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APEX: Efficient LLM Inference on Low-Memory GPUs
THE CHALLENGE
Deploying large language models efficiently has become a major business obstacle as GPU memory limitations increasingly drive-up infrastructure costs and restrict scalability. During inference, the rapid growth of the key value cache consumes GPU memory quickly, limiting batch sizes and output lengths and reducing overall system throughput....
Published: 3/31/2026
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Updated: 3/31/2026
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Inventor(s): Jiakun Fan, Dimitrios Nikolopoulos
Keywords(s):
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Computer Science
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Autonomous Smart Buildings with AI and Blockchain
THE CHALLENGE
Modern buildings operate at the intersection of rising operational costs, complex stakeholder demands, and increasing expectations for energy efficiency and user experience, yet most current solutions fall short of delivering a viable business model for true autonomy. Centralized building management systems often function as opaque control...
Published: 3/26/2026
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Updated: 3/26/2026
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Inventor(s): Alireza Shojaei, Reachsak Ly
Keywords(s):
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Architecture/Building, Technology Classifications > Computer Science
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AI-Powered Smart Building Management
THE CHALLENGE
Modern smart building solutions face a critical operational bottleneck due to their reliance on rigid, rule-based automation and cloud-dependent AI platforms. These systems often struggle to adapt to changing environmental conditions or complex occupant behaviors, resulting in inefficiencies in energy management, comfort optimization,...
Published: 3/26/2026
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Updated: 3/26/2026
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Inventor(s): Alireza Shojaei, Reachsak Ly
Keywords(s):
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Computer Science, Technology Classifications > Architecture/Building
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A Method to Accelerate Federated Learning via Client Hopping
THE CHALLENGE
Organizations across healthcare, finance, manufacturing, and edge computing increasingly look to federated learning to extract value from sensitive, distributed data while maintaining privacy and regulatory compliance. Yet scaling this technology into a reliable commercial solution remains challenging, as current architectures struggle...
Published: 3/24/2026
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Updated: 3/24/2026
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Inventor(s): Fangtong Zhou, Yi Shi, Yiwei Thomas Hou
Keywords(s):
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Computer Science
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Multi-domain Hardware Memory Compression
THE CHALLENGE
In hyperscale data centers, the most expensive component in CPU-based servers, in terms of both monetary cost and carbon footprint, is currently computer memory; going forward, memory is expected to become even more expensive relative to other server components. Hardware memory compression, where the CPU’s memory controller transparently...
Published: 12/1/2025
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Updated: 12/1/2025
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Inventor(s): Xun (Steve) Jian, Gagandeep Panwar, Muhammad Laghari, Yuqing Liu
Keywords(s):
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Computer Science, Technology Classifications > Software
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Context-Aware Dataset Sharing and Trading System
THE CHALLENGE
The core challenge for businesses in data-driven sectors like manufacturing, healthcare, and finance is how to securely and effectively collaborate on AI development without exposing sensitive or proprietary data. While combining datasets from different organizations can significantly improve AI model accuracy, current approaches such...
Published: 10/27/2025
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Updated: 9/15/2025
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Inventor(s): Ran Jin, Yingyan Zeng
Keywords(s):
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Software, Technology Classifications > Computer Science
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Multi-AI Agents for Adaptable Task Planning in Construction Robots
THE CHALLENGE
The construction industry faces a major challenge in adopting robotic automation due to the unpredictable and dynamic nature of job sites, which makes traditional robotic systems, relying on rigid programming or classical planning algorithms, too inflexible for real-world use. While cutting-edge AI technologies like foundation models...
Published: 10/29/2025
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Updated: 7/10/2025
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Inventor(s): Alireza Shojaei, Hossein Aghbash
Keywords(s):
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Computer Science, Technology Classifications > Engineering
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Reinforcement Learning with Optimization-Based Policy
THE CHALLENGE
Complex systems—such as energy grids, supply chains, and transportation networks—require intelligent decision-making to coordinate interconnected operations and adapt in real time to uncertainty and change. Traditional optimization tools are fast and reliable but often rigid, relying on fixed models that don’t cope...
Published: 10/17/2025
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Updated: 7/3/2025
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Inventor(s): Ming Jin
Keywords(s):
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Software, Technology Classifications > Computer Science
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Method for the Image Processing, Grading and Assessment of Coins
THE CHALLENGE
The major challenge in coin grading lies in the industry’s heavy reliance on expert human inspection, which is slow, costly, and inconsistent—posing a bottleneck in a fast-growing market driven by online trading and auctions. Despite early attempts at automation using image analysis techniques like template matching, color-space...
Published: 10/17/2025
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Updated: 7/3/2025
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Inventor(s): Luke Lester, Creed Jones, jianzhu chen, Michael Trail, Madalyn Killian, Mohammed Humadi, Christopher Fritsch
Keywords(s):
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Software, Technology Classifications > Computer Science
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Broadband End-fed Coaxial Collinear Antenna Design
THE CHALLENGE
The core challenge in today’s VHF/UHF antenna market lies in balancing high-performance technical requirements with practical business needs such as cost, durability, and ease of deployment. Existing antenna designs—like traditional coaxial collinear and dipole systems—often suffer from narrow bandwidth and unstable...
Published: 7/3/2025
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Updated: 5/20/2025
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Inventor(s): Majid Manteghi, Ali Hosseini-Fahraji
Keywords(s):
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Computer Science, Technology Classifications > Electronics
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