Abstract: A shape-memory epoxy polymer graphene foam composite (SMEP-GrF) is formed from an open cell graphene foam (GrF) surrounded by and infiltrated with a shape-memory epoxy polymer (SMEP) matrix, with the GrF being an intra-connected framework within the SMEP matrix. The SMEP-GrF provides self-healing properties to a device fabricated from the SMEP-GrF. The SMEP-GrF is formed by infusion of an epoxy resin and hardener in an open cell GrF and curing the infused GrF.

Abstract: A graphene foam ceramic composite (GrF-CC) comprises an open cell graphene foam (GrF) surrounded by and infiltrated with a sintered low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) matrix. The GrF-CC can be prepared by infiltrating an open cell GrF with an LTCC slurry, removing the solvent from the slurry with solidification to a ceramic-GrF green body, and sintering the ceramic-GrF green body to form the GrF-CC. Sintering by spark plasma sintering (SPS) allows an LTCC GrF-CC that has a density of at least 90%.

Abstract: Boron nitride nanotube (BNNT)-magnesium (Mg) alloy composites and methods of fabricating the same are provided. The BNNT-Mg alloy composites can have a sandwich structure and can be fabricated by high-pressure spark plasma sintering. A mat of BNNTs can be sputter-coated with Mg, and then sandwiched between Mg alloy particles, followed by a sintering step. The BNNTs can include a hexagonal boron nitride phase.

Abstract: Metal-nanoparticle composites, such as metal-boron nitride nanoparticle composites, and methods of manufacturing the same are provided. Ultrasonic casting techniques can be used to achieve uniform dispersion of nanoparticles, such as boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) in a metal matrix, such as aluminum. The BNNTs can be incorporated into the melt of the metal, and ultrasonic treatment can then be applied.

Abstract: A form compliance manager configured to create a policy graph corresponding to an electronic image of an offline form and a corresponding instruction set. The form compliance manager further configured to generate an electronically fillable form corresponding to the offline form and including at least a first context cue for a first field in the electronically fillable form. The first context cue can be based on a subgraph of the policy graph associated with the first field, and the subgraph can include field completion information for the first field, field value information for the first field, and field format information for the first field. The electronically fillable form configured to present the first context cue in response to selection of the first field.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, from a client, (i) a task of annotating information, (ii) a set of instructions for performing the task, and (iii) client annotations for a subset of the information within the task; assigning the subset to a plurality of annotators; obtaining (i) annotator annotations for the subset and (ii) a response time for providing the annotator annotation for each piece of information within the subset; identifying improvements to the set of instructions by (i) comparing the annotator annotations to the client annotations and (ii) identifying discrepancies made by the annotators in view of the response time; and generating a new set of instructions, wherein the generating comprises (i) identifying at least one feature of the information that distinguishes correctly annotated information from incorrectly annotated information and (ii) generating an instruction from the at least one feature.

Abstract: Shape memory polymer (SMP) epoxies and composites, and methods of manufacturing the same, are provided. A three-dimensional (3D) printing technique can be used to fabricate a pure thermoset SMP epoxy. A cryogenic sprayer assisted extrusion type 3D printing method can be used to print SMP epoxies and composites of an SMP epoxy and a nanomaterial additive, such as graphene nanoplatelets (GNP).

Abstract: A graphene foam ceramic composite (GrF-CC) comprises an open cell graphene foam (GrF) surrounded by and infiltrated with a sintered low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) matrix. The GrF-CC can be prepared by infiltrating an open cell GrF with an LTCC slurry, removing the solvent from the slurry with solidification to a ceramic-GrF green body, and sintering the ceramic-GrF green body to form the GrF-CC. Sintering by spark plasma sintering (SPS) allows an LTCC GrF-CC that has a density of at least 90%.

Abstract: A shape-memory epoxy polymer graphene foam composite (SMEP-GrF) is formed from an open cell graphene foam (GrF) surrounded by and infiltrated with a shape-memory epoxy polymer (SMEP) matrix, with the GrF being an intra-connected framework within the SMEP matrix. The SMEP-GrF provides self-healing properties to a device fabricated from the SMEP-GrF. The SMEP-GrF is formed by infusion of an epoxy resin and hardener in an open cell GrF and curing the infused GrF.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: obtaining at least two documents, wherein one of the at least two documents comprises a different revision of another of the at least two documents; identifying a structure of each of the at least two documents by parsing each of the at least two documents to extract text from each of the at least two documents; aligning sections of the at least two documents, wherein the aligning comprises matching a section from one of the at least two documents and a corresponding section from another of the at least two documents; identifying at least one difference between the at least two documents; assigning a semantic label to the identified at least one difference; and providing a summary of the identified at least one difference by compressing the text surrounding the identified at least one difference using the assigned semantic label.

Abstract: A graphene foam ceramic composite (GrF-CC) comprises an open cell graphene foam (GrF) surrounded by and infiltrated with a sintered low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) matrix. The GrF-CC can be prepared by infiltrating an open cell GrF with an LTCC slurry, removing the solvent from the slurry with solidification to a ceramic-GrF green body, and sintering the ceramic-GrF green body to form the GrF-CC. Sintering by spark plasma sintering (SPS) allows an LTCC GrF-CC that has a density of at least 90%.

Abstract: A form compliance manager configured to create a policy graph corresponding to an electronic image of an offline form and a corresponding instruction set. The form compliance manager further configured to generate an electronically fillable form corresponding to the offline form and including at least a first context cue for a first field in the electronically fillable form. The first context cue can be based on a subgraph of the policy graph associated with the first field, and the subgraph can include field completion information for the first field, field value information for the first field, and field format information for the first field. The electronically fillable form configured to present the first context cue in response to selection of the first field.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for dynamically designing street-parking policies for events are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes generating a parking map for each of one or more events that occurred within a specified geographic area; generating, for each of the parking maps, one or more traffic condition maps; generating, for each of the one or more events, based on (i) each parking map and (ii) its associated traffic condition map, an impact map for the corresponding event; adjusting, for a subsequent event within the specified geographic area, one or more street-parking policies based on the impact on parking suitability and street usability represented by the generated impact maps, and outputting the one or more adjusted street-parking policies.

Abstract: The subject invention provides compositions of a family of magnesium alloys for various applications including but not limited to automotive, aerospace, and biomedical applications. Preferred embodiments provide that this family of alloys comprises elements readily available domestically while offering improved mechanical properties at approximately half the cost of similar commercial alloys that comprise rare earth (RE) elements. Advantageously, utilization of these new magnesium alloys in car engine parts would lead to better fuel economy and in turn, reduce carbon dioxide emissions and environmental damages from vehicles.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for transferring context with delegation are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes detecting an anticipated unavailability of a first individual for a given future event, based on inputs generated by the first individual and databases of stored calendar information pertaining to the first individual and the given future event; identifying tasks, related to the given future event, requiring a delegation as a result of the anticipated unavailability of the first individual, wherein identifying is based on data related to the given future event; determining additional individuals to whom the tasks can be delegated, based on qualifications of the additional individuals and one or more constraints; generating a summary of the delegation comprising a description of the tasks and information pertaining to the given future event; and outputting the summary to at least one of the additional individuals.

Abstract: A system, method and non-transitory computer readable medium for labeling a plurality of messages from a customer-agent interaction on a social media service to identify an issue and a response are disclosed. For example, the system includes a conversation interface, a conversation database coupled to the conversation interface, a conversation analysis server coupled to the conversation database and a conversation knowledge repository coupled to the conversation analysis server. The conversation analysis server includes a preprocessing module, a dialogue act analysis module, an issue status analysis module and an issue/response identification module.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for dynamically designing street-parking policies for events are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes generating a parking map for each of one or more events that occurred within a specified geographic area; generating, for each of the parking maps, one or more traffic condition maps; generating, for each of the one or more events, based on (i) each parking map and (ii) its associated traffic condition map, an impact map for the corresponding event; adjusting, for a subsequent event within the specified geographic area, one or more street-parking policies based on the impact on parking suitability and street usability represented by the generated impact maps, and outputting the one or more adjusted street-parking policies.

Abstract: A method for assigning a topic to a collection of microblog posts may include, by an acquisition module, receiving from at least one messaging service server, a plurality of posts, wherein each of the plurality of posts comprise post content; by a generation module, analyzing the posts and extract, from at least one of the posts, a link with an address to an external document; and, by the acquisition module, accessing the external document that is associated with the address and fetch external content associated with the document. The method may also include by the generation module: analyzing the post content to identify at least one label for each post, for each post that includes a link, analyzing the external content to identify a topic, and using a topic modeling technique to generate a trained topic model comprising a plurality of topics and a plurality of associated words.

Abstract: Presented are a system, method, and apparatus for automatic topic relevant content filtering from social media text streams using weak supervision. A computing device utilizes heuristic rules allowing topic filtering and a data stream data chunk identifier. A plurality of messages are transmitted as streaming message data from a social media network in real-time. The messages are split into a plurality of data stream data chunks according to the data stream data chunk identifier. A rule-based labeled data set L0 is built from one or more data instances in the first stream data chunk. An initial classifier is built based upon features of L0. The initial classifier is applied to a next data stream data chunk to build a labeled data set L1. A subset of representative instances S1 is selected from labeled data set L1. A first representative classifier C1 is constructed from representative instance S1.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments illustrate methods and systems for processing social media data for content recommendation to a user. The method includes extracting a set of entity data from the social media data of the user. The method further includes extracting semantic data of each entity data in the extracted set of entity data from one or more knowledge databases over a communication network. The method further includes generating a user-interest vector of the user. The user-interest vector of the user is generated based on at least a mapping of the extracted semantic data of each entity data with one or more leaf nodes in an interest taxonomy. The generated user-interest vector is further utilized for recommending targeted content to the user.