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TAIPEI,May 24, 2022 Today marked the opening of COMPUTEX 2022, held until May 27at Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 1. Among the distinguished guests in attendance at the opening ceremony to witness the rapid development of new digital technology were PresidentTsai Ing-Wen, Minister of Economic AffairsWang Mei-Hua, Chairman of Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA)James Huang, and Chairman of Taipei Computer Association Paul Peng.

PresidentTsai Ing-wen stated, COMPUTEX is an important platform for the global technology industry, which not only enables Taiwanese companies to strengthen their international collaboration and connect to the global market, but also shows the capabilities of TaiwansICT industry to the world. In the future, the development of advanced technologies such as AI, quantum computers, and cloud computing will be highly dependent on chips. Therefore,Taiwanwill leverage its strengths in high-end hardware manufacturing and empowering ICT innovations in various industries to make the overall economy more competitive. Also, we will actively work together with enterprises to accelerate the digital transformation process and to build the next golden decade ofTaiwanstechnology industry.

Over the past twenty years, technology, our shared global language, has empowered the world and resulted in important milestones. Even when facing urgent challenges such as the pandemic and supply chain disruptions, technology has allowed infinite possibilities, said TAITRA ChairmanJames Huang. COMPUTEXs mission has always been to introduce technologies to the world and help make a difference, and this years event offers an upgraded, hybrid exhibition experience. We look forward to stimulating technological innovation and heading into the future with global technology companies.

The leading global ICT companies showcase their innovative technologies and solutions at COMPUTEX. GIGABYTE showcased high-performance computing applications, including AI, 5G, edge computing, intelligent traffic management, security, and gaming and entertainment. Delta Electronics chose to focus on sustainability and presented energy and thermal management solutions for applications such as industrial automation, data center infrastructure, and EV charging. KIOXIA displayed its XG8 series of client SSDs for high-end notebooks, desktops, and workstations. Furthermore, Garage+ Pavilion selected 48 startups to showcase innovative capabilities in numerous fields, including AI, IoT, health care, and green technology.

COMPUTEX 2022 Provides an Overview of the Global Technology Ecosystems

COMPUTEX 2022 features six main themes: Accelerating Intelligence, Connected X-Experience, Digital Resilience, Innovative Computing, Innovations & Startups, and Sustainability. In addition, a virtual exhibition, COMPUTEX DigitalGO, is held from today toJune 6. By making use of diverse channels, COMPUTEX 2022 has created an interactive platform for global engagement and provided a comprehensive overview of the future developments in the global technology ecosystems.

In addition to the comprehensive exhibition, COMPUTEX also offers keynote speeches and forums. This years CEO Keynotes, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD), NXP Semiconductors (NXP), Micron Technology, and Supermicro will share their corporate visions from a technology perspective. Microsoft and NVIDIA will also give keynote speeches, streaming live onCOMPUTEXs Youtube channel.

The COMPUTEX Forum will be held onMay 26at Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 1, Section J. In the morning, in the first session titled Technology Empowerment, Texas Instruments, Ericsson, NXP, NVIDIA, and Micron Technology will discuss how global technology giants find partners, achieve new advancements, and embrace change.

In the afternoon, in the second session, Delta Electronics will talk on Unceasing Innovation for a Net Zero Future and demystify how businesses are leveraging digital technology to achieve sustainability and reach the 2050 net-zero carbon emissions target. Finally, in the third and final session themed Application Advancements, HTC, IBM, Dassault System, and Nokia Taiwan will discuss the metaverse and how businesses can actively deploy smart living and successfully create new work modes.

Furthermore, Live Studio, a new addition to this years event, will serve as the official news channel for COMPUTEX 2022 and provide participants with the most up-to-date and complete event coverage throughout the show. The Guided Tours are another highlight of the event. Industry KOLs will personally lead the tours, take fans around the booths, and put a brand new spin on technology discovery. In addition, media outlets, including Embedded Computing Design from the US, Dempa Publications fromJapan, and IT Chosun fromSouth Korea, will cover COMPUTEX, showingTaiwansscientific and technological achievements and potential to the world.

This year, COMPUTEX 2022 is being held at Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 1. In addition to technology trend sharing, industry application demonstrations, and the fun and interactive live studio and guided tours, there are photo booths for each of the six themes. Participants who take photos in each booth and upload the photos will be entered to win the event organizers limited edition COMPUTEX 2022 NFT. With so many exciting activities to enjoy, COMPUTEX 2022 is an event not to be missed.

To learn more aboutCOMPUTEX, please visit: https://www.computextaipei.com.tw.

About COMPUTEX

COMPUTEX was founded in 1981. It has grown with the global ICT industry and become stronger over the last four decades. Bearing witness to historical moments in the development of and changes in the industry, COMPUTEX attracts more than 40,000 buyers to visitTaiwanevery year. It is also the preferred platform chosen by top international companies for launching epoch-making products.

Taiwanhas a comprehensive global ICT industry chain. Gaining a foothold inTaiwan, COMPUTEX is jointly held by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council and Taipei Computer Association, aiming to build a global tech ecosystem. COMPUTEX uses cross-domain integration and innovation services as the most powerful driving forces for achieving the goal of becoming a new platform for global technological resources.

About TAITRA

The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) isTaiwansforemost trade promotion organization. TAITRA is a public-benefit corporation founded by the Ministry of Economic Affairs by uniting industry and commerce groups from the private sector with the purpose of helping them expand their global reach. Currently, TAITRA has a team of more than 1,300 trade professionals, both domestically and abroad. Headquartered inTaipei, TAITRA operates 5 local offices in Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung, as well as 63 branches worldwide. It has also signed cooperation agreements with 319 sister organizations that promote international trade. By forming a comprehensive trade services network that provides zero-time-difference and borderless real-time services, TAITRA continues to work with enterprises to jointly pursue the steady development ofTaiwanseconomy. It is the best partner for your success in business expansion.

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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates,May 25, 2022 Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI)the worlds first graduate, research university dedicated to Artificial Intelligence (AI)has announced plans for a strategic collaboration with IBM. Senior leaders from both organizations signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed atadvancingfundamental AI research, as well as accelerating the types of scientific breakthroughs that could unlock the potential of AI to help solve some of humanitys greatest challenges.

ProfessorEric Xing, President of MBZUAI, delivered short remarks, as didJonathan Adashek, IBMs Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer, andSaad Toma, General Manager, IBM Middle East, andAfrica. The agreement was then signed bySultan Al Hajji, Vice President for Public Affairs and Alumni Relations at MBZUAI andWael Abdoush, General Manager IBM Gulf and Levant.

Were excited to to be among the first research universities in the MENA region to host a Center of Excellence for AI research and development with technology and expertise from a world-leading technological giant like IBM. This center will provide highly valuable resource and collaborative environment to our faculty and students to broaden their work in AI. IBM has a long history of technological innovation, and we look forward to joining their latest efforts in our region and together advance AI technology and commercialization for mutual good, MBZUAI President, ProfessorEric Xingsaid.

Saad Toma, General Manager, IBM Middle East andAfrica, said: This collaboration will help drive innovations in AI which is critical for the future of business and society. Were bringing together some of the brightest minds across both the industry and academia, while reinforcing IBMs commitment to promoting knowledge and skills in critical areas for the UAEs development, where the use of technologies like AI is fundamental.

Central to the collaborationis theestablishment of a new AI Center of Excellence to be based at the universitys Masdar City campus. The Center will leveragethe talents of IBM researchers, in collaboration with MBZUAI faculty and students, and will focus on the advancement of both fundamental and applied research objectives.

The initiative seeks to develop, validate, and incubate technologies that harness the capabilities of AI to address civic, social, and business challenges. Further, the collaboration aims to provide real-life applications, particularly in the fields of natural language processing, as well as AI applications that seek to further climate and sustainability goals, and accelerate discoveries in healthcare.

IBM will provide targeted training and technologies as part of the initiative, which supports the universitys vision to be a global leader for advancing AI and its application for the good of society and business. For example, throughtheIBM Academic Initiative,IBM will provideMBZUAI students and faculty with access to IBM tools, software, courseware and cloud accounts for teaching, learning, and non-commercial research. In addition, through theIBM Skills Academyprogram, MBZUAI will have access to curated AI curricula, lectures, labs, industry use cases, design-thinking sessions, and an AI Practitioner certification.

The planned relationship is subject to the parties reaching definitive agreements.

About IBM

IBM is a leading global hybrid cloud and AI, and business services provider. We help clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs, and gain the competitive edge in their industries. Nearly 3,000 government and corporate entities in critical infrastructure areas such as financial services, telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBMs hybrid cloud platform and Red Hat OpenShift to affect their digital transformations quickly, efficiently, and securely. IBMs breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing, industry-specific cloud solutions and business services deliver open and flexible options to our clients. All of this is backed by IBMs legendary commitment to trust, transparency, responsibility, inclusivity, and service. Visitwww.ibm.comfor more information.

About Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI)

MBZUAI is a graduate, research university focused on artificial intelligence, computer science, and digital technologies across industrial sectors. The university aims to empower students, businesses, and governments to advance artificial intelligence as a global force for positive progress. MBZUAI offers various graduate programs designed to pursue advanced, specialized knowledge and skills in artificial intelligence, including computer vision, machine learning, and natural language processing. For more information, please visitwww.mbzuai.ac.ae.

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Modern computers are incredibly versatile, but even the most potent ones struggle with certain types of calculations and modelling

Now, imagine an entirely different kind of computer, with head-spinning power, using mind-bending quantum mechanics to bring barely believable capabilities to life. A super super computer that can tackle calculations that the most powerful conventional machines would need decades to process in a split second. This contraption which resembles a baroque chandelier that could have hung at Versailles is a quantum computer.

They probably wont replace todays computers dont expect your next laptop to be a quantum device but they will be able to tackle certain boxed and highly complex tasks that force traditional computers to throw in the towel. If there are near-endless possible answers to a clearly defined problem, a quantum computer will find the solution much quicker than any conventional computer.

Quantum computers are powered by qubits (i.e., quantum bits), which, due to the strange properties of quantum mechanics, can exist in something called superposition, which in simplified terms means they exist in both 0 and 1 states simultaneously. Imagine flipping a coin. Itll eventually land on either heads or tails. But if you spin it, you could say that before it settles it is both heads and tails at the same time or, rather, there is a possibility that it can be either of the two. It is in superposition. In order to operate at scale, qubits need to be entangled wired together in superposition. Quantum entanglement, explains IBM, allows qubits, which behave randomly, to be perfectly correlated with each other.

Alas, superposition is fickle, and when decoherence forces a qubit out of superposition, it no longer possesses quantum properties. The solution is called error correction, and quantum computing pioneers like IBM, Microsoft and Google are hard at work making it happen.

For a more comprehensive explanation of quantum computing, check out this primer. And dont miss this irresistible video featuring IBM scientist Talia Gershon explaining quantum computers to five individuals from an eight-year-old to a theoretical physicist from Yale.

Possibilities for quantum use cases include predictive analytics and advanced modeling, which could help streamline and optimize large-scale transit operations and fleet maintenance, energy exploration, disaster prevention and recovery, as well as climate change mitigation. Also on the radar: chemistry simulations of molecules and atoms whose complex behavior is driven by quantum mechanics and simply too hard to handle for conventional machines.Meanwhile, automakers, including Volkswagen, are investigating quantum computing in search of improved battery chemistry for electric vehicles.

In oil refining, massively big machines, called hydrocrackers, are used to upgrade low-quality heavy gas oils into high-quality, clean-burning jet fuel, diesel and gasoline. Extremely complicated and costly to maintain, hydrocrackers may sit idle several months each year, but implementing a predictive modeling application has enabled hydrocracker operators to shave off months of downtime for these behemoths. The idea: Make all acute repairs when the machine is down and use technology to predict what might break next and fix it preemptively. Adding quantum-driven AI as the brain for the hydrocracker could further minimize downtime because the quantum computer could calculate exponentially more scenarios than current technology.

In another example of the immense potential of the technology, bright minds from the University of Glasgows School of Physics & Astronomy recently announced that they have adapted a quantum algorithm called Grovers algorithm to drastically cut down the time it takes to identify and analyze gravitational wave signals.

One of the most interesting use cases is artificial intelligence. Indeed, adding quantum power to AI could be what takes present-day Narrow AI to the next level General AI. The quantum-AI hydrocracker brain described above is a possible example of General AI. Quantum computing could also propel machines toward sentience within specific fields. Imagine computers perfectly empathizing and emulating emotions, with the ability to respond to complex signals, like expressions, eye movement and body language. Perhaps one day, quantum computing could drive us all the way to that barely fathomable third level of AI Super AI where machines outperform humans in every way.

Todays quantum machines are scientific marvels, and they are evolving rapidly. By [2025], IBM says, we envision that developers across all levels of the quantum computing stack will rely upon our advanced hardware with a cloud-based API. The hope is that by 2030, companies and users are running billions, if not a trillion quantum circuits a day. Big Blue, whose most powerful machine currently packs 126 qubits, expects to have an 1121-qubit version in 2023.

Quantum computing is fascinating, promising and just cool. Still, we may need to slow the hype machine down a tad as significant challenges must be overcome before the technology can be commercialized. Functional, stable, production-scale quantum machines could be up to a decade away. But once they materialize, we can start writing software for the quantum stack and begin to realize all these tantalizing quantum computing use cases.

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The semiconductor nanosheets in the water-cooled copper mount turn an infrared laser pulse into an effectively unipolar terahertz pulse. The team says that their terahertz emitter could be made to fit inside a matchbox. Image credit: Christian Meineke, Huber Lab, University of Regensburg

A laser pulse that sidesteps the inherent symmetry of light waves could manipulate quantum information, potentially bringing us closer to room temperature quantum computing.

The study, led by researchers at the University of Regensburg and the University of Michigan, could also accelerate conventional computing.

Quantum computing has the potential to accelerate solutions to problems that need to explore many variables at the same time, including drug discovery, weather prediction and encryption for cybersecurity. Conventional computer bits encode either a 1 or 0, but quantum bits, or qubits, can encode both at the same time. This essentially enables quantum computers to work through multiple scenarios simultaneously, rather than exploring them one after the other. However, these mixed states dont last long, so the information processing must be faster than electronic circuits can muster.

While laser pulses can be used to manipulate the energy states of qubits, different ways of computing are possible if charge carriers used to encode quantum information could be moved aroundincluding a room-temperature approach. Terahertz light, which sits between infrared and microwave radiation, oscillates fast enough to provide the speed, but the shape of the wave is also a problem. Namely, electromagnetic waves are obliged to produce oscillations that are both positive and negative, which sum to zero.

The positive cycle may move charge carriers, such as electrons. But then the negative cycle pulls the charges back to where they started. To reliably control the quantum information, an asymmetric light wave is needed.

The optimum would be a completely directional, unipolar wave, so there would be only the central peak, no oscillations. That would be the dream. But the reality is that light fields that propagate have to oscillate, so we try to make the oscillations as small as we can, said Mackillo Kira, U-M professor of electrical engineering and computer science and leader of the theory aspects of the study in Light: Science & Applications.

Since waves that are only positive or only negative are physically impossible, the international team came up with a way to do the next best thing. They created an effectively unipolar wave with a very sharp, high-amplitude positive peak flanked by two long, low-amplitude negative peaks. This makes the positive peak forceful enough to move charge carriers while the negative peaks are too small to have much effect.

They did this by carefully engineering nanosheets of a gallium arsenide semiconductor to design the terahertz emission through the motion of electrons and holes, which are essentially the spaces left behind when electrons move in semiconductors. The nanosheets, each about as thick as one thousandth of a hair, were made in the lab of Dominique Bougeard, a professor of physics at the University of Regensburg in Germany.

Then, the group of Rupert Huber, also a professor of physics at the University of Regensburg, stacked the semiconductor nanosheets in front of a laser. When the near-infrared pulse hit the nanosheet, it generated electrons. Due to the design of the nanosheets, the electrons welcomed separation from the holes, so they shot forward. Then, the pull from the holes drew the electrons back. As the electrons rejoined the holes, they released the energy theyd picked up from the laser pulse as a strong positive terahertz half-cycle preceded and followed by a weak, long negative half-cycle.

The resulting terahertz emission is stunningly unipolar, with the single positive half-cycle peaking about four times higher than the two negative ones, Huber said. We have been working for many years on light pulses with fewer and fewer oscillation cycles. The possibility of generating terahertz pulses so short that they effectively comprise less than a single half-oscillation cycle was beyond our bold dreams.

Next, the team intends to use these pulses to manipulate electrons in room temperature quantum materials, exploring mechanisms for quantum information processing. The pulses could also be used for ultrafast processing of conventional information.

Now that we know the key factor of unipolar pulses, we may be able to shape terahertz pulses to be even more asymmetric and tailored for controlling semiconductor qubits, said Qiannan Wen, a Ph.D. student in applied physics at U-M and a co-first-author of the study, along with Christian Meineke and Michael Prager, Ph.D. students in physics at the University of Regensburg.

Collaborators at Justus Liebig University Giessen and Helmut Schmidt University, both in Germany, contributed to the experiment and the characterization of the nanosheets.

This research was supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG), W.M. Keck Foundation and the National Science Foundation.

Study: Scalable high-repetition-rate sub-half-cycle terahertz pulses from spatially indirect interband transitions (DOI: 10.1038/s41377-022-00824-6)

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While the terms might be more familiar to fans of old-fashioned cowboy films, white hat and black hat have found modern relevance in the world of computer hacking.

In the black-and-white cowboy films of yesteryear, the concept of the white hat vs. the black hat was originally developed to help audiences easily identify the hero and the villain. Today, these terms are now used to identify two types of hackers: white hat hackers and black hat hackers.

Much like their cowboy inspiration, white hat hackers are considered to be in the hero camp, as they perform a valuable public service by stress-testing technology and looking for security vulnerabilities so they can be fixed before theyre exploited by their black hat counterparts.

Black hat hackers, cybersecuritys villains, are out for money, power, and chaos, using their talents to enrich themselves at the expense of others well-being.

To learn more about how to become a white hat hacker, we sat down with Avast Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) Jaya Baloo to get her inside perspective on what white hat hackers do, how to become a white hat hacker, and why their work is so crucial to cybersecurity at large.

Whether we notice it or not, cybersecurity is a huge part of each of our daily lives and its time to start paying attention if we want to be safe.

We live in a connected world that is poised to become even more connected in the future. Not only will we be more intrinsically connected to each other, but all of our devices will be interconnected as well.

If the future is going to be made up of smart devices, that means we need to get smarter, too.

Making sure the future of security is simple and accessible to everyone is one of Baloos main missions as a white hat hacker.

As new technology emerges, were seeing an increasing digital divide between the haves and have nots and not only when it comes to the elderly and younger generations, says Baloo. During my travels, Ive seen such stark challenges when it comes to tech adoption across the world, which is why its so important for me that security stays affordable and accessible to the most vulnerable populations.

Before joining our team in 2019, Baloo was CISO at KPN, the largest telecommunications carrier in the Netherlands, where she built and led KPNs security team for seven years, directing the team to defend not only KPN but most of the critical infrastructure in the Netherlands.

Before leading her team at KPN, Baloo worked as a Technical Security Specialist at France Telecom, following a number of years working at different telcos like Verizon. Outside of Avast, Baloo is also Vice-Chair of the EU Quantum Flagship, a billion-euro R&D program for quantum technologies, and a faculty member of Singularity University.

But despite her impressive history and list of credentials, Baloo calls her entire career in security an accident.

She was inspired to study computers after receiving one for Christmas at the age of nine. Although she didnt have access to the internet until she turned 12 (with a dial-up connection), Baloo was a quick fan. After maxing out the familys CompuServe bill, her parents canceled the service, leaving Baloo on her own to find different avenues to get back online.

She soon learned about local dial-up systems through online chat rooms and decided to try to find one by setting up a wardialing programa technique which involves automatically scanning lists of phone numbers in a local area code to search for modems, computers, bulletin board systems (i.e., computer servers), and fax machines. As Baloo recalls, I was that desperate to get back online!

Since then, Jaya has used her powers for good and works towards a safer and more secure digital world.

Baloos passion to be online was intense, but she didnt always have a big community to back her up or inspire her.

When I was really young, I was the only girl in my class who was really interested in computers and getting one and playing with them.

At the time, Baloo only thought of technology as a hobby, the ultimate consequence of, If you cant see it, you cant be it.

According to Baloo, I suppose that came from the fact that I was the only girl. I never considered it as a potential for a professional choice because there were no female examples.

Today, Baloo is leading by example to redefine the image of who can be a white hat hacker.

At the EU Quantum Flagship, for example, Baloo is one of few security people holding the position of Vice Chair; most of the other members are leading physicists. Together, the group provides insight into quantum computing developments and calls for action to continue the development of solutions to mitigate security concerns.

Baloos job is to make sure they stay ahead of the curve.

If we allow it to, quantum computing will revolutionize fundamental science. But if we lead from only a security threat standpoint, only worrying about security threats, it will not progress.

Baloo calls her position at EU Quantum Flagship the greatest achievement of her career a long way from the days when she felt being a girl who was interested in technology was a quirky, weird thing about [her.]

Today, she underscores the important role that white hat hackers play, not just in cybersecurity, but in the world at large. And she encourages young women and students to join her.

Admittedly, getting started on the good side of cybersecurity can feel a bit like being The Lone Ranger, at times. Especially in infosec, Baloo shares, there tends to be a lot of competition and pitting people against each others relevant experience or technical merit. This scares a lot of people off.

But Baloo rallies young women and students to not walk away from the challenge.

Hold onto your passion, and dont be afraid of being wrong. Its the only way to learn something new.

To stay informed in a constantly evolving field, Baloo recommends leaning into self-study and community outreach by reading frequently, observing discussions on social media, and listening to researchers at conferences.

The Wild West landscape may have changed, but the threat of black hat villains is not so different than it was years ago.

Instead of black hat cowboys with handlebar mustaches, black hat hackers are now the villainous outlaws, attacking everyone from government institutions to remote workers around the world.

Society needs white hat hackers to triumph over these threats. And today, everyone has the opportunity to become the hero.

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