Abstract: Examples described herein relate to a network interface device. In some examples, the network interface device includes a network interface, a direct memory access (DMA) circuitry, a host interface, memory, one or more processors, and circuitry to: based on a configuration of operation specifying a standalone operation, cause the network interface device to operate in standalone to execute one or more applications and based on a configuration of operation specifying a companion operation, cause the network interface device to operate in companion to provide at least one host system with access to one or more hardware resources accessible by the network interface device.

Abstract: Packet recovery mechanisms for wireless networks, which improve end-to-end (e2e) reliability, are provided. First embodiments include packet retransmission between a receiver and a transmitter, wherein, if the transmitter cannot find a lost packet in its transmission buffer, the transmitter sends a First Sequence Number (FSN) report to the receiver to notify the receiver of a sequence number (SN) of an oldest (acknowledged) packet in the buffer. In response, the receiver does not report lost packets whose SN is older than the FSN. Second embodiments involve using a network coding algorithm to recover lost packets, wherein the transmitter sends a control message to the receiver that includes a coded packet to be recovered and information for decoding the coded packet. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: Systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed for a remote processing acceleration engine. Disclosed is an infrastructure processing unit (IPU) comprising an offload engine driver to access a remote procedure call (RPC) from business logic circuitry, network interface circuitry, and RPC offload circuitry to select a destination to perform an operation associated with the RPC call, the destination selected based on an ability of the destination to perform the operation using remote direct memory access (RDMA), and cause communication of the operation to the destination via the network interface circuitry.

Abstract: Examples described herein relate to a network interface device that includes a programmable event processing architecture comprising a plurality of programmable event processors. When the plurality of programmable event processors are operational, one or more of the programmable event processors are to perform memory accesses separate from compute operations, group one or more events into at least one group, enforce atomic processing of other events within a group of the at least one group, wherein the atomic processing comprises propagation of state changes to among events of the group, and perform parallel processing of events belonging to different groups.

Abstract: Examples described herein relate to a network interface device that includes a programmable event processing architecture that includes a plurality of programmable event processors. In some examples, the plurality of programmable event processors are to perform memory accesses separate from compute operations. In some examples, the plurality of programmable event processors are to group one or more events into at least one group. In some examples, the plurality of programmable event processors are to perform parallel processing of events belonging to different groups. In some examples, the plurality of programmable event processors are programmed to perform at least one transport protocol.

Abstract: Packet recovery mechanisms for wireless networks, which improve end-to-end (e2e) reliability, are provided. First embodiments include packet retransmission between a receiver and a transmitter, wherein, if the transmitter cannot find a lost packet in its transmission buffer, the transmitter sends a First Sequence Number (FSN) report to the receiver to notify the receiver of a sequence number (SN) of an oldest (acknowledged) packet in the buffer. In response, the receiver does not report lost packets whose SN is older than the FSN. Second embodiments involve using a network coding algorithm to recover lost packets, wherein the transmitter sends a control message to the receiver that includes a coded packet to be recovered and information for decoding the coded packet. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: A system, apparatus, method, and computer program product for a speaking aid. The system including network interface circuitry to receive speech input from a user. The speech input includes a partial sentence with a missing word or the partial sentence with a stuttered word. The system also includes a processor coupled to the network interface circuitry and one or more memory devices coupled to the processor. The one or more memory devices include instructions, that when executed by the processor, cause the system to detect a stutter or pause in the speech input, predict the stuttered word or the missing word, present a predicted word from an n-best list to the user; and if a prompt is received from the user, present a next word from the n-best list until the user speaks a correct word to replace the stutter or the pause.

Abstract: A system, method, apparatus and computer readable medium for hierarchical speech recognition resolution. The method of hierarchical speech recognition resolution on a platform includes receiving a speech stream from a microphone. The speech stream is resolved using a lowest possible level automatic speech recognition (ASR) engine of multi-level ASR engines. The selection of the lowest possible level ASR engine is based on policies defined for the platform. If resolution of the speech stream is rated less than a predetermined confidence level, the resolution of the speech stream is pushed to a next higher-level ASR engine of the multi-level ASR engines until the resolution of the speech stream meets the predetermined confidence level without violating one or more policies.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and methods of communicating acoustic information of a distributed microphone array between mobile devices. For example, an audio processor may determine source information of one or more acoustic sources based on acoustic information sensed by a distributed microphone array including a first microphone of a first mobile device and a second microphone of a second mobile device.

Abstract: A system, apparatus, method, and computer program product for a speaking aid. The system including network interface circuitry to receive speech input from a user. The speech input includes a partial sentence with a missing word or the partial sentence with a stuttered word. The system also includes a processor coupled to the network interface circuitry and one or more memory devices coupled to the processor. The one or more memory devices include instructions, that when executed by the processor, cause the system to detect a stutter or pause in the speech input, predict the stuttered word or the missing word, present a predicted word from an n-best list to the user; and if a prompt is received from the user, present a next word from the n-best list until the user speaks a correct word to replace the stutter or the pause.

Abstract: A system, apparatus, method, and computer readable medium for using an audio trigger for surveillance in a security system. The method including receiving an audio input stream via a microphone. Dividing the audio input stream into audio segments. Filtering high energy audio segments from the audio segments. If a high energy audio segment includes speech, then determining if the speech is recognized as the speech of users of the system. If the high energy audio segment does not include the speech, then classifying the high energy audio segment as an interesting sound or an uninteresting sound. Determining whether to turn video on based on classification of the high energy audio segment as the interesting sound, speech recognition of the speech as the speech of the users of the system, and contextual data.

Abstract: A system, method, apparatus and computer readable medium for hierarchical speech recognition resolution. The method of hierarchical speech recognition resolution on a platform includes receiving a speech stream from a microphone. The speech stream is resolved using a lowest possible level automatic speech recognition (ASR) engine of multi-level ASR engines. The selection of the lowest possible level ASR engine is based on policies defined for the platform. If resolution of the speech stream is rated less than a predetermined confidence level, the resolution of the speech stream is pushed to a next higher-level ASR engine of the multi-level ASR engines until the resolution of the speech stream meets the predetermined confidence level without violating one or more policies.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for QR Decomposition (QRD) based minimum variance distortionless response (MVDR) adaptive beamforming. A methodology implementing the techniques according to an embodiment includes receiving signals from microphone array, identifying signal segments that include a combination of speech and noise, and identifying signal segments that include noise in the absence of speech. The method also includes calculating a QRD and an inverse QRD (IQRD) of the spatial covariance of the noise components. The method further includes estimating a relative transfer function (RTF) associated with the source of the speech, based on the noisy speech signal segments, the QRD, and the IQRD. The method further includes estimating a multichannel speech-presence-probability (SPP) on whitened input signals based on the IQRD. The method further includes calculating beamforming weights, for the microphone array, based on the RTF and the IQRD, to steer a beam in the direction associated with the speech source.

Abstract: A transdermal antenna may be partially inserted into a cavity in the body of a mammal to receive wireless data transmissions from devices located within the body and relay the data to devices located outside of the body. The transdermal antenna may include a first antenna which may be inserted inside of the body cavity and receive radio frequency data transmissions from devices located inside the body. The transdermal antenna may conduct the received data transmissions to a relay mechanism located outside of the body using coaxial cables, waveguides or a combination of both. The relay mechanism may relay the conducted data transmissions to a receiver device located outside of the body by using a wire connection, such as a coaxial cable, or a wireless communication link via a transceiver coupled to a second antenna.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for an error tolerance aware data retention scheme in a storage device for multi-scale error tolerant data. A mapping of retention priorities to sectors of the storage units maps higher retention priorities to sectors having a higher retention capability. A data stream and retention metadata for the data stream indicate retention priorities for segments of the data stream. Segments of the data stream having less error tolerance are mapped to higher retention priorities than segments of the data stream having greater error tolerance. The mapping of retention priorities is used to determine a sector having a retention priority matching a retention priority of a segment of the data stream indicated in the retention metadata. The segment of the data stream is stored in the determined sector.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and methods of quality of experience indication. For example, an apparatus may include a radio configured to communicate encoded multimedia data during a session over a wireless communication channel; and a Quality of Experience (QoE) estimator configured to determine at least one QoE indicator corresponding to the session, and to provide the QoE indicator to a session manager of the session, the QoE estimator configured to determine the QoE indicator based at least on a mean opinion score (MOS) corresponding to the encoded multimedia data, and a channel quality parameter corresponding to the wireless communication channel.

Abstract: A method of wireless communications is provided. The method includes detecting at least a portion of a preamble of a packet transmitted by a first device by sweeping over a plurality of receive directions; receiving and decoding a header of the packet based on a first receive direction to identify that the first device had transmitted the packet; and completing reception of the packet based on a second receive direction. An apparatus for performing the method is also disclosed.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for an error tolerance aware data retention scheme in a storage device for multi-scale error tolerant data. A mapping of retention priorities to sectors of the storage units maps higher retention priorities to sectors having a higher retention capability. A data stream and retention metadata for the data stream indicate retention priorities for segments of the data stream. Segments of the data stream having less error tolerance are mapped to higher retention priorities than segments of the data stream having greater error tolerance. The mapping of retention priorities is used to determine a sector having a retention priority matching a retention priority of a segment of the data stream indicated in the retention metadata. The segment of the data stream is stored in the determined sector.

Abstract: Multi-layered video structures are scaled over a range of perceived quality levels. An estimated Mean Opinion Score (eMOS)-based encoder control loop is utilized to determine one or more encoder key performance index (KPI) associated with a particular perceived quality level. A KPI-based encoder control loop is then utilized to guide generation of a hierarchical structure having quality and/or temporal and/or spatial enhancement layers, without recalculating eMOS for the scalable structure. In addition, eMOS is used to guide the generation of a hierarchical structure at best-perceived quality levels for a given bitrate budget. Rate adaptation may occur by dropping segments, changing hierarchical structure, or changing the KPI target values. With the structure scaled as a function of perceived quality, perceived quality is impacted predictably as the encoding rate is adapted.

Abstract: Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and methods of communicating acoustic information of a distributed microphone array between mobile devices. For example, an audio processor may determine source information of one or more acoustic sources based on acoustic information sensed by a distributed microphone array including a first microphone of a first mobile device and a second microphone of a second mobile device.