Abstract: Provided is a method for managing a mobile computing device in an emergency condition that includes receiving an emergency message indicative of the emergency condition being distributed from a management computing system to any mobile computing devices in an emergency area corresponding to the emergency condition. The method includes collecting one or more involvement parameters depending on an involvement of a person associated with the mobile computing device in the emergency condition. The method includes determining an involvement indicator representative of the involvement of the person according to the involvement parameters. The method includes sending the involvement indicator to the management computing system. The method includes controlling one or more resources thereof according to the involvement indicator.

Abstract: As indicated above, aspects of the present invention provide an approach for facilitating nondisruptive virtual machine (VM) maintenance in a networked computing environment. In an embodiment, a request for an update to an active VM is received, and a copy of the active VM is taken to create a snapshot VM. An update is installed on the snapshot VM. While the snapshot VM is being updated, all changes made to the active VM are saved. Once the update is installed on the snapshot VM, the saved changes are applied to the snapshot VM. A switch is made over to the snapshot VM in real time so that the snapshot VM becomes the active VM. The process allows a user to work continuously with the software as a service (SaaS) VM without disruption.

Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for latent ambiguity handling in natural language processing. The method may include: providing an annotated semantic graph based on a knowledge base in which nodes representing semantic concepts are linked by semantic relationships, wherein one or more nodes are annotated to indicate a latent ambiguity of the semantic concept; processing a natural language input by activation of the annotated semantic graph; during processing when encountering an annotated node indicating a latent ambiguity of the semantic concept, applying a pre-defined latent ambiguity process to the node; and replacing any annotated nodes indicating a latent ambiguity of the concept remaining in an output of the processing of the natural language input with an alternative node from the semantic graph.

Abstract: A multi-die integrated circuit device and a method of fabricating the multi-die integrated circuit device involve a substrate. Two or more dice include components that implement functionality of the multi-die integrated circuit. The components include logic gates. The multi-die integrated circuit device also includes a spacer disposed between the substrate and each of the two or more dice. Each of the two or more dice makes direct electrical contact with the substrate without making direct electrical contact with the spacer through holes in the spacer.

Abstract: Embodiments for reducing resource consumption of a similarity index in data deduplication by a processor. Only a latest generation of repository data is represented in the similarity index. Implicit deletion is applied in the similarity index. A subset of bytes of a full representative value is maintained in a similarity index entry. A respective one of a plurality of similarity units is deduplicated with a corresponding similarity unit of a previous snapshot, and a deduplication coverage thereof is examined. If a deduplication coverage threshold is not met, a similarity search is conducted and the respective one of the similarity units is deduplicated with a found similarity unit residing in the similarity index.

Abstract: A system includes at least a secure-boot file, a hypervisor, and a host. The secure-boot file is configured to securely boot a VM, where the secure-boot file is signed with a boot private key. The hypervisor is configured to run the VM. The hypervisor includes a boot public key corresponding to the boot private key, such that the hypervisor is configured to validate the secure-boot file, and the hypervisor is signed with a hypervisor private key. A kernel of the host is configured to run the VM, where the kernel includes a hypervisor public key corresponding to the hypervisor private key, such that the host is configured to validate the hypervisor.

Abstract: A method for making a semiconductor includes patterning a first transistor having one or more gate stacks on a first source-drain area and second transistor comprising one or more gate stacks on a second source-drain area, forming dielectric spacers on gate stack side walls, depositing a first nitride liner on the first and second transistors. The method also includes masking the second transistor and etching to remove the first nitride material and the spacer from the first source-drain area and growing a first epitaxial layer on the first source-drain area by an epitaxial growth process. The method also includes depositing a second nitride liner on the first and second transistors. The method also includes masking the first transistor, and etching to remove the second nitride material from the second source-drain area and growing a second epitaxial layer on the second source-drain area by an epitaxial growth process.

Abstract: Acoustic attenuating ear muffs is provided with a first ear pod including a first ear cup having an inner surface and an outer surface, and a first acoustic attenuating member including a first opening coupled to the first ear cup. A second ear pod includes a second ear cup having an inner surface portion and an outer surface portion, and a second acoustic attenuating member including a second opening coupled to the second ear cup. A connecting member links the first ear pod to the second ear pod. A first selectively deployable plug member is arranged between the inner surface and the first acoustic attenuating member. A second selectively deployable plug member is arranged between the inner surface portion and the second acoustic attenuating member.

Abstract: An advanced security method for verifying that integrated circuit patterns being processed into one or more layers provided to a wafer are trusted patterns and that the wafer being used during processing is a trusted wafer is provided. The method includes separate steps of pattern verification and wafer verification. Notably, the method includes first verifying that a pattern printed on a wafer matches a pattern of a trusted reference. Next, a peak and valley profile present at a specific location on a backside surface of the wafer is measured. The method further includes second verify that the measured peak and valley profile matches an original peak and valley profile measured at the same location on the backside surface of the wafer.

Abstract: Determining a characteristic of a configuration file that is used to discover configuration files in a target machine, a computer identifies, using information associated with a configuration item of a machine, a candidate configuration file related to the configuration item of the machine, from among a plurality of files from the machine. The computer extracts a value of a feature of the candidate configuration file and aggregates the candidate configuration file with a second candidate configuration file related to the same configuration item identified from among a plurality of files from a second machine, based on the extracted value. The computer then determines a configuration file related to the configuration item from among the aggregated candidate configuration files based on a result of the aggregation, and determines a characteristic of the configuration file related to the configuration item.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for displaying visual content on an electronic device to a user. In some aspects, a viewable display area on a display of the device is determined, the viewable display area representing the portion of the display that the user is capable of seeing. Biometric data representing a state of the user is obtained from biometric device(s). Each state is mapped to one or more predefined control functions, the control functions determining the scrolling direction and scrolling speed of text through the viewable display area of the electronic device. A control function is selected based on a current state of the user, and the selected control function is used to control scrolling of visual content in real time or near real time. The system comprises a machine learning system to provide advanced adaptive capabilities.

Abstract: Semiconductor structures are provided in which a first chip on a substrate has at least one first protruding section, the first protruding section including first interconnect locations, a second chip on the substrate having at least one second protruding section, the second protruding section including second interconnect locations and the first chip and the second chip are arranged such that the first protruding section is interdigitated with the second protruding section.

Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of identifying a first conferred asset exchange request from a first user account and a second conferred asset exchange request from a second user account which are capable of being used to settle each other, requesting an intermediary blockchain to perform a conferred asset settlement transaction for the first and second conferred asset exchange requests, determining that first conferred assets of the first user account and second conferred assets of the second user account have been transferred to temporary intermediary trading addresses, respectively, and releasing the first conferred assets to the second user account and the second loyalty assets to the first user account, in response to the determining.

Abstract: A method for adjusting a display of an electronic device includes performing, in iterations, a current execution of icon processing for icons on the display. Each iteration includes selecting, as a candidate for appearance adjustment, one of the icons, where the selected icon has not been previously selected as a candidate in the current execution and selecting an appearance for the candidate based on at least one of the icons neighboring the candidate. The selecting the appearance includes selecting between changing and not changing the appearance in response to comparing an average quantitative hue of the candidate to the at least one of the neighboring icons and changing the appearance of the candidate responsive to selecting to change the appearance. Changing the appearance includes changing the average quantitative hue of the candidate. The method includes repeating the iterations until all the icons have been selected as candidates for appearance adjustment.

Abstract: A method, computer system, and computer program product for document superposition detection and correction are provided. The embodiment may include receiving a plurality of scanned documents. The embodiment may also include analyzing the plurality of the scanned documents. The embodiment may further include determining if there is a superposition scanning defect within the scanned documents based on the analysis. The embodiment may also include in response to the plurality of the scanned documents containing the superposition scanning defect, identifying a subset of documents within the plurality of scanned documents containing the determined superposition scanning defect. The embodiment may further include transmitting a notification to a user, wherein the notification identifies the subset and that the subset requires a rescan.

Abstract: A method, computer system, and a computer program product for adaptively selecting an acoustic feature extractor in an Artificial Intelligence system is provided. The present invention may include acquiring a frame of an acoustic signal. The present invention may include checking a status of a flag to be used to indicate a proper acoustic feature extractor to be selected. The present invention may include processing the frame of the acoustic signal by the selected acoustic feature extractor indicated by the checked status. The present invention may include determining, based on data generated in the processing of the frame of the acoustic signal, an actual status of the frame of the acoustic signal. The present invention may include updating the status of the flag according to the actual status.

Abstract: Multi-inheritance within a single-inheritance, container-based data processing environment is provided for facilitating developing, storing, shipping and/or running software applications. More particularly, a facility is provided which includes generating, based on a configuration file with a multi-inheritance instruction, a composited image for a new container from multiple exiting images of the single-inheritance container-based environment. The multiple existing images are identified in the multi-inheritance instruction, and the generating includes creating a composited directory file which, in part, references layers of the multiple existing images and associating a command instruction of the configuration file with the composited file. The composited image is then built in associated with starting the new container based on the composited directory file and the associated command.

Abstract: Performing processing using hardware counters in a computer system includes storing, in association with greatest common divisor (GCD) processing of the system, a first variable in a first redundant binary representation and a second variable in a second redundant binary representation. Each such redundant binary representation includes a respective sum term and a respective carry term, and a numerical value being represented by a redundant binary representation is equal to a sum of the sum and carry terms of the redundant binary representation. The process performs redundant arithmetic operations of the GCD processing on the first variable and second variables using hardware counter(s), of the computer system, that take input values in redundant binary representation form and provide output values in redundant binary representation form. The process uses output of the redundant arithmetic operations of the GCD processing to obtain an output GCD of integer inputs to the GCD processing.

Abstract: A method and associated system for using a graphical user interface (GUI) to add new members to groups associated with events. A calendar record window, including an updated list of members of a first group of members invited to a first event, is displayed. The updated list consists of a list of initial members of the first group invited to the first event and a new member of the first group. A first record including the initial members is updated to add the new member to the initial members on the first record. In response to updating the first record, a change control window, which provides a user with a capability to add the new member to other groups of members invited to respective other events, is displayed on the GUI simultaneous with displaying the updated calendar record window on the GUI.

Abstract: A semiconductor device structure and method for forming the same is disclosed. The structure incudes a silicon substrate having at least one trench disposed therein. An electrical and ionic insulating layer is disposed over at least a top surface of the substrate. A plurality of energy storage device layers is formed within the one trench. The plurality of layers includes at least a cathode-based active electrode having a thickness of, for example, at least 100 nm and an internal resistance of, for example, less than 50 Ohms/cm2. The method includes forming at least one trench in a silicon substrate. An electrical and ionic insulating layer(s) is formed and disposed over at least a top surface of the silicon substrate. A plurality of energy storage device layers is formed within the trench. Each layer of the plurality of energy storage device layers is independently processed and integrated into the trench.