Abstract: A method includes receiving training data comprising a plurality of images. one or more identified objects in each of the plurality of images. and a detection score associated with each of the one or more identified objects. wherein the detection score for an object is indicative of a degree to which a portion of an image corresponds to the object. The method also includes training a neural network based on the training data to predict a distractor score for at least one object of the one or more identified objects in an input image, wherein the at least one object is selected based on an associated detection score, and wherein the distractor score for the at least one object is indicative of a perceived visual distraction caused by a presence of the at least one object in the input image. The method additionally includes outputting the trained neural network.

Abstract: An antenna device includes a plurality of dipole antennas and a port. Each of the dipole antennas is connected to the port. The plurality of dipole antennas is arranged around the port. Each of the plurality of dipole antennas includes two ends. The ends of the dipole antennas are arranged in a plurality of pairs. Each pair includes one end of one of the dipole antennas and one end of another one of the dipole antennas. The two ends in each pair are arranged in proximity to each other. One or more switches are configured to switch between (1) an omnidirectional state, in which the ends of the dipole antennas are not connected to each other; and (2) a directional state, in which the two ends in each of one or more of the pairs are connected to each other.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present systems and methods may provide techniques to provide host side encryption while maintaining compression and deduplication benefits and providing communication between the host and the storage system that does not leak information about the data compressibility/deduplication properties. For example, in an embodiment, a method may comprise compressing, at a computer system, an original sector of data, generating a new sector of data including a first part including metadata and padding data, and a second part including the original sector of data that has been compressed and encrypted using a data encryption key (DEK), encrypting, at the computer system, the new sector of data using a data reduction key (DRK), and transmitting, at the computer system, the encrypted new sector of data to a storage system.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present systems and methods may provide techniques to provide host side encryption while maintaining compression and deduplication benefits and providing communication between the host and the storage system that does not leak information about the data compressibility/deduplication properties. For example, in an embodiment, a method may comprise compressing, at a computer system, an original sector of data, generating a new sector of data including a first part including metadata and padding data, and a second part including the original sector of data that has been compressed and encrypted using a data encryption key (DEK), encrypting, at the computer system, the new sector of data using a data reduction key (DRK), and transmitting, at the computer system, the encrypted new sector of data to a storage system.

Abstract: A computer implemented method is disclosed, for energy-saving operation of a storage device with a read/write head. The method includes monitoring workload of the storage device, calculating current mean workload and adjusting seek speed of the read/write head of the storage device to one of a plurality seek speeds depending on the calculated current mean workload. The step of adjusting the seek speed of the read/write head includes adjusting the seek speed of the read/write head to be a first seek speed if the calculated current mean workload is below a first threshold, adjusting the seek speed of the read/write head to be a second seek speed if the calculated current mean workload is between the first threshold and a second threshold, and adjusting the seek speed of the read/write head to be the first seek speed if the calculated current mean workload is greater than the second threshold. A computer program product and a data processing system are also disclosed.

Abstract: A computer implemented method is disclosed, for energy-saving operation of a storage device with a read/write head. The method includes monitoring workload of the storage device, calculating current mean workload and adjusting seek speed of the read/write head of the storage device to one of a plurality seek speeds depending on the calculated current mean workload. The step of adjusting the seek speed of the read/write head includes adjusting the seek speed of the read/write head to be a first seek speed if the calculated current mean workload is below a first threshold, adjusting the seek speed of the read/write head to be a second seek speed if the calculated current mean workload is between the first threshold and a second threshold, and adjusting the seek speed of the read/write head to be the first seek speed if the calculated current mean workload is greater than the second threshold. A computer program product and a data processing system are also disclosed.