SRI International
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The Mad Science behind Autonomy and AI in the Military
While the U.S. military is laser focused on day-to-day operations, it always has an eye on the future. More specifically, on how to encourage innovation and leverage technologies, products and approaches that can better ensure mission success. This past spring I had the pleasure of speaking at the Mad Scientist Conference on Robotics, Artificial Intelligence…
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Plasticity-Related Gene Expression During Eszopiclone-Induced Sleep
We used the expression of plasticity-related genes to assess synaptic plasticity changes during drug-induced sleep.
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Promising Model for Supporting Beginning Teachers
Imagine being a new teacher, thrust into your first classroom and given sole responsibility for managing the students, planning and executing the lessons, and assessing student learning. Imagine your first teaching experience being in a school with high teacher turnover, high student mobility, and limited resources to support you, working with students whose needs—financial and…
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The connected wagon – a concept for the integration of vehicle side sensors and actors with cyber physical representation for condition based maintenance
This paper presents an approach for such a system including the power supply, intra-train communications, sensing, cloud-based analytics and value-add proposition.
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Resonator-length dependence of electron-beam-pumped UV-A lasers
The dependence of resonator length on the threshold power and emission wavelength of electron-beam-pumped UV-A edge-type emitting lasers is demonstrated.
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Launching OER Degree Pathways: An Early Snapshot of Achieving the Dream’s OER Degree Initiative and Emerging Lessons
The Open Educational Resources Degree Initiative, led by Achieving the Dream, seeks to boost college access and student success by supporting the redesign of courses needed for a degree using OER in place of proprietary instructional materials.
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Impact of the New Teacher Center’s new teacher induction model on teachers and students
SRI Education’s evaluation of the New Teacher Center’s (NTC’s) Investing in Innovation (i3) Validation grant revealed positive impacts of NTC’s induction model on student achievement in mathematics and English language arts.
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Mobile Sessions in Content-Centric Networks
In this paper, we present the design and implementation of the CCNx Key Exchange Protocol CCNxKE the first protocol design for bootstrapping encrypted service- centric sessions in CCN.
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Editorial Overview: Neurobiology of Sleep 2017
This issue of ‘Current Opinion of Neurobiology’ highlights some of the new research insights into sleep/wake control and sleep function afforded by this expanded research armamentarium.
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Can Digital Learning Technologies Help Address the Needs of Low-Skilled Adults?
It is widely known that the U.S. is facing a shortage of skilled labor. According to a report released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, more than 36 million adults in the U.S. do not have the basic literacy and math skills needed for entry-level jobs – that’s about 1 in 6 adults.…
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Evaluating Digital Learning for Adult Basic Literacy and Numeracy
Through this research, we set out to understand how ABE programs might use these technologies to improve the instruction they offer, whether such technologies are effective with low-skilled adults and which practices and product features might be associated with better outcomes for students and programs.
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Pathway Schools Initiative Developmental Evaluation- Learning Brief 4
To support its Pathway Schools Initiative, The McKnight Foundation has engaged initiative leaders in a developmental evaluation led by SRI International and Child Trends.