With massive book digitization efforts underway, there is a need for developing effective book retrieval strategies. This paper explores the relative contribution of different par...
Abstract. In focussed XML retrieval, a retrieval unit is an XML element that not only contains information relevant to a user query, but also is specific to the query. INEX defin...
Search engines that support structured documents typically support structure created by the author (e.g., title, section), and may also support structure added by an annotation pr...
One aspect in which retrieving named entities is different from retrieving documents is that the items to be retrieved – persons, locations, organizations – are only indirect...
We present an efficient system for video search that maximizes the use of human bandwidth, while at the same time exploiting the machine’s ability to learn in real-time from use...
Alexander G. Hauptmann, Wei-Hao Lin, Rong Yan, Jun...