Abstract: Techniques for three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of a dynamic scene as a set of voxels are provided. One technique includes: receiving, by a processor, image data from each of two or more spatially-separated sensors observing the scene from a corresponding two or more vantage points; fusing, by the processor, the image data into the set of voxels on a frame-by-frame basis; segmenting, by the processor, the image data into objects that constitute the scene; detecting, by the processor, which of the objects remain static from frame to frame, remaining ones of the objects being dynamic; filtering, by the processor, the set of voxels to remove those of the voxels corresponding to the static objects, to produce a dynamic subset of the voxels; and outputting, by the processor to a display device, those of the voxels corresponding to the dynamic objects (such as the dynamic subset) and not to the static objects.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus relating to techniques for shutting down one or more GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) components in response to unchanged scene detection are described. In one embodiment, one or more components of a processor enter a low power consumption state in response to a determination that a scene to be displayed is static. The static scene is displayed on a display device (e.g., based on information to be retrieved from memory) for as long as no change to the static scene is detected. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a processor to: identify a workload comprising a plurality of tasks; generate a workload graph based on the workload, wherein the workload graph comprises information associated with the plurality of tasks; identify a device connectivity graph, wherein the device connectivity graph comprises device connectivity information associated with a plurality of processing devices; identify a privacy policy associated with the workload; identify privacy level information associated with the plurality of processing devices; identify a privacy constraint based on the privacy policy and the privacy level information; and determine a workload schedule, wherein the workload schedule comprises a mapping of the workload onto the plurality of processing devices, and wherein the workload schedule is determined based on the privacy constraint, the workload graph, and the device connectivity graph.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to a system for processing manufacturing data, comprising: an edge device; a cloud platform; a sensing device configured to collect manufacturing data and to provide the collected data to the edge device; wherein the edge device and the cloud platform are each configured to carry out a plurality of data processing functions on the manufacturing data; the system further comprising a resource manager configured to communicate with the edge device and with the cloud platform, wherein the resource manager is further configured to: determine whether each of the plurality of data processing functions is to be carried out at the edge device or at the cloud platform; if it is determined that the plurality of data processing functions is to be carried out at the edge device, instruct the edge device to carry out the plurality of data processing functions; if it is determined that the plurality of data processing functions is to be carried out at the cloud platform, instruct the clou

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that identifies, at an image post-processor, unresolved surface data and identifies, at the image post-processor, control data associated with the unresolved surface data. Additionally, the technology may resolve, at the image post-processor, the unresolved surface data and the control data into a final image.

Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system includes an air moving device configured to move air through the HVAC system, a first variable frequency drive (VFD) configured to drive the air moving device, and a second VFD configured to drive the air moving device, wherein the first VFD and the second VFD are configured receive control instructions and to selectively operate based on the control instructions.

Abstract: An embodiment may include an application processor, persistent storage media coupled to the application processor, and a graphics subsystem coupled to the application processor. The system may further include any of a performance analyzer to analyze a performance of the graphics subsystem to provide performance analysis information, a content-based depth analyzer to analyze content to provide content-based depth analysis information, a focus analyzer to analyze a focus area to provide focus analysis information, an edge analyzer to provide edge analysis information, a frame analyzer to provide frame analysis information, and/or a variance analyzer to analyze respective amounts of variance for the frame. The system may further include a workload adjuster to adjust a workload of the graphics subsystem based on the analysis information. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to a system for processing manufacturing data, comprising: an edge device; a cloud platform; a sensing device configured to collect manufacturing data and to provide the collected data to the edge device; wherein the edge device and the cloud platform are each configured to carry out a plurality of data processing functions on the manufacturing data; the system further comprising a resource manager configured to communicate with the edge device and with the cloud platform, wherein the resource manager is further configured to: determine whether each of the plurality of data processing functions is to be carried out at the edge device or at the cloud platform; if it is determined that the plurality of data processing functions is to be carried out at the edge device, instruct the edge device to carry out the plurality of data processing functions; if it is determined that the plurality of data processing functions is to be carried out at the cloud platform, instruct the clou

Abstract: Via CD control for BEOL interconnects is described. For example, a method of fabricating an interconnect structure includes forming a lower metallization layer comprising alternating metal lines and dielectric lines above a substrate. The method also includes forming an inter-layer dielectric layer above the metallization layer. The method also includes forming a first grating pattern above the inter-layer dielectric layer, orthogonal to the alternating metal lines and dielectric lines of the lower metallization layer. The method also includes forming a second grating pattern above the first grating pattern. The method also includes patterning the inter-layer dielectric layer using the first grating pattern and the second grating pattern to form via locations and line regions in the inter-layer dielectric layer. The method also includes forming metal vias and metal lines in the via locations and line regions, respectively, of the inter-layer dielectric layer.

Abstract: Virtual reality systems and methods are described. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a communications interface to provide frame data of a virtual reality scene to a head mounted display (HMD); at least one performance monitor coupled to at least one component of the apparatus the at least one performance monitor to monitor performance of the at least one component and to send an alert based on the performance of the at least one component; a processor to process the frame data; a controller to receive the alert based on the performance of the at least one component and to offload processing of the frame data from the processor to the HMD for processing; and a display to show the rendered view of the scene.

Abstract: An embodiment of a graphics apparatus may include a processor, memory communicatively coupled to the processor, and a collaboration engine communicatively coupled to the processor to identify a shared graphics component between two or more users in an environment, and share the shared graphics components with the two or more users in the environment. Embodiments of the collaboration engine may include one or more of a centralized sharer, a depth sharer, a shared preprocessor, a multi-port graphics subsystem, and a decode sharer. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: A method may include: placing into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation a foaming agent, wherein the wellbore comprises a produced fluid from the subterranean formation; and foaming the produced fluid.

Abstract: Methods involving anti-agglomerant hydrate inhibitors and polyaromatic hydrocarbons for hydrate inhibition are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include introducing a hydrate inhibitor composition including an anti-agglomerant hydrate inhibitor into a fluid including (i) water and (ii) one of gas, liquid hydrocarbon, and any combination thereof; and introducing a polyaromatic hydrocarbon into the fluid.

Abstract: Embodiments for automated feature engineering by one or more processors are described. One or more selected transformations may be applied to a set of features in a dataset to create a set of transform features using random feature transformation forest (RFTF) classifiers. A transform feature may be selected from the set of transform features having a highest discriminative power as compared to other features of the set of transform features. At each node in a decision tree, store the selected feature, a split value, and the one or more selected transformations for the transform feature.

Abstract: An embodiment may include an application processor, persistent storage media coupled to the application processor, and a graphics subsystem coupled to the application processor. The system may further include any of a performance analyzer to analyze a performance of the graphics subsystem to provide performance analysis information, a content-based depth analyzer to analyze content to provide content-based depth analysis information, a focus analyzer to analyze a focus area to provide focus analysis information, an edge analyzer to provide edge analysis information, a frame analyzer to provide frame analysis information, and/or a variance analyzer to analyze respective amounts of variance for the frame. The system may further include a workload adjuster to adjust a workload of the graphics subsystem based on the analysis information. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: An embodiment of a graphics apparatus may include a context engine to determine contextual information, a recommendation engine communicatively coupled to the context engine to determine a recommendation based on the contextual information, and a configuration engine communicatively coupled to the recommendation engine to adjust a configuration of a graphics operation based on the recommendation. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: Techniques for high-fidelity three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of a dynamic scene as a set of voxels are provided. One technique includes: receiving, by a processor, image data from each of two or more spatially-separated sensors observing the scene from a corresponding two or more vantage points; generating, by the processor, the set of voxels from the image data on a frame-by-frame basis; reconstructing, by the processor, surfaces from the set of voxels to generate low-fidelity mesh data; identifying, by the processor, performers in the scene from the image data; obtaining, by the processor, high-fidelity mesh data corresponding to the identified performers; and merging, by the processor, the low-fidelity mesh data with the high-fidelity mesh data to generate high-fidelity 3D output. The identifying of the performers includes: segmenting, by the processor, the image data into objects; and classifying, by the processor, those of the objects representing the performers.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product for automatically selecting from a plurality of analytic algorithms a best performing analytic algorithm to apply to a dataset is provided. The automatically selecting from the plurality of analytic algorithms the best performing analytic algorithm to apply to the dataset enables a training a plurality of analytic algorithms on a plurality of subsets of the dataset. Then, a corresponding prediction accuracy trend is estimated across the subsets for each of the plurality of analytic algorithms to produce a plurality of accuracy trends. Next, the best performing analytic algorithm is selected and outputted from the plurality of analytic algorithms based on the corresponding prediction accuracy trend with a highest value from the plurality of accuracy trends.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a memory and a processor. The memory is to store sensor data captured by one or more sensors associated with a first device. Further, the processor comprises circuitry to: access the sensor data captured by the one or more sensors associated with the first device; determine that an incident occurred within a vicinity of the first device; identify a first collection of sensor data associated with the incident, wherein the first collection of sensor data is identified from the sensor data captured by the one or more sensors; preserve, on the memory, the first collection of sensor data associated with the incident; and notify one or more second devices of the incident, wherein the one or more second devices are located within the vicinity of the first device.

Abstract: An embodiment of a graphics apparatus may include a focus identifier to identify a focus area, and a color compressor to selectively compress color data based on the identified focus area. Another embodiment of a graphics apparatus may include a motion detector to detect motion of a real object, a motion predictor to predict a motion of the real object, and an object placer to place a virtual object relative to the real object based on the predicted motion of the real object. Another embodiment of a graphics apparatus may include a frame divider to divide a frame into viewports, a viewport prioritizer to prioritize the viewports, a renderer to render a viewport of the frame in order in accordance with the viewport priorities, and a viewport transmitter to transmit a completed rendered viewport. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.