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. 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.