International Business Machines Corporation

Kyndryl, Inc.

Activision Publishing, Inc.

Globalfoundries Inc.

Nuance Communications, Inc.

D-link Corporation

Daedalus Blue LLC

Christopher J Dawson

Rick A Hamilton, Ii

Gregory J Boss

Michael D Kendzierski

James W Seaman

Peter George Finn

Jenny S Li

Vincenzo Valentino DiLuoffo

Timothy Moffett Waters

Clifford A Pickover

Barry Michael Graham

Eric Michael Anderson

Brendan F Coffey

David Clark Brillhart

Gene L Brown

Brian M O'Connell

Clifford V Harris

Aaron K Baughman

Vincenzo V Di Luoffo

Katalin Klara Bartfai-Walcott

Michael J Osias

Robert A Davis

David J Kamalsky

Brian W Sledge

Nicholas J Karels

Keith R Walker

Leslie A Nelson

Brett W Singletary

Craig William Fellenstein

Rajesh Radhakrishnan

Yu Deng

Liangzhao Zeng

Al Chakra

Benjamin G Morris

Sheila E Allen

Patricia Foley

Salvatore T Lococo

John Michael Ganci, Jr

James R Kozloski

Craig M Trim

Ruthie D Lyle

Paul Andrew Moskowitz

Anne R Sand

Joshy Joseph

Christopher L Molloy

Stephen James Houlihan

Kulvir Singh Bhogal

Matthew B Trevathan

Robert William Wisniewski

Carl Phillip Gusler

Daniel Edward House

Peter Frederick Haggar

Andrew Bryan Smith

Brian Ronald Bokor

William Bruce Nicol, Ii

Ninad D Sathaye

Steven Jay Lipton

Philip Kendal Mullins

Lynn M Koch

Alexandra Urman

Karyn T Corneli

Scott G Bowden

Sanjeev Kumar V Marimekala

Michael D Brookbanks

Thirumal Nellutla

Eric S Christensen

Eli M Dow

Neil A Katz

Brian Daniel Goodman

Mahesh Viswanathan

Tedrick Neal Northway

Randy Scott Johnson

Kavita Chavda

Seshashayee Sankarshana Murthy

Kerrie Lamont Holley

John Steven Langford

Ram Viswanathan

William A Smith

Ravi Krishna Kosaraju

Wesley McMillan Devine

Richard V Hom

Mark Bell

Vincent Valentino Di Luoffo

Leon H Cash, Jr

Susan K Schreitmueller

Vinatha Chaturvedi

Robert C McGinley

Rick A Hamilton

Kent D Siefkes

Patti Foley

Guy I T Sidford

Stephen McMillan

Cliford V Harris

Eric M Anderson

James W Seaman, Ii

Robert C Patterson, Jr

Mathew B Trevathan

Biran W Sledge

Simon Oliver Schneider

Methods and systems for cohort selection for agile processes are disclosed. A method includes: assigning, by a computing device, each of a plurality of entities to one of a plurality of groups; and for each of the plurality of groups: for each of the entities in the group, determining, by the computing device, information about the entity and encoding the determined information about the entity using a genetic algorithm; determining a ranking, by the computing device, of each of the entities in the group based on the encoded information about each of entity in the group; crossing over, by the computing device, portions of the encoded information of pairs of entities occupying adjacent positions in the ranking; and measuring, by the computing device, fitness of each of the entities in the group.

Cohort selection for agile processes

Systems and methods to establish and execute market-driven variable price offerings among the lenders and borrowers in a bandwidth-sharing ad hoc network for shared bandwidth usage. The method comprises establishing and executing market-driven variable price offerings among lenders and borrowers. A bandwidth-sharing ad hoc network for shared bandwidth usage is formed based on the established and executed market-driven variable price offering.

Market-driven variable price offerings for bandwidth-sharing ad hoc networks

Approaches presented herein enable customization of content being consumed at a location. More specifically, a plurality of participants is identified as being located within an area. A data source corresponding to each of at least two participants is analyzed for preferences of the participants. Based on this analysis, a set of preferences for the participants is mapped, and this mapping includes linking related preferences of different participants. A sentiment of the plurality of participants is identified based on a real-time data feed that captures actions of the plurality of participants located within the area. A scored set of content is selected based on the mapped set of preferences and the identified sentiment of the plurality of participants.

Customizing content delivery through cognitive analysis

A method and system for improving a machine learning multimedia conversion process is provided. The method includes automatically connecting hardware devices to a server hardware device. Audio and/or video data from a meeting between individuals is recorded form a location and each individual is identified via sensor data. Attributes for each user are identified and the audio and/or video data is converted to text data. Portions of the text data are analyzed and associated with each individual. Action items in the text data are identified and assigned to the individuals based on the attributes. Self-learning software code for executing future multimedia conversion processes is generated based on the assigning and the self-learning software code is modified based on results of executing the future multimedia conversion processes.

Machine learning multimedia conversion assignment

The invention provides a system and method for virtual world biometric analytics through the use of a multimodal biometric analytic wallet. The system includes a virtual biometric wallet comprising a pervasive repository for storing biometric data, the pervasive repository including at least one of a biometric layer, a genomic layer, a health layer, a privacy layer, and a processing layer. The virtual biometric wallet further comprises an analytic environment configured to combine the biometric data from at least one of the biometric layer, the genomic layer, the health layer, the privacy layer, and the processing layer. The virtual biometric wallet also comprises a biometric analytic interface configured to communicate the biometric data to one or more devices within a virtual universe.

System and method for virtual world biometric analytics through the use of a multimodal biometric analytic wallet

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for real-time determination of attentiveness of an audience in a room to a speaker. A computer determines amounts of wireless activity of a computing device within the room of the audience over time during the presentation. Based in part on the amounts of wireless activity of the computing device, the computer determines and initiates display of measures of attentiveness of the audience over the time during the presentation, to display changes in the measures of attentiveness of the audience to the speaker during the presentation. In another embodiment, the computer determines amounts of attentiveness of the audience within the room over time during the presentation utilizing sensors located throughout the room.

Real-time audience attention measurement and dashboard display

A method and system for determining work ticket priority is provided. The method includes enabling a work ticket for a work assignment associated with an entity. The work ticket is assigned an initial priority value. Relevant data from multiple sources is associated with the work ticket and an updated priority value is requested. In response, multiple priority scores for the work ticket with respect to additional work tickets are published to an enterprise service bus (ESB) and an aggregate score for work ticket is calculated from the multiple priority scores.

Prioritizing workload

The invention generally relates to ventilation systems and methods, and more particularly to selectively configurable climate control systems and methods for use in data centers and the like. A device includes a support element and a plurality of ducts connected to the support element. The device also includes a manifold in fluid communication with each one of the plurality of ducts and a plurality of valves. Each respective one of the plurality of valves is associated with a respective one of the plurality of ducts. Moreover, there is at least one actuator operatively connected to the plurality of valves, which is structured and arranged to individually actuate each one of the plurality of valves.

System and method to redirect and/or reduce airflow using actuators

A method and system for providing advertising to a moving target vehicle. Vehicle data is determined by one or more devices namely at least one sensor device and/or a global positioning system (GPS) device. At least one processor in communication with the one or more devices receives the vehicle data. The at least one processor initiates display of video data of advertising content data on a display device on a moving advertising vehicle to display the video data to the moving target vehicle in accordance with at least one display parameter that is based on the received vehicle data and initiates play of the audio data of the advertising content data by an audio device disposed within the display device in the moving advertising vehicle. The audio data played is configured to be heard as sound by the moving target vehicle, and the audio data relates to the video data.

Presenting advertising to moving vehicles

Approaches that manage energy in a data center are provided. In one embodiment, there is an energy management tool, including an analysis component configured to determine a current energy profile of each of a plurality of systems within the data center, the current energy profile comprising an overall rating expressed as an integer value, the overall rating calculated based on a current workload usage and environmental conditions surrounding each of the plurality of systems; and a priority component configured to prioritize a routing of a workload to a set of systems from the plurality of systems within the data center having the least amount of energy present based on a comparison of the overall ratings for each of the plurality of systems within the data center.

Workload routing for managing energy in a data center

An embodiment of the invention provides for multiple service classes within a controllable transit system (e.g., a PRT system), by route allocation according to service class priority. Routes are optimized for vehicles needing or entitled to the highest service level, then remaining capacity is used to optimize routes for the next lower service class. Such optimization can be extended indefinitely, through 'N' service classes of service. In addition, an embodiment of the invention allows the cataloging of PRT capacity and vehicle types/roles/emissions, as well as related business models. The system provided hereunder provides a means of ensuring that various service classes of system users can be given treatment according to the service class in which they reside. Such prioritization leads to a more flexible system, with higher user satisfaction and a greater number of available business models (e.g., 'pay for service class') permissible within the transit system.

Service class prioritization within a controllable transit system

A virtual universe system has a system and method for identifying spam avatars based upon the avatar's behavior characteristics through the use of Turing tests. The system may provide a Turing test unit for performing Turing tests and an analysis unit that compares the behavior characteristics of new or newly changed avatars against the behavior characteristics of known spam avatars to determine if the avatar has known spam avatar characteristics. It may further have a scoring system to calculate a spam score based upon similarities of the comparison and identifying the avatar as a spam avatar based upon the calculated spam score. It may further compare the calculated spam score with a spam score threshold wherein the avatar is identified as a spam avatar if the calculated spam score is equal to or greater than the calculated spam score.

Identifying spam avatars in a virtual universe based upon turing tests

A system and method in a virtual universe (VU) system for identifying spam avatars based upon the avatars' multimedia characteristics may have a table that stores multimedia characteristics of known spam avatars. It further may have an analysis unit that compares the multimedia characteristics of avatars against the multimedia characteristics of known spam avatars to determine if the avatar has known spam avatar characteristics. It may further have a scoring system to calculate a spam score based upon the similarities of the comparison and identifying the avatar as a spam avatar based upon the calculated spam score. It may further compare the calculated spam score with a spam score threshold wherein the avatar is identified as a spam avatar if the calculated spam score is equal to or greater than the calculated spam score. Multimedia characteristics include graphics, audio, movement, interactivity, voice, etc.

System and method in a virtual universe for identifying spam avatars based upon avatar multimedia characteristics

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Christopher J Dawson