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Random Number Generator Uses Camera Noise

Random numbers are very important to us in this computer age, being used for all sorts of security and cryptographic tasks. [Theory to Thing] recently built a device to generate random numbers ...

Probability underlies much of the modern world—an engineering professor explains how it actually works

Probability underpins AI, cryptography and statistics. However, as the philosopher Bertrand Russell said, "Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the ...
IEEE

Static Type Inference for Foreign Functions of Python

Abstract: Static type inference is an effective way to maintain the safety of programs written in a dynamically typed language. However, foreign functions implemented in another programming language ...
IEEE

A Hash Table Without Hash Functions, and How to Get the Most Out of Your Random Bits

Abstract: This paper considers the basic question of how strong of a probabilistic guarantee can a hash table, storing $n(1+\Theta(1))\log n$-bit key/value pairs ...