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Trained Deep Neural Network (DNN) models are considered valuable Intellectual Properties (IP) in several business models. Prevention of IP theft and unauthorized usage of such DNN models has been raised as of significant concern by…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-02-20 Manaar Alam , Sayandeep Saha , Debdeep Mukhopadhyay , Sandip Kundu

The large memory requirements of deep neural networks limit their deployment and adoption on many devices. Model compression methods effectively reduce the memory requirements of these models, usually through applying transformations such…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-11-15 Brandon Reagen , Udit Gupta , Robert Adolf , Michael M. Mitzenmacher , Alexander M. Rush , Gu-Yeon Wei , David Brooks

Machine learning relies on randomness as a fundamental component in various steps such as data sampling, data augmentation, weight initialization, and optimization. Most machine learning frameworks use pseudorandom number generators as the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-02-11 Kotekar Annapoorna Prabhu , Andrew Gan , Zahra Ghodsi

The cryptographic security provided by various techniques of random number generator (RNG) construction is one of the developing researches areas today. Among various types of RNG, the true random bit generator (TRBG) can be considered as…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-05-22 Togzhan Abzhanova , Irina Dolzhikova , Alex Pappachen James

Emerging non-volatile memory (NVM) technologies offer unique advantages in energy efficiency, latency, and features such as computing-in-memory. Consequently, emerging NVM technologies are considered an ideal substrate for computation and…

Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) is pervasive in computer systems. Cell vulnerabilities caused by unintended phenomena (forced retention failure, latency alteration, rowhammer and rowpress) lead to unintended bit flips in memory. These…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-03-20 Zilong Hu , Hongming Fei , Prosanta Gope , Jack Miskelly , Owen Millwood , Biplab Sikdar

Random bit generators (RBGs) are key components of a variety of information processing applications ranging from simulations to cryptography. In particular, cryptographic systems require "strong" RBGs that produce high-entropy bit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. Fiorentino , C. M. Santori , S. M. Spillane , W. J. Munro , R. G. Beausoleil

Pseudo-Random Numbers Generators (PRNGs) are algorithms produced to generate long sequences of statistically uncorrelated numbers, i.e. Pseudo-Random Numbers (PRNs). These numbers are widely employed in mid-level cryptography and in…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-12-30 Luca Pasqualini , Maurizio Parton

Deterministic pseudo random number generators (PRNGs) used in generative artificial intelligence (GAI) models produce predictable patterns vulnerable to exploitation by attackers. Conventional defences against the vulnerabilities often come…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-03 Youwei Bao , Shuhan Yang , Hyunsoo Yang

Using Fourier analysis, this paper establishes near-optimal security bounds for linear correctors commonly used in True Random Number Generators (TRNGs), expressed through code weight enumerators and input bias parameters. We provide the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-22 Maciej Skorski , Francisco-Javier Soto , Onur Günlü

Quantum Random Number Generators (QRNGs) emerged as a promising solution for generating truly random numbers. In the present article, we give an overview of QRNGs highlighting the merits and demerits of various strategies briefly. Then…

Bluetooth chips must include a Random Number Generator (RNG). This RNG is used internally within cryptographic primitives but also exposed to the operating system for chip-external applications. In general, it is a black box with…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-07-01 Jörn Tillmanns , Jiska Classen , Felix Rohrbach , Matthias Hollick

A high-speed random number generator (RNG) circuit based on magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM) using an error-correcting code (ECC) post processing circuit is presented. ECC post processing increases the quality of randomness by…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2016-06-13 Tetsufumi Tanamoto , Naoharu Shimomura , Sumio Ikegawa , Mari Matsumoto , Shinobu Fujita , Hiroaki Yoda

Differential Privacy (DP) relies on random numbers to preserve privacy, typically utilising Pseudorandom Number Generators (PRNGs) as a source of randomness. In order to allow for consistent reproducibility, testing and bug-fixing in DP…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-07-10 Naoise Holohan

Pseudo-random number generators (PRNGs) are essential in a wide range of applications, from cryptography to statistical simulations and optimization algorithms. While uniform randomness is crucial for security-critical areas like…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-01-03 Jianan Wu , Ahmet Yusuf Salim , Eslam Elmitwalli , Selçuk Köse , Zeljko Ignjatovic

The proliferation of machine learning services in the last few years has raised data privacy concerns. Homomorphic encryption (HE) enables inference using encrypted data but it incurs 100x-10,000x memory and runtime overheads. Secure deep…

Random numbers are indispensable for a variety of applications ranging from testing physics foundation to information encryption. In particular, nonlocality tests provide a strong evidence to our current understanding of nature -- quantum…

With the widespread use of communication technologies, cryptosystems are therefore critical to guarantee security over open networks as the Internet. Pseudo-random number generators (PRNGs) are fundamental in cryptosystems and information…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2011-12-06 Jacques M. Bahi , Jean-François Couchot , Christophe Guyeux , Qianxue Wang

Using Resistive Random Access Memory (RRAM) crossbars in Computing-in-Memory (CIM) architectures offers a promising solution to overcome the von Neumann bottleneck. Due to non-idealities like cell variability, RRAM crossbars are often…

The pseudo-random number generators (PRNGs), sampling algorithms, and algorithms for generating random integers in some common statistical packages and programming languages are unnecessarily inaccurate, by an amount that may matter for…

Computation · Statistics 2018-10-29 Philip B. Stark , Kellie Ottoboni