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Streamlined Combination Analysis by FORECAST Accurately Predicts and Identifies Pending Malware Attacks Automating the combined techniques of memory forensics and symbolic analysis accelerates how fast an enterprise or government becomes aware of the true extent of malware’s capabilities. When countering cyberattacks, FORECAST provides improved accuracy (94%, overall) with its automated analysis, which is crucial to helping cybersecurity efforts to efficiently focus on high-impact solutions. FORECAST has the flexibility to be a valuable incidence response tool, even when malware is fileless since it uses the software’s memory image to accurately predict the program’s capabilities.	8581
Enhanced Cybersecurity for Networked Motion Control Systems with Somewhat Homomorphic Encryption Increase cybersecurity with expression rewrite rules for encrypted dynamic control schemes that reduce the multiplicative depth of somewhat homomorphic encryption and improve numerical stability. New approach generates motion commands to servo systems without creating a security hole. Information decryption and control signal calculation can be performed and executed inside the plant, while all sensitive system information outside of the plant is always encrypted.	9012
Lightweight, Versatile Cryogenic Conductors Lithium exhibits lower atomic mass, higher power density, and lower losses under cryogenic conditions Conductors such as lithium become even more power-dense at lower temperatures, exhibiting improved electrical performance Cladding with copper enables lithium to be drawn using standard wire-drawing techniques and tools	8729
Anodically Coloring Molecular Electrochromics (EC) Improve Contrast, Color, and Transitions True black-to-clear transitions with high contrast and color tuning are now possible with anodically coloring electrochromics. Broad absorption supports color mixing and color tunability in the charged state, and color tuning is enabled by manipulating the oscillator strengths of radical cation transitions. Energy required for practical electrochromic applications is effectively decreased by much lower oxidative potentials, as compared to their corresponding polyamides.	7745
Predictive Maintenance System for Large-Scale Operations Offers Potential for Significant Cost Savings Consistent workflow improvements: Offers repeatable and consistent enterprise-level improvements to the maintenance workflow. Proactive readiness: Improves maintenance scheduling, allowing for improved logistics, scheduling, virtual kitting, and part/component availability. Customizable: Customers can build and tailor their PMx solutions according to their needs, providing increased data control and an alternative to costly and limited solutions.	8793
Airborne Acoustic Sensing System for “Ear in the Sky” Capabilities on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) Optimizes speech clarity: Uses acquired empirical data and iteratively refines the processing capability until the optimal signal to noise ratio (SNR) is achieved Improves covert detection: Enables acquisition of a live voice signal from a person of interest without detection by using UAS platforms to remotely acquire acoustic signals and using digital signal processing algorithms to filter, enhance, and localize the speech signal of interest Enhances warfare tools: Provides increased situational awareness, enhanced ISR capabilities, and helps identify potential security threats to deployed assets	6985, 7223
Gaussian Switch Sampling (GauSS) for Training Deep Neural Networks Better analyses: It provides a method to analyze models and their interaction with data. Improved accuracy: By matching or outperforming existing technologies in terms of test accuracy on in-distribution as well as out-of-distribution applications, GauSS is more selective and finds samples that help the network learn as well as remember things previously learned. Versatile: The strategy is based exclusively on learning dynamics and, therefore, can be generalized across networks, data, and training methods.	8757
Anti-Resonance System Enables Variable Speed Rotors High performance: Enables variable rotor speeds by significantly reducing resonance loads during transition from one rotor speed to another Agile: Reduces vibration by completely removing resonance points within the rotor operating range Energy efficient: Decreases power consumption by optimizing rotor speeds for different flight conditions	8857
RobocallGuardPlus Advanced: Uses a unique smart virtual assistant with a voice interaction model that generates natural conversation to filter out robocalls Robust: Blocks robocalls that other methods may miss, such as those that evade call block lists through caller ID spoofing Unique: Provides the first known system to block mass, evasive, and targeted robocalls using natural, interactive conversation methods rather than relying solely on caller ID and block lists	8817
Generative Causal Explanations for Black-Box Classifiers Increased trust: Has the potential to improve the transparency and fairness of machine learning systems and increase the level of trust users place in their decisions Flexible explanation vocabulary: Provides a rich and flexible vocabulary for explanation that is more expressive than feature selection or saliency map–based methods Deeper insights: Offers visualizations that can be much more descriptive than saliency maps, particularly in vision applications, leading to better user understanding	8507
A Chip-Scale Linear Ion Trap to Enable Portable Mass Spectrometers Enabling: Can be used in the development of much smaller mass spectrometers than are currently available—from benchtop devices to handheld or even smaller instruments—which would extend their use to applications in which they are not currently cost effective High-performance: Provides better than unit-mass resolution and high detection efficiency, and operates at much higher pressures than larger mass analyzers, as shown during lab-based simulations Multi-modal: Allows for several different modes of operation and enables tandem(MS/MS or MS2) or multi-stage/sequential (MSn) mass spectrometry, greatly improving capability compared with other analyzers	8137
A Biomimetic Nose with Machine Learning for Advanced Threat Detection Enhanced chemical detection: Reduces proximity issues and enhances detection Functional in air and liquid mediums: Can detect single or multiple chemical agents even when the medium contains both a liquid and a gas. An attachment makes it possible to use the device in liquid with air monitoring sensors. Continuous improvement: Uses machine learning algorithms to continually improve agent characterization	7796
AwareSite Proximity Safety Sensing System for Construction and Other Work Sites Improved work safety and efficiency: Not only are accidents prevented when workers and equipment operators are alerted that they are crossing set safety boundaries, their proximity and movement data are also stored in the cloud and can be used to analyze work patterns that could improve safety, work process efficiency, and more. Low-cost and flexible hardware: The system uses inexpensive custom PPU devices but can also be paired with workers’ personal smartphones for connecting to the system. User friendly and reliable: System setup and operation is simple. Beacons use Bluetooth® low-energy technology and can last more than one year without changing batteries.	7970, 7971
Advance Warning System for Improved Safety in Roadway Work Zones Enhanced safety: Rather than relying on impact-activated devices, the system issues real-time warnings as soon as the perimeter is breached, providing more time for workers to react and get to safety. Portable and changeable: The system can be easily moved or adjusted to accommodate changes to the work zone during the day. Smart analytics: Analysis of intrusion data helps pinpoint areas within the work zone that are more susceptible to breaches, enabling more effective and efficient security.	7397
Polarization-Based Method for Mitigating Wireless Signal Interference Both During Transmission and Receipt Improves mitigation of co-channel interference: Particularly useful for OFDM-based systems, this method improves mitigation of co-channel interference in the frequency domain. By optimizing the SINR as a function of the frequency component, this method provides improved suppression performance relative to single polarization-filter solutions. Maximizes SINR: A set of frequency-dependent MMSE filter weights can be applied to suppress interference, which maximizes the SINR. Flexible: This method can be applied to OFDM, CDMA systems, and various other communication systems having different modulation formats that may or may not require additional processing.	4087
Advancing Mass Spectrometry with Novel Interface Flexible: Allows for integration with a range of operational modes and analytical workflows for different ESI-MS techniques High performance: Offers enhanced sensitivity and a significantly improved limit of detection Robust and effective: Minimizes charged ion loss and enables sampling of the most analytically “valuable” droplets	4182
Bio-Inspired Gripper with Shear-Induced Clamping Effective: Assists in lifting/releasing objects when in a shear-activated/disactivated mode Versatile: Works with a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and materials Robust: Does not require high precision in controlling vise jaws, making it easy to implement in an industrial environment	8393
Enabling Privacy-Preserving Search Over Fuzzy Databases Privacy-preserving: Improves the security of biometric-based surveillance, identification, or searches for individuals using their biometric data over private databases Timely: Addresses the requirements of recent and emerging privacy protection regulations and policies Practical: Fills a gap in privacy-preserving search technologies, which currently do not accommodate searching of fuzzy data such as biometrics	8506
Electromagnetic (EM) Metastructures Multi-use: Provides structural support in conjunction with static and in situ EM performance Efficient: Reduces size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C) parameters Flexible: Integrates non-standard material systems	8469
Innovative Ion Mobility Spectrometry with Open-Air Assembly Protective: Potentially helps protect the technician against contact with ionic hazards Rapid: Separates ions through fast detection of differences in their mass, charge, and cross-section Convenient: Leverages an open-air arrangement that significantly reduces time for experiment setup and sample preparation	4885
Privacy-Preserving Remote Biometric Authentication Protective: Designed to eliminate privacy concerns associated with databases of people’s faces Flexible: Supports various biometrics, including face, voice, iris, fingerprint, and gait Remote authentication: Eliminates the need to always possess the enrollment device	7885
Optical Architecture Enables High-Performance Chips High performance: Provides efficient, practical, and manufacturable optical computing solutions for a variety of platforms Efficient: Permits a new way of designing high-performance computing and decision-making tasks using manufacturable solutions with high-speed processing, despite fabrication imperfections Flexible: Offers photonic chips in a variety of material platforms (i.e., silicon, silicon nitride) and meta-surface arrays implemented in hybrid platforms that combine dielectrics and nonlinear/reconfigurable materials	8437
Hybrid Meta-Surfaces for Active, Non-Volatile Light Manipulation Fast: Enables highly dense pixels with fast (nanosecond) switching capability Scalable: Can be fabricated with features down to nanometer sizes; the overall device can incorporate several meta-surfaces with different features over a large-size wafer Agile: Offers high switching robustness (up to 1012 cycles)	8530
Unique Processing Method for Highly Durable Bismaleimide Plastic Highly durable: Demonstrates an impact strength of up to 69 kilo joules per square meter—a 392% increase over BMI that did not undergo HSSM processing High-fidelity: Overcomes the typical limitations of BMI without the use of chemical additives Straightforward: Requires only simple, conventional equipment for development	7994
LogicFuzzer Cybersecurity Framework Accurate: Demonstrates high reliability in identifying the presence of malicious code and programs Robust: Identifies malware even if the attacker hides the malicious behavior (e.g., by using a logic bomb), since it is agnostic to large timer or counter values set to hide malicious code segments Easy to use: Eliminates the need for a training stage and requires only the binary program rather than source code	8372
Smart Device Control of Robot Swarms in a Changing Environment Intelligent: Minimizes the driving distance for each robot automatically and adapts to changes in the environment Efficient: Covers a large area more efficiently than one single, large robot Robust: Builds in collision avoidance and self-corrects to changes in the swarm, such as individual robot failures	6691, 6692
Root-Inspired Ground Anchor Improved performance: Provides higher capacity with shorter installation length, as compared with linear ground anchors or foundations piles Robust: Increases resistance to mechanical shearing in the soil around the anchor Increased stability: Resists axial, torsional, and moment loads	8424
A Semiconductor Particle Detector Based on Work Function Modulation Small: Can be used as a portable radiation detector Versatile: Can be implemented in current particle detectors for accuracy testing and experimental verification Scalable: Offers the potential to be used in creating an array of devices for implementation in larger research experiments	8410
Online Semantic Analysis by Text Embedding Better performance compared to the conventional natural language processing methods	7869
OSSPolice Scalable Fully-automated Accuracy	7791
Increasing WiFi VoIP Call Capacity Supports many calls per access points	4036
RFID Security Dynamic security — keys are constantly refreshed so even if a given key is compromised, the breach is only temporary Limiting — hackers ability to access RFID from a distance	4028
Quantum Dot Lasing in Liquid Solution Can report CdS in a room temperature liquid solution Allows for absorption and photoluminescence decay of the samples	3904
Quad-Wing Flapping Micro Aerial Vehicle with Independent Wing Control Higher energy and endurance resulting in extended flight-times and payload capacities Higher agility compared to previous models Unique control system	5426
Belief Propagation for Reputation Management Robust to attacks Computational efficiency Detects malicious ratings	5328
Frequency-Output Gyroscope Low-cost Constant resonant frequency of the drive mode Better sensitivity – minimal detectable frequency is only limited by short-term stability and counting period length	4682
Compressive Wireless Arrays for Bearing Estimation Efficient – Uses minimum possible samples to reconstruct space Passive – System listens to available signals, it does not send our signals that could cause interference Low Power – System uses low power consumption because it listens to available signals	4326
Electromagnetic Breach Detection Sensor Difficult to defeat — due to unique voltage patterns Works independently — not reliant on perfect connections to maintain functionality Ability to sustain a moderate amount of damage — to avoid incorrectly detecting a breach	3646
Standoff Detection of Nuclear Materials Air-ionization measurement, molecular resonance, excitation and fluorescence Remote (LIDAR) probing/detection of inaccessible (or hidden) radiation sources On-site (Direct) ionization detection/monitoring (Ionized air pump) of radiation materials	4936
Method for VM Monitoring Using Hardware Virtualization More efficient — at least 10 times performance improvement between switching to a monitor inside SIM and switching to a monitor residing in another trusted VM Expandable — new security applications can be built	4882

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