Yes. If potential participants are concerned about time versus accuracy trade-off, multiple executables with varying execution times maybe submitted.

Yes, Linux executables will be evaluated. See ICE 2006 Protocol and Executable Calling Signatures documents on the ICE 2006 webpage. No. There will be a separate registration process for actual participation in the ICE 2006 evaluation. Potential participants will need to sign an application and submit it with their executable(s) in order to be an official ICE 2006 participant. No.

The ICE 2006 evaluation began on 15 June 2006. The evaluation report is in the review process and is due to be released in March 2007. When it is released, it will be posted on this website.

The US Government needs unbiased and impartial research and development progress assessments and test and evaluation of iris recognition algorithms. These assessments and evaluations help the Government determine if these algorithms/systems can meet current and future requirements of Government agencies. Since this is the first evaluation of this type on iris recognition algorithms, the ICE 2006 will also establish a baseline on which to measure future progress assessments.

The goal of the ICE 2006 is to measure state-of-the-art iris recognition algorithms and establish a baseline on which to measure future evaluations. ICE 2006 will be an executable test. Participants will deliver their executables to NIST for testing. Since ICE 2006 is an executable test, participants will not be present when the test is administered.

There will be a conformance test for submitted executables before the start of the actual test. The items the conformance test will check includes (but not limited to): 1) outputs are in the correct format, 2) the correct output was produced, and 3) the independence rules are followed. For each executable submitted, participants will be asked to submit the executables output on a specified set biometric signature.

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Fedora 3.0 will be supported. Windows Server 2003 was chosen because WindowsXP is not supported by Dell on PowerEdge 850 servers. In the Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) 2006, which uses the same test infrastructure as ICE 2006, executables have been successfully run on both Windows Server 2003 and Fedora 3.0. Windows Server 2003 and Fedora 3.0 will be supported.

There has been no change in that business process. Limited functionality in era Commons allows a one-time submission of Just-in-Time information. You can also submit this information via email or fax or other communication tools. The best way is to use era Commons because the data is saved in the electronic Grants Folder and the IC is automatically notified that the information is there. Applicants should wait for the IC to request this information before sending it in. Not at all.

If you think your job should have run by now, but is still in the queue, check to see that you didn't ask for resources that aren't available (for example, 8 nodes - Symphony only has 4). LoadLeveler will keep a job in the queue, even if it requires more resources than will ever be available!

No operation should take more than several seconds. If you're afraid that your architecture will run too slow, email us a brief summary of what you want to do and we'll let you know if it's acceptable. I have a question about an idea I have. I know you said to post it in the forum, but this is a really unique idea that I don't want the thieving WTF community to steal. Oh, crap, we should've thought of that. Email Alex or Jake using the contact form and we'll get back to you.

No, this isn't the first time that satellites have been used to monitor icebergs. I do not know how close to the actual break of an iceberg satellite images have been able to show in the past. The National Ice Center in the U.S. (www.natice.noaa.gov) monitors these sort of things on a routine basis.

def timer(fn, *args): "Time the application of fn to args. Return (result, seconds)." import time start = time.clock() return fn(*args), time.clock() - start >>>timer(max, range(1e6)) (999999, 0.4921875)

The flights shall be performed in accordance with AUP/UUP. The users of the airspace elements, which are not in collision with controlled airspace only confirm their usage 30 minutes before its real time activation. TSAs, TFRs and MRTs colliding with controlled airspace (look column remarks: "KLZ") must be coordinated with AMC (ASM3) on the day of operation 1 hour before planned activation of an element and receive clearance.

On Windows, individual GPU program launches have a maximum run time of around 5 seconds. Exceeding this time limit usually will cause a launch failure reported through the CUDA driver or the CUDA runtime, but in some cases can hang the entire machine, requiring a hard reset. This is caused by the Windows "watchdog" timer that causes programs using the primary graphics adapter to time out if they run longer than the maximum allowed time.

Not at all. Once we have your measurements on file, re-orders are easy. If you want something new, all you have to do is select the cloth and styles.

See answer to previous FAQ. Do not wait until the last minute (e.g. Thursday at 11:58 am) to try to complete your RQ's! If you then run into technical computer problems then, you will be in deep trouble. Give yourself plenty of time each week to finish the RQ well ahead of the cutoff time and prior to that topic's discussion in class. Their purpose is to prepare you for understanding and participating in class.

The North Buffalo Bisons have alot of available ice in the first two months of the season because Nichols School doesn't start skating until the first week in November. With the new addition of Midget teams, we also try to accomodate them as much as possible before their High School season starts. As a consequence the North Buffalo Bisons take advantage of these first two months and try to offer as much skating skill development as possible, as well as game ice for our older teams.

We also do not charge any additional setup fees or travel fees. I feel confident that our testing protocols will save you money as well as production time.