We present a novel problem of searching for `familiar strangers' in a social network. Familiar strangers are individuals who are not directly connected but exhibit some simil...
Information retrieval is an empirical science; the field cannot move forward unless there are means of evaluating the innovations devised by researchers. However the methodologies...
Mark Sanderson, Martin Braschler, Nicola Ferro, Ju...
A probabilistic system for recognition of individual objects is presented. The objects to recognize are composed of constellations of features, and features from a same object shar...
A system that enables real time query processing on large spatial networks is demonstrated. The system provides functionality for processing a wide range of spatial queries such a...
Nearest neighbor query is one of the most important operations in spatial databases and their application domains, e.g., locationbased services, advanced traveler information syst...