APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY Agriculture BACKGROUND Farmers are seeking ways to make real-time adjustments in the field to increase productivity, however tools for estimating plant density are limited. This is true especially early in the season when the soil component is high, and visual observations tend to … [Read more...] about Plant density and enhanced plant vigor estimation algorithms for high-resolution images 2019-179
Computing Sciences
A New Design for RSFQ Superconducting Logic Computation Systems 2020-015
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY Next-generation data centers and high performance computing (HPC) systems Large-scale computing Large-scale science computing National security computing BACKGROUND Currently, data centers are bigger than football fields and require massive amounts of energy to operate. Yet large scale computing needs in science, industry, … [Read more...] about A New Design for RSFQ Superconducting Logic Computation Systems 2020-015
Bandwidth Steering in HPC Using Silicon Nanophotonics 2019-166
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Companies building HPC and datacenter systems Companies developing network components Future large-scale systems ADVANTAGES: More efficient network performance Lower latency Requires fewer network resources Cost effective BACKGROUND: As bytes-per-FLOP ratios continue to decline, communication is becoming the … [Read more...] about Bandwidth Steering in HPC Using Silicon Nanophotonics 2019-166
The CORAL Framework for FAIR Data Management and Analysis 2019-123
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Moderately sized organizations or companies Multi-lab research collaborations ADVANTAGES: Low cost Ease of adding new data types Models different variations of the same conceptual data types Adheres to all four of the FAIR principles (see below) ABSTRACT: Researchers at Berkeley Lab have designed and prototyped a … [Read more...] about The CORAL Framework for FAIR Data Management and Analysis 2019-123
Moment Tensor Reconstruction 2017-095
APPLICATIONS: Seismic monitoring ABSTRACT: Seismic detectors may register movements of the earth generated by earthquakes and other seismic events. However, locating and determining the precise location and mechanism of an earthquake based on data received from seismic detectors may be difficult or impossible with some systems. Gregory Newman and Petr Petrov of … [Read more...] about Moment Tensor Reconstruction 2017-095