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Graphs are an exceptional data structure for representing knowledge and relationships between facts. There are various frameworks for creating, modifying, and traversing graphs in software. These frameworks provide an abstraction over the physical representation of graphs on disk. Usually, the graphs are modeled physically as tables. The schema or layout of these tables significantly impacts the ...

This research effort will develop an OpenCL Shared Virtual Memory (SVM) hardware acceleration Application Programming Interface (API) capable of enabling existing graph analytic APIs (e.g. GraphLab, GraphCT) to leverage a scalable, GPU-based hardware platform to significantly improve the performance of graph analytics including graph traversal and Breadth First Search (BFS). The use of OpenCL pro ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project includes the reduction in severe patient morbidity and elimination of hundreds of millions of dollars of expenditures by the U.S. healthcare system each year on revision surgeries and unnecessary procedures associated with late detection of post-surgical blood clots. Surgeons have the ability ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project is to use the transformational "living coordinative chain transfer polymerization" (LCCTP) technology of Precision Polyolefins, LLC (PPL) to produce new classes of polyolefins from readily available, inexpensive, and renewable chemical feedstocks and that can be used in the manufacturing of consumer ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project is to improve outcomes for patients in cancer treatment. Such patients often suffer from side effects of cancer treatment, such as dehydration and nausea. By enhancing communication between providers and patients, the project seeks to better manage such symptoms and thereby improve outcomes f ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will be the development of a novel non-invasive quantitative computed tomography (CT) imaging-based alternative to existing coronary artery disease (CAD) diagnoses. Over 17 million Americans have coronary artery disease (CAD) and 400,000 Americans die annually from this disease. Current diagno ...

The broader commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is for the early detection of aspergillosis, a severe fungal infection that most frequently involves the lungs in immune compromised individuals, typically as a result of cancer chemotherapy or transplantation. The disease is often misdiagnosed resulting in poor patient outcomes and death. Early dete ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) project will be to develop an automated high-intensity food production system that can be operated in urban neighborhoods to provide fresh food to urban populations. This innovation, through the development and testing of the automation technology, will enhance scientific and technical understanding of how co ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project is to develop the first non-invasive, device-based treatment for type 2 diabetes which mimics the therapeutic benefits of bariatric surgery. The proposed non-invasive intestinal lining temporarily alters signaling pathways in the small intestine to mimic the metabolic effects of bariatric surg ...

The broader impact/commercial potential of this project will be the introduction of a new generation of low-power wireless sensors for detecting Acoustic Emission events and crack formation in structures. According to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the US transportation infrastructure has 605,102 operational bridges, of which 66,561 are structurally deficient. The FHWA report also indi ...