Abstract: One disclosed method involves receiving, at a first application programming interface (API) endpoint of a computing system, a first API call requesting performance of a first type of operation; invoking, by the computing system and based on the first API call, a first process to send at least a second API call to a second API endpoint of a first system of record; receiving, by the computing system and from the first system of record, a first response to the second API call; and sending, from the computing system to a source of the first API call, a second response that is based at least in part on the first response.

Abstract: A computing system may (A) determine that a target service is to receive portions of a first file in a particular sequence from the computing system via a first hypertext transport protocol (HTTP) connection between the computing system and the target service, (B) receive a first portion of the first file from a client device via a second HTTP connection established between the computing system and the client device, (C) determine that the first portion of the first file is next in the particular sequence of file portions to be sent to the target service, (D) send, to the target service via the first HTTP connection, the first portion of the first file based at least in part on the first portion of the first file being next in the particular sequence, (E) receive a second portion of the first file from the client device via a third HTTP connection established between the computing system and the client device, (F) determine that the second portion of the first file is next in the particular sequence, and (G)

Abstract: There is provided a system for modulating a graphical user interface (GUI). The system comprising a user device and a system controller in communication therewith. The user device comprises a device controller and a display interface for displaying the GUI. Execution of processor executable code stored in the system controller or provided for storage in the user device by the system controller or by the device controller or by the combination thereof synergistically provides for the system controller or the device controller or the combination thereof with performing computer-implementable steps. The computer implementable steps comprise splitting the GUI into two or more sub-GUI portions positioned within the GUI frame boundary and providing for the two or more sub-GUI portions to display respective content stored within the user device and/or hosted by the system controller and/or a same or different remote host controllers in communication with the user device.

Abstract: A method of making an acoustic sensor (e.g., for use in a piezoelectric MEMS microphone) includes forming or providing a mold having one or more grooves in a top surface of the mold that extend in a direction of the length of the mold to a distal end of the mold. The method also includes forming or depositing a structure having one or more piezoelectric layers over the top surface of the mold to define a beam, the distal portion of the beam having a corrugated section including one or more grooves that correspond to the grooves of the mold. The method also includes forming a gap in the structure to define two beams separated by the gap, and releasing the structure from the mold to form one or more cantilever beams that increases an acoustic resistance of the gap between sensors.

Abstract: There is provided a system for modulating a graphical user interface (GUI). The system comprising a user device and a system controller in communication therewith. The user device comprises a device controller and a display interface for displaying the GUI. Execution of processor executable code stored in the system controller or provided for storage in the user device by the system controller or by the device controller or by the combination thereof synergistically provides for the system controller or the device controller or the combination thereof with performing computer-implementable steps. The computer implementable steps comprise splitting the GUI into two or more sub-GUI portions positioned within the GUI frame boundary and providing for the two or more sub-GUI portions to simultaneously display respective content stored within the user device and/or hosted by the system controller and/or a same or different remote host controllers in communication with the user device.

Abstract: Methods of hydrogen (H2) production is provided. The method includes: performing steam cracking of a feed to generate an olefin product and a tail gas including methane; reforming the methane to form a syngas including H2 and carbon monoxide (CO); providing the syngas into a reaction vessel to a region external to a tubular membrane in the reaction vessel; providing a steam into the reaction vessel to the region; performing water-gas shift reaction (WGS) of the syngas in the reaction vessel to form a product gas including the H2 and carbon dioxide (CO2); diffusing the H2 in the product gas through the tubular H2-selective membrane into its bore; discharging the H2 from the bore of the tubular H2-selective membrane; discharging a remainder of the product gas from the external region; and generating heat using the H2 as fuel, where the heat is used for the steam cracking.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for efficient navigation in a navigation space includes determining semantic features and respective 3D positional information of the semantic features for scenes of captured image content and depth-related content in the navigation space, combining information of the determined semantic features of the scene with respective 3D positional information using neural networks to determine an intermediate representation of the scene which provides information regarding positions of the semantic features in the scene and spatial relationships among the semantic features, and using the information regarding the positions of the semantic features and the spatial relationships among the semantic features in a machine learning process to provide at least one of a navigation path in the navigation space, a model of the navigation space, and an explanation of a navigation action by the single, mobile agent in the navigation space.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of automating the collection and screening of resumes in which a user inputs a job description in a job input module and selects potential candidates through a resume input module and the job parsing module may extract the keywords from the job description and a resume parsing module determines keywords from the candidates resumes and a scoring module that provides a score which indicates how closely matched a resume is to the job description.

Abstract: A method for making a piezoelectric microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) microphone is provided, comprising depositing a piezoelectric film layer onto a substrate; selectively etching the piezoelectric film layer to define lines; removing the substrate to define a cavity; and breaking the piezoelectric film layer along the lines, such that the microphone has at least two cantilevered beams. The piezoelectric microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) microphone is also provided.

Abstract: A monolithic integrated device may include a first device having a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) substrate, and a second device arranged over the CMOS substrate. The second device may include a first conductive element, and a second conductive element arranged over the first conductive element. A via opening may extend through the first conductive element and the second conductive element of the second device to an interconnect of the CMOS substrate. A via contact may be arranged in the via opening to contact the first conductive element, the second conductive element, and the interconnect of the CMOS substrate. The via contact electrically connects the first conductive element and the second conductive element of the second device to the interconnect of the CMOS substrate.

Abstract: A system for watermarking a USB Type-C and PD protocol hardware sub-system existing as a part of a SOC/IC system includes a tester to generate a watermarking signal, a device under test (DUT), wherein the DUT is configured with a USB Type-C port with power delivery implementation and including a hardware subsystem configured for watermarking the DUT and transmit a response signal upon receipt of the watermarking signal from the tester. The tester includes a controller including one or more processors that execute a set of executable instructions that are stored in a memory, upon which execution, the processor causes the controller to generate the watermarking signal, the watermarking signal comprises a custom signal and a custom packet associated with a configured custom signal stored in a data buffer that is associated with the SOC/IC system, and transmit the watermarking signal on one or more configuration channel (CC) lines.

Abstract: A system and method are provided that enables a processor to undergo a functional test of its circuits prior to attachment to a semiconductor package and prior to use in a computing platform. The method of testing chips includes attaching a non-packaged semiconductor circuit to a test bed, loading computer instructions into a memory of the non-packaged semiconductor circuit, and operating the non-packaged semiconductor circuit in a test boot mode and executing the computer instructions in that mode. The operation logs one or more events of the execution of the instructions in the test boot mode and transmits the logs of the one or more events from the non-packaged semiconductor circuit via a joint test action group (JTAG) interface or a universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) interface.

Abstract: An acoustic sensor (e.g., for use in a piezoelectric MEMS microphone) includes a substrate and a cantilever beam attached to the substrate. The cantilever beam has a proximal portion attached to the substrate and extending to a distal tip at a free end of the beam. The cantilevered beam has a width in plan view that is greater at a location distal of the proximal portion than at the proximal portion attached to the substrate. One or more electrodes are disposed on or in the proximal portion of the beam.

Abstract: A piezoelectric sensor (e.g., for use in a piezoelectric MEMS microphone) includes a substrate and a cantilever beam attached to the substrate. The cantilever beam has a proximal portion attached to the substrate and extending to an unsupported distal end. An electrode is disposed on or in the proximal portion of the beam and has an outer boundary with a shape substantially corresponding to a contour line of a strain distribution plot for the cantilever beam resulting from a force applied to the cantilever beam.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a student progression tracking system in which a data collection module collects the training data from the education network and sends it to a storage network for a training module to create a machine learning model to track the status of students performance in a course and the training module sends the machine learning model to an inference module which selects the data for each student in each course and inputs the data into the machine learning model and stores the students status for the course.

Abstract: A piezoelectric microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) microphone is provided comprising a substrate including walls defining a cavity and at least two of the walls defining a respective anchor region each, a piezoelectric film layer defining at least two beams, each respective beam supported by the substrate at each anchor region, the beams being free along a portion of their respective lengths and also connected at a connecting region away from the respective anchor regions; and an electrode disposed over the piezoelectric film layer. A method of manufacturing such a MEMS microphone is also provided.

Abstract: Electronic acoustic devices and methods of operating the same include a microphone having a frequency response including a resonance frequency, a reference microphone having a frequency response including a resonance frequency, the microphone and the reference microphone configured to substantially simultaneously receive a common acoustic signal to produce a transduced signal of the microphone and a transduced signal of the reference microphone, the resonance frequency of the reference microphone being different than the resonance frequency of the microphone, and an equalization module configured to equalize the frequency response of the microphone based on the transduced signal of the microphone and the transduced signal of the reference microphone.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system for predicting the difficulty of an exam question in which a training module uses training data to create a machine learning model to predict the difficulty of a question, and the difficulty module collects inputted questions and answers from a teacher that are inputted through an education network into the machine learning model, and the difficulty of the question is displayed.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, and processor-readable storage media for security-related risk detection using artificial intelligence techniques are provided herein. An example computer-implemented method includes obtaining data related to at least one user associated with at least one interaction; identifying information pertaining to the at least one user by processing at least a portion of the obtained data using one or more artificial intelligence techniques; determining, based at least in part on at least a portion of the identified information, one or more security risks associated with the at least one user within a context of the at least one interaction; and performing one or more automated actions based at least in part on the one or more determined security risks.

Abstract: In general, techniques are described for deploying virtualized cell site routers (vCSRs). In an example, a method comprises receiving, at a forwarding plane of a virtualized cell site router (vCSR) of a first Distributed Unit (DU) of a plurality of DU servers of a cell site for a 5G radio access network, the vCSR having a containerized routing protocol process and a forwarding plane configured to perform Layer 2 (L2) switching, L2 packets on a second interface for a second physical link connecting the first DU server to an L2 switch; and switching, by the forwarding plane of the vCSR of the first DU, the L2 packets on a first interface for a first physical link connecting the first DU server to a second DU server of the plurality of DU servers.