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Blind Recovery of a Speech Source in Real-World Noise This technology is a robust speech recovery algorithm that rejects noises and enhances speech in a real-world noisy environment. The invention works with any type... Read More This technology is a robust speech recovery algorithm that rejects noises and enhances speech in a real-world noisy environment. The invention works with any type, number, or location of microphones and background noise sources. Speech is separated from background noise blindly. No information required beforehand about the speech, background noise, or environment The only preliminary assumption is that speech is high-kurtosis and most background noises are low-kurtosis
A Systematic Approach to Uncover Security Flaws in GUI Logic Website spoofing, or phishing, is a serious problem targeting online user information. It can be used to steal usernames and passwords from important websites such... Read More Website spoofing, or phishing, is a serious problem targeting online user information. It can be used to steal usernames and passwords from important websites such as bank websites. Dr. Meseguer from the University of Illinois, jointly with Microsoft Research, developed a method for uncovering GUI logic flaws in software implementations. The systems specifically address status-bar spoofing and address bar spoofing scenarios but could also address a variety of other classes of problems.
Multi-View Wide-Baseline Stereo System In accordance with one or more aspects of a match, expand, and filter technique for multi-view stereopsis, features across multiple images of an object are matched to... Read More In accordance with one or more aspects of a match, expand, and filter technique for multi-view stereopsis, features across multiple images of an object are matched to obtain a sparse set of patches for the object. The sparse set of patches is expanded to obtain a dense set of patches for the object, and the dense set of patches is filtered to remove erroneous patches. Optionally, reconstructed patches can be converted into 3D mesh models. From the project's website: Patch-Based Multi-view Stereo Software (PMVS) is a multi-view stereo software that takes a set of images and camera parameters, then reconstructs 3D structure of an object or a scene visible in the images. Only rigid structure is reconstructed, in other words, the software automatically ignores non-rigid objects such as pedestrians in front of a building. The software outputs a set of oriented points instead of a polygonal (or a mesh) model, where both the 3D coordinate and the surface normal are estimated at each oriented point.
A Trio of Innovative Imaging Technologies 3-D Insertion into Photographs (TF11149) Professor David Forsyth and his team have developed a program that renders... Read More 3-D Insertion into Photographs (TF11149) Professor David Forsyth and his team have developed a program that renders synthetic objects into legacy photographs. This allows for the insertion of 3-D objects or animations into photos with highly realistic results. Existing methods require measurements of the room or additional photos while this new program does not The film, advertising, and video game industries all use object insertion techniques Current working prototype that functions as an add-in to existing software This technology could also be seamlessly integrated into 3-D rendering platforms A web-based prototype is being developed to enable public testing Relighting Photo Fragments (TF12015) The second program that the University is offering is for relighting image fragments. This software was also developed by Professor David Forsyth and and his team. It extracts fragments of photos and inserts them into other photos with realistic lighting. Estimates 3-D geometry and surface properties of a fragment This program could easily be added to a plug-in for 3-D modeling software Works as a valuable complement to the previously mentioned technology Fully functional prototype has been developed Textureshop (TF04006) The University is also offering Textureshop, a program that allows texture synthesis in photographic editing. This software was developed by Professor John Hart and his team. This program does not require the use of a 3-D mesh to map texture onto a surface in an image Significantly reduces time and effort to map a texture onto 3-D surface Relies on a 2-D imaging technique called graphcut
DNA-Based Data Storage Using Portable Sequencer Dr. Milenkovic has developed a new method for error-free random access data storage through DNA that uses a portable nanopore sequencer. The error correction methods used... Read More Dr. Milenkovic has developed a new method for error-free random access data storage through DNA that uses a portable nanopore sequencer. The error correction methods used in this scheme result in error-free reconstructions of the synthetic DNA strand. This system has an information rate of 0.83 and a storage density of 1.07 x 10^23 bytes/gram.
Network Driven, Packet Context Aware Power Management for Client-Server Architecture (NCAP) Dr. Nam Sung Kim has developed a protocol to vastly improve energy savings in low to medium load server environments. The protocol works entirely on the Network... Read More Dr. Nam Sung Kim has developed a protocol to vastly improve energy savings in low to medium load server environments. The protocol works entirely on the Network Interface Card and is easy to implement. For low and medium load environments, the protocol can save approximately 50% of the energy used by the management of "sleep" and "wake" stages. It can be applied to servers both of small and large scale.
Barcode and Software for Identifying Insects in Digital Images Researchers working with the lab of Gene Robinson have developed a custom bar code called "bcode" with dimension of 2.1mmX2.1mm which can easily be put on insects and then... Read More Researchers working with the lab of Gene Robinson have developed a custom bar code called "bcode" with dimension of 2.1mmX2.1mm which can easily be put on insects and then tracked through a custom computer vision software. The bcodes can be printed cheaply using office printer at 600dpi.
Native DNA Based Storage and Computing via Single Strand Nicking Prof. Milenkovic from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has developed a new method for DNA based storage of information. In... Read More Prof. Milenkovic from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has developed a new method for DNA based storage of information. In this method information is first converted into positive integers based on which single strand of the DNA is nicked at defined positions. This information can be accessed through immunoprecipitation and sequencing of the DNA. This method allows for random access as well as computation of data.
Deep Learning for Fashion Compatibility and Style Drs Ranjitha Kumar, David Forsyth, and their graduate students have developed a interactive chatbot that provides fashion recommendations based on user input and clothing... Read More Drs Ranjitha Kumar, David Forsyth, and their graduate students have developed a interactive chatbot that provides fashion recommendations based on user input and clothing. The chatbot uses a neural regressor trained on thousands of examples of fashion and text to provide outfit recommendations. Users can specify the context such as outdoor picnics, formal wear, business, etc. and receive recommendations based on their existing wardrobe.
Solid-State Drive This solid-state drive firmware-level solution (TimeSSD) and toolkit (TimeKit) use intrinsic flash properties to retain the history of past storage states for up... Read More This solid-state drive firmware-level solution (TimeSSD) and toolkit (TimeKit) use intrinsic flash properties to retain the history of past storage states for up to several weeks without dedicated data backups. The technology can significantly enhance the security of flash-based storage systems while incurring negligible performance overhead for the majority of common applications. TimeSSD and TimeKits functionalities can provide flexibility and facilitate more efficient, secure system functions such as protecting against malware or encrypted ransomware attacks that corrupt files in storage, recovering user files, retrieving update logs, and providing an evidence chain for storage forensics. Rollback to a previous consistent state may be achieved with minimal software involvement. A proceedings paper further describing the invention can be accessed here. This invention is patent pending.