Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for route planning of electric vehicles (EVs) is provided. The method includes receiving a plurality of parameters associated with an EV fleet. The method includes determining a dttr for each route of a plurality of routes based on the route information associated with each EV of the EV fleet. Further, the method includes determining a set of EVs from the EV fleet based on a validity of each EV of the EV fleet and mapping the set of EVs to a set of the routes of the plurality of routes based on the dttr for each route of the plurality of routes. The method also includes scheduling the set of EVs to the set of the routes based on the mapping.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing various Human Resources (HR) services to a company are provided. A method, according to one implementation, includes the step of monitoring employment policies and updates thereto, the employment policies representing employment laws, rules, and/or regulations applicable to each of a plurality of jurisdictions (e.g., countries, states, provinces, etc.). The method also includes the step of displaying multiple options and fields on one or more screens of a User Interface (UI) of a remote user device allowing a user to enter information defining a job to be executed by a job candidate or new employee. Also, the method includes the step of detecting whether the information entered by the user complies with the employment policies.

Abstract: A ram air turbine system of an aircraft includes a ram air turbine selectably movable between a stowed position and an extended position at an aircraft, and a retraction mechanism operably connected to the ram air turbine and configured to selectably move the ram air turbine from the extended position toward the stowed position. A stow panel is separate from the aircraft and is selectably connectible to the retraction mechanism. The stow panel is configured to signal the retraction mechanism to initiate movement of the ram air turbine from the extended position.

Abstract: Methods and systems for the super resolution of high dynamic range (HDR) video are described. Given a sequence of video frames, a current frame and two or more neighboring frames are processed by a neural-network (NN) feature extraction module, followed by a NN upscaling module, and a NN reconstruction module. In parallel, the current frame is upscaled using traditional up-sampling to generate an intermediate up-sampled frame. The output of the reconstruction module is added to the intermediate up-sampled frame to generate an output frame. Additional traditional up-sampling may be performed on the output frame to match the desired up-scaling factor, beyond the up-scaling factor for which the neural network was trained.

Abstract: A variety of methods and apparatus are disclosed, including, in one embodiment, a downhole tool for use in a borehole, wherein the downhole tool comprises a composite of an aromatic copolyester thermoset (ACT) and a reinforcement material, wherein the ACT has a glass transition temperature of at least 150° C., wherein the ACT is configured to degrade in a water-based fluid having high pH, and wherein the method can include providing the water-based fluid having the pH, such as a pH of at least 11, at least 12, at least 13, or at least 14 in the wellbore, thereby degrading or dissolving the ACT of the downhole tool in the wellbore.

Abstract: Methods and systems for media trend detection and maintenance are provided herein. A set of media items each having common media characteristics is identified. A set of pose values is determined for each respective media item of the set of media items. Each pose value is associated with a particular predefined pose for objects depicted by the set of media items. A set of distance scores is calculated. Each distance score represents a distance between the respective set of pose values determined for a media item and a respective set of pose values determined for an additional media item. A coherence score is determined for the set of media items based on the calculated set of distance scores. Responsive to a determination that the coherence score satisfies one or more coherence criteria, a determination is made that the set of media items corresponds to a media trend of a platform.

Abstract: A method, a network device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are described in relation to an application authorization service. The application authorization service may be performed at an end device and invoked responsive to the launching of an application. The application authorization service may include validating an application certificate associated with the application, validating an attestation value, and validating a token provided by the application. The application may provide a request that includes an application identifier and a token. The application may be granted access to a network or denied access depending on the outcome of the validation procedures. The granted access may include assignment of a network slice. The application certificate, a secured token, and a secured attestation value may be stored in a secure environment at the end device and used for validation procedures.

Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to inventory management. In some embodiments, an inventory management system comprises a mobile device comprising an image capture device configured to capture an image and a communications transceiver configured to transmit the image, and a control circuit configured to receive, from the mobile device, the image, detect, within the image, the first sign and the second sign, identify, based on the first sign, a product associated with the first sign, identify, based on the second sign, a location of the product storage unit, associate, in a database, an indication of the product associated with the first sign and the location of the product storage unit.

Abstract: Techniques for side-channel and fault-injection detection in AES are described. In some examples, the detection mechanism includes substitution box (S-box) circuitry, including multiplicative inverse circuitry to receive a masked 8-bit input in Galois field, and to generate a corresponding 8-bit masked output in Galois field, wherein, when there has been no error in the generation of the 8-bit masked output, the 8-bit masked output is to be a multiplicative inverse of the 8-bit masked input; and inverse error detection circuitry to receive the 8-bit masked input and coupled with the S-box circuitry to receive the 8-bit masked output, the inverse error detection circuitry to detect whether an error has occurred in the generation of the 8-bit masked output based at least in part on whether the 8-bit masked output is the multiplicative inverse of the 8-bit masked input.

Abstract: Technologies for reducing the impact of inductors on electrical traces are disclosed. In an illustrative embodiment, conductive ink is applied in a silk screen layer on top of a solder mask of a circuit board. The conductive ink forms shield regions under and near where inductors are placed and/or where a power plane is routed. The conductive shield regions may be coupled to a ground plane in the circuit board. The conductive shield regions can partially shield traces under and near the inductor, reducing the noise induced on nearby traces. The conductive shield regions can allow traces for high-speed input/output signals to be routed closer to the inductor, reducing the size, number of layers, and/or cost of the circuit board. In some embodiments, the conductive shield regions can shield emissions from the power plane, reducing interference on antennas of a device.

Abstract: Techniques for caching in a machine learning model (ML) hosting service are described. ML model usage data is aggregated from host usage data provided from each host of a first set of hosts, the ML model usage data including, for a particular ML model, a number of inference requests to the particular ML model. A priority order of hosts in a second set of hosts to service an inference request for the particular ML model is calculated. Based on the ML model usage data and the priority order, a set of ML models to load to a particular host in the second set of hosts is determined. The particular host is caused to load the set of ML models. A router is updated to direct ML model inference requests amongst the second set of hosts.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises at least one processing device configured to determine whether an information technology asset in an information technology infrastructure environment is equipped with a cellular modem and, responsive to determining that the information technology asset is equipped with the cellular modem, to determine whether a cellular operational profile for a cellular-based management network associated with the information technology infrastructure environment is provisioned for the cellular modem. The processing device is also configured, responsive to determining that the cellular operational profile is provisioned, to establish a connection with the cellular-based management network.

Abstract: Requests are received from viewing users for rendering a virtual world in a computing environment that mimics real world, where at least one user appears in the virtual world. For each of the viewing users, a processor determines a group to which a viewing user belongs, determines a virtual representation of the at least one user that is mapped to the group, and renders the virtual representation of the at least one user in the virtual world to a device associated with the viewing user. Based on the determined mapping of the group to the virtual representation, the virtual representation of the at least one user rendered on the device associated with the viewing user appears at the same time differently from the virtual representation of the at least one user rendered on another device associated with another viewing user among the viewing users.

Abstract: A method can include embedding one or more thermal sources in a semiconductor package substrate and positioning one or more substrate buildup layers above the one or more thermal sources. The method can also include forming one or more thermal vias in the one or more substrate buildup layers. Various other methods and systems are also disclosed.

Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for non-stationary carrier-phased positioning (CPP). A method may include receiving an indication to transmit a sounding reference signal or a carrier phase positioning measurement. The indication may include at least a phase pre-compensation on the sounding reference signal transmission or a correction of the carrier phase positioning measurement based at least on a Doppler shift. The method may also include performing, at a user equipment, the phase pre-compensation for the sounding reference signal transmission, or the correction of the carrier phase positioning measurement. The method may further include transmitting, by the user equipment, the sounding reference signal with the phase pre-compensation or the carrier phase positioning measurement.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing personalized answers to a user's query using a learned user vocabulary. A natural-language user interface (NLUI) application tracks input terms in user queries and generates responses that incorporate those input terms. The NLUI application may modify stored response templates or may modify a response generated based on stored response templates, by replacing a template term with an input term that has a common definition.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for distributing digital contents to client devices are described. The system obtains, for each user in a set of users, user attribute data and, for a subset of the users, consent data for controlling usage of the user attribute data. The system partitions, based at least on the consent data for the subset of users, the set of users into a first group of users and a second group of users. The system generates a respective training dataset based on the data for each group of user, and uses the datasets to train a machine learning model configured to predict information about one or more users. In particular, the system applies differential privacy to the second training dataset without applying differential privacy to the first training dataset during training.

Abstract: A computing device, a method and a computer program product for routing incoming calls received by the computing device to at least one ultra-wideband (UWB) enabled display device. The method includes detecting an incoming call and identifying a user having a user profile associated with the incoming call. The method further includes determining a location of each display device and the user relative to the location of the computing device, based on UWB ranging between the computing device and the display devices, and at least one of a user-associated UWB tag and a user device. The method further includes identifying a first display device that is closest to the location of the user and determining if the user profile is active on the first display device. In response to determining that the user profile is active on the first display device, routing the incoming call to the first display device.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a pocket portion disposed on production tubing, the pocket portion defining a volume therewithin, wherein the volume is in fluid communication with an interior of the production tubing. The pocket portion includes a valve arrangement that permits unidirectional fluid flow between a tubing-casing annulus and the volume. The apparatus also includes a pressure bleeder configured to be selectively mounted within the pocket portion. The pressure bleeder is configured to permit fluid flow between the valve arrangement and the interior of the production tubing only above a predetermined threshold pressure. A related method includes: providing the pocket portion and valve arrangement; mounting the pressure bleeder within the pocket portion; and, with the pressure bleeder, permitting fluid flow between the valve arrangement and the interior of the production tubing only above a predetermined threshold pressure.

Abstract: An electronic device (e.g., a smartphone or tablet) can be connected to another electronic device (e.g., a mobile device such as a laptop or a non-mobile device such as a desktop computer or workstation), allowing the electronic devices to be used together. This connection can be a wired connection or a wireless connection. When the electronic devices are connected, a single input control device (e.g., a trackpad on a laptop or a mouse) can be used to control user input for both devices. Whether a single input control device can be used to control user input for both devices is determined based at least in part on whether the displays of the two electronic devices are spatially aligned, such as whether the displays are positioned at approximately the same angle relative to a surface (e.g., the horizon) and are facing approximately the same direction.