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POPL
2012
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Algebraic foundations for effect-dependent optimisations
We present a general theory of Gifford-style type and effect annotations, where effect annotations are sets of effects. Generality is achieved by recourse to the theory of algebra...
Ohad Kammar, Gordon D. Plotkin
SIGCOMM
2005
ACM
15 years 9 months ago
Idle sense: an optimal access method for high throughput and fairness in rate diverse wireless LANs
We consider wireless LANs such as IEEE 802.11 operating in the unlicensed radio spectrum. While their nominal bit rates have increased considerably, the MAC layer remains practica...
Martin Heusse, Franck Rousseau, Romaric Guillier, ...

Publication
700views
17 years 11 days ago
Optimal Approximations by Piecewise Smooth Functions and Associated Variational Problems - [ Mumford-Shah ]
"The purpose of this paper is to introduce and study the most basic properties of three new variational problems which are suggested by applications to computer vision. In com...
David Mumford and Jayant Shah
CVPR
2006
IEEE
16 years 6 months ago
Escaping local minima through hierarchical model selection: Automatic object discovery, segmentation, and tracking in video
Recently, the generative modeling approach to video segmentation has been gaining popularity in the computer vision community. For example, the flexible sprites framework has been...
Nebojsa Jojic, John M. Winn, Larry Zitnick
CVPR
2007
IEEE
16 years 6 months ago
A Unified Probabilistic Framework for Facial Activity Modeling and Understanding
Facial activities are the most natural and powerful means of human communication. Spontaneous facial activity is characterized by rigid head movements, non-rigid facial muscular m...
Yan Tong, Wenhui Liao, Zheng Xue, Qiang Ji