美國舉辦「後量子密碼學標準化競賽」，在競賽中贏得勝利者，將可成為新一代標準化密碼系統，而目前台灣團隊距離成為世界標準只剩一步之遙。
一起來認識台灣的參賽系統—「Rainbow」密碼學。
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Software To Recognize Faces Is Found To Be Biased
The majority ( )of commercial facial-recognition systems exhibit bias ( ), according to a study from a federal agency released recently, underscoring ( )questions about a technology increasingly used by police departments and federal agencies to identify suspected criminals.
The systems falsely identified African American and Asian faces 10 times to 100 times more than Caucasian faces, the National Institute of Standards and Technology reported. Among a database of photos used by law enforcement ( )agencies in the United States, the highest error rates came in identifying Native Americans, the study found.
The technology also had more difficulty identifying women than men. And it falsely identified older adults up to 10 times more than middle-aged adults.
The new report comes at a time of mounting ( )concern from lawmakers and civil rights groups over the proliferation ( )of facial recognition. Proponents ( ) view it as ( )an important tool for catching criminals and tracking terrorists. Tech companies market it as a convenience that can be used to help identify people in photos or in lieu of ( )a password to unlock smartphones.
Civil liberties experts, however, warn that the technology — which can be used to track people at a distance without their knowledge — has the potential to lead to ubiquitous ( ) surveillance ( ), chilling freedom of movement and speech. Last year, San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley in California and the Massachusetts communities of Somerville and Brookline banned government use of the technology.
“One false match can lead to missed flights, lengthy interrogations ( ), watch list placements, tense police encounters, false arrests or worse,” Jay Stanley, a policy analyst at the American Civil Liberties Union, said in a statement. “Government agencies including the FBI, Customs ( )and Border Protection and local law enforcement must immediately halt ( )the deployment ( )of this dystopian ( )technology.”
The federal report is one of the largest studies of its kind. The researchers had access ( )to more than 18 million photos of about 8.5 million people from American mug shots ( ), visa applications and border-crossing databases.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology tested 189 facial-recognition algorithms ( )from 99 developers, representing the majority of commercial developers. They included systems from Microsoft, biometric ( )technology companies like Cognitec, and Megvii, an artificial intelligence company in China.
The federal report confirms earlier studies from MIT that reported that facial-recognition systems from some large tech companies had much lower accuracy ( )rates in identifying the female and darker-skinned faces than the white male faces.
臉部辨識系統 有種族性別「偏見」
根據美國聯邦機構新近發表的研究結果，多數商用臉部辨識系統存在偏差，凸顯出這種科技的問題，而警察部門和聯邦機構使用這項科技辨識可疑罪犯的程度正不斷增高。
國家標準及科技研究所指出，比起白人臉孔，這些系統錯誤辨識非裔美國人和亞洲臉孔的機率高出10至100倍。研究發現，在美國執法單位使用的照片資料庫中，辨識美國原住民的錯誤率最高。
這項科技辨識女性也比男性更困難，而且辨識老人的錯誤率高達中年人的10倍。
這份新報告發表之際，國會議員和公民運動團體對臉部辨識的普及正日益感到憂慮。支持者視它為抓捕罪犯和追蹤恐怖分子的重要工具，科技公司將它行銷成方便好用的東西，可辨識照片中的人或作為密碼解鎖智慧手機。
然而，公民自由專家警告，這項科技能在人們不知情的狀況下從一定距離外追蹤他們，有可能導致無所不在的監控，壓抑行動和言論自由。去年，加州的舊金山、奧克蘭和柏克萊，以及麻州的薩默維爾和布魯克萊恩等社區，皆明令禁止政府使用此一科技。
「一個錯誤的比對，就可能導致錯過班機、冗長的訊問、列入觀察名單、與警察緊張的遭遇、錯誤逮捕甚至更糟的狀況。」美國公民自由聯盟的政策分析師傑．史丹利在聲明中這麼說。「包括聯邦調查局、海關及邊境保護局和地方執法單位等政府機構，必須立即停止部署這項反烏托邦科技。」
這份聯邦報告是同類報告中規模最大者之一。研究人員取用來自美國嫌犯大頭照、簽證申請及跨越邊境資料庫中，約850萬人的1800萬張以上的照片。
國家標準及科技研究所測試來自99個開發商的189個臉部辨識演算程式，涵蓋大多數商用開發商，包括微軟系統，生物科技公司如Cognitec，以及中國人工智慧公司曠視科技。
這份聯邦報告證實麻省理工學院先前的研究結果，一些大型科技公司的臉部辨識系統，辨識女性和較深膚色臉孔的正確率，比辨識白人男性低得多。
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美國商務部國家標準暨技術研究院將於7月10日至12日在華盛頓特區舉辦「2019年全球城市團隊挑戰博覽會」。GCTC為全球各地的城市提供了一個互相交流經驗以及分享智慧城市方案的平台。AIT商務組將帶領來自桃園市、台南市、台北市的53人代表團前往美國，這是台灣各縣市第二次參加GCTC的活動。7月11日，桃園市鄭文燦市長將在GCTC國際視角主題演講中發表演講；隨後，台南市王時思副市長也將與13位市長和城市代表一同參與圓桌論壇。在前往GCTC會議前，AIT商務組將於7月8日, 7月9日安排台灣團員訪問紐約市警察局，紐約微軟辦公室，和位於馬里蘭州的美國國家標準暨技術研究院，台灣代表團將聽取最新穎的美國智慧城市科技說明，以及關於網路安全的解決方案。#cybersecurity #GCTC
The U.S. Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host the Global City Teams Challenge (GCTC) in Washington D.C. from July 10 to 12, 2019. The GCTC provides cities from around the world with an opportunity to exchange experiences regarding smart-city solutions. AIT’s Commercial Section will lead the Taiwan delegation of 53 people from Taoyuan City, Tainan City, and Taipei City. This will be the second time that Taiwan city representatives will participate in a GCTC. On July 11, Taoyuan City Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan will deliver a speech during the GCTC International Perspectives keynote session. Later, Tainan Deputy Mayor Wang Shih-szu will participate in a roundtable discussion with 13 city mayors and representatives. Prior to the GCTC in Washington, the AIT Commercial Section will take the delegation to visit the New York Police Department (NYPD) and Microsoft in New York and the NIST in Maryland, where delegates will receive presentations on U.S. smart cities and cybersecurity solutions.
