Abstract: A method for managing data use operations in accordance with one or more embodiments of the invention includes sending, by a licensed data transfer engine executing on a local data manager, a license verification request to a data management system, obtaining a license verification response, providing licensed data to a client, and sending a ledger entry to a ledger service based on the licensed data provided to the client.

Abstract: An electrical connector that has a conductive shell supporting at least one signal contact therein and that has a front end for mating with a mating connector and a back end opposite the front end for electrically connecting to a coaxial cable. A ground connection is located inside of the conductive shell. A coupling member is rotatably coupled to the conductive shell and has an engagement feature for mechanically engaging a support panel associated with the mating connector. A sealing member is disposed on the conductive shell that is configured to provide an environmental seal between the conductive shell and the support panel when the conductive shell is mated with the mating connector.

Abstract: A method of performing a selected task in a tank containing an energetic substance uses an inherently safe mobile platform that includes a marker detector, a control unit, a power supply, a propulsion system, and an inherently safe enclosure. The inherently safe enclosure prevents a spark occurring inside the inherently safe enclosure from passing to an exterior of the inherently safe enclosure. All spark-generating components of the mobile platform are positioned inside the inherently safe enclosure. The method includes lowering the mobile platform into the tank, at least partially submerging the mobile platform in the energetic substance, and detecting a marker using the marker detector. No active physical carrier connects the mobile platform to an object exterior of the tank while the mobile platform is in the tank.

Abstract: A global data manager for managing data includes persistent storage and a data manager. The persistent storage stores a data template repository. The data manager obtains an internal request for a data type; identifies internal data of the data type; makes a determination, without being requested by a user that made the internal request, that external data of the data type exists; in response to the determination: polls data stores to obtain the external data of the data type; translates the external data of the data type, using the data template repository, into a format compatible with the internal data of the data type to obtain translated external data of the data type; and displays an external data enhanced interface based on: the internal data of the data type, and the translated external data of the data type.

Abstract: A apparatus to cover a lighting apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a flexible material couplable to a lighting apparatus. A portion of the flexible material to cover a light-emitting surface of the lighting apparatus is transparent.

Abstract: In general, embodiments of the invention relate to a method for transacting data. The method includes receiving a verification request from a data consumer, where the verification request specifies an object. The method further includes initiating servicing of the verification request using a verifiable credential, where the verifiable credential specifies a data broker service and the object, where the verifiable credential comprises a claim authorizing the data broker service to transact the object, and where the verifiable credential is issued by an owner of the object. The method further includes initiating transmission of the object to the data consumer based on the servicing of the verification request.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a local oxidation of silicon (LOCOS) structure and a shallow trench isolation (STI) structure formed over a semiconductor substrate. A source region is located between the LOCOS structure and the STI structure. A gate structure is located between the source region and the LOCOS structure. A contact may be located over the STI structure electrically connect to the gate structure.

Abstract: A method for managing data includes obtaining, by an indirection logic service, a data request for data, wherein the data request specifies a ledger entry, identifying an indirection logic entry stored in the indirection logic service based on the ledger entry, obtaining a selection of trust data from a client, wherein the ledger entry comprises metadata of the trust data, and initiating communication between the client and a local trust manager based on the selection of trust data, wherein the trust data was generated by the local trust manager.

Abstract: A method to incorporate multiple independent optical correlators into one system. By “independent optical correlator,” we mean an optical correlator comprising of an input SLM, filter SLM, and camera, combined with appropriate coherent illumination and Fourier transforming lenses. By “one system” we mean a single optical system which utilises the elements of each of the independent correlators multiple times.

Abstract: Systems and methods for automated data visualization are disclosed. According to one embodiment, in an information processing apparatus comprising at least one computer processor, a method for automatically analyzing data from a plurality of data files and producing a visual output may include (1) receiving a plurality of data files from at least one data file source, each data file comprising a plurality of data columns; (2) identifying a number of columns in each of the data files; (3) using column-value matching to identify two matching columns from two different data files; (4) executing one or more machine learning algorithms on data in the data files to enrich the data; and (5) generating a first visualization for the enriched data and outputting the first visualization on a display.

Abstract: A method for managing data includes obtaining, by a virtual machine (VM) executing on a computing node, a data computation request from a client, and in response to the data computation request: sending a metadata request to a catalog node based on the computation request, obtaining a plurality of data set entries from the catalog node based on the metadata request, performing a confidence score analysis on the plurality of data set entries to obtain selected data set entries, initiating, on a local data system, a data computation using a local data set associated with at least one of the selected of data set entries, obtaining, in response to the initiating, a result from the local data system, and sending a data computation result to the client based on the data computation, wherein the data computation result is based on the result.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is directed to an automated validation tool for migration from a source system to a target system. The system comprises: a memory component; an interactive interface that receives one or more user inputs; and a validation engine comprising a processor, coupled to the memory component and the interactive interface, the validation engine configured to perform the steps comprising: initiating a migration process from a source system to a target system; identifying a source identifier of the source system and a target identifier of the target system; performing validation of the migration process; comparing project configuration data of the source system and the target system; comparing project data of the source system and the target system; and providing, via the interactive interface, validation results.

Abstract: An electrical connector that has a conductive shell supporting at least one signal contact therein and that has a front end for mating with a mating connector and a back end opposite the front end for electrically connecting to a coaxial cable. A ground connection is located inside of the conductive shell. A coupling member is rotatably coupled to the conductive shell and has an engagement feature for mechanically engaging a support panel associated with the mating connector. A sealing member is disposed on the conductive shell that is configured to provide an environmental seal between the conductive shell and the support panel when the conductive shell is mated with the mating connector.

Abstract: One example method includes deploying a group of bots in a computing environment that includes a group of nodes, each of the bots having an associated attack vector with respect to one or more of the nodes, receiving, from each of the bots, a report that identifies a node attacked by that bot, and a result of the attack, and adjusting, based on the bot reports, a confidence score of one or more of the attacked nodes.

Abstract: Hardware trust boundaries in a data confidence fabric are provided. Nodes in a data confidence fabric are provisioned with identifies and confidence scores. Hardware-based trust insertion technologies are applied to data in the data confidence fabric. Protocols allow nodes to join the data confidence fabric and be aware of other nodes. Paths of data can be graphed and audited.

Abstract: One example method includes receiving authorization from a human user to collect data concerning an interaction of the human user with a computing element, interacting with the human user, collecting data concerning the interaction, analyzing the collected data, generating trust and confidence information, concerning the human user, based on analysis of the collected data, and storing the trust and confidence information.

Abstract: A data confidence fabric (DCF) is disclosed. The DCF may include a static configuration layer, a dynamic trust insertion layer, and a programmable scoring layer. The DCF may also include edge devices and applications that use the ingested data in some instances. The operation of the DCF allows data to be ingested and associated with a confidence or trustworthiness score. The confidence score can be used by applications that desire access to and use of the ingested data.

Abstract: A method for managing data includes obtaining, by a local data manager, an actuation command request, performing a metadata analysis on confidence metadata associated with the actuation command request, making a determination that the actuation command request is valid, and in response to the determination, sending an actuation command to an actuation device based on the actuation command request.