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EDITORIAL: Hiring talent to meet high-tech demands22TOFHP10_0410/01/2022
There's always been competition for engineering talent. But with embedded software becoming ever more critical for subsystems in commercial vehicles and off-highway equipment, nowadays that competition is a whole lot stiffer. Aerospace and process-control industries have been the main competitors for embedded and controls talent in the past, according to Dr. Anupam Gangopadhyay, director of controls and software at Navistar. Despite “new frontiers” that are helping to attract and retain engineers, such as autonomous, connected and electric-vehicle technologies, “a lot of the talent that we were hiring in the past are now interested in things like IoT, cloud computing, natural-language processing and social-networking platforms,” he said during a panel session at SAE COMVEC 2022 in Indianapolis.
Gehm, Ryan
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SMART Manufacturing with Augmented Reality2022-26-124005/26/2022
Aircraft Manufacturing procedures are very critical and always required skillful engineer who need to follow different process and procedure during daily work. The challenge is not only to identify right tools and manuals but also to keep track of operator usage data and behavior. With Augmented reality, intelligent tools, and analytics we can provide a new lease of life to first-line assembly engineers. The objective is how AR can help us to reduce rework or scrap with the concept of Industry 4.0 were integrating with cutting edge technologies like machine learning, and the Internet of things to meet the fundamental requirements during manufacturing. Smart Manufacturing consists of four major components Cyber-physical systems, IoT, Cloud computing, and Cognitive computing. Integrating AR with IoT our objective is to achieve Cyber-physical systems connectivity and fill the gap between the smallest physical assets to be connected with digital infrastructure. It can help us to Increase
Sahu, Parimal
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CONNECTED IGGS WITH REAL TIME DATA ACCESS & AI-ML APPROACH FOR PREDICTIVE-PROGNOSTICS MAINTENANCE2022-26-122205/26/2022
The purpose of the On-Board Inert Gas Generation System (OBIGGS) is to reduce the amount of oxygen in the fuel tank to a ‘safe’ level to significantly reduce the possibility of ignition of fuel vapors. There are circumstances where equipment’s like Air Separation Modules (ASM) etc. gets degraded earlier then the provided Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF). A connected solution for the IGGS is the technology to access real time data (Systems Line Replaceable Unit Performance data and Custom data Parameters) from the Systems controller data bus. This data further applied to compare why performance of the ASMs in some systems may degrade quicker than others. This paper studies the present conventional systems limitations in which like faults and limited shop data is being recorded. Due to memory constraints there is no provision to store/report the stream of data margins with which we pass/fail the certain efficiency tests. This paper also explains how a new design of Connected concept
Kumar, Naveen, Kotnadh, Shivaprasad, MorkondaHaribapu cEng, Arvind, Kanneboyina cEng, Rajesh, Rao cEng, Manjunatha
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Efficient On-Premises Data Storage Solution for Autonomous Driving2021-26-004209/22/2021
Numerous improvements of the algorithms are necessary to perfect the control software for autonomous driving. To train and test algorithm we need sensor data. One of the major challenges are to deal with deluge of digital content and unstructured data with growing importance of data protection. The recent trend in automotive industries is to move towards a cloud-based solution as the architecture is scalable, but organization which have already invested on a on-premises infrastructure for data storage needs to seamlessly leverage these without costly and complex migrations or user disruptions. This paper describes end to end solution and design of global Flexible Data Solution which covers Data protection, Data Integrity and Data availability by Load balancing & failover management. Data is one of the assets for an organization but without a robust data management it can also most vulnerable. First approach would be to ensure data is secured, protected, available where and when it is
samantaray, Rojalin
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Executive Roundtable: Cloud SoftwareTBMG-3981109/01/2021
Cloud computing is becoming more prevalent as software vendors are increasingly offering their products as services over the Internet rather than requiring users to download applications to their desktops. There are, however, downsides that accompany the advantages. Tech Briefs posed questions to executives at leading software vendors to get their views on what a user should consider before moving to the cloud.
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Reimagining Automated Test During a Pandemic21AERP08_0408/01/2021
As we learned during the COVID-19 pandemic, aerospace and defense companies must continue to move forward and find workarounds to design, develop and test their products or systems. Engineers hit the challenge of how to build and test integrated hardware and software systems under pandemic-induced travel limitations. This challenge has also helped many test system suppliers question and reevaluate their own procedures and processes and look for smart improvements they can make to help drive key deliverables, such as quality, satisfaction, security and their own green credentials, creating a new, diverse and more inclusive normality when supplying solutions to their customers. How to make these changes remotely has meant ReEmagineering each area of test system design, build, validation and test.
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Improving Data Speeds with Laser-Activated MagnetsTBMG-3702506/01/2020
A new magnetic material could boost the storage capacity and processing speed of hard drives used in cloud-based servers. This could enable users of cloud data systems to load large files in seconds instead of minutes.
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Streaming Software Speeds AppsTBMG-3637204/01/2020
AppStreamer software was developed to stream data and code resources to an app from a cloud server when necessary, allowing an app to use only the space it needs on a phone at any given time. Application components such as heavy video, graphics, or code paths stream instantly despite the errors and slowdowns that are possible on a cellular network. The software also cuts down storage requirements by at least 85% for popular gaming apps on an Android.
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Reimagining Robotics in a Connected WorldTBMG-3636804/01/2020
The world is increasingly connected. Nearly 60% of the entire world population and more than 90% of the developed world is online. It’s hard to imagine life without the Internet — no smartphone, no online banking, no streaming music or podcasts, no social media, no email. Connecting humans on the Internet has dramatically expanded our individual reach, our capacity to sell globally, and our ability to help others wherever they are.
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Cellular-key solution augments commercial-vehicle security20TOFHP02_0802/01/2020
Connectivity's many benefits are matched by security concerns, which has prompted a number of security specialists from many fields to focus their attention on commercial vehicles. Irdeto, which provides security tools and services to disparate industries, is addressing commercial vehicles with cell phone-based keyless entry technology and cybersecurity services. The company, founded in 1969, lists diverse firms like Charter Communications, Comcast, 20th Century Fox and Alibaba Cloud as customers. As OEMs ramped up their connectivity offerings, Irdeto established its Connected Transport division in 2016. That division addresses overall cybersecurity while also offering a keyless entry system, Keystone, that uses cell phones to give users more control over vehicle access.
Costlow, Terry
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Cable Construction for Machine Vision ConnectivityTBMG-3488208/01/2019
Along with the onslaught of Internet of Things (IoT) and wirelessly enabled devices, cloud connectivity has become a major benefit for a range of applications from commercial to military. As of 2018, Ethernet networking surpassed Fieldbus technology in industrial settings (Figure 1). This is partly due to the growth of industrial IoT (IIoT) where the central gateway to all the sensor nodes is necessarily connected to the cloud via a hardwired Ethernet connection. In industrial settings, power over Ethernet (PoE) links can serve cameras for machine vision, to sensors for multi-modal processing capabilities. This article overviews industrial Ethernet, some of its major pain points including networking dynamics, and cable construction specific to industrial applications.
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Automated Object Detection in an ImageTBMG-3490808/01/2019
Recent developments in machine vision have demonstrated remarkable improvements in the ability of computers to properly identify objects in a viewing field. Most of these advances rely on color-texture analyses that require target objects to possess one or more highly distinctive, local features that can be used as distinguishing characteristics for a classification algorithm. Many objects, however, consist of materials that are widely prevalent across a variety of object categories. For example, many trees have leaves, many manmade objects are made of painted metal, and so forth, such that color-texture detectors configured/trained to identify leaves or painted metal are good for some categorizations, but not for others. Much less effort has been made to characterize objects based on shape, or the particular way the component features are arranged relative to one another in two-dimensional (2D) image space.
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Why Cloud QMS Better Supports Regulatory ComplianceTBMG-3480607/01/2019
Companies regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug administration (FDA) need to establish current good manufacturing practices (CGMPs) as part of Title 21 CFR part 820 requirements. This includes creation of quality systems to ensure development of safe and effective devices. More specifically, medical device manufacturers must establish methods and procedures to design, produce, and deliver devices that meet the quality system standard.1
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DARPA’s latest drone swarm sprint focuses on virtual environmentsSAE-MA-0346305/13/2019
Through OFFSET, DARPA envisions swarms of 250 collaborative autonomous systems – including unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) – providing critical capabilities to ground units in urban areas where challenges such as tall buildings, tight spaces, and limited sight lines constrain essential communications, sensing, maneuverability, and autonomous operations.
Kucinski, William
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Proactive Cybersecurity Saves Healthcare Organizations from Data BreachesTBMG-3399303/01/2019
Over the past few years, healthcare organizations have increasingly become one of the leading targets for cyber criminals with data breaches exposing personal patient data, medical records, and financial information, resulting in millions of dollars of added cost to these institutions. As the healthcare organizations become savvier with their cybersecurity, the criminals just get more creative.
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Efficient Security for Cloud-Based Machine LearningTBMG-3392203/01/2019
Outsourcing machine learning is a rising trend in industry. Major tech firms have launched cloud platforms that conduct computation-heavy tasks, such as running data through a convolutional neural network (CNN) for image classification. Resource-strapped small businesses and other users can upload data to those services for a fee and get back results in several hours.
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Smart Actuators Deliver on the Promise of Industry 4.0TBMG-3335712/01/2018
As Industry 4.0 initiatives bring more and more industrial axes of motion into the realm of automation, the need for cost-effective control across them grows as well. Advances in robotics, connectivity, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, data analysis, mobility, and numerous other areas are converging to push global industry to new plateaus of operational efficiency and creating roles for automated actuators in places previously thought impractical.
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Smart Sensor Technology for the IoTTBMG-3321211/01/2018
Internet of Things (IoT) applications — whether for city infrastructures, factories, or wearable devices — use large arrays of sensors collecting data for transmission over the Internet to a central, cloud-based computing resource. Analytics software running on the cloud computers reduces the huge volumes of generated data into actionable information for users, and commands to actuators back out in the field.
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Maintaining Enterprise Resiliency Via Kaleidoscopic Adaption and Transformation of Software Services (MEERKATS)TBMG-3302110/01/2018
This research investigates a new vision for increasing the resilience of computing clouds by elevating continuous change, evolution, and misinformation as first-rate design principles of the cloud's infrastructure. The work is motivated by the fact that today's clouds are very static, uniform, and predictable, allowing attackers who identify a vulnerability in one of the services or infrastructure components to spread their effect to other, mission-critical services. The goal is to integrate into clouds a new level of unpredictability for both their services and data so as to both impede an adversary's ability to achieve an initial system compromise and, if a compromise occurs, to detect, disrupt, and/or otherwise impede their ability to exploit this success.
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Tech Briefs: October 201818AERP1010/01/2018
Detecting Drones with Doppler-Based Radar Digital Transformation for a Connected Enterprise Using Electromagnetic Brakes to Keep Thrust Reversers in Place Thermostatic Solutions for Temperature Control Applications Bringing RF into the Embedded World: It's Time Compact Power Amplifier Solution for Electronic Warfare Burner Rig Testing of A500® C/SiC Test method simulates, in a laboratory environment, the service conditions ceramic-matrix composite material would experience in turbine engine exhaust applications. Space Debris Orbit and Attitude Prediction for Enhanced and Efficient Space Situational Awareness Developing accurate models to predict the behavior of manmade debris in space could be the key to preventing collisions with satellites. Maintaining Enterprise Resiliency Via Kaleidoscopic Adaption and Transformation of Software Services (MEERKATS) Implementing new technologies to create a more resilient, secure cloud computing environment. Fundamental Aspects of Single Molecule
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Ideas for multi-modal mobility18AUTP10_0410/01/2018
Silicon Valley often gets credit for ideas that have been percolating elsewhere for a long time. Great ideas that are not yet fully refined and need a tweak or two to make them viable. Case in point: micro mobility. Last March, I was in San Jose for the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference when a flock of Bird electric scooters magically appeared all over the sidewalks of downtown. Within days, there were thousands more in San Francisco and other cities from Bird, Lime and several other startups. Some critics of this sudden flood called it “scootermaggeddon.”
Abuelsamid, Sam
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Automated Flight System SoftwareTBMG-2890205/01/2018
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2021-12-29.TEST Hybrid Navigation System That Combines Cloud and On-Board Computing2018-01-002204/03/2018
A hybrid navigation system [1] that performs route calculations and highly flexible natural speech location searches in the cloud using dynamic databases that combine probe data collected from the vehicle and external data, and transmits to on-board devices has been developed. The system automatically switches to the on-board device when the vehicle is out of mobile network communication range or when faster processing is required for tasks such as re-routing. The transition between the on-board devices and the cloud provide a seamless user experience adapted to use conditions and other factors. In addition, representing the route downloaded from the cloud by the on-board device requires synchronizing the map with the cloud, and a map caching function has been used to reduce the volume of data that needs to be synchronized. The cloud-based route calculation is based not only on average travel time, but on dispersion as well. Moreover, integrating entry and exit link direction data
JIN, Xin, Nakamura, Motohiro, TETSUO, Shuhei, Sugimoto, Hironobu
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Workhorse multiphysics tool gets upgrades18AUTP02_1002/01/2018
Engineers are now able to design with far higher precision, making materials thinner and lighter without sacrificing quality and durability. But as they press the limits of technology, engineers must often examine and understand subtle factors that might have been negligible in the past. Often, these considerations involve multiple disciplines, which can make it difficult to see how changes in one technology will impact performance in other areas. COMSOL is finalizing a major upgrade of its Multiphysics multidisciplinary software tool, which let users see how changes in one field of physics impact other fields.
Costlow, Terry
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Tackle the Intricacies of Medical Device Development with a Solid PlatformTBMG-2813601/01/2018
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Cloud-Driven Traffic Monitoring and Control Based on Smart Virtual Infrastructure2017-01-009203/28/2017
The new cyber-technological culture of the transport control based on virtual road signs and streetlight signals on the screen of car is the future of Humanity. A cyber-physical system (CPS) Smart Cloud Traffic Control, which realizes the mentioned culture, is proposed; it is characterized by the presence of the digitized regulatory rules, vehicles, infrastructure components, and also accurate monitoring, active cloud streetlight-free cyber control of road users, traffic lights, automatic output of operational regulatory actions (virtual traffic signs and traffic signals) to monitor of each vehicle. The main components of the cyber-physical system are the following: infrastructure, road users and rules, which have digital representation in cyberspace to realize a route, based on digital monitoring and cloud mobile control. We offer innovative services, which implement digital monitoring and cloud control as a scalable prototype of a global system that uses the following technology
Hahanov, Vladimir, Gharibi, Wajeb, Litvinova, Eugenia, Chumachenko, Svitlana, Ziarmand, Arthur, Englesi, Irina, Gritsuk, Igor, Volkov, Vladimir, Khakhanova, Anastasiia
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Secure and Privacy-Preserving Data Collection Mechanisms for Connected Vehicles2017-01-166003/28/2017
Nowadays, the automotive industry is experiencing the advent of unprecedented applications with connected devices, such as identifying safe users for insurance companies or assessing vehicle health. To enable such applications, driving behavior data are collected from vehicles and provided to third parties (e.g., insurance firms, car sharing businesses, healthcare providers). In the new wave of IoT (Internet of Things), driving statistics and users’ data generated from wearable devices can be exploited to better assess driving behaviors and construct driver models. We propose a framework for securely collecting data from multiple sources (e.g., vehicles and brought-in devices) and integrating them in the cloud to enable next-generation services with guaranteed user privacy protection. To achieve this goal, we design fine-grained privacy-aware data collection and upload policies that balance between enforcing privacy requirements and optimizing resource consumption (e.g., processing
Li, Huaxin, Ma, Di, Medjahed, Brahim, Wang, Qianyi, Kim, Yu Seung, Mitra, Pramita
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A Robust, Real-Time Collaboration Technology for Decision Support using Common Operating Picture (COP) EnvironmentsTBMG-2427204/01/2016
StormCenter Communications, Inc. software takes advantage of cloud computing solutions to solve the growing need for real-time collaboration when accessing a Common Operating Picture (COP) from any device without having to give up all the vital tools and display functionality; all this is performed without disrupting current workflows. A COP is a platform shared by multiple stakeholders to provide a single, identical display of relevant operational information (i.e., mapping information, network operations and cyber security, sensors, weather, critical infrastructure) and tools to mark and manipulate the data. In the era of Big Data and the need for improved decision-making with the presence of multiple stakeholders across different disciplines, collaboration when using a COP is essential to success. This is especially important when dealing with decision-makers who are frequently non-data experts who need to take action immediately based on their situational awareness.
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The Advanced Data Analytics Platform (ADAPT): Concept, Design, Architecture, and OperationTBMG-2388202/01/2016
NASA scientists are uniquely positioned to research and understand the processes affecting the Earth’s climate. To study these important processes, scientists must address the Big Data challenges posed by working with massive amounts of observational and climate model output data. The Advanced Data Analytics Platform (ADAPT) is a cyber infrastructure resource specifically designed to reduce the friction between scientists and data. The system includes a high-performance storage cloud surrounded by large-scale compute resources. A very high-performing network enables fast access to the data stored within ADAPT. Furthermore, the system allows users to bring their applications to the data and define the environment in which those applications run. The science results can then be stored for future analysis or shared through static and dynamic data services within ADAPT without having to move the data or make additional copies. The agility, flexibility, and extensibility of the system make
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Web Application: Ground Hardware Management ToolTBMG-2255708/01/2015
An integrated ground support equipment (GSE) tracking and management tool is designed for tracking and managing GSE data used in support of KSC/Ground Systems Development and Operations (GSDO) planning and launch campaigns. This software (the Ground Hardware Management Tool, GHMT) will be fully integrated with the Ground Operations Planning Database (GOPDb) to provide a complete ground operations planning solution.
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Fiber Optic ConnectorsTBMG-2209405/01/2015
With the standardization of 4G wireless, the increase in cloud storage and computing, and the push for faster network data rates, the highest quality passive interconnect systems must be used. While the robustness and size of these interconnections, fiber types, and cable management all play major roles in the backbone, what happens at the tip of the connector also greatly affects the optical performance of the system.
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Smartphone-Based Device Spots Molecular TumorsTBMG-2195604/16/2015
A device developed by Massachusetts General Hospital investigators provides rapid, accurate molecular diagnosis of tumors and other diseases. The smartphone-based technology collects detailed microscopic images for digital analysis of the molecular composition of cells and tissues.
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Cloud Computing for Science Data Processing in Support of Emergency ResponseTBMG-2058809/01/2014
In a crisis, up-to-date information is one of the most important commodities for decision-makers. Remote sensing data have been instrumental in regional scale damage detection and recovery progress monitoring after significant disasters. However, using remotely sensed data to support an emergency response requires not only the availability of hardware, software, and manpower to process and analyze the data, but also the time to stage the datasets that are required for analyses. Additionally, the volume of remote sensing data that needs to be processed to detect temporal changes accurately in a terrestrial or oceanic ecosystem can easily exceed several terabytes, even for a small region. This is because emergency response requires the use of well-calibrated remotely sensed data products, like those that are generated by the MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) Adaptive Processing System (MODAPS). These data sets are stored and distributed by the Level 1 and Atmosphere
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Integrated Technologies Take Medical Device Development to the Next LevelTBMG-2007607/01/2014
According to the Journal of Patient Safety, a whopping 210,000 to 440,000 deaths attributable to medical errors occur in hospitals every year. Clearly, there is a desperate need for technology to take a leading role in medical device development in order to improve patient outcomes and save money. The two emerging technologies in the medical space are context-aware technology and multi-input technology.
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NASA Releases New Software Catalog to Spur InnovationTBMG-1986506/01/2014
On April 10, NASA released more than 1,000 codes in a new online software catalog. Organized into 15 broad categories, the new catalog offers a wide variety of applications for use by industry, academia, other government agencies, and the general public.
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Systems and Services for Near-Real-Time Web Access to NPP DataTBMG-1989506/01/2014
The recently launched Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (SNPP) satellite, operated by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA), is providing multispectral global observations over the next several years to support a broad array of research and applications. SNPP data products consist of a complex set of data and metadata files in highly specialized formats, and the U.S. government’s operational ground segment delivers these to users with delays of several hours to a few days.
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An Architecture for Monitoring and Anomaly Detection for Space Systems2013-01-209009/17/2013
Complex aerospace engineering systems require innovative methods for performance monitoring and anomaly detection. The interface of a real-time data stream to a system for analysis, pattern recognition, and anomaly detection can require distributed system architectures and sophisticated custom programming. This paper presents a case study of a simplified interface between Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) real-time data output, signal processing, cloud computing, and tablet systems. The discussed approach consists of three parts: First, the connectivity of real-time data from PLCs to the signal processing algorithms, using standard communication technologies. Second, the interface of legacy routines, such as NASA's Inductive Monitoring System (IMS), with a hybrid signal processing system. Third, the connectivity and interaction of the signal processing system with a wireless and distributed tablet, (iPhone/iPad) in a hybrid system configuration using cloud computing. This proposed
Cortes, Edwin A., Rabelo, Luis
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Cloud Computing OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) for Reducing Production Downtime2013-01-132404/08/2013
Measuring Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is important for identifying areas of improvement within a Manufacturing Process such as Quality, Performance and Availability losses. In many cases one maybe related to the other. This paper explores how “OEE on the Cloud Computing platform” offers a unique value proposition that can greatly help reduce Production downtime and other losses. This solution enables the enterprise to monitor the production process in real-time and in a cost effective manner. This paper also analyzes some of the challenges faced in implementing such a solution and means of overcoming these challenges.
Anand, Ravi
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Towards Efficient Scientific Data Management Using Cloud StorageTBMG-1615504/01/2013
A software prototype allows users to backup and restore data to/from both public and private cloud storage such as Amazon’s S3 and NASA’s Nebula. Unlike other off-the-shelf tools, this software ensures user data security in the cloud (through encryption), and minimizes users’ operating costs by using space- and bandwidth-efficient compression and incremental backup. Parallel data processing utilities have also been developed by using massively scalable cloud computing in conjunction with cloud storage.
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Electronics Category Winner (Winner of an HP Workstation)TBMG-1515511/01/2012
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Automation Contingency Plan for Continuity of Plant Operation2012-36-011610/02/2012
The continuity operation guarantee of an industry presupposes the existence of, at least, a contingency plan for automation, which is, usually managed by Maintenance Sector. This paper proposes the development of a cloud computing based system for contingency management automation applicable in industries of all sizes with some automated bases. The implementation of such a system implies the following steps: register the unity automation, create a database from the register, physically identify automation items, establish and perform the periodic updating of the contingency plan. The result is a list containing all electronic modules which are linked to the unity automation that are the basis for structuring a contingency plan. Item information as physical address, the process to which it is linked, description, reference, the contingency criteria, parameterization, programming, cost, and the management reports are some examples of data that can be extracted of this hardware and
Ely Castro, Renato
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VPX-SC N-dimensional Supercomputing Architectures Come To The Critical Embedded Systems MarketTBMG-1492110/01/2012
From the first computers of the 1940s through the machines of the 1990s, all computer systems were CPUbound. In other words, the I/O interfaces could deliver more data than the CPU could process. In the 1990s Moore’s Law took over and clock speeds doubled every 18 months, along with the addition of multi-core processors. So, from 1990 through today, we have been I/O-bound, meaning CPUs can now process more data than the I/O links can deliver. Increases in CPU performance have been revolutionary while the increases in interconnect bandwidth have been incremental for many decades. However, bandwidth increases in RapidIO, InfiniBand, and Ethernet are breaking this bottleneck, giving us the ability to design incredibly powerful embedded supercomputing architectures for today’s dataintensive applications.
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Leveraging Cloud Computing to Improve Storage Durability, Availability, and Cost for MER MaestroTBMG-1470209/01/2012
The Maestro for MER (Mars Exploration Rover) software is the premiere operation and activity planning software for the Mars rovers, and it is required to deliver all of the processed image products to scientists on demand. These data span multiple storage arrays sized at 2 TB, and a backup scheme ensures data is not lost. In a catastrophe, these data would currently recover at 20 GB/hour, taking several days for a restoration.
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Cloud-Based Product Lifecycle Management for the Medical IndustryTBMG-1408207/01/2012
The medical industry stands to benefit immensely from cloud-based product lifecycle management (PLM). The mountains of information that medical companies must manage when bringing a new product to market are truly massive. Every aspect of the product — and every change made to the product — must be carefully documented to ensure compliance with regulatory bodies such as the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) or the ISO (International Standards Organization).
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INDUSTRY UPDATE: Design and PLM SoftwareTBMG-1262801/01/2012
In last year’s roundtable, one of our executives predicted that one day, sharing 3D designs would be as easy as sharing Microsoft Word documents today. Ease of use has been a thorn in the sides of software vendors for years, but changes to the user experience are on the horizon, according to this year’s panel.
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Experts On Design & PLM SoftwareTBMG-1260001/01/2012
In our annual poll of executives in the , we asked our experts about topics ranging from mobile applications and CAD in the cloud, to improving productivity and enhancing the user experience. Here’s more of what they had to say:
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Creating 3D Terrain Maps from 2D DataTBMG-1193411/01/2011
Disaster relief workers, border patrol officers, wildfire fighters, and many others need up-to-date information about what they will see when they enter an area, not just sketchy topographic maps that may be years out of date. For them, things change in a hurry, and high-resolution details may be critical to their mission success.
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Jet Propulsion LaboratoryTBMG-991705/01/2011
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), a division of the California Institute of Technology, is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) of NASA. The Laboratory has a wide-ranging charter for solar system exploration, Earth observation, astrophysical research, and technology development. It is located on 176 acres in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains near Pasadena, CA, and employs approximately 5,000 scientists, engineers, and support personnel. JPL also operates and manages NASA’s Deep Space Network, a worldwide system of antennas that communicates with spacecraft and conducts radar and radio astronomy studies.
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Industry Update: CAD and Virtual Prototyping SoftwareTBMG-904301/01/2011
A number of the executives we polled indicated that the CAD market has become a “mature” market, meaning that the number of truly innovative improvements in the technology has leveled off. “For several years, the CAD market had been on a fairly steady and maturing path, with incremental improvements to how CAD tools operated,” according to Joan Hirsch, vice president of product design solutions for Siemens PLM Software. “However,” she added, “over the past few years, there has been somewhat of a revolution taking place. While it may have seemed that the introduction of breakthrough technologies was over for CAD, we believe recent advancements like synchronous technology have opened a new chapter in how products are designed.”
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Cloud Computing: What Are the Networking Implications?TBMG-625407/01/2009
The growth of data centers and the concept of infrastructure as a service is leading to significant focus on cloud computing architectures. Pundits have proclaimed cloud computing as the ultimate merger of information technology with communication. The promise of cloud computing is immense — it aims to create a virtual world of applications, giving the user an unparalleled computational power using a simple front-end and a decently fast broadband connection.
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