Tommy van der Vorst

I am a partner at Dialogic. I provide strategic advice in the domain of digitisation, machine learning/AI and telecommunications, backed by meaningful and innovative data analysis.

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Understanding and verifying Syncthing’s untrusted peer encryption

7-1-2024

Syncthing is a great piece of open source software that allows you to synchronize folders of files across your devices, without relying on cloud providers such as Dropbox and OneDrive. One scenario it supports is synchronization between a trusted device (e.g. your own laptop) and an untrusted device (e.g. a …

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Make LLM’s output structured JSON data using biasing

31-12-2023

To interact with traditional IT systems an LLM would have to consume and produce data in a strictly defined format. LLMs typically have no issue ingesting all sorts of (mixed) data – not only do the LLMs accept natural language, these languages may be mixed and contain spelling errors! An LLM …

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Java was far, far ahead of its time

3-5-2021

Sometimes innovations come along that are just a bit too far ahead of their time. One of these are Java applets. Back in 2003 (i was fifteen!) I came across a web page that showed a Java applet rendering 3D scenes in real-time. To learn C++ I downloaded the source …

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How many new antennas will be needed for 5G in the Netherlands?

3-5-2021

In a study commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Dialogic finds that between 296 and 726 new antenna sites (which, in many cases, are shared between operators) are necessary over the coming six years. Until 2027, we do not expect deployment of large-scale small cell structures (as seen …

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