Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: creating, for a user, a sound desirability index comprising (i) a plurality of sounds and (ii) desirability of the sound to the user with respect to each of the plurality of sounds, wherein the sound desirability index is created in response to the user hearing a sound and the environment of the user when hearing the sound; receiving an audible input within hearing proximity of the user; identifying the current environment of the user; determining the desirability of the audible input to the user by accessing the sound desirability index, and determining the desirability of the audible input based upon a sound in the audible input and the current environment of the user; and modifying a characteristic of at least a portion of the audible input based upon the desirability of the audible input to the user.

Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products for wastage estimation are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes receiving, via a user interface, selection of a product for which an estimation of wastage incurred in manufacture thereof is desired and determining one or more orientation suggestions for the selected product, the one or more orientation suggestions including suggestions for imaging different views of the selected product for use in estimating the wastage incurred in manufacture thereof. The method also includes providing, via the user interface, one or more prompts for imaging the selected product at the one or more orientation suggestions, thereby obtaining images of the selected product, utilizing the obtained images of the selected product to calculate an estimated wastage incurred in manufacturing the selected product, and displaying, via the user interface, a display element indicating the estimated wastage incurred in manufacturing the selected product.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for facilitating a secure platform for point-to-point brain sensing are provided herein. An exemplary method includes presenting a user of a brain-computer interface with learning content; monitoring brain signals of the user using a brain-computer interface while the learning content is being presented; determining, based at least in part on said monitoring, that a confusion state of the user exceeds a personalized confusion threshold in regard to at least a part of the learning content; in response to said determining, outputting information to assist the user in understanding the part of the learning content until the confusion state of the user is below the personalized confusion threshold.

Abstract: Embodiments describing an approach to evaluate text and image consistency. Receiving one or more images. Receiving one or more text documents. Identifying relevant text in the one or more text documents. Determining the consistency between the one or more images and the one or more text documents. Creating one or more image and text consistency scores based on the determined consistency between the one or more images and the one or more text documents, and outputting the one or more image and text consistency scores for evaluating text and image consistency.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving a script for a performance requiring at least one actor; receiving a profile for each of a plurality of actors, wherein each actor profile identifies attributes of the corresponding actor; identifying a given portion of the script to be used for an audition of at least one of the plurality of actors, wherein the identifying comprises (i) evaluating aspects of each portion of the script, (ii) scoring, based upon the evaluation, each portion of the script, and (iii) ranking the portions of the script based upon the score; selecting at least one actor from the plurality of actors for performance of the audition corresponding to the given portion of the script, wherein the selecting comprises evaluating attributes of the actors with respect to the given portion of the script; and recommending at least one actor and at least one portion of the script for an audition based upon the selected at least one actor.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products related to a cognitive assistant for co-generating creative content are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes obtaining semantic-level inputs from at least one user, wherein the semantic-level inputs pertain to multiple aspects of a desired content narrative; generating textual content based at least in part on the semantic-level inputs, wherein said generating the textual content comprises applying one or more deep learning algorithms to the semantic-level inputs; generating image content based at least in part on the generated textual content; creating the desired content narrative by integrating (i) the generated textual content and (ii) the generated image content; and outputting the desired content narrative to the at least one user.

Abstract: For a particular search query that is received by a host system, a preliminary set of search results is generated. The host system maps the query to one or more topics that are representative to the query. The host system provides topical click data associated with the topic to a machine-learning module that determines a relevancy score of the result utilizing the topical click data. The host system re-ranks the order of the result within a set of results based upon the relevancy score.

Abstract: A data handling system includes at least two host devices. For a particular search query that is received by a first host device, a preliminary set of search results is therein generated. The first host system maps the query to one or more topics that are representative to the query. The first host system provides topical click data associated with the topic to a machine-learning module located within a second host device that determines a relevancy score of the result utilizing the topical click data. The first host system obtains the relevancy score of the result and re-ranks the order of the result within a set of results based upon the relevancy score.

Abstract: Integrated circuits for sensing biological molecules are disclosed. The integrated circuits can be used to measure the impedance of a biological sample under test. The integrated circuits can be used to sequence polynucleotides using a cell array.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: creating, for a user, a sound desirability index comprising (i) a plurality of sounds and (ii) desirability of the sound to the user with respect to each of the plurality of sounds, wherein the sound desirability index is created in response to the user hearing a sound and the environment of the user when hearing the sound; receiving an audible input within hearing proximity of the user; identifying the current environment of the user; determining the desirability of the audible input to the user by accessing the sound desirability index, and determining the desirability of the audible input based upon a sound in the audible input and the current environment of the user; and modifying a characteristic of at least a portion of the audible input based upon the desirability of the audible input to the user.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products in connection with a system for bidding on multi-modal sub-spaces for e-commerce searches is provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes representing, in an embedding space affiliated with at least one electronic commerce website: (i) images related to one or more bids and (ii) items of text related to the one or more bids, the images and the items of text both coming from one or more bidding entities. Such a method also includes mapping a query to the embedding space based on a comparison of features of the query to (i) the images and (ii) the items of text. Further, such a method additionally includes selecting at least one of the one or more bidding entities based on the mapping, and outputting, to at least one user in response to the query, search results associated with the at least one selected bidding entity.

Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products for wastage estimation are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes receiving, via a user interface, selection of a product for which an estimation of wastage incurred in manufacture thereof is desired and determining one or more orientation suggestions for the selected product, the one or more orientation suggestions including suggestions for imaging different views of the selected product for use in estimating the wastage incurred in manufacture thereof. The method also includes providing, via the user interface, one or more prompts for imaging the selected product at the one or more orientation suggestions, thereby obtaining images of the selected product, utilizing the obtained images of the selected product to calculate an estimated wastage incurred in manufacturing the selected product, and displaying, via the user interface, a display element indicating the estimated wastage incurred in manufacturing the selected product.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for recommending an apparel product is provided. The method for recommending an apparel product may include one or more processors identifying a user selection of an apparel product, wherein the apparel product includes information associated with retail websites. The method further includes one or more processors categorizing the apparel product into one or more groupings based upon user preferences, wherein the grouping is based on available versions of the apparel product. The method further includes one or more processors determining current apparel preference information corresponding to the user based on user preferences, fitness application data, health monitoring application data, and user-provided measurements.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving a user wardrobe query related to at least one item in a user's wardrobe to be worn for an event, wherein the user wardrobe query corresponds to at least one of an outfit recommendation query and an outfit sharing query; accessing a database comprising user profiles, each of the user profiles comprising (i) a listing of the at least one item in a user's wardrobe, (ii) at least one attribute of a user, and (iii) feature information for each of the at least one items indicating a feature of the item; determining at least one score for each of the at least one items; and providing at least one recommendation responsive to the user wardrobe query, wherein the at least one recommendation comprises an item from the user's wardrobe or another user's wardrobe having a score above a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A computer scans user data for upcoming events and identifies a potential gift giving event from these events using contextual information about the events to determine the events' nature. The computer identifies a plurality of event attendees and analyzes information about two or more of the event attendees. The computer groups a plurality of people into a group of potential gift collaborators, wherein the plurality of people is chosen from the plurality of attendees. The computer generates a first potential gift list. The computer analyzes gift giving abilities of the group members and selects, based partially upon the analysis, a gift giver. The computer generates a second potential gift list with detailed information about one or more potential gifts wherein the gifts are based partially on the first potential gift list. The computer provides at least a portion of the second potential gift list to the selected gift giver.

Abstract: A method for building a user wardrobe profile of an individual user within a group having a group account ID. The method receives purchase transaction data associated with the group account ID data, wherein the purchase transaction data comprises data for one or more wardrobe items. The method further detects, in one or more social media posts of the individual user, an electronic representation of the one or more wardrobe items in the purchase transaction data, and builds the user wardrobe profile of the individual user, based on an association between the purchase transaction data and the electronic representation of the one or more wardrobe items detected in the one or more social media posts of the individual user.

Abstract: Decompressing a data set includes inputting data units to a decompression circuit and comparing each input data unit to a run value and to a substitute value. In response to the data unit being not equal to the run value or the substitute value, the decompression circuit outputs the value of the input data unit; in response to the input data unit having the run value and a succeeding data unit having a value N not equal to zero or one, the decompression circuit outputs multiple data units having the run value based on the value N; in response to input data unit having the substitute value, the decompression circuit outputs one data unit having the run value; and in response to one input data unit having the run value and a succeeding data unit equal to zero or one, the decompression circuit outputs one data unit of the substitute value.

Abstract: Embodiments describing an approach to evaluate text and image consistency. Receiving one or more images. Receiving one or more text documents. Identifying relevant text in the one or more text documents. Determining the consistency between the one or more images and the one or more text documents. Creating one or more image and text consistency scores based on the determined consistency between the one or more images and the one or more text documents, and outputting the one or more image and text consistency scores for evaluating text and image consistency.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: utilizing at least one processor to execute computer code that performs the steps of: obtaining at least one image of a user of a social medium from one or more posts on the social medium that are shared by the user; identifying a characteristic of the user by comparing characteristics of the at least one image of the user to other persons, wherein the other persons are clustered into characteristic groups based upon one or more images of each of the other persons; determining attributes of apparel included in the images of each of the other persons by parsing the one or more images and any text associated with the images of each of the other persons; and generating apparel style rules for a particular characteristic by associating the determined attributes of the apparel with the identified characteristic. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for driving anomaly detection based on spatio-temporal landscape-specific driving models are provided herein.