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Open Source loT: A Primer for Everyone
Open source IoT platforms promise to play a central role in shaping the future, making it possible for more people and businesses to benefit from smarter, more efficient solutions. We look at a brief history of this tech and explore emerging trends.
10+ min |
January 2025
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Using Open Source and Blockchain to Build Decentralised loT Networks
Explore how blockchain is being integrated with loT to create decentralised networks. Find out how leading open source projects like IOTA and Streamr use blockchain to ensure data integrity, security, and privacy in loT ecosystems.
8 min |
January 2025
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Internet of Things: Running Language Models on Edge Devices
Let’s delve into the technical aspects, challenges, and benefits of deploying language models on edge/loT devices.
8 min |
January 2025
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How Open Source is Making Quantum Computing Accessible to Everyone
Open source initiatives are breaking down the barriers to quantum computing, making it accessible to everyone. Explore what quantum computing is, the challenges of traditional adoption, how open source platforms are democratising the technology, and how you can get started in this exciting domain.
5 min |
January 2025
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Building the Backbone of AI with Scalable and Power-Efficient Infrastructure
The AI revolution is being fuelled by continuous investment in infrastructure to handle vast and complex workloads. This includes moving towards distributed computing and using XPUS.
3 min |
January 2025
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Amazon Bedrock: A Boon for the Financial Services Industry
Amazon Bedrock is a fully managed service that provides access to foundation models from top AI providers, enabling organisations to build and scale generative AI applications. It is specifically designed to bring AI solutions to the financial sector. Let's explore all that it can do...
9 min |
December 2024
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Quantum-Safe VPNs: The Future of Secure Communication
As quantum computing continues to advance, it poses a significant threat to traditional cryptographic algorithms that secure our digital communications. Virtual private networks (VPNs), which rely heavily on encryption, are particularly vulnerable. Quantum-safe VPNs utilise post-quantum cryptographic algorithms to protect against quantum attacks.
3 min |
December 2024
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Popular Open Source Toolkits for Quantum Machine Learning
Quantum machine learning is becoming increasingly popular due to its ability to solve the complex problems of the AI age. Here are a few open source libraries and frameworks that help with quantum computations.
5 min |
December 2024
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Quantum Computing: Harnessing Open Source for Innovation and Accessibility
We explore how open source initiatives are shaping the future of quantum computing, making it more accessible and driving innovation through collaboration.
9 min |
December 2024
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How Quantum Computing Differs from Classical Computing
Despite being in its infancy, quantum computing has numerous potential applications in modelling, cybersecurity, AI/ML, and other fields. But how do quantum and classical computing compare with each other? Let's find out...
4 min |
December 2024
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From Bits to Qubits: The Growth Story of Quantum Computing
Quantum computing may still be in the early stages of evolution, but its potential impact on everyday life is significant. We delve into the key concepts behind it, the reasons for its rapid growth, and how global advancements are shaping its future.
10+ min |
December 2024
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Pytket: A Comprehensive Guide to Quantum Circuit Design
Pytket stands out as a powerful toolkit in the realm of quantum computing, offering a suite of features that cater to both researchers and industry practitioners. Its key strengths include optimisation, platform-agnostic support, flexible quantum circuit design and hybrid algorithm support. These features make Pytket a versatile tool for various quantum computing applications, from machine learning and cryptography to optimisation problems in industrial settings.
10+ min |
December 2024
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Cirq: The Open Source Framework for Programming Quantum Computers
Explore the key features, capabilities, and impact of Cirq, an open source quantum computing framework developed by Google, on the quantum programming landscape.
4 min |
December 2024
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The Role of Open Source in Accelerating Quantum AI
Here's an overview of how open source frameworks are being utilised to build quantum machine learning models, including quantum neural networks and quantum kernel methods. The challenges and future directions in the quantum AI landscape are also discussed.
7 min |
December 2024
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Quantum Machine Learning: An Overview
Quantum machine learning (QML) is a burgeoning field at the intersection of quantum computing and artificial intelligence. In recent years, the integration of quantum mechanics with machine learning algorithms has sparked substantial interest among researchers and technologists alike. Here's a quick look at the essentials of creating quantum algorithms for AI models, their practical use cases on open source platforms, and best practices for implementing these advanced algorithms.
7 min |
December 2024
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Blockchain: Transforming Automotive Traceability, Payments, Sustainability
From advanced battery passports to carbon credits and fortified payments, blockchain is reshaping EV data handling and connectivity.
6 min |
December 2024
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"Developers are wasting their time with Kubernetes alone!"
At Open Source India 2024, Ram Iyengar, Chief Evangelist, Cloud Foundry Foundation, raised a few eyebrows with his cogent arguments about ways to manage and deploy infrastructure. OSFY's Yashasvini Razdan got some exclusive takes on alternatives for scalable application deployment and management, and the role of Cloud Foundry Foundation in this business....
10 min |
December 2024
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Helgrind: Detecting Synchronisation Issues in Multithreaded Programs
Let's explore how Helgrind can be used to detect and debug multithreading issues with the help of a multithreaded C program.
3 min |
November 2024
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The Perfect Process of Booting a PC
Booting a PC seems as simple as eating a cake. But are you aware of all that goes on behind-the-scenes to bake a delicious cake or seamlessly boot a PC?
3 min |
November 2024
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Exploring eBPF and its Integration with Kubernetes
eBPF, a game-changing technology that extends the capabilities of the Linux kernel, offers significant advantages for Kubernetes networking. It also greatly improves Kubernetes observability by capturing detailed telemetry data directly from the kernel. Read on to find out how its integration with Kubernetes has immense benefits.
5 min |
November 2024
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Deploying Generative AI LLMs on Docker
Built on massive datasets, large language models or LLMS are closely associated with generative Al. Integrating these models with Docker has quite a few advantages.
8 min |
November 2024
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Containerisation: The Cornerstone of Multi-Cloud and Hybrid Cloud Success
Open source containerisation software provides the flexibility, cost-effectiveness, and community support needed to build and manage complex multi-cloud and hybrid cloud environments. By leveraging this software, businesses can unlock the full potential of multicloud and hybrid cloud architectures while minimising vendor lock-in risks.
3 min |
November 2024
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From Virtual Machines to Docker Containers: The Evolution of Software Development
Containerisation and Kubernetes have eased software development, making it faster and better. Let's see where these are headed, looking at trends that are making life easier for developers.
10+ min |
November 2024
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India's Leap in Supercomputing: Innovating for Tomorrow
As India strides towards self-sufficiency in supercomputing, embracing this evolution isn't just an option-it is pivotal for global competitiveness and technological leadership.
5 min |
November 2024
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SageMath: A Quick Introduction to Cybersecurity
In the previous articles in this SageMath series, we delved into graph theory and explored its applications using SageMath. In this seventh article in the series, it is time to shift our focus to another crucial subfield of computer science: cybersecurity and cryptography.
10+ min |
November 2024
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Efficient Prompt Engineering: Getting the Right Answers
OpenAl's GPT-3 and GPT-4 are powerful tools that can generate human-like text, answer questions, and provide insights. However, the quality of these outputs depends heavily on how you frame the input, or prompt. Efficient prompt engineering ensures you get the right answers by designing inputs that guide the AI towards relevant, clear, and useful responses. Let's find out how to craft effective prompts with examples.
4 min |
November 2024
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Analysing Linus Torvald's Critique of Docker
This article looks at Docker's security flaws, particularly its shared-kernel model, and contrasts it with traditional VMs for better isolation. It discusses Linus Torvalds' concerns, explores mitigation techniques, and proposes a roadmap for building a more secure containerisation platform using hardware-assisted virtualisation, true isolation, and a robust orchestration layer.
8 min |
November 2024
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Managing a Hybrid Cloud: An Overview
The hybrid cloud market is on a high, with businesses discovering its many benefits. Let's explore what it entails to adopt such a cloud model and why an organisation should consider moving to it.
9 min |
October 2024
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"Openness challenges the traditional closed nature of hardware IPs to create standardised solutions"
In an interview with EFY's Yashasvini Razdan, Alex P. James, Dean of Academics at Digital University Kerala, argues that an open AI hardware ecosystem could democratise access to hardware design tools and IPs, much like the Linux movement did for software.
4 min |
October 2024
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Meeting Special Education Needs with Open Source Software
Children and adults with special needs require special education. Cboard is free and open source software for special children, but a lot of work is still needed in this domain, especially in India.
8 min |