Abstract: A computer system implements an artificial intelligence (AI) based assessment engine. In a video assessment process, the computer system receives video input including video of a human learner; extracts video features from the video input using tasks such as action detection, emotion detection, role identification, posture detection, head pose detection, person detection, or person identification. In an audio assessment process, the computer system receives audio input; feeds the audio input to a context-aware NLP processing engine; and extracts features from the audio input such as fluency score, pronunciation score, grammar score, coherence score, vocabulary score, sentiment score, or a combination thereof. The computer system obtains one or more automated scores from an AI scoring engine based on the extracted features and a scoring rubric previously learned by the AI scoring engine.

Abstract: A method is provided. The method comprises: identifying a vehicle; providing, to a remote processing system, an interval between the vehicle and a preceding vehicle; providing, to the remote processing system, the preceding vehicle identifier; obtaining, on the remote processing system, a location and a direction of the vehicle; obtaining, on the remote processing system, a location and a direction of the preceding vehicle; determining, on the remote processing system, a speed of the vehicle necessary to maintain the interval; and providing, to the vehicle from the remote processing system, the speed of vehicle necessary to maintain the interval.

Abstract: A method is provided. The method comprises: identifying a vehicle; providing, to a remote processing system, an interval between the vehicle and a preceding vehicle; providing, to the remote processing system, the preceding vehicle identifier; obtaining, on the remote processing system, a location and a direction of the vehicle; obtaining, on the remote processing system, a location and a direction of the preceding vehicle; determining, on the remote processing system, a speed of the vehicle necessary to maintain the interval; and providing, to the vehicle from the remote processing system, the speed of vehicle necessary to maintain the interval.

Abstract: A method of computing to address a predetermined computing requirement involving access to and use of computer resources, where more than one resource is capable of addressing the computing requirement. The method includes steps of describing plural computer resources using a description language, thereby obtaining descriptions of the resources; arranging the descriptions in one or more semantic ontologies; accessing one or more of the ontologies to select a particular one of the plural resources as available and/or qualified for addressing the computing requirement; and executing a computing process that utilizes the selected one of the plural resources to satisfy the computing requirement.