International Business Machines Corporation

Mitchell Adam Cohen

Rakesh Mohan

Bugra Gedik

Jakka Sairamesh

Stephen V Stibler

Henrique Andrade

Josef Schiefer

Jenny S Li

Chung-Sheng Li

Hui Lei

John Scott Houston

Lisa Amini

Maroun Touma

Shyh-Kwei Chen

Fenno F Heath, Iii

Jen-Yao Chung

Ram Rajagopal

Shiwa S Fu

Nitinchandra R Nayak

Jianren Li

Vibby Gottemukkala

Mao Chen

Ronald Mraz

Sai Zeng

Douglas Lee Schales

Reiner Sailer

Josyula R Rao

Srinivasan Parthasarathy

Nirmit V Desai

Pietro Mazzoleni

Mihai Christodorescu

Kamal Bhattacharya

Andrew Lawrence Frenkiel

Laurent David Hasson

Roy Jefferson Byrd

Anant Deep Jhingran

Revathi Subramanian

Stefan Tai

Laurent Balmelli

Martin Clarence Sturzenbecker

James Allen Walters

Wietse Z Venema

Titania Mary Gupta

Tracy Mark Harris

Oliver Verscheure

Aasish Behera

A keyed join is used in the processing of streaming data to streamline processing to provide higher throughput and decreased use of resources. The most recent event for each unique replacement key value(s) is maintained substituting older events with the same key. An incoming event is joined with the data received from one or more other data sources, and the correlations are output.

Processing of streaming data with a keyed join

Techniques are provided for ranking-based information processing. Method steps can include integrating information from at least one source (a plurality of heterogeneous sources can also be handled), to obtain integrated information; mapping the integrated information to at least one application; ranking the integrated information based on the mapping and on ranking criteria from a knowledge base; and processing the integrated information, based on the ranking, to obtain processed integrated information. Optionally, the processing step includes formatting the processed integrated information for a plurality of applications.

Method and apparatus for ranking-based information processing

Performing adaptive cyber-security analytics including a computer implemented method that includes receiving a report on a network activity. A score responsive to the network activity and to a scoring model is computed at a computer. The score indicates a likelihood of a security violation. The score is validated and the scoring model is automatically updated responsive to results of the validating. The network activity is reported as suspicious in response to the score being within a threshold of a security violation value.

Adaptive cyber-security analytics

An information processing system, computer readable storage medium, and method for documenting the execution of long running applications. A processor of the information processing system operates to continuously collect snapshots monitored from an executing application on a runtime system. The processor selects, based at least on user specified policies, collected snapshots that indicate a significant change in runtime behavior of the executing application on the runtime system. The processor annotates each of the selected snapshots with description of the significant change in runtime behavior of the executing application. The processor operates to store and update documentation of an execution history of the executing application from the annotated snapshots.

System and method for documenting application executions

Keyed aggregation is used in the processing of streaming data to streamline processing to provide higher throughput and decreased use of resources. The most recent event for each unique replacement key value(s) is maintained. In response to an incoming event having a same key as a previous event, the effect on an aggregation of the previous event is removed. The aggregation is then updated with one or more values from the arriving event and the updated aggregation is output.

Processing of streaming data with keyed aggregation

A services computing system may include a server and a plurality of clients in communication with the server. The system may further include a plurality of service exchange units in communication with the server with each of the plurality of service exchange units providing a service to a portion of the plurality of clients based upon permissions and data received from the portion of the plurality of clients. A system contemplated herein helps to better manage complex business ecosystems with heterogeneous and/or homogenous groups of clients.

Systems and methods for services exchange

A keyed delay is used in the processing of streaming data to decrease the processing performed and the output provided. A first event, within a particular window, having a particular key starts a delay condition. Arriving events with the same key replace the previous arrival for that key until the delay condition is satisfied. In response thereto, the latest event with that key is output.

Processing of streaming data with a keyed delay

A method and device for creating a glossary includes a processor operable for executing computer instructions for identifying, in at least one information source, at least one glossary item identifying a part or a component, determining at least one glossary item form as a canonical form, defining, by using the canonical form, at least one syntactic structure, that includes one of the at least one identified glossary items, for each of at least one semantic classes, and searching a second information source for the at least one syntactic structure of the semantic class.

Automated glossary creation

The invention provides a system adapted to enable contextual collaboration within a computer network. The invention provides a collaboration manager that supports manipulation of collaboration spaces. The collaboration spaces contain one or more collaboration elements that have potentially different collaboration modalities. The context manager maintains resources and resource interrelationships within contexts. The resources can include collaboration elements, processes, tasks, business objects, users, and/or roles. A view generator selects a set of the resources to be displayed to a user of the computer network. The invention also includes an interface adapted to allow applications to specify commands to manipulate collaboration spaces, commands to maintain resources and resource interrelationships within contexts, and queries for context-sensitive views.

Method and system for providing a common collaboration framework accessible from within multiple applications

A method and apparatus are disclosed for managing composite business processes that include multiple trading mechanisms, such as requests for quotes (RFQs), auctions and contracts, or repeat passes through a single trading mechanism. The independence of the individual business processes that manage each trading mechanism is maintained, while each individual business process can be connected to other business processes to form a composite business process. Each individual business process that may be followed by another business process to form a composite process must have at least one state labeled as a conversion state with a conversion transition to another business process. A conversion transition spans the gap between an end state of one business process and the start state of another subsequent business process. When a conversion state is entered by an object, a determination is made as to whether the object is being managed by a composite flow, and if so, what business process to use next. Conversion transitions execute any necessary steps to create a new object of the type required by the next business process in the composite process.

Method and apparatus for creating and managing complex business processes

A method and apparatus are disclosed for managing access control for a business process that is managed using a state machine. A domain represents the various trading mechanisms that are supported by a business process. Domains are placed at the highest level in a tree structure. Within each domain, there is one or more different flow types defined, such as flow types for buyers and sellers. Within each flow type, one or more flows or business processes may be defined. A flow defines the order of the steps required to produce an object. Each flow typically begins with a mandatory 'start' state, having one or more transitions to additional states. Each transition may contain an access control guard. The guards on the transitions leading from the start state can be referenced to determine the user's authorization to access the domains, flow types, and flows. In this manner, the menu of options presented to the user may be automatically tailored to present only those actions which the particular user is authorized to perform. Thus, a navigational tool is provided that presents the various valid choices that are available to the end-user.

Method and apparatus for managing and displaying user authorizations for a business process managed using a state machine

A task schedule is enforced among multiple processes by setting process priorities based upon which tasks are running on which processes and based upon the task schedule. The task scheduling may be provided by a local or global scheduler which uses application information to prioritize tasks. The task schedule, or priority list, is provided at Local Activity Schedulers which schedule the activities for their local execution elements/nodes. Execution of activities locally are performed by any number of processes that reside in each execution element. These processes are assigned operating system priorities by the respective Local Activity Scheduler based on their assigned activities for execution and the task schedule.

System and method for maximizing usage of computer resources in scheduling of application tasks

A system for automatically generating a style sheet includes a parser for generating a document type graph in accordance with an input structure, a graphical user interface tool for interactively mapping the document type graph to form a display template in accordance with user requirements and a script generator for generating and storing the style sheet in accordance with the graphical user interface and the design template.

Automatic display script and style sheet generation

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