AI and Trust
Room: MIT 32 -G449 (Kiva/Patel conference room), Bldg: Stata Center, 32 Vassar St, Cambridge, MA, Massachusetts, United States, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/461175Week of Events
Cryptocurrency – Bitcoin- Is it ready for Prime Time? Careers in Tech Special
Cryptocurrency – Bitcoin- Is it ready for Prime Time? Careers in Tech Special
BitCoin was proposed in 2008 and (based on a white paper), launched in 2009. It was worthless initially, but is now priced at $100,000 per coin. It can be incremented into 1/100,000,000 parts, each called a “Satoshi”. The white paper proposes that security is ultimately achieved by the hosting agency having a more powerful and faster computer than anyone else. However, other security measures are a cryptographic system that would be difficult to overcome, and personnel who check each transaction for legitimacy. In spite of the seemingly impossible task of “hacking” the system, accounts have been stolen or lost several times. The purpose of this talk is not to advocate use of this system of commerce, but to recognize that at some point the US Government will be involved. This should eventually lead to a secure system for commerce. Some interesting features of the technology include the analogy of mining for gold, and the increasing difficulty of “finding” coins. Similar "coins" will also be discussed. Speaker(s): Doug Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/454896
Beyond Moore: 3D Memory, 3D Packaging
Beyond Moore: 3D Memory, 3D Packaging
“If we make them smaller, we can make them faster” has been the approach to building faster computers over the last 70-years starting with the first transistors and continuing as we built increasingly more complex integrated circuits. This was known as “Moore’s Law”. Recently, our technology is no longer achieving higher densities as we scale to smaller features sizes first with NAND Flash and now with SRAM and DRAM. New techniques known as Beyond Moore are required to continue to build faster and more complex computers. David Bondurant reviews the emergence of 3D memory and 3D packaging as today’s approach to building the fastest Supercomputers and AI Processors. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/455111
Careers in Tech Special Event 2025 – Michael Viron – Startup 101: Lessons Learned 8 Jan 2025 6PM CST / 7 PM EST
Careers in Tech Special Event 2025 – Michael Viron – Startup 101: Lessons Learned 8 Jan 2025 6PM CST / 7 PM EST
In the dynamic landscape of startups, leveraging technology effectively can be a game-changer. This session delves into essential lessons learned in Information Technology (IT) that are crucial for the success and sustainability of startups. Whether you're launching a tech-driven product or service, managing data, or optimizing operations, understanding these insights can steer your startup towards growth and resilience. Co-sponsored by: Baton Rouge User Groups (BRUG) Speaker(s): Michael Viron Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/456302
January 2025 ExCom Meeting
January 2025 ExCom Meeting
Dear All, You are cordially invited to attend the January ExCom meeting. This month, the meeting is held as a virtual meeting. Looking forward to seeing you all Best Regards Emad Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/457131
AI and Trust
AI and Trust
Boston and Phoenix Chapters of IEEE Computer Society and GBC/ACM 7:00 PM, Thursday, 9 January 2025 MIT Room 32-G449 (Kiva) and online via Zoom AI and Trust Bruce Schneier Please register in advance for this seminar even if you plan to attend in person at https://acm-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/7417341053477/WN_CYgexNC-Ssmbzi0gRF234Q After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Indicate on the registration form if you plan to attend in person. This will help us determine whether the room is close to reaching capacity. We plan to serve light refreshments (probably pizza) before the talk startimng at around 6:30 pm. Letting us know you will come in person will help us determine how much pizza to order. We may make some auxiliary material such as slides and access to the recording available after the seminar to people who have registered. Abstract: AI and Trust: Trusting a friend and trusting a service are fundamentally different. The former is personal and intimate, while the latter is impersonal and can scale to all of human society. The companies behind the current generative AI systems are poised to exploit that difference. Their intimate conversational nature will cause us to think of them as friends when they are actually services, and trusted confidents when they will actually be working against us. Like much of the internet, these systems will collect our personal data behind our backs and try to manipulate our behavior. Enabling trust in AI systems will require two things. The first are foundation models that are not controlled by corporations and the profit motive. The second is government regulation of the industry. Democratic governance is how we create social trust in our society. Bio: Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist, called a "security guru" by the Economist. He is the New York Times best-selling author of 14 books -- including A Hacker's Mind -- as well as hundreds of articles, essays, and academic papers. His influential newsletter Crypto-Gram and blog Schneier on Security are read by over 250,000 people. Schneier is a Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, a faculty affiliate at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at HKS, a fellow at the Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, a board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and AccessNow, and an advisory board member of EPIC and VerifiedVoting.org. He is the Chief of Security Architecture at Inrupt, Inc. This joint meeting of the Boston Chapter of the IEEE Computer Society and GBC/ACM will be hybrid (in person and online), part of getting back to normal after the COVID-19 lockdown. Up-to-date information about this and other talks is available online at https://ewh.ieee.org/r1/boston/computer/. You can sign up to receive updated status information about this talk and informational emails about future talks at https://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/ieee-cs, our self-administered mailing list. Co-sponsored by: IEEE Computer Society Phoenix C16, GBC/ACM Speaker(s): Bruce Schneier, Room: MIT 32 -G449 (Kiva/Patel conference room), Bldg: Stata Center, 32 Vassar St, Cambridge, MA, Massachusetts, United States, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/461175