The horizon of infrared (IR) technology extends far beyond the stage of simple curiosity. Given the recent coyerage ofthe GulfWar, not only do the actual users of these systems know of their "smartness" potential, even the general public caught a glimpse ofthat potential. Interestingly, the manifestation ofthe IR portion ofthe spectrum is limited by physiology, not by physics. Thus, to see the ...

We describe an operation to dynamically adapt the structure of the Tanner graph used during iterative decoding. Codes on graphs– most importantly, low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes–exploit randomness in the structure of the code. Our approach is to introduce a similar degree of controlled randomness into the operation of the messagepassing decoder, to improve the performance of iterative de...

HIGH RATES of remarriage in most Western countries (around 40% of all new marriages; Kreider, 2005) have resulted in many adults living in households that include children from a previous relationship. For example, 10% of U.S. fathers and 2% of U.S. mothers live with their partner’s child (Kreider & Fields, 2005). Many couples in stepfamilies are happy in their relationships; others struggle wi...

A rank 3 tensor product network has 3 dimensions of size p, q, and r, say. Its processing units include pqr Networks Using Distributed binding units, and input/output units grouped into 3 Representations vectors of length p, q and r. Typically one of the I/O vectors represents a predicate, and the other two represent William H. Wilson a pair of arguments. The information represented in the Comp...

Rhodes and Brandone (2014) have shown evidence of limited theory of mind in 3-year old children. The study was based on a false belief procedure in which an observer [E1] saw a toy hidden in location 1, then it was moved to location 2. E1 observed the move in the true belief (TB) test but not in the false belief (FB) test. Then the child was assessed for understanding of E1’s belief about the t...