In this paper, a new technique for modeling textured 3D faces is introduced. 3D faces can either be generated automatically from one or more photographs, or modeled directly throu...
In large data warehousing environments, it is often advantageous to provide fast, approximate answers to complex aggregate queries based on statistical summaries of the full data....
Swarup Acharya, Phillip B. Gibbons, Viswanath Poos...
In this paper, we propose an original indexing by shape of image databases based on extended grid files. We first introduce a recently developed shape description method and tailo...
Carlo Combi, Gian Luca Foresti, Massimo Francesche...
Three fundamental problems in the study of grasping and dextrous manipulation with multifingered robotic hands are as follows. a) Given a robotic hand and a grasp characterized by ...
Uncertain and complex environments demand that an agent be able to anticipate the actions of others in order to avoid resource conflicts with them and to realize its goals. Confli...