In this paper, we propose a novel synthesis technique for BTFs. A BTF (bidirectional texture function) is a 6D function which can represent appearances of a texture under arbitrar...
Hiroshi Kawasaki, Kyoung-Dae Seo, Yutaka Ohsawa, R...
This paper proposes a general feature selection approach for real-time image matching systems. To demonstrate the idea's effectiveness, we focus on the issue of rotational in...
Classification of email is an important everyday task for a large and growing number of users. This paper describes the machine learning approaches underlying the i-ems (Intellige...
We investigate the effect of search engine brand (i.e., the identifying name or logo that distinguishes a product from its competitors) on evaluation of system performance. This r...
Due to their simplicity and effectiveness, gossip-based membership protocols have become the method of choice for maintaining partial membership in large P2P systems. A variety of...