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Representing networks and complex associations, graphs are an important data structure within the Department of Defense.Applying graph analytics and mining to large data sets enables conducting operations, gathering intelligence, and defending the nations critical capabilities.Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) are demonstrated to provide 10-1000X acceleration for graphs.Building analytics for GPUs ...

Modern computer systems often incorporate multiple computational devices such as conventional processors, graphics processing units (GPUs), specialized accelerators, and field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). Programmers are able to exploit these new architectures for improved performance and reduced power consumption, but at the cost of increased programing complexity. Further complicating matte ...

The key components of the IvyScip platform will include a user interface for teachers to complete an assessment battery on individual students diagnosed with HF-ASD, a backend system for storing data, data-driven recommendations for supporting student needs, and reports on student progress over time. The platform will also include an online teacher implementation guide.

Conducting operations and defending the nations critical networks in cyberspace requires processing and analyzing massive quantities of graph data in near-real time.New approaches for high performance graph analytics and query are needed for cyber defense and operations at massive data scales. Scaling graphs is a hard problem.Due to non-locality, CPU-based solutions are limited bymain memory bandw ...

Vadum will develop and simulate a new communications protocol for Distributed Coherent Beamforming (DCB) that will implement bi-directional distributed TX and RX beamforming algorithms between two or more groups of wireless nodes with no prior spatial awareness (i.e. GPS not required). The Vadum approach uses an innovative Master-Slave architecture to implicitly achieve frequency and timing synchr ...

In this Phase II SBIR effort we will dramatically reduce the size, weight, and power requirements of a passive millimeter wave imaging system based on optical upconversion. To this end, we will integrate custom silicon-germanium low noise amplifiers that have been designed to efficiently couple with our high performance lithium niobate upconversion modules. In Phase I we analyzed the design requ ...

Purpose: To be qualified to teach their future students in math, preservice students need to gain specialized mathematics content and pedagogical knowledge. The purpose of this project is to develop a web-based game to strengthen preservice teachers' knowledge of mathematics and provide college instructors with accurate assessments of their students' mathematical understanding. Project Activities ...

Purpose: Students with high functioning autism spectrum disorders (HF-ASD) face unique challenges with social skills and social relationships, often experiencing heightened levels of social isolation and exclusion from social opportunities. Without intervention, these social difficulties can interfere significantly with students’ ability to engage in and learn at school. However, few social inte ...

A growing body of research underscores the need to prepare students socially—as well as academically—to ensure successful transition to middle school and foster subsequent academic success. This project team is developing a prototype of a series of web-based interactive games to help students practice and learn needed social skills to successfully transition from grade school to middle school. ...

AN INTELLIGENT EQUIPMENT ARCHITECTURE FOR CLUSTER AND IN-SITU SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING PROCESSES IS PROPOSED. IT HAS TWO COMPONENTS: (1) MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT - EQUIPMENT HARDWARE AND SENSORS, AND (2) INTELLIGENT EXPERT WORKSTATION - A HYBRID AI/NEURAL NETWORK EXPERT SYSTEM. THE INTELLIGENT CONTROL SCHEME IN THE INTELLIGENT EXPERT SYSTEM HAS THE FOLLOWING FEATURES: (1) EQUIPMENT/PROCESS MODEL ...