Oracle International Corporation

James Rohrkemper

Kenny C Gross

Guang Chao Wang

Sanjeev Raghavendrachar Sondur

Zhen Hua Liu

Dieter Gawlick

Matthew T Gerdes

Richard Paul Sonderegger

Anna Chystiakova

Yifan Wu

Techniques for identifying a root cause of an operational result of a deterministic machine learning model are disclosed. A system applies a deterministic machine learning model to a set of data to generate an operational result, such as a prediction of a 'fault' or “no-fault” in the system. The set of data includes signals from multiple different data sources, such as sensors. The system applies an abductive model, generated based on the deterministic machine learning model, to the operational result. The abductive model identifies a particular set of data sources that is associated with the root cause of the operational result. The system generates a human-understandable explanation for the operational result based on the identified root cause.

Root cause analysis for deterministic machine learning model

Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with detecting feedback control instability in computer thermal controls are described herein. In one embodiment, a method includes executing a workload on the computing system, wherein the workload varies between a minimum and a maximum at a workload frequency. The method includes recording thermal telemetry from the computing system during execution of the workload. The method includes converting the recorded thermal telemetry into a frequency domain. The method includes detecting whether thermal control of the computing system exhibits feedback control instability based on dissimilarity in the frequency domain between the transformed thermal telemetry and the workload frequency. And, the method includes generating an electronic alert that indicates whether the thermal control of the computing device exhibits the feedback control instability.

Detection of feedback control instability in computing device thermal control

Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with detecting feedback control instability in computer thermal controls are described herein. In one embodiment, a method includes for a set of dwell time intervals, wherein the dwell time intervals are associated with a range of periods of time from an initial period to a base period, executing a workload that varies from minimum to maximum over the period on a computer during the dwell time interval; recording telemetry data from the computer during execution of the workload; incrementing the period towards a base period; determining that either the base period is reached or a thermal inertia threshold is reached; and analyzing the recorded telemetry data over the set of dwell time intervals to either (i) detect presence of a feedback control instability in thermal control for the computer; or (ii) confirm feedback control stability in thermal control for the computer.

Embodiments for passive spychip detection through polarizability and advanced pattern recognition are described. For example a method includes inducing a magnetic field in a passive component of a target system while the target system is emitting EMI with changes in amplitude repeating at a time interval; generating a time series of measurements of a combined magnetic field strength of the induced magnetic field and the EMI; executing a frequency-domain to time-domain transformation on the time series of measurements to create time series signals of combined magnetic field strength over time at a specific frequency range; monitoring the time series signals with an ML model trained to predict correct signal values to determine whether predicted and measured values of the time series agree; and indicating that the target device may contain a passive spychip where anomalies are detected, and is free of passive spychips where no anomalies are detected.

Passive spychip detection through time series monitoring of induced magnetic field and electromagnetic interference

Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with unified control of cooling in computers are described. In one embodiment, a method locks operation of first and second cooling mechanisms configured to cool one or more components in the computer. In response to a first condition, the method unlocks the operation of the first cooling mechanism to allow the first cooling mechanism to make cooling adjustments while the operation of the second cooling mechanism is locked. In response to a second condition, the method unlocks the operation of the second cooling mechanism to allow the second cooling mechanism to make cooling adjustments while the operation of the first cooling mechanism is locked. In the method, the first cooling mechanism and the second cooling mechanism are prevented from making the cooling adjustments simultaneously.

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James Rohrkemper