SRI International
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How Hollywood Gets Biometrics Wrong
Hollywood isn’t exactly known for accuracy, and their portrayal of biometric technology is no exception. Fingerprint scanners, facial recognition software, and iris recognition technology have become commonplace in thrillers and crime films to create suspense and high-tech futuristic scenes. But they just don’t have the facts right—in some cases, overestimating the capabilities of biometric technologies,…
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In-well pumped blue GaN-based vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting lasers
We describe the properties of in-well pumped blue InGaN/GaN vertical-external-cavity surface-emitting lasers.
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Returning lost dollars with real-time fraud analytics
This presentation includes a high level tour of PARC’s customer-centered research process, some of the analytics we use, our plans for real-time analytics, and a demonstration of the Metal Detector Fraud, Waste, and Abuse tool.
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How Can We Ensure K-12 Student Success in Online Algebra Courses?
Online learning has been on the rise for the past two decades. Recently, much of the talk around online courses has revolved around the postsecondary level and MOOCs—or massively open online courses. Meanwhile, a quieter trend has been the widespread growth of online courses in formal K-12 education. Online courses have become an increasingly popular…
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Privacy in content-oriented networking
In this paper, we present a systematic privacy analysis of CON and the common building blocks among its various architectural instances in order to highlight emerging privacy threats, and analyze a few potential countermeasures.
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Fraud detection for healthcare
We present a fraud screening solution to identify suspicious pharmacies from a large dataset of pharmacy claims.
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Manufacturability analysis and design feedback system developed using semantic framework
This paper describes a new architecture and platform for authoring and applying manufacturability rules for design.
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What Is “NextWave Greentech”?
Guest post by Rob Day, a partner with Black Coral Capital in Boston asking “how do you define NextWave Greentech?”
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5 Benefits of Drones (UAS) That Might Surprise You
Do you know that drones, also called unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), have practical applications that have nothing to do with weapons or espionage? No? Here are a few to consider: 1. They can save lives. In natural and manmade disasters, UAS can be positioned to survey damage, locate stranded and injured victims, and assess ongoing threats…
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DoS & DDoS in Named Data Networking
In this paper, we focus on DoS in a specific candidate next generation Internet architecture called Named Data Networking (NDN) – an instantiation of Content-Centric Networking approach.
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Reflections on Douglas Engelbart and His Influence on SRI Today
When I joined SRI International nearly 15 years ago, one man stood at the top of my people-to-meet list. He was a soft-spoken, friendly, sometimes stubborn man with big ideas on how to make the world a better place. Through the years, I was lucky not only to have many thought-provoking conversations with him, but…
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On the Potential to Enhance the Spatial Resolution of the Day/Night Band (DNB) Channel of the Visible and Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIRRS) for the Second Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS-2) and Beyond
This paper examines the feasibility and potential benefits of enhancing the spatial resolution of the VIIRS DNB channel for the JPSS-2 mission and beyond.