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The document discusses engaged research and its promise of more useful and meaningful outcomes through participant empowerment and social justice. However, engaged research also poses risks such as unconventional methodologies and genres that may not be viewed favorably for tenure. Engaged research involves participants improving their own lives through shared reflection, learning and decision making. Essential practices of engaged research include initiation, access, participation, studying sponsors and clients, addressing local politics, communication throughout the process, and sustainability.
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Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
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“Building and Scaling AI Applications with the Nx AI Manager,” a Presentation...
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Robin van Emden, Senior Director of Data Science at Network Optix, presents the “Building and Scaling AI Applications with the Nx AI Manager,” tutorial at the May 2024 Embedded Vision Summit.
In this presentation, van Emden covers the basics of scaling edge AI solutions using the Nx tool kit. He emphasizes the process of developing AI models and deploying them globally. He also showcases the conversion of AI models and the creation of effective edge AI pipelines, with a focus on pre-processing, model conversion, selecting the appropriate inference engine for the target hardware and post-processing.
van Emden shows how Nx can simplify the developer’s life and facilitate a rapid transition from concept to production-ready applications.He provides valuable insights into developing scalable and efficient edge AI solutions, with a strong focus on practical implementation.Full-RAG: A modern architecture for hyper-personalization
Mike Del Balso, CEO & Co-Founder at Tecton, presents "Full RAG," a novel approach to AI recommendation systems, aiming to push beyond the limitations of traditional models through a deep integration of contextual insights and real-time data, leveraging the Retrieval-Augmented Generation architecture. This talk will outline Full RAG's potential to significantly enhance personalization, address engineering challenges such as data management and model training, and introduce data enrichment with reranking as a key solution. Attendees will gain crucial insights into the importance of hyperpersonalization in AI, the capabilities of Full RAG for advanced personalization, and strategies for managing complex data integrations for deploying cutting-edge AI solutions.
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to Production
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
Enchancing adoption of Open Source Libraries. A case study on Albumentations.AI
Enchancing adoption of Open Source Libraries. A case study on Albumentations.AIVladimir Iglovikov, Ph.D.
Presented by Vladimir Iglovikov:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/iglovikov/
- https://x.com/viglovikov
- https://www.instagram.com/ternaus/
This presentation delves into the journey of Albumentations.ai, a highly successful open-source library for data augmentation.
Created out of a necessity for superior performance in Kaggle competitions, Albumentations has grown to become a widely used tool among data scientists and machine learning practitioners.
This case study covers various aspects, including:
People: The contributors and community that have supported Albumentations.
Metrics: The success indicators such as downloads, daily active users, GitHub stars, and financial contributions.
Challenges: The hurdles in monetizing open-source projects and measuring user engagement.
Development Practices: Best practices for creating, maintaining, and scaling open-source libraries, including code hygiene, CI/CD, and fast iteration.
Community Building: Strategies for making adoption easy, iterating quickly, and fostering a vibrant, engaged community.
Marketing: Both online and offline marketing tactics, focusing on real, impactful interactions and collaborations.
Mental Health: Maintaining balance and not feeling pressured by user demands.
Key insights include the importance of automation, making the adoption process seamless, and leveraging offline interactions for marketing. The presentation also emphasizes the need for continuous small improvements and building a friendly, inclusive community that contributes to the project's growth.
Vladimir Iglovikov brings his extensive experience as a Kaggle Grandmaster, ex-Staff ML Engineer at Lyft, sharing valuable lessons and practical advice for anyone looking to enhance the adoption of their open-source projects.
Explore more about Albumentations and join the community at:
GitHub: https://github.com/albumentations-team/albumentations
Website: https://albumentations.ai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/100504475
Twitter: https://x.com/albumentationsRecently uploaded (20)
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Researching with Communities, Spring 2012
- 1. Researching with Communities Stances, Methods, Communication Jeff Grabill grabill@msu.edu @grabill Friday, February 10, 12
- 2. what are your questions and concerns? Talk with each other, think, and come up with a few things that you want to know, questions you have, ideas you have to contribute, and other such things Friday, February 10, 12
- 3. promise of engaged research • More useful research and outcomes • Conditions for participant empowerment, learning, growth • Social justice (at least a measure of ) • More meaningful and sustaining work and life experiences (both researchers and participants) Friday, February 10, 12
- 4. risks of engaged research 1. Such work often requires scholars to write in multiple registers and genres, many of which may be unfamiliar 2. Such work often is seen by colleagues more as service than research 3. The work can require methodologies that seem unconventional to reviewers 4. The exigencies that researchers may explore with participants may not lend themselves to promotion or tenure deadlines from Stuart Blythe, “Composing Activist Research” Friday, February 10, 12
- 5. you might be doing engaged research if ... • Participants are improving their own lives and situations (via a project) • Shared reflection, learning, and decision making • Public communication of process and outcomes Friday, February 10, 12
- 6. essential research practices 1. Initiation, or where do studies come from? 2. Access, or how do I get permission to do my work? 3. Participation (with sponsors, clients, all those impacted; in planning design, method, analysis, and communication) 4. Studying up (or studying one’s client or sponsor as well) Friday, February 10, 12
- 7. essential research practices 4.Local politics (mediation, advocacy, relationship building and maintenance, community and political mapping) 5.Communication (as day-to-day research practice itself as well as in myriad settings during the research process regarding “nonresearch issues”—all in addition to the communication of the research results themselves) 6. Sustainability Friday, February 10, 12
- 8. Blythe’s heuristic Who What When Where Why Initiation Access Participation Studying Up Politics Communication Sustainability Friday, February 10, 12