Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for improving performance of a partial cache collapse by a processing device. Certain embodiments provide a method for performing a partial cache collapse procedure, the method including: counting, in each cache way of a group of cache ways, a number of dirty cache lines having dirty bits indicating the cache line has been modified; selecting, from the group, at least one cache way for collapse, based on its corresponding number of dirty cache lines; and performing the partial cache collapse procedure based on the at least one cache way selected from the group for collapse.

Abstract: An electronic device, method, and computer program product provide automated static or dynamic format selection of screen shot capture responsive to display size. An application, executed by a processor of the electronic device, presents, via a display, at least a portion of an electronic page. In response to receiving an input, via at least one input device of the electronic device, to capture a screen shot of the display, a controller of the electronic device determines a number of screens required to present an entirety of the electronic page. In response to the number of screens being equal to or less than a first threshold number of screens, the controller generates a static screen shot image of the electronic page. In response to the number of screens being greater, the controller generates a dynamic screen shot image that automatically scrolls or page flips through the entirety of the electronic page.

Abstract: A stackable electrical contact block includes a housing, the housing having a top and bottom side and accommodating a first and second electrical terminal, an actuation pusher adapted to move from a resting position to an actuated position to break the contact between the first and second terminals, the actuation pusher having a head protruding from the top side, a clearance below the actuation pusher, and a return spring biasing the actuation pusher towards its resting position, a bottom end of the return spring extending into the clearance. The housing's bottom side is a connection interface with an entrance providing access to the clearance. A central part of the clearance is taken up by the bottom end of the return spring, and a peripheral part is a space for receiving the actuation head of a component connected to the contact block via the connection interface.

Abstract: A Method and a system for securing a SDN controller from denial of service attack are provided. A SDN controller receives, from a networking device, data packets pertaining to a flow in Packet_IN messages, if the flow does not match flow entries in a first flow table of the networking device. A table miss flow entry pertaining to the flow is created in a second flow table of the networking device for sending the Packet_IN. The SDN controller installs a flood prevention flow entry in the second flow table to enable the networking device to drop subsequent data packets pertaining to the flow until the SDN controller installs, in the first flow table, a flow entry matching the flow. The flood prevention flow entry is deleted from the second flow table after the installation of the flow entry matching the flow.

Abstract: An end effector is disclosed. The end effector includes a first set of one or more suction cups of a first size having a first diameter, and a second set of one or more suction cups of a second size having a second diameter that is smaller than the first diameter. The end effector further includes a first actuation mechanism configured to apply suction to at least a subset of the first set of suction cups independently of actuation of the second set of suction cups and a second actuation mechanism configured to apply suction to at least a subset of the second set of suction cups independently of actuation of the first set of suction cups.

Abstract: Writers participating in a backup are identified. A mapping is generated between the writers and associated files. The mapping includes file properties. The mapping is initialized by tagging the writers with a full backup tag. A base backup copy of the writers is created by conducting a full backup of each writer tagged with the full backup tag. At a current backup operation after creating the base backup, a list of current files that will participate in the current backup operation is generated. The list of current files is compared against the files in the mapping to determine whether a particular writer associated with a current file should be tagged with the full backup tag or an incremental backup tag. The particular writer is tagged with the incremental backup tag when file properties associated with the current file have changed.

Abstract: There is disclosed in one example a computing endpoint, including: a hardware platform including a processor and a memory; an operating system to run on the hardware platform; a web browser to run on the operating system, and including an extension framework; and a management extension to run in the extension framework, and to contextually manage availability of other extensions according to a URL reputation and extension reputation.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein may include methods, systems, and tangible, non-transient, computer-readable media having instructions thereupon for determining a damage state of a wind turbine gearbox. A method performed, executed on a processor of a system, or implemented by a processor as instructions, may comprise producing a damage state diagnostic, producing a damage progression model for the wind turbine gearbox using operational data and a state transition function, and combining the damage state diagnostic with the damage progression model using a hybrid prognostics model to produce a probability distribution of a current damage state estimate.

Abstract: Described herein are improved techniques for measuring propagation delay of an integrated circuit that facilitate performing propagation delay measurements on-chip. Some embodiments relate to an integrated circuit comprising programmable oscillator circuitry with a plurality of oscillator stages that are switchable into and out of a delay path based on control signals from a controller, allowing the same programmable oscillator to generate many different oscillator signals according to the received control signals, for the controller to determine a central tendency and/or variance of propagation delay of the integrated circuit. Some embodiments relate to an integrated circuit including programmable delay paths configured to provide an amount of cell delay and an amount of wire delay based on control signals from a controller, allowing the same programmable delay path to generate signals for measuring delays due to cell and wire delays of the integrated circuit.

Abstract: Embodiments for providing memory access operations for graph analytics by a processor are disclosed. An entire chunk of load and store instructions may be atomically and concurrently executed, where the entire chunk of the load and store instructions are delineated from a plurality of alternative load and store instructions.

Abstract: Systems and methods for managing traffic in a hybrid environment include monitoring traffic load of a local network to determine whether the traffic load exceeds or is likely to exceed a maximum traffic load, where the maximum traffic load is a traffic load for which a service can be provided by the local network, based on a license. An excess traffic load is determined if the traffic load exceeds or is likely to exceed the maximum traffic load. One or more external networks which have a capacity to provide the service to the excess traffic load are determined, to which the excess traffic load is migrated. The local network includes one or more service instances for providing the service for up to the maximum traffic load, and the service to the excess traffic load is provided by one or more additional service instances in the one or more external networks.

Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which an application layer network management service is provided. The service may allow third parties associated with an application layer network to develop and on-board application-aware logic that manages application services. The application-aware logic may include optimization of the application service and remedial procedures that address events associated with degradation and/or performance of the application service. The application-aware logic may be implemented in conjunction with other logic provisioned by a network provider.

Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine engine includes a forward liner segment having an aft end portion. The forward liner segment at least partially defines a primary combustion chamber. The combustor further includes an aft liner segment having a forward end portion. A channel is defined between the forward liner segment and the aft liner segment. The channel directs a stream of dilution air in a counter-flow or reverse direction with respect to combustion gases flowing from the primary combustion chamber during operation of the combustor.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided in which a user equipment (UE) receives a system information block (SIB) from a network. The UE identifies at least one downlink (DL) period based on a first uplink (UL)/DL configuration included in the SIB. The UE monitors a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) during the at least one DL period using a discontinuous reception (DRX) operation. The UE obtains downlink control information (DCI) for indicating at least one second UL/DL configuration as a format for one or more time intervals from the monitored PDCCH. The UE determines the format for the one or more time intervals based on the obtained DCI. The monitoring of the PDCCH includes monitoring the PDCCH in an active time of a DRX cycle. The active time includes a time when the UE performs continuous reception.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed including a memory device and a processing device operatively coupled to the memory device. The processing device can perform operations including performing, on data residing in a block of the memory device, an error-handling operation of a plurality of error-handling operations, wherein an order of the plurality of error-handling operations is based on a voltage offset bin associated with the block, wherein the voltage offset bin defines a set of threshold voltage offsets to be applied to a base voltage read level during read operations; and responsive to determining that the error-handling operation has failed to recover the data, adjusting the order of the plurality of error-handling operations.

Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for an authentication service. A unique identifier is associated with a device access token for a client to be authenticated. An authentication identifier is sent to an authenticated client. The client to be authenticated communicates the authentication identifier and unique identifier to the authentication service to complete authentication.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for enabling a cloud connector system (100) to establish a secure connection between on-premise devices and a cloud server (108) hosting a cloud Certificate Lifecycle Management as a Service (CLMaaS) for validating and upgrading a certificate on the on-premise devices is provided. The method includes implementing a plurality of cloud connectors (102A-N) in a tenant premise comprising a plurality of on-premise devices (104A-N) to establish a full-duplex connection between the plurality of on-premise devices and the CLMaaS, performing a runtime analysis of the connection between the cloud server and the plurality of cloud connectors, routing the requests from the cloud CLMaaS to the plurality of on-premise devices through the plurality of cloud connectors based on the run time analysis of the connection, and enabling the cloud connector system to execute the certificate validation and upgradation in the on-premise devices based on the request from the cloud CLMaaS.

Abstract: A credential management system for enterprise networks (ENs) that allows credential storage in different levels and enables individual enterprises to manage the sets of credentials for the SIM cards used in their respective networks. Central management of credentials is provided by a remote cloud-based, centralized orchestration network (O-Net) that receives SIM cards from a SIM Provisioning Platform (SPP) and distributes the credentials to the ENs, which store the credentials in an enterprise global database and assign the SIM cards to the UEs. The credentials can be associated with specific policies and user groups so that the enterprise can control the type and quality of access allowed to UEs. Each EN may have a plurality of campus locations and at each location, a local credential database may be provided to act as a cache for quick efficient access to credentials by the UEs.

Abstract: A method, a communication device and a computer program product for selecting an active camera from a front facing camera and a rear facing camera for use during a video communication session. The method includes receiving, via a processor, first communication input associated with a non-video communication session. In response to detecting a switch from the non-video communication session to a video communication session, a first context is determined at the communication device based on the first communication input. The first context is associated with using an active camera selected at the communication device to capture and share video data with the second communication device. The selected active camera is one of the front facing camera and the rear facing camera. The method further includes selecting, as the active camera, one of the front facing camera or the rear facing camera that is associated with the first context.

Abstract: A method for performing federated learning includes initializing, by a server, a global model G0. The server shares G0 with a plurality of participants (N) using a secure communications channel. The server selects n out of N participants, according to filtering criteria, to contribute training for a round r. The server partitions the selected participants n into s groups and informs each participant about the other participants belonging to the same group. The server obtains aggregated group updates AU1, . . . , AUg from each group and compares the aggregated group updates and identifies suspicious aggregated group updates. The server combines the aggregated group updates by excluding the updates identified as suspicious, to obtain an aggregated update Ufinal. The server derives a new global model Gr from the previous model Gr-1 and the aggregated update Ufinal and shares Gr with the plurality of participants.