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19 Dec., 2017:

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Deepak Khemani, Department of CSE, IIT Madras
Topic     :Contributions of Judea Pearl (Turing Award Winner of 2011)
Venue   : BSB 361, Turing Hall, IIT Madras
Date      : 19th December
Time      : 5 PM

Headlines at a Glance

1. https://campustechnology.com/articles/2017/12/04/u-maryland-baltimore-county-plugs-in-hybrid-reality-wall.aspx
2. https://spectrum.ieee.org/view-from-the-valley/at-work/tech-careers/the-numbers-of-women-in-tech-rise-and-fall-but-sexual-harassment-is-ever-present
3. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42338754
4. https://www.ciodive.com/news/broker-negotiator-political-influencer-what-are-the-demands-of-a-modern/512829/
5. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/12/171204091525.htm
6. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/d3xykq/hackers-behind-mirai-ddos-botnet-plea-guilty

News in Detail

U Maryland Baltimore County Plugs in Hybrid Reality Wall
** campustechnology.com | Dian Schaffhauser | 12 December, 2017
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The University of Maryland Baltimore County (http://www.umbc.edu/)  last month cut the 
ribbon on a new immersive "hybrid reality" lab for working with 3D, virtual reality and 
augmented reality. The university said the technology will facilitate new research efforts 
with visual exploration of data for biology …

Full Article (https://campustechnology.com/articles/2017/12/04/u-maryland-baltimore-county-plugs-in-hybrid-reality-wall.aspx)
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** The Numbers of Women in Tech Rise and Fall, But Sexual Harassment is Ever Present
spectrum.ieee.org | Tekla S.Perry | 08 December, 2017
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Reports of sexual harassment continue to rock the tech 
(https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/11/essential-ceo-andy-rubin-goes-on-leave-amid-inappropriate-relationship-reports/)  
industry and the world beyond. In a recent survey (http://stateofstartups.firstround.com/2017/#experience-with-sexual-harassment)  
of startup founders, 78 percent of female founders said they’ve been sexually harassed or 
know someone else who has  ...

Full Article (https://spectrum.ieee.org/view-from-the-valley/at-work/tech-careers/the-numbers-of-women-in-tech-rise-and-fall-but-sexual-harassment-is-ever-present)
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** Starbucks cafe's wi-fi made computers mine crypto-currency
Leo Kelion | bbc.com | 13 December, 2017
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Starbucks has acknowledged that visitors to one of its branches were unwittingly 
recruited into a crypto-currency mining operation. The wi-fi service provided by 
one of the coffee chain's Buenos Aires outlets surreptitiously hijacked connected 
computers to use their processing power to create digital cash …

Full Article (http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42338754)
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** Broker, negotiator, political influencer: What are the demands of a modern CIO?
ciodrive.com | Naomi Eide | 12 December, 2017
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As the world of enterprise technology has changed, so too has the CIO role. CIOs must 
operate with a heavy dose of foresight, capable of …

Full Article (https://www.ciodive.com/news/broker-negotiator-political-influencer-what-are-the-demands-of-a-modern/512829/)
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** Ideal size for computer memory
sciencedaily.com | Swiss National Science Foundation | 04 December, 2017 
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Ultraprecise simulation of a computer storage technology known as CBRAM reveals 
its optimal geometry: an insulator roughly ten atoms thick sandwiched between 
two electrodes  ...

Full Article (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/12/171204091525.htm)
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** The Hackers Behind Some of the Biggest DDoS Attacks in History Plead Guilty
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | motherboard.com | 13 December, 2017
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Two hackers have plead guilty to creating and operating the massive army of tens of 
thousands of zombie internet-connected devices 
(https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8q8dab/15-million-connected-cameras-ddos-botnet-brian-krebs)  better known as the “Mirai (https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/topic/mirai) ” botnet, which caused widespread internet disruptions (https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/vv7xg9/blame-the-internet-of-things-for-destroying-the-internet-today)  
last year ...

Full Article (https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/d3xykq/hackers-behind-mirai-ddos-botnet-plea-guilty)
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