Abstract: Methods and systems for generating conversation models from documents are described herein. A system may receive a document and generate a conversation model that may be deployed by a chatbot or other automated agent (e.g., voice assistant, messenger bot, etc.). The chatbot may use the conversation model to engage in a conversation with a user and obtain information from the user to complete the document. The system may generate questions to ask the user based on text in the document that indicates a request for information. Additionally, the system may provide instructions to a user via a chatbot. The instructions may be generated based on text in the document that explains how to fill out the document.

Abstract: A windshield wiper system for use on an aircraft includes a controller and a wiper assembly including a wiper arm, a wiper blade, and a moving block. Further, the windshield wiper system includes a rail assembly including a rail assembly rack, a plurality of electromagnets, and an electrical interface. The electrical interface and the plurality of electromagnets induce a force on the moving block of the wiper assembly, causing the wiper assembly to sweep across the windshield of the aircraft. The controller is coupled to the rail assembly and the controller is configured to direct the motion of the wiper assembly through command signals to the rail assembly.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for making and using proliposomal and liposomal formulations of chemotherapeutic agents are disclosed. The proliposomal and liposomal formulations of chemotherapeutics, as well as medicaments and dosage forms that include such formulations, can be used with treatment regimens for bladder cancer and urothelial cancer. Hence, the formulations, medicaments, and dosage forms of the invention are suitable to treat bladder cancers by intravesical administration and to treat urothelial cancers. The formulations according to the invention include (a) a taxane (e.g., paclitaxel, docetaxel) or cisplatin, (b) a first phospholipid, dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine (DMPC), and (c) a second phospholipid, dimyrsityl phosphatidyl glycerol sodium (DMPG). The proliposomal formulations form liposomes upon contact with an aqueous vehicle.

Abstract: A system for detecting and tracking an object that is exhibiting an anomalous behavior from a helicopter is disclosed. The system includes a search light connected to the helicopter; a camera; and a processor including an object detection module coupled to the search light and the camera, the object detection module being configured to receive a plurality of images from the camera, compare the plurality of images against a pattern database, determine the object is exhibiting the anomalous behavior and instruct the search light to point toward the object.

Abstract: In one aspect, a method useful for implementing high availability (HA) enhancements to a computer network, comprising the steps of: providing a first edge device of a local area network (LAN); providing a second edge device of the LAN; providing a gateway system to the LAN from a wide area network; detecting that an HA cable between the first edge device and the second edge device is disconnected; establishing a network connection between the gateway system and the second edge device; with the gateway system: determining that the first edge device is active and passing network traffic, implementing a network tunneling protocol with second edge device.

Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to routing an autonomous vehicle based upon risk of takeover of the autonomous vehicle by a human operator. A computing system receives an origin location and a destination location of the autonomous vehicle. The computing system identifies a route for the autonomous vehicle to follow from the origin location to the destination location based upon output of a computer-implemented model. The computer-implemented model is generated based upon labeled data indicative of instances in which autonomous vehicles are observed to transition from operating autonomously to operating based upon conduction by human operators while the autonomous vehicles are executing predefined maneuvers. The computer-implemented model takes, as input, an indication of a maneuver in the predefined maneuvers that is performed by the autonomous vehicle when the autonomous vehicle follows a candidate route.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a computer-based method and system for synthesizing a NoC. Physical data, device data, bridge data and traffic data are determined based on an input specification for the NoC. A virtual channel (VC) is assigned to each traffic flow. A head of line (HoL) conflict graph (HCG) is constructed based on the traffic data and the VC assignments. The HGC is modified based on bridge data and the traffic data to generate a modified HCG. A plurality of traffic graphs (TGs) are constructed based on the physical data, the bridge data, the traffic data and the modified HCG. A candidate topology is generated for each TG, which includes the bridge ports, routers and connections. The candidate topologies are merged to create a merged candidate topology, and the routers within the merged candidate topology are merged to generate a final topology for the NoC.

Abstract: Optimizing a performance of a software function withing a content distribution network, such as a software-implemented virtual cable modem termination system (CMTS) network, a virtualized Radio Access Network (vRAN), a Passive Optical Network (PON), or a Wi-Fi network. The performance may be optimized by dynamically changing a deployment location within the content distribution network for the software function from an original location to an updated location using an instance management platform. The deployment location may be dynamically changing in response to a variety of trigger conditions or concerns, such as but not limited to a difference in compute resources, responding to latency needs or tolerances, and a desired cohabitation of data or other software.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a device deploys a first machine learning model to an inference location in a network. The first machine learning model is used at the inference location to make inferences about the network. The device receives, from the inference location, an indication that the first machine learning model is exhibiting poor performance. The device identifies a corrective measure for the poor performance that minimizes resource consumption by a model training pipeline of the device. The device deploys, based on the corrective measure, a second machine learning model to the inference location. The second machine learning model is used in lieu of the first machine learning model to make the inferences about the network.

Abstract: Methods and systems for generating conversation models from documents are described herein. A system may receive a document and generate a conversation model that may be deployed by a chatbot or other automated agent (e.g., voice assistant, messenger bot, etc). The chatbot may use the conversation model to engage in a conversation with a user and obtain information from the user to complete the document. The system may generate questions to ask the user based on text in the document that indicates a request for information. Additionally, the system may provide instructions to a user via a chatbot. The instructions may be generated based on text in the document that explains how to fill out the document.

Abstract: An aircraft search light system is disclosed. Voice commands may be used to control one or more aspects of the operation of the aircraft search light system, including to initiate the detection of objects in image data, to select a particular object in the image data to be tracked by the search light, and the like. The search light may be moved based upon processed image data, for instance such that the selected object continues to be illuminated by the search light. Voice commands may also be used to initiate movement the search light relative to the selected object (e.g., to keep the selected object in the field of view of the search light). Audio output may be generated by the aircraft search light system to provide information to aircraft personnel on the processed image data, and on which one or more subsequent voice commands may be based.

Abstract: In response to receipt of a request for an assessment of a user at a system and from a client terminal, the system identifies a duration of time available for responding to the request and starts a timer. The system transmits requests for information about the user to data sources. The system can and receive some responsive datasets back from the data sources, and can determine which responsive datasets are optimal to wait for and which are not based on how closely the timer is approaching the duration of time available for responding to the request. The system generates the assessment of the user based on the datasets that the system received before the timer reached a threshold time that is based on the duration of time available for responding to the request, and sends the assessment of the user to the client terminal.

Abstract: Implementations are directed to receiving delivery order data for delivery of the tangible asset, the delivery order data including a unique identifier associated with a mobile device of a recipient, receiving evidence data from the mobile device of the recipient, providing an order record stored in a distributed ledger system, the order record including at least a portion of the delivery order data, and the evidence data, determining that the tangible asset is to be handed over to the recipient, and in response: collecting delivery evidence data, providing the delivery evidence data for comparison to the evidence data, and receiving a validation result based on the comparison, and selectively indicating that the tangible asset has been handed over to the recipient at least partially based on the validation result, and updating the order record stored in the distributed ledger system.

Abstract: A system and method system for providing auto-hyperlinking in endpoint content. A system includes email clients installed on remote client devices and managed by an application management service. The system further includes an auto-hyperlinking system having: a configuration file that regular expressions (regex's), wherein each regex is associated with an application and a URL template, and wherein each regex is coded to identify a string and parse an associated parameter; and a process that modifies an inputted email including: searching the inputted email for an email text string specified by the set of regex's; in response to locating a matching email text string as specified by an associated regex, parsing the matching email text string to extract a parameter value; and converting the email text string within the inputted email into a hyperlink based on an associated URL template, wherein the hyperlink includes the parameter value.

Abstract: A system and method system for providing auto-hyperlinking in endpoint content. A system includes email clients installed on remote client devices and managed by an application management service. The system further includes an auto-hyperlinking system having: a configuration file that regular expressions (regex's), wherein each regex is associated with an application and a URL template, and wherein each regex is coded to identify a string and parse an associated parameter; and a process that modifies an inputted email including: searching the inputted email for an email text string specified by the set of regex's; in response to locating a matching email text string as specified by an associated regex, parsing the matching email text string to extract a parameter value; and converting the email text string within the inputted email into a hyperlink based on an associated URL template, wherein the hyperlink includes the parameter value.

Abstract: Potentially malicious uniform resource locators and websites are safely and effectively investigated through live forensic browsing. Live data from an isolated browser feeds a security information and event management (SIEM) tool and other forensic tools during a browsing session, allowing investigators to direct the browsing in response to analysis results. Session data may be translated for SIEM ingestion. Browsing sessions may be manually or automatically customized to obscure their forensic nature, by routing selection, by bandwidth or latency adjustment, or by spoofing externally detectable characteristics such as geolocation, user agent, time zone, and language. Forensic activity by an investigator may also be obscured from discovery by an attacker as a result of spoofing the browser's context, such as plugin status and host machine physical characteristics.

Abstract: This disclosure describes a method usable in a network that has a combination of mLDP-capable and BIER-capable devices. The disclosed method includes advertising, by an mLDP-capable multicast source, an indication of a BIER edge router that it has determined is usable as a path between the BIER devices and the mLDP-capable multicast source. A provider edge router can include in a multicast join message both an indication of the mLDP-capable multicast source as well as the indication of the BIER router advertised as being usable as the path to the mLDP-capable multicast source. The BIER devices can communicate with each other to pass a multicast join message to the BIER edge router that is indicated as being usable as the path to the mLDP-capable multicast source.

Abstract: Various technologies described herein pertain to routing an autonomous vehicle based upon risk of takeover of the autonomous vehicle by a human operator. A computing system receives an origin location and a destination location of the autonomous vehicle. The computing system identifies a route for the autonomous vehicle to follow from the origin location to the destination location based upon output of a computer-implemented model. The computer-implemented model is generated based upon labeled data indicative of instances in which autonomous vehicles are observed to transition from operating autonomously to operating based upon conduction by human operators while the autonomous vehicles are executing predefined maneuvers. The computer-implemented model takes, as input, an indication of a maneuver in the predefined maneuvers that is performed by the autonomous vehicle when the autonomous vehicle follows a candidate route.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for making and using proliposomal and liposomal formulations of chemotherapeutic agents are disclosed. The proliposomal and liposomal formulations of chemotherapeutics, as well as medicaments and dosage forms that include such formulations, can be used with treatment regimens for bladder cancer and urothelial cancer. Hence, the formulations, medicaments, and dosage forms of the invention are suitable to treat bladder cancers by intravesical administration and to treat urothelial cancers. The formulations according to the invention include (a) a taxane (e.g., paclitaxel, docetaxel) or cisplatin, (b) a first phospholipid, dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine (DMPC), and (c) a second phospholipid, dimyrsityl phosphatidyl glycerol sodium (DMPG). The proliposomal formulations form liposomes upon contact with an aqueous vehicle.

Abstract: The present invention particularly relates to culture media composition, feed composition, and fermentation conditions for production of Neisseria meningitidis polysaccharides. The present invention describes a rapid, industrially scalable, cost effective process for the production of Neisseria meningitidis. The N. meningitidis polysaccharides of the present invention are capable of being used in the production of economical polysaccharide protein conjugate vaccine(s) against meningococcal infections.