Mark Halper

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Imagine a home security safe with a valuable necklace locked up inside. The owner wants to add a diamond to the pendant, but doesn’t want to open the door. That would be impossible. Yet in a crude analogy, the same general sort of thing is plausible in the digital world of encrypted data. Computer scientists are advancing the technology of “fully homomorphic encryption,” which enables the processing—albeit, not the changing—of data while it is under lock and key.

Feb 18, 2025 | cacm.acm.org | Moshe Vardi |Shaoshan Liu |Chris Edwards |Mark Halper

‘Not on the Best Path’"LLMs might get it sort of right some of the time, but nowhere near as reliably as the average person."

Feb 17, 2025 | buildings.com | Mark Halper

ID 46307195 © Visivasnc | Dreamstime.comArchitectureQuarterly net income rises at SignifyThat’s something the company hasn’t been able to say since the fall of 2022. There were some surprise downturns, though. Quarterly sales declined again at Signify as they have been since the end of 2022, but net income rose for the first time in 18 months as the company reported a mixed bag of results, including a surprise slump in the European Professional group but a strong U.S. Professional showing.

Feb 17, 2025 | buildings.com | Mark Halper

Image courtesy of FagerhultArchitectureFagerhult financials dip again, but the eco reward is comingCEO Bodil Sonesson says the company is well positioned to help users meet ambitious new E.U. carbon mandates. Meanwhile, watch for an acquisition. Fagerhult Group’s quarterly financial results slipped again and this time even the order book dipped.

Feb 17, 2025 | buildings.com | Mark Halper

Image courtesy of Catharina FyrbergArchitectureSwedish renewable heat utility greens its lighting with LEDs from GlamoxSome 800 new luminaires also address the European fluorescent ban. Norwegian lighting vendor Glamox has added another notch to its belt of wins in the sustainability sector, as it has relit the operations of a Swedish renewable district heat provider and recycling company with LED luminaires, including ruggedized versions for high heat areas of the plant.