Abstract: Various systems and methods for a collaborative phone reputation system are described herein. A system for implementing a collaborative phone reputation system includes a compute device comprising: a call handling module to detect, at the compute device, an incoming call for a user of the compute device; a scoring module to determine a local probabilistic score that the incoming call is desirable for the user; and an execution module to perform an action at the compute device based on the local probabilistic score.

Abstract: Systems and methods for real-time user verification in online education are disclosed. In certain example embodiments, user identifying information associated with a user and a request to access online education content may be received from a user device. A face template including historical facial image data for the user can be identified. Current facial image data can be compared to the face template to determine if a match exists. Biometric sensor data, such as heart rate data, may also be received for the user. The biometric sensor data may be evaluated to determine if the user is currently located at the user device. If the user is currently located at the user device and the current facial image data matches the face template, access to the online education content may be provided to the user at the user device.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for cooperative security in wireless sensor networks are described herein. A wireless node may organize itself into a cluster with other wireless nodes. The wireless node may cooperate with other wireless nodes in the cluster to select a leader node. The wireless node may describe its expected behaviors. The wireless node may detect a compromised wireless node within the cluster. The wireless node may prevent the compromised wireless node from compromising another wireless node.

Abstract: In some embodiments, the disclosed subject matter involves a system and method for dynamic object identification and environmental changes for use with autonomous vehicles. For efficient detection of changes for autonomous, or partially autonomous vehicles, embodiments may use a technique based on background removal and image subtraction which use motion detection rather than full object identification for all objects in an image. Road side units proximate to a road segment or virtual road side units in the cloud, other vehicles or mobile device (e.g., drones) are used to retrieve and store background images for a road segment, to be used by the autonomous vehicle. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: Embodiments of apparatus and methods for providing recommendations based on environmental data and associated contextual information are described. In embodiments, an apparatus may include a data collector to receive environmental data and an analysis module to identify a behavioral model of the first user based at least in part on the environmental data associated contextual information of the first user. The apparatus may further include a recommendation module to provide a recommendation to the first user based at least in part on the behavioral model of the first user and/or environmental data for a second user. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: Systems and methods for real-time user verification in online education are disclosed. In certain example embodiments, user identifying information associated with a user and a request to access online education content may be received from a user device. A face template including historical facial image data for the user can be identified. Current facial image data can be compared to the face template to determine if a match exists. Biometric sensor data, such as heart rate data, may also be received for the user. The biometric sensor data may be evaluated to determine if the user is currently located at the user device. If the user is currently located at the user device and the current facial image data matches the face template, access to the online education content may be provided to the user at the user device.

Abstract: Various systems and methods for a collaborative phone reputation system are described herein. A system for implementing a collaborative phone reputation system includes a compute device comprising: a call handling module to detect, at the compute device, an incoming call for a user of the compute device; a scoring module to determine a local probabilistic score that the incoming call is desirable for the user; and an execution module to perform an action at the compute device based on the local probabilistic score.

Abstract: Technologies for assisting vehicles with changing road conditions includes vehicle assistance data based on crowd-sourced road data received from a plurality of vehicles and/or infrastructure sensors. The crowd-sourced road data may be associated with a particular section of roadway and may be used to various characteristics of the roadway such as grade, surface, hazardous conditions, and so forth. The vehicle assistance data may be provided to an in-vehicle computing device to assist or facilitate traversal of the roadway.

Abstract: A method may include receiving, using at least one processor, location information that includes a location of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); querying, using the at least one processor, a policy database to retrieve a notification condition for a first property with respect to UAVs; calculating, using the at least one processor, a distance between the UAV and the first property using the received location information determining, using the at least one processor, if the distance of the UAV with respect to the first property is within a range defined in the notification condition for the first property; and transmitting, using the at least one processor, a notification to a party associated with the first property when the distance of the UAV with respect to the first property is within the range defined in the notification condition for the first property.

Abstract: Various systems and methods for a collaborative phone reputation system are described herein. A system for implementing a collaborative phone reputation system includes a compute device comprising: a call handling module to detect, at the compute device, an incoming call for a user of the compute device; a scoring module to determine a local probabilistic score that the incoming call is desirable for the user; and an execution module to perform an action at the compute device based on the local probabilistic score.

Abstract: Various systems and methods for providing a road condition heads up display system are provided herein. A road condition heads up display system, includes: a video display to present imagery captured by a camera system, the imagery including terrain around an autonomous vehicle, the terrain including a driving surface on which the autonomous vehicle operates; a vehicle control system coupled to the camera system and the video processor, the vehicle control system to: operate the autonomous vehicle in an autonomous mode; recognize a non-navigable portion of the terrain around the autonomous vehicle; present an augmented reality user interface on the video display, the augmented reality user interface used by an occupant of the autonomous vehicle to indicate a waypoint; and operate the autonomous vehicle in a non-autonomous mode according to the user input.

Abstract: Various systems and methods for providing a vehicle control system are described herein. A system for managing an autonomous vehicle includes a vehicle control system to determine a travel path in a road lane, the travel path being offset from a center of the road lane by an offset value and steer the autonomous vehicle to follow the travel path.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to track a provenance of goods. An example apparatus includes an unsigned block generator to generate a first unsigned block to store first processing data associated with the product by a first entity, a block signature engine to sign the first unsigned block with a first private key to generate a blockchain having a first signed block, the unsigned block generator to generate a second unsigned block in response to a second entity generating second processing data associated with the product by the second entity, the block signature engine to expand the blockchain by signing the second unsigned block with a second private key to generate a second signed block within the blockchain, and a blockchain validator to verify the product provenance by validating the first processing data and the second processing data using respective public keys associated with the first entity and the second entity.

Abstract: Systems and methods for sensor normalization are described. An example of a method includes receiving a first value of a characteristic measured by a first sensor of a first sensor type, and receiving a second value of the characteristic measured by a second sensor of a second sensor type that is more accurate than the first sensor type. A normalization for the first sensor is determined based on the first value and the second value, wherein the normalization alters a response equation of the first sensor. Normalizing another sensor of a same time as the first sensor, based, at least in part, on the normalization.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a biometric rating system (“BRS”) may generate ratings based on biometric data. The BRS may receive biometric data, along with location data, from personal devices of a user. The BRS may identify a location at which the biometric data was measured. The BRS may generate one or more ratings associated with the location, such as ratings for a venue or event at the location. The BRS may also perform calibration of the biometric data. For example, the BRS may be configured to partition biometric data measurements into multiple segments to be associated with different locations, different areas at a location, or different portions of an event. The BRS may calibrate biometric data based on activity or social media or proximity data. The BRS may generate a rating based on the calibrated biometric data. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods for cooperative security in wireless sensor networks are described herein. A wireless node may organize itself into a cluster with other wireless nodes. The wireless node may cooperate with other wireless nodes in the cluster to select a leader node. The wireless node may describe its expected behaviors. The wireless node may detect a compromised wireless node within the cluster. The wireless node may prevent the compromised wireless node from compromising another wireless node.

Abstract: Technologies for light exposure analysis include a computer configured to collect light data of an environment and a remote computer communicatively coupled to the computer. The remote computer is configured to receive/retrieve health information for one or more users and analyze the health information to generate a health profile for each of the one or more users. Additionally, the remote computer is configured to determine whether any correlations exist between the health profiles and the light data. The remote computer is further configured to analyze the collected light data against one or more health profiles to determine a desired lighting condition for a user based at least in part on the correlations between the health profiles and the light data. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: Measurement exchange networks and protocols to exchange measurements of a parameter amongst devices (e.g., IoT devices), select the best measurement(s), accuracy/precision-wise, and determine a process variable for a control system based on the selected best measurement(s). A device may select a peer-provided best measurement to output as the process variable in place of a local measurement, and/or compute the process variable from multiple best measurements (e.g., local and/or peer-provided measurements). Metadata may be used to select a measurement(s) and/or to increase reliability/trust of exchanged data. In this way, each device of an exchange group/network may obtain the highest measurement accuracy of all available collocated sensors with little or no additional processing or cloud connectivity.

Abstract: In an example, there is disclosed an electronic apparatus, comprising: a hardware-encoded internal private key; and one or more logic elements comprising a key generation engine to: receive an third-party key; and operate on the third-party key and the internal private key to generate a hardware-generated dynamic identifier (HGDI). There is also disclosed a method of providing an HGDI engine, and one or more computer-readable mediums having stored thereon executable instructions for providing an HGDI.

Abstract: Apparatuses, storage media and methods associated with cognitive robot systems, such as ADAS for CAD vehicles, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes emotional circuitry to receive stimuli for a robot integrally having the robotic system, process the received stimuli to identify potential adversities, and output information describing the identified potential adversities; and thinking circuitry to receive the information describing the identified potential adversities, process the received information describing the identified potential adversities to determine respective fear levels for the identified potential adversities in view of a current context of the robot, and generate commands to the robot to respond to the identified potential adversities, based at least in part on the determined fear levels for the identified potential adversities. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.