How do recent works against Spectre and other architectural attacks stack up in performance and usability?

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Automation of various jobs is underway. What types of machine learning algorithms are used to replace human work?

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Has machine learning improved current weather modeling predictions?

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What are the implications of computing on today's environment?

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How does Bayesian inference compare against other machine learning models?

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Which is the best parallel implementation for Dijkstra's algorithm in graph analytics?

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What is the purpose of performance predictors? Which predictors are the best available?

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What are your views on the latest advancements in quantum computing for machine learning algorithms?

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Why are Nvidia's GPUs more popular than AMD's?

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Are quantum computers going to be used as general purpose machines? or as accelerators connected to the CPUs of today?

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Is there a powerful system for the security of the systems distributed on IoT systems?

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Is stone a sustainable material? Is it a sustainable approach to use natural stone waste in architecture?

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Which DL architecture is better to work on handwritten data?

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PV system design. 3d modelling and Analysis?

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Useful architecture for bioinformatics?

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Ragad moufaq Tawafak

Interesting.

Manula Udugahapattuwa

Spectre is very closely related with Meltdown. Thus the possible impact and the remediation for both are extremely similar.

Please find my presentation on Meltdown at Presentation Meltdown - A hardware vulnerability affecting Intel x86 micr...

which talks about mitigation of meltdown and how the mitigation methods affect the performance and efficiency of the target system.