Abstract: Masking a route by determining a first location of a first user, receiving destination data for the first user, generating a plurality of map segments according to the first location and the destination data, presenting a first map segment to a second user, determining a second location of the first user, and presenting a second map segment to the second user according to the second location.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided of using a machine learning model for disentanglement of prosody in spoken natural language. The method includes encoding, by a computing device, the spoken natural language to produce content code. The method further includes resampling, by the computing device without text transcriptions, the content code to obscure the prosody by applying an unsupervised technique to the machine learning model to generate prosody-obscured content code. The method additionally includes decoding, by the computing device, the prosody-obscured content code to synthesize speech indirectly based upon the content code.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, according to one implementation, includes: monitoring requests received for an AI interface prompt in real-time, and determining whether one or more of the requests violate compliance metrics. Risk scores are calculated for requests determined as violating the compliance metrics. The requests determined as violating the compliance metrics are updated by implementing protective measures correlated with the calculated risk scores. Moreover, the updated requests are sent to the AI interface prompt.

Abstract: A system, platform, computer program product, and/or method for managing UAV resources is disclosed that includes: receiving UAV specifications to provision one or more UAVs; converting the UAV specifications to UAV specification metadata; transforming the UAV specification metadata to UAV configuration metadata to configure UAV software for the one or more UAVs; and configuring, using the UAV configuration metadata, the UAV software for the one or more UAVs. The system, platform, program product, and method can further include assembling, using the UAV configuration metadata, the UAV hardware of the one or more UAVs; deploying the one or more UAVs from a base location to a new location; transferring control over operation of the one or more UAVs to a third-party operator; creating and configuring a network connection to the one or more UAVs; and/or remotely logging into an operating system of the one or more UAVs.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method to generate a hotspot confidence score for a hotspot in a network graph includes, receiving input data, wherein the input data includes a plurality of messages, each message containing a set of message data. The method further includes generating, based on the plurality of messages, a network graph. The method also includes identifying, in the network graph, a first hotspot. The method includes compiling a set of hotspot characteristics for the first hotspot. The method further includes receiving, in response to identifying the first hotspot, a first user feedback. The method also includes, generating, by a learning model, a hotspot confidence score for the first hotspot; and outputting the hotspot confidence score.

Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for detecting face mask usage based on a crowd sound is provided. The present invention may include capturing an audio stream including a crowd voice data. The present invention may also include analyzing the crowd voice data using a machine learning model to determine an amount of people wearing masks. The present invention may further include in response to determining that the amount of people wearing masks does not meet a compliance threshold, displaying a content to promote face mask usage.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, a computer program product, and a computer processing system are provided for online learning for a Dynamic Boltzmann Machine (DyBM) with hidden units. The method includes imposing, by a processor device, limited connections in the DyBM where (i) a current observation x[t] depends only on latest hidden units h[t-1/2] and all previous observations x[<t] and (ii) the latest hidden units h[t-1/2] depend on all the previous observations x[<t] while being independent of older hidden units h[t-1/2]. The method further includes computing, by the processor device, gradients of an objective function. The method also includes optimizing, by the processor device, the objective function in polynomial time using a stochastic Gradient Descent algorithm applied to the gradients.

Abstract: Embodiments may include novel techniques to communicate user preferences to the FaaS provider so as to provide full applicability of FaaS for business critical applications and to provide full realization of the FaaS model flexibility. For example, in an embodiment, a method may be implemented in a computer system comprising a processor, memory accessible by the processor, and computer program instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor, and the method may comprise receiving a request for processing of a computing task and associated data indicating a context of an overall process flow for the computing task, wherein the request for processing is a function invocation for a FaaS computing system, evaluating the data indicating the context and scheduling computing resources for performing the computing task based on the data indicating the context, and performing the computing task using the scheduled computing resources.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for service-to-service scheduling in container orchestrators are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes reserving, by a network orchestrator, network resources requested between a plurality of services, wherein each of the services is implemented as one or more replicas running on a set of nodes of a cluster, managed by the network orchestrator, that use the network resources to serve incoming requests to the plurality services; monitoring utilization of the network resources; and scheduling, by the network orchestrator based on the monitoring, one or more new replicas of the plurality of services and the incoming requests to the plurality of services in a collaborative manner to increase at least one network performance characteristic.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method, computer system, and computer program product for smoothing one or more surfaces of a 3D-printed object in reduced gravity is provided. The present invention may include positioning one or more radiative heating elements to evenly heat one or more surfaces of a 3D-printed object based on a shape of the 3D-printed object; determining, for at least one of the one or more radiative heating elements, a desired heat output necessary to melt the outermost layers of the one or more surfaces; and pulsing the one or more radiative heating elements to melt the one or more surfaces, wherein the duration and frequency of the pulsing is configured to achieve the desired heat output.

Abstract: A processor may segment a media key block into two or more subsets. Each of the two or more subsets may be respectively associated with a particular group of receivers, and each receiver of the particular group of receivers may be in a blockchain network. The processor may receive, from a first receiver, a request for permission to process the media key block. The processor may identify which of the two or more subsets that the first receiver is associated. The processor may provide a media key block value to the first receiver.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a fluidic device includes depositing a sacrificial material on a pillar array arranged on a substrate. The method also includes removing a portion of the sacrificial material. The method further includes depositing a sealing layer on the pillar array to form a sealed fluidic cavity.

Abstract: An embodiment includes generating a query prompting a user to select from among a plurality of response options related to a first query set of objects. The embodiment also receives, responsive to the query, user input representative of a selected response option selected by the user from among the plurality of response options. The embodiment also calculates a plurality of weight values for respective ones of a plurality of similarity matrices based on the selected response option, where the plurality of similarity matrices include respective different sets of similarity values, each set of similarity values comprising similarity values representative of similarities of respective pairs of the plurality of objects. The embodiment stores a designated similarity matrix that is selected from among the plurality of similarity matrices based at least in part on a weight value from among the plurality of weight values assigned to the designated similarity matrix.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for altering an appearance of an electrochromic coating of a vehicle is provided. The method includes determining that a vehicle is a boundary area of a testing zone based on a determined location of the vehicle. The method also includes changing a base appearance of the electrochromic coating of the vehicle to an altered appearance based on the determination that the vehicle is in the boundary area.

Abstract: Provided are a tape guide roller and tape drive having a guide roller having magnets and bushings to stabilize a roller barrel for a tape medium. The tape guide roller has a roller barrel extending around a vertical axis. The tape medium passes across the roller barrel to guide the tape medium on a tape path. A plurality of magnets positioned with respect to the vertical axis provide an axial force to stabilize the tape guide roller axially.

Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: running an application on one or more computing node, the application providing user access to a database; receiving by the application registration data from a user for registering the user into a service; in response to the receiving the registration data from the user, generating a user schema that defines access rights of the user to the database, wherein the generated user schema includes a set of shared data structure objects instantiated in a storage system associated to the application, and a set of private data structure objects.

Abstract: Aspects of the invention include computer systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products configured to integrate documentation knowledge with log mining data. A non-limiting example computer-implemented method includes determining a message-message relationship based on log message documentation and building a first subgraph based on the message-message relationship. The method further includes receiving a first message log entry having a message identifier and message field data. A second message log entry is correlated with the first message log entry based on at least one of the message identifier and the message field data. A second subgraph is built that includes the first message log entry and the second message log entry. The method includes building a graph that includes the first subgraph and the second subgraph.

Abstract: A method including: receiving a set of data representing usage by entities of objects in a computing resource; extracting, from the initial set of data, one or more feature vectors representing the usage by one of the entities with respect to the objects; generating, from the feature vectors, a feature matrix; with respect to each entry in the feature matrix: (i) assigning a binary value to the entry, based on a predefined usage threshold, (ii) identifying, among the one or more entities, k nearest neighbor entities with respect to the one of the entities, based on a predefined distance threshold, and (iii) modifying the usage value of the entry, based on usage values associated with each of the k nearest neighbor entities with respect to the one of the objects; and updating the feature matrix with the modified usage values, to obtain a manipulated feature matrix.

Abstract: A solution is proposed for verifying authenticity of documents. A corresponding method comprises calculating signatures representative of segments splitting a current document. The signatures are searched in an authoritative memory structure containing corresponding signatures of segments splitting authoritative documents whose content is certified by authoritative sources. Authenticity information of the current document is determined according to a result of this search. A computer program and a computer program product for performing the method are also proposed. Moreover, a system for implementing the method is proposed.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method, a computer system, and a computer program product for trajectory similarity search is provided. The present invention may include, in response to receiving, by one or more processors, a search request for at least one trajectory similar to a query trajectory, determining, by one or more processors, a respective similarity between a query trajectory and a plurality of trajectories by calculating, in a synchronized way, a spatial distance measure and a time difference measure between the query trajectory and the plurality of trajectories. The present invention may further include, identifying, by one or more processors, the at least one trajectory from the plurality of trajectories based on the respective similarity between the query trajectory and the plurality of trajectories.