Astronomers pinpoint location of mysterious radio signal across the universe

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are one of the most puzzling mysteries of the space age. These one-off, millisecond-long signals pour in from all corners of the cosmos, and so far nobody’s been able to figure out what causes them or where they’re ev… Continue reading Astronomers pinpoint location of mysterious radio signal across the universe

Researchers develop a technique to vaccinate algorithms against adversarial attacks

A set of techniques to effectively vaccinate algorithms against adversarial attacks have been developed by researchers from CSIRO’s Data61. Algorithms ‘learn’ from the data they are trained on to create a machine learning model that c… Continue reading Researchers develop a technique to vaccinate algorithms against adversarial attacks

Gold-mining fungi could guide human prospectors

Shiny, pretty and useful in electronics, gold has been prized by humans for millennia, but we’re not the only ones out there prospecting. Scientists from Australia’s CSIRO have now found a fungus species that mines for gold and even decorates… Continue reading Gold-mining fungi could guide human prospectors

Detecting Trojan attacks against deep neural networks

A group of researchers with CSIRO’s Data61, the digital innovation arm of Australia’s national science agency, have been working on a system for run time detection of trojan attacks on deep neural network models. Although it has yet to be tested in the… Continue reading Detecting Trojan attacks against deep neural networks