data packets to enable diverse applications, ranging from human presence detection to gesture recognition and health monitoring. However, CSI extraction from commercial Wi-Fi access point lacks and out of date. This paper introduces ZTECSITool,a toolkit designed to capture high-resolution CSI measurements from commercial Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) access points, supporting bandwidths u…

Tao-Technology for Teen Mobile Use: Harmonizing Adaptation, Autonomy, and Reflection
Pengyu Zhu, Janghee Cho
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12204 https://

Tao-Technology for Teen Mobile Use: Harmonizing Adaptation, Autonomy, and Reflection
Adolescents' mobile technology use is often regulated through rigid control mechanisms that fail to account for their autonomy and natural usage patterns. Drawing on Taoist philosophy, particularly Wu Wei, Yin-Yang, and Zi Ran, this position paper proposes Tao-Technology, a self-organizing, adaptive regulatory framework. Integrating insights from Reflective Informatics and Information Ecologies, we explore how mobile technology can dynamically adjust to context while fostering self-reflection a…

Terrain-Aware Adaptation for Two-Dimensional UAV Path Planners
Kostas Karakontis (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece), Thanos Petsanis (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece, Information Technologies Institute, The Centre for Research and Technology, Thessaloniki, Greece), Athanasios Ch. Kapoutsis (Information Technologies Institute, The Centre for Research and T…

Here's an article on the still-racist Grok "AI".
In the article is a chunk of Python code that was generated by Grok.
What a stinkin' pile of code.
It is really simple code, but it has unacceptably weak error detection and handling that would give a user almost no useful information if something goes awry.
The hardest (and largest part) of most code (at least the code I work with) is validating inputs and handling errors. It is the most boring part …

Elon Musk Updated Grok. Guess What It Said?
After praising Hitler earlier this week, the chatbot is now listing the “good races.”

Estimation of superconducting cavity bandwidth and detuning using a Luenberger observer
Bozo Richter, Andrea Bellandi, Julien Branlard, Leon Speidel, Annika Eichler
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21207

Estimation of superconducting cavity bandwidth and detuning using a Luenberger observer
Enabled by progress in superconducting technology, several continuous wave linear accelerators are foreseen in the next decade. For these machines, it is of crucial importance to track the main cavity parameters, such as the resonator bandwidth and detuning. The bandwidth yields information on the superconducting state of the cavity. The detuning should be minimized to limit the required power to operate the cavity. The estimation of these parameters is commonly implemented in the digital elect…

German Quantum Systems takes 10% ownership in Ukrainian defense robotics firm Frontline: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/16/german-quantum-systems-takes-ownership.html

Optimizing Indoor RIS-Aided Physical-Layer Security: A Codebook-Generation Methodology and Measurement-Based Analysis
Dimitris Kompostiotis, Dimitris Vordonis, Vassilis Paliouras, George C. Alexandropoulos
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22082

Optimizing Indoor RIS-Aided Physical-Layer Security: A Codebook-Generation Methodology and Measurement-Based Analysis
Sixth-Generation (6G) wireless networks aim to support innovative Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications that demand faster and more secure data transmission. While higher Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) layers employ measures like encryption and secure protocols to address data security, Physical-Layer Security (PLS) focuses on preventing information leakage to EavesDroppers (EDs) and mitigating the effects of jammers and spoofing attacks. In this context, the emerging technology of Reconfig…

To Grok: What is the evidence pro or con that a Neuralink Blindsight brain implant in visual cortex will give vision to congenitally blind people as claimed without any evidence by Elon Musk? https://x.com/i/grok/share/txlo83o1c52Fh4wRcScnzXt1h

Age of Information Optimization in Laser-charged UAV-assisted IoT Networks: A Multi-agent Deep Reinforcement Learning Method
Geng Sun, Likun Zhang, Jiahui Li, Jing Wu, Jiacheng Wang, Zemin Sun, Changyuan Zhao, Victor C. M. Leung
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.08429

Age of Information Optimization in Laser-charged UAV-assisted IoT Networks: A Multi-agent Deep Reinforcement Learning Method
The integration of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with Internet of Things (IoT) networks offers promising solutions for efficient data collection. However, the limited energy capacity of UAVs remains a significant challenge. In this case, laser beam directors (LBDs) have emerged as an effective technology for wireless charging of UAVs during operation, thereby enabling sustained data collection without frequent returns to charging stations (CSs). In this work, we investigate the age of informa…

Robust Probability Hypothesis Density Filtering: Theory and Algorithms
Ming Lei, Shufan Wu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.13687 https://a…

Robust Probability Hypothesis Density Filtering: Theory and Algorithms
Multi-target tracking (MTT) serves as a cornerstone technology in information fusion, yet faces significant challenges in robustness and efficiency when dealing with model uncertainties, clutter interference, and target interactions. Conventional approaches like Gaussian Mixture PHD (GM-PHD) and Cardinalized PHD (CPHD) filters suffer from inherent limitations including combinatorial explosion, sensitivity to birth/death process parameters, and numerical instability. This study proposes an innov…

Interactive Text-to-SQL via Expected Information Gain for Disambiguation
Luyu Qiu, Jianing Li, Chi Su, Lei Chen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.06467 https://…

Interactive Text-to-SQL via Expected Information Gain for Disambiguation
Relational databases are foundational to numerous domains, including business intelligence, scientific research, and enterprise systems. However, accessing and analyzing structured data often requires proficiency in SQL, which is a skill that many end users lack. With the development of Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology, the Text-to-SQL systems attempt to bridge this gap by translating natural language questions into executable SQL queries via an automated algorithm. Yet, when operat…

Bias Delayed is Bias Denied? Assessing the Effect of Reporting Delays on Disparity Assessments
Jennah Gosciak (Cornell University), Aparna Balagopalan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Derek Ouyang (Stanford University), Allison Koenecke (Cornell University), Marzyeh Ghassemi (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Daniel E. Ho (Stanford University)

Bias Delayed is Bias Denied? Assessing the Effect of Reporting Delays on Disparity Assessments
Conducting disparity assessments at regular time intervals is critical for surfacing potential biases in decision-making and improving outcomes across demographic groups. Because disparity assessments fundamentally depend on the availability of demographic information, their efficacy is limited by the availability and consistency of available demographic identifiers. While prior work has considered the impact of missing data on fairness, little attention has been paid to the role of delayed dem…

Ukraine contracts 'tens of thousands' interceptor drones: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/14/ukraine-contracts-tens-of-thousands.html

Shelter Soul: Bridging Shelters and Adopters Through Technology
Yashodip Dharmendra Jagtap
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.12739 https://a…

Shelter Soul: Bridging Shelters and Adopters Through Technology
Pet adoption processes often face inefficiencies, including limited accessibility, lack of real-time information, and mismatched expectations between shelters and adopters. To address these challenges, this study presents Shelter Soul, a technology-based solution designed to streamline pet adoption through an integrated, web-based platform. Developed using the MERN stack and GraphQL, Shelter Soul is a prototype system built to improve pet matching accuracy, shelter management efficiency, and se…

Majorana Signatures in the Tripartite Uncertainty Relations with Quantum Memory
D. Maroulakos (Doctoral School at the University of Rzeszow), C. Jasiukiewicz (Department of Physics and Medical Engineering Rzeszow University of Technology), A. Wal (Institute of Physics Faculty of Exact and Technical Sciences University of Rzeszow), A. Sinner (Institute of Physics University of Opole), I. Weymann (Institute of Spintronics and Quantum Information Faculty of Physics and Astronomy A. Mickie…

Majorana Signatures in the Tripartite Uncertainty Relations with Quantum Memory
Quantumness imposes a fundamental limit on measurement accuracy. The paradigmatic cases are Heisenberg's uncertainty relation in the original formulation, Robertson's formulation, and improved uncertainty relations. However, the more universal measures are given in terms of quantum entropies. Uncertainties of measurements done on one quantum system correlated with another quantum system constitute a more intriguing question. Quantum correlations can influence the lower bound of uncertainties, a…

The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Song Kum Hyok (Song), a malicious cyber actor associated with the sanctioned Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB) hacking group Andariel.
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-rel…

Sanctions Imposed on DPRK IT Workers Generating Revenue for the Kim Regime
WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Song Kum Hyok, (Song), a malicious cyber actor associated with the sanctioned Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB) hacking group Andariel.Song facilitated an information technology (IT) worker scheme in which individuals, often DPRK nationals working from countries such as China and Russia, were recruited and provided with falsified ident…

Enabling Cyber Security Education through Digital Twins and Generative AI
Vita Santa Barletta, Vito Bavaro, Miriana Calvano, Antonio Curci, Antonio Piccinno, Davide Pio Posa
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.17518

Enabling Cyber Security Education through Digital Twins and Generative AI
Digital Twins (DTs) are gaining prominence in cybersecurity for their ability to replicate complex IT (Information Technology), OT (Operational Technology), and IoT (Internet of Things) infrastructures, allowing for real time monitoring, threat analysis, and system simulation. This study investigates how integrating DTs with penetration testing tools and Large Language Models (LLMs) can enhance cybersecurity education and operational readiness. By simulating realistic cyber environments, this a…

Robotics company Tencore raises $3.7 million in one of the largest known investments in Ukraine defense tech: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/11/robotics-company-tencore-raises-million.html

Exploring the Convergence of HCI and Evolving Technologies in Information Systems
Rajan Das Gupta, Ashikur Rahman, Md Imrul Hasan Showmick, Md. Yeasin Rahat, Md. Jakir Hossen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08549

Exploring the Convergence of HCI and Evolving Technologies in Information Systems
Modern technology driven information systems are part of our daily lives. However, this deep integration poses new challenges to the human computer interaction (HCI) professionals. With the rapid growth of mobile and cloud computing and the Internet of Things (IoT), the demand for HCI specialists to design user-friendly and adaptable interfaces has never been more pressing. Especially for diverse user groups such as children, the elderly and people with disabilities who need interfaces tailored…

Understanding Human-AI Trust in Education
Griffin Pitts, Sanaz Motamedi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.09160 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.0…

Understanding Human-AI Trust in Education
As AI chatbots become increasingly integrated in education, students are turning to these systems for guidance, feedback, and information. However, the anthropomorphic characteristics of these chatbots create ambiguity regarding whether students develop trust toward them as they would a human peer or instructor, based in interpersonal trust, or as they would any other piece of technology, based in technology trust. This ambiguity presents theoretical challenges, as interpersonal trust models ma…

Ukrainian tech gets $58.5 million boost from global backers: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/10/ukrainian-tech-gets-million-boost.html

GOLIATH: A Decentralized Framework for Data Collection in Intelligent Transportation Systems
Davide Maffiola, Stefano Longari, Michele Carminati, Mara Tanelli, Stefano Zanero
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10665

GOLIATH: A Decentralized Framework for Data Collection in Intelligent Transportation Systems
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSs) technology has advanced during the past years, and it is now used for several applications that require vehicles to exchange real-time data, such as in traffic information management. Traditionally, road traffic information has been collected using on-site sensors. However, crowd-sourcing traffic information from onboard sensors or smartphones has become a viable alternative. State-of-the-art solutions currently follow a centralized model where only the…

An Integrated Sensing and Communication System for Time-Sensitive Targets with Random Arrivals
Homa Nikbakht, Yonina C. Eldar, H. Vincent Poor
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.15045

An Integrated Sensing and Communication System for Time-Sensitive Targets with Random Arrivals
In 6G networks, integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is envisioned as a key technology that enables wireless systems to perform joint sensing and communication using shared hardware, antennas and spectrum. ISAC designs facilitate emerging applications such as smart cities and autonomous driving. Such applications also demand ultra-reliable and low-latency communication (URLLC). Thus, an ISAC-enabled URLLC system can prioritize time-sensitive targets and ensure information delivery under …

A Collectivist, Economic Perspective on AI
Michael I. Jordan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.06268 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.06268…

A Collectivist, Economic Perspective on AI
Information technology is in the midst of a revolution in which omnipresent data collection and machine learning are impacting the human world as never before. The word "intelligence" is being used as a North Star for the development of this technology, with human cognition viewed as a baseline. This view neglects the fact that humans are social animals, and that much of our intelligence is social and cultural in origin. A related issue is that the current view treats the social consequences of…

ChatAR: Conversation Support using Large Language Model and Augmented Reality
Yuichiro Fujimoto
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.16008 https://

ChatAR: Conversation Support using Large Language Model and Augmented Reality
Engaging in smooth conversations with others is a crucial social skill. However, differences in knowledge between conversation participants can sometimes hinder effective communication. To tackle this issue, this study proposes a real-time support system that integrates head-mounted display (HMD)-based augmented reality (AR) technology with large language models (LLMs). This system facilitates conversation by recognizing keywords during dialogue, generating relevant information using the LLM, r…

MIMO Pinching-Antenna-Aided SWIPT
Haoyun Li, Zhonghao Lyu, Yulan Gao, Ming Xiao, H. Vincent Poor
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.06754 https://

MIMO Pinching-Antenna-Aided SWIPT
Pinching-antenna systems (PASS) have recently emerged as a promising technology for improving wireless communications by establishing or strengthening reliable line-of-sight (LoS) links by adjusting the positions of pinching antennas (PAs). Motivated by these benefits, we propose a novel PASS-aided multi-input multi-output (MIMO) system for simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT), where the PASS are equipped with multiple waveguides to provide information transmission and w…

Near-Field SWIPT with gMIMO in the Upper Mid-Band: Opportunities, Challenges, and the Way Forward
\"Ozlem Tugfe Demir, Mustafa Ozger, Ferdi Kara, Woong-Hee Lee, Emil Bj\"ornson
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.15670

Near-Field SWIPT with gMIMO in the Upper Mid-Band: Opportunities, Challenges, and the Way Forward
This paper explores the integration of simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) with gigantic multiple-input multiple-output (gMIMO) technology operating in the upper mid-band frequency range (7-24 GHz). The near-field propagation achieved by gMIMO introduces unique opportunities for energy-efficient, high-capacity communication systems that cater to the demands of 6G wireless networks. Exploiting spherical wave propagation, near-field SWIPT with gMIMO enables precise energy…

A Tutorial-cum-Survey on Self-Supervised Learning for Wi-Fi Sensing: Trends, Challenges, and Outlook
Ahmed Y. Radwan, Mustafa Yildirim, Navid Hasanzadeh, Hina Tabassum, Shahrokh Valaee
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.12052

A Tutorial-cum-Survey on Self-Supervised Learning for Wi-Fi Sensing: Trends, Challenges, and Outlook
Wi-Fi technology has evolved from simple communication routers to sensing devices. Wi-Fi sensing leverages conventional Wi-Fi transmissions to extract and analyze channel state information (CSI) for applications like proximity detection, occupancy detection, activity recognition, and health monitoring. By leveraging existing infrastructure, Wi-Fi sensing offers a privacy-preserving, non-intrusive, and cost-effective solution which, unlike cameras, is not sensitive to lighting conditions. Beginn…