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Latest Read: Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning

Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning by J. Morris Chang, Di Zhuang, and G. Dumindu Samaraweera.

Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning by J. Morris Chang, Di Zhuang, and G. Dumindu Samaraweera

Morris holds a BSEE from Tatung University, Taiwan and MS and PhD in computer engineering from North Carolina State University. He teaches at the University of South Florida. Di holds PhD in Computer Engineering from Iowa State University and the University of South Florida. He is a Security / Privacy Engineer at Snap Inc. Dumindu holds a MSc in Enterprise Application Development from Sheffield Hallam University and PhD in Electrical Engineering and Philosophy from University of South Florida. Today he is Assistant Professor of Data Science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

This was a book that places into perspective the need for ensuring privacy in our fast paced AI marketplace. The authors express the need not only to understand privacy within Machine Learning systems, but understanding methodologies to preserve user’s private data while maintaining performance on LLMs.

They address how personal data well embedded across various sectors increases the risks of data breaches. Just realize how your smartphone is tracked by marketing companies. In fact, they review the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal and call for robust privacy measures in data-driven applications.

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Latest Read: The DevSecOps Playbook

The DevSecOps Playbook: Deliver Continuous Security at Speed by Sean D. Mack.

The DevSecOps Playbook: Deliver Continuous Security at Speed by Sean D. Mack

Sean holds a BS in Computer and Information Sciences from UC Santa Cruz and MBA from Seattle University. He is CIO and CISO at Wiley, VP of Operations and Applications at Pearson, Director of Global Product Development and Delivery at Experian, and Senior Director of Technical Operations at RealNetworks.

In fact, the term Development, Security, and Operations (DevSecOps) stands for a framework that integrates security into all phases of the software development lifecycle. Today more than ever before DevSecOps must deliver continuous security at the speed of business. DevSecOps can only succeed when the organization supports the triad of people, process, and tech to delver strong cybersecurity infrastructure and practices.

To simplify, DevSecOps emphasizes incorporating security measures from the beginning of the development process, rather than treating them as an afterthought or post deployment requirement. This approach identifies and mitigates potential security risks early on.

Sean outlines why it’s critical to shift security considerations to the front-end of the development cycle, how to do this, and how the evolution of a standard security model since the pandemic has impacted modern cybersecurity.

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Latest Read: AI at the Edge

AI at the Edge: Solving Real-World Problems with Embedded Machine Learning by Daniel Situnayake and Jenny Plunkett.

AI at the Edge: Solving Real-World Problems with Embedded Machine Learning by Daniel Situnayake and Jenny Plunkett

Jenny holds BS in Electrical Engineering in from the University of Texas at Austin. She is a senior developer relations engineer at Edge Impulse. Daniel is Director of ML at Edge Impulse and holds a BSc Computer Networks and Security from Birmingham City University. He is the former Developer Advocate at Google for TensorFlow Lite.

This book is a guide to exploring how machine learning is being implemented on both edge devices and embedded systems. A bit of caution however, both authors are at Edge Impluse and their company product is referenced.

While not surprising, it can be viewed as a marketing product rather than addressing market leading solutions. The target audience is engineering professionals, including product managers and technology leaders.

We continue to deploy Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Many readers will think thermostats like Google Nest and X. However this focus is on industrial, automation, healthcare, agriculture, and autonomous vehicle devices which brings a lot of real-time data and machine learning driven decision-making at the remote device location. It is a very fast paced environment.

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Latest Read: AI and Machine Learning for Coders

AI and Machine Learning for Coders: A Programmer’s Guide to Artificial Intelligence by Laurence Moroney.

AI and Machine Learning for Coders: A Programmer’s Guide to Artificial Intelligence by Laurence Moroney

Laurence holds a BSc in Physics and Computer Science from Cardiff University, Postgraduate Diploma in Microelectronics Systems Design from Birmingham City University and a Graduate Certificate in Artificial Intelligence from Stanford University.

He was Global AI Advocacy Lead at Google for 10 years and Senior Developer Evangelist at Microsoft for 7 years. In fact, today he is Senior Fellow at The AI Fund, and Artificial Intelligence Advisor and Fellow at RealAvatar. Laurence has also taught millions of students through online platforms such as Coursera, Udacity, and edX.

This book is certainly an amazing guide designed for programmers looking to transition into AI and machine learning with a focus on computer vision, natural language processing (NLP), and sequence modeling with code samples and projects.

To no surprise Laurence is driving this on TensorFlow, Google’s tool for for building models on multiple platforms including Raspberry Pi for deployments on web, mobile (Android and iOS), cloud, and embedded systems.

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Latest Read: AI and Machine Learning for On-Device Development

AI and Machine Learning for On-Device Development: A Programmer’s Guide by Laurence Moroney.

AI and Machine Learning for On-Device Development: A Programmer's Guide by Laurence Moroney

Laurence holds a Bachelor of Science in Physics and Computer Science from Cardiff University, PgD, Microelectronics Systems Design from Birmingham City University and Graduate Certificate in Artificial Intelligence from Stanford University.

Today he is Chief AI Scientist at VisionWorks Studios. He previously was an AI Advocate at Google for 10 years and served as a Senior Developer Evangelist at Microsoft. He wrote this book in 2021 and previously published AI and Machine Learning for Coders in 2020.

While OpenAI’s ChatGPT kick started the LLM surge, AI will simply be a component installed upon our mobile devices. The OpenAI/Microsoft partnership is certainly enterprise focused, Google Gemini and Apple will drive their Android and iOS devices to simply adopt AI as part of their mobile ecosystem. Phones will simply remain the go to device.

So, there was a lot of buzz regarding new AI devices including Humane’s AI Pin or the Rabbit R1. Their rush to market to capitalize on the AI hype cycle leads to critical mistakes.