Computing and Speech Technologies for License

• EduSpeak® Speaker-Independent Speech Recognition for Multimedia Education Applications
• EMERALD® Intrusion Detection for Network Security

EduSpeak®

What: EduSpeak® brings high-accuracy, speaker-independent speech recognition into multimedia applications, such as those designed to help students learn foreign languages. Software designers can incorporate EduSpeak into their applications through a Software Development Kit (SDK), which includes a compact, state-of-the-art speech recognition engine and a choice of authoring interfaces.

EduSpeak is ideal for developers of interactive materials for second language instruction, including English as a Second Language (ESL), as the technology is designed to recognize accented speech as well as native speakers. EduSpeak is great for computer-aided collection and grading of spoken language in educational and corporate settings, multimedia "edutainment" software that benefits from enhanced speech interactivity, and language training courses for travelers.

Advantages: EduSpeak combines continuous, high-accuracy speech recognition for adults and children with a unique pronunciation "scoring" technology, and supports several languages. The SDK's multiple interfaces (such as Macromedia® Director®, Java™, C/C++, ActiveX™) make integration into existing applications easy and cost-effective. EduSpeak is compatible with Windows and Macintosh environments.

Opportunity : EduSpeak is available for licensing today in the language education, reading development, and corporate training markets.

Contact: Philip von Guggenberg at 650-859-5865 or info@eduspeak.com. Visit the EduSpeak website.

EMERALD®

Background: With cyber-vandalism putting trillions of dollars in today's economy at risk, a trusted network and computer security infrastructure has become more critical than ever. In the past 18 months, the market for products and services offering reliable, 24/7, large-scale network and security monitoring of both internal and external threats has mushroomed into a billion-plus dollar industry.
 
SRI pioneered the field of intrusion detection monitoring almost 20 years ago. Backed by more than $25 million in R&D funding from the U.S. government, SRI has developed EMERALD®, a third-generation monitoring technology. SRI's EMERALD® is capable of detecting website attacks in real-time, providing operational warnings of diminished availability and initiating counter measures. In a 1999 U.S. government-sponsored competition of numerous network security monitoring systems, EMERALD® placed first in seven of eight performance benchmarks.
 
Technology Overview: SRI's patented EMERALD® technology complements a mix of security technologies, including firewalls, cryptography and authentication systems, virus and vulnerability scanners, providing the most comprehensive platform for intrusion detection and other network activity monitoring available today.
 
EMERALD® is a software-based solution that utilizes lightweight sensors distributed over a network or series of networks to detect anomalous or suspicious activity. The EMERALD® sensors monitor activity both on host servers and network traffic streams. Activity is analyzed by two independent and highly complementary analysis engines - a rule-based expert system which flags activities that match known patterns of unwanted behavior, and a statistical analyzer which flags real-time activity that deviates from the pattern of normal activity. Plus, with resolver, an additional EMERALD® software component, alerts are consolidated across multiple network domains within a single reporting console.
 
Status: EMERALD® components are available today. SRI is actively seeking partners for licensing the technology both for security as well as general purpose network- or application-based monitoring applications. To participate in an evaluation program for our eXpert-BSM monitor for Solaris servers, please visit our EMERALD® home page.
 
Contact: Doug Bercow, Information and Computing Sciences, 650-859-5187 or bercow@sri.com.
 
EMERALD®, the EMERALD® logo, and combinations thereof are registered trademarks of SRI International.