As cloud computing becomes more common, businesses have had to contend with the challenge of protecting sensitive data during processing. Confidential computing addresses this by keeping data in use ...

Historically, data security was primarily focused on safeguarding data residing within systems controlled by the users themselves, such as on-premise storage and server infrastructure. In such a ...

Scientists developed memristors for data storage out of common mushrooms, taking a major step forward in organic computing.

What if the future of computing wasn’t bound to Earth? Imagine data centers orbiting our planet, harnessing the unfiltered power of the sun, cooled by the vacuum of space, and shielded from ...

Artificial intelligence is growing fast, and so are the number of computers that power it. Behind the scenes, this rapid growth is putting a huge strain on the data centers that run AI models. These ...

As artificial intelligence grows more powerful, so does its appetite for speed and energy. The quest for faster, smarter ...

Open the Planetary Computer data catalog and you will find all kinds of useful data: from decades’ worth of satellite imagery to biomass maps, from the US Census to fire data. All together, there are ...

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of stories featuring master’s degree programs at the University of Chicago. Bradley Stoller knew the University of Chicago was an ideal fit to pursue a master’s ...