Task (computing)

About: Task (computing) is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 9718 publications have been published within this topic receiving 129364 citations.

Vehicle with multiple user interface operating domains

Abstract: A vehicle interface system includes a graphics processing unit and a plurality of processing domains. The processing domains execute vehicle applications and generate tasks for the graphics processing unit. The system further includes a task scheduler configured to receive the tasks generated by the processing domains and to determine an order in which to send the tasks to the graphics processing unit. The graphics processing unit processes the tasks in the order determined by the task scheduler and generates display data based on the tasks. The system further includes an electronic display configured to receive the display data generated by the graphics processing unit and to present the display data to a user.

Secure device sharing

Abstract: A device and method for placing the device in a locked state having an associated set of permitted tasks so as to permit the device owner to share the device with others but maintain security over aspects of the device. A task change request is evaluated to determine whether the requested task is permitted and, if so, the requested task is allowed; if not, then an authorization process is invoked to prompt the user to input authorization data. Upon verification of the authorization data, the device may be unlocked and the requested change implemented. The permitted tasks may designate specific applications, specific operations or functions within applications or at the operating system level, one or more currently open windows, and other levels of granularity.

Node management architecture with customized line card handlers for a modular optical network, and methods and apparatus therefor

Abstract: A node management architecture for use at an optical switch/node in an optical communications network. A software task is provided for managing each line card according to a type of the line card. The architecture may identify the line card type, and assign a corresponding software task to manage it. To avoid delays, unassigned software tasks may be created ahead of time for managing line cards that are later installed at the optical switch. Furthermore, different types of software tasks are provided for managing corresponding different types of line cards, while software tasks that manage the same type of line card may be organized as an array of the same type. Moreover, the software tasks may act as an intermediary between the line card managers and other software processes at the node manager, such as a database manager, alarms manager, or optical cross-connect manager.

Task selection in spatial crowdsourcing from worker's perspective

Abstract: With the progress of mobile devices and wireless broadband, a new eMarket platform, termed spatial crowdsourcing is emerging, which enables workers (aka crowd) to perform a set of spatial tasks (i.e., tasks related to a geographical location and time) posted by a requester. In this paper, we study a version of the spatial crowdsourcing problem in which the workers autonomously select their tasks, called the worker selected tasks (WST) mode. Towards this end, given a worker, and a set of tasks each of which is associated with a location and an expiration time, we aim to find a schedule for the worker that maximizes the number of performed tasks. We first prove that this problem is NP-hard. Subsequently, for small number of tasks, we propose two exact algorithms based on dynamic programming and branch-and-bound strategies. Since the exact algorithms cannot scale for large number of tasks and/or limited amount of resources on mobile platforms, we propose different approximation algorithms. Finally, to strike a compromise between efficiency and accuracy, we present a progressive algorithms. We conducted a thorough experimental evaluation with both real-world and synthetic data on desktop and mobile platforms to compare the performance and accuracy of our proposed approaches.

Methods and system for distributing data to technical computing workers

Abstract: A method and system is disclosed for providing a distributed technical computing environment for distributing technical computing tasks from a technical computing client to technical computing workers for execution of the tasks on one or more computers systems Tasks can be defined on a technical computing client, and the tasks organized into jobs The technical computing client can directly distribute tasks to one or more technical computing workers Furthermore, the technical computing client can submit tasks, or jobs comprising tasks, to an automatic task distribution mechanism that distributes the tasks automatically to one or more technical computing workers providing technical computing services The technical computing worker performs technical computing of tasks and the results of the execution of tasks may be provided to the technical computing client Data associated with the tasks is managed by a programmable interface associated with a data storage repository The interface allows the various entities of the distributed technical computing environment to access data services performable by the interface or by a file system or a database and database management system associated with the data