Abstract: Aspects are provided for preserving the edge sharpness and enhancing details while upscaling a rendered image. Some aspects specifically relate to upscaling images using a spatial difference between a pixel to be interpolated and respective neighboring pixels, and an intensity difference between respective neighboring pixels and a mean intensity of a subset of the neighboring pixels. Considering both the spatial and intensity difference during upscaling prevents small details of the input image from being smoothed, since a larger weight may be assigned to pixels with a closer intensity value and that are closer in distance to the pixel to be interpolated than in techniques such as bilinear interpolation where only spatial difference may be considered. The result is an upscaled image that preserves sharp edges and small detail for a more accurate upscaled image in a higher resolution than compared to related upscaling methods that only consider using spatial difference.

Abstract: Aspects presented herein relate to methods and devices for graphics processing including an apparatus, e.g., a GPU or a CPU. The apparatus may obtain a set of primitives including pixels associated with at least one current frame. The apparatus may also configure a coverage mask associated with each pixel, where each pixel corresponds to a sample. Further, the apparatus may calculate color data or depth data associated with each pixel, where the color data includes a current color value and the depth data includes a current depth value. The apparatus may also update the current color value or the current depth value for each pixel based on the at least one coverage mask. The apparatus may also blend the updated current color value with a previous color value for each of pixel.

Abstract: Methods and systems for managing operation of infrastructure are disclosed. The operation of the infrastructure may be managed by limiting activity that may be performed by the infrastructure. The activity may be limited by restricting tasks that may be added to queues of tasks that the infrastructure is authorized to perform. The content of the queues may be limited during workflow selection, task identified for workflows, and service registration for servicing the queues. The content may be limited using a combination of registration requirements, role based restrictions, and token requirements.

Abstract: Methods and systems for managing operation of infrastructure are disclosed. The operation of the infrastructure may be managed by limiting activity that may be performed by the infrastructure. The activity may be limited by restricting tasks that may be added to queues of tasks that the infrastructure is authorized to perform. The content of the queues may be limited during workflow selection, task identified for workflows, and service registration for servicing the queues. The content may be limited using a combination of registration requirements, role based restrictions, and token requirements.

Abstract: Architectures and techniques are described that can provide decentralized, zero-trust authorization according to variable fine-grained policies For example, an authorization server can receive an authorization request from a requesting device. The authorization request can comprise a reference address to a resource, in which case resource data can be fetched, or comprise a signed entity indicative of the resource. In either case, resource data used to evaluate a policy can be obtained and, if an associated policy evaluation is authorized, the authorization request can be validated and an associated token can be provided to the requesting device, which can then be transmitted along with an API call to a service through which a resource is provided.

Abstract: A system can identify an attribute-based access control policy that comprises a pair comprising a permission policy and a condition policy that is associated with performing an operation on a computing resource. The system can identify that the attribute-based access control policy corresponds to a role policy that is associated with the account. The system can determine whether the account and the role policy satisfy the attribute-based access control policy with respect to the operation, wherein the determining comprises evaluating whether the computing resource and a required permission of the permission policy is declared in the role policy, and evaluating whether the account and the role policy satisfy the condition policy evaluates to true based on attributes of the account and attributes of the computing resource. The system can, in response to determining that the account satisfy the permission policy and the condition policy, perform the operation on the computing resource.

Abstract: One example method includes receiving, at a multi cloud service orchestration platform from a client, a request for performance of a workflow, authenticating and authorizing the client, invoking orchestration of the workflow, invoking the workflow, validating a workflow definition associated with the workflow, and on successful validation, initializing execution of the workflow, and executing, at an activity container, the workflow. The method may be performed in the multi cloud service orchestration platform.

Abstract: A system can identify an attribute-based access control policy that comprises a pair comprising a permission policy and a condition policy that is associated with performing an operation on a computing resource. The system can identify that the attribute-based access control policy corresponds to a role policy that is associated with the account. The system can determine whether the account and the role policy satisfy the attribute-based access control policy with respect to the operation, wherein the determining comprises evaluating whether the computing resource and a required permission of the permission policy is declared in the role policy, and evaluating whether the account and the role policy satisfy the condition policy evaluates to true based on attributes of the account and attributes of the computing resource. The system can, in response to determining that the account satisfy the permission policy and the condition policy, perform the operation on the computing resource.

Abstract: Architectures and techniques are described that can provide decentralized, zero-trust authorization according to variable fine-grained policies For example, an authorization server can receive an authorization request from a requesting device. The authorization request can comprise a reference address to a resource, in which case resource data can be fetched, or comprise a signed entity indicative of the resource. In either case, resource data used to evaluate a policy can be obtained and, if an associated policy evaluation is authorized, the authorization request can be validated and an associated token can be provided to the requesting device, which can then be transmitted along with an API call to a service through which a resource is provided.

Abstract: A system for measuring the emission mass flow rates of pollutants that uses a flow unit remote from the emission site and multiple layers of physics-informed neural networks, or PINN. The system allows for continuously monitoring, measuring, and quantifying of a variety of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (e.g. CH4, CH3Br, C2H6, C3H8, COx, NxO, SOx, SF6, H2, MOX, HCHO, VOC, and HC). The systems can include measuring the flow of GHG emissions that are emitted by, oil and gas facilities, industrial farming facilities, manufacturing facilities, waste management facilities, and high-density residential buildings/complexes and other locations of interest.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring the wind velocity and wind direction that uses a three dimensional 360-degree rotating ambient flow intake assembly, a multiphase flowmeter and a blower, and establishes wind functions and further incorporates a neural network to reduce Gaussian noise. Such an apparatus can have high utility in systems that detect emissions.

Abstract: Aspects are provided for preserving the edge sharpness and enhancing details while upscaling a rendered image. Some aspects specifically relate to upscaling images using a spatial difference between a pixel to be interpolated and respective neighboring pixels, and an intensity difference between respective neighboring pixels and a mean intensity of a subset of the neighboring pixels. Considering both the spatial and intensity difference during upscaling prevents small details of the input image from being smoothed, since a larger weight may be assigned to pixels with a closer intensity value and that are closer in distance to the pixel to be interpolated than in techniques such as bilinear interpolation where only spatial difference may be considered. The result is an upscaled image that preserves sharp edges and small detail for a more accurate upscaled image in a higher resolution than compared to related upscaling methods that only consider using spatial difference.

Abstract: An electric guide rail type conveying system comprises a driving motor, a guide rail, a main transmission case, an auxiliary transmission case, a conveying member, and a moving trolley. Both ends of the conveying member are elastically deformably wound on the first rotating member and the second rotating member of a main transmission case body in two opposite winding direction. Before installation, the conveying member is basically wound on the first rotating member and the second rotating member. When a relative outer portion of the conveying member wound on the first rotating member is separated from the rotating member, a first elastic resilience opposite to one of the two opposite winding direction is generated; with the increase of a portion, separated from the first rotating member, of the conveying member, the first elastic resilience will increase; otherwise, the first elastic resilience will decrease.

Abstract: Techniques for providing direct access to backup data can include: receiving a selection of a backup of a file system, wherein the backup is stored on a backup system connected to a data storage system; creating, in accordance with said selection of the backup, a remote copy of the backup, wherein the remote copy is stored on the backup system; generating a proxy file system for the remote copy on the backup system, wherein the proxy file system is mapped by the data storage system to the remote copy on the backup system; and providing a host with direct access to the remote copy using the proxy file system.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for copying a storage protection configuration for one or more storage resources from a first storage array to at least a second storage array in a storage cluster. A communication failure between at least a pair of storage arrays may be detected, thus defining a surviving storage array and at least one failed storage array. The communication failure between the surviving storage array and the at least one failed storage array may be resolved. The storage protection configuration may be synchronized from the surviving storage array to the at least one failed storage array. The storage protection configuration for the one or more storage resources of each storage array of the at least a pair of storage arrays may be arbitrated.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving a selection of a portion of data from a backup storage appliance communicatively coupled to a storage system. A copy of the selected portion of the data may be generated on the backup storage appliance, thus defining a data backup copy. One or more hosts may be provided with direct access to the data backup copy using the storage system.

Abstract: An electric guide rail type conveying system comprises a driving motor, a guide rail, a main transmission case, an auxiliary transmission case, a conveying member, and a moving trolley. Both ends of the conveying member are elastically deformably wound on the first rotating member and the second rotating member of a main transmission case body in two opposite winding direction. Before installation, the conveying member is basically wound on the first rotating member and the second rotating member. When a relative outer portion of the conveying member wound on the first rotating member is separated from the rotating member, a first elastic resilience opposite to one of the two opposite winding direction is generated; with the increase of a portion, separated from the first rotating member, of the conveying member, the first elastic resilience will increase; otherwise, the first elastic resilience will decrease.

Abstract: Techniques for providing direct access to backup data can include: receiving a selection of a backup of a file system, wherein the backup is stored on a backup system connected to a data storage system; creating, in accordance with said selection of the backup, a remote copy of the backup, wherein the remote copy is stored on the backup system; generating a proxy file system for the remote copy on the backup system, wherein the proxy file system is mapped by the data storage system to the remote copy on the backup system; and providing a host with direct access to the remote copy using the proxy file system.

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computing system for copying a storage protection configuration for one or more storage resources from a first storage array to at least a second storage array in a storage cluster. A communication failure between at least a pair of storage arrays may be detected, thus defining a surviving storage array and at least one failed storage array. The communication failure between the surviving storage array and the at least one failed storage array may be resolved. The storage protection configuration may be synchronized from the surviving storage array to the at least one failed storage array. The storage protection configuration for the one or more storage resources of each storage array of the at least a pair of storage arrays may be arbitrated.