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ACMMSP
2006
ACM
226views Hardware» more  ACMMSP 2006»
15 years 4 months ago
Smarter garbage collection with simplifiers
We introduce a method for providing lightweight daemons, called simplifiers, that attach themselves to program data. If a data item has a simplifier, the simplifier may be run aut...
Melissa E. O'Neill, F. Warren Burton
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FGR
2004
IEEE
167views Biometrics» more  FGR 2004»
15 years 4 months ago
Adaptive Learning of an Accurate Skin-Color Model
Due to variations of lighting conditions, camera hardware settings, and the range of skin coloration among human beings, a pre-defined skin-color model cannot accurately capture t...
Qiang Zhu, Kwang-Ting Cheng, Ching-Tung Wu, Yi-Leh...
CHI
2010
ACM
15 years 3 months ago
Patients, pacemakers, and implantable defibrillators: human values and security for wireless implantable medical devices
Implantable medical devices (IMDs) improve patients' quality of life and help sustain their lives. In this study, we explore patient views and values regarding their devices ...
Tamara Denning, Alan Borning, Batya Friedman, Bria...
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CIKM
2008
Springer
15 years 2 months ago
Using English information in non-English web search
The leading web search engines have spent a decade building highly specialized ranking functions for English web pages. One of the reasons these ranking functions are effective is...
Wei Gao, John Blitzer, Ming Zhou
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DICS
2006
15 years 2 months ago
Dependable Software
Achieving software reliability takes many complementary techniques, directed at the process or at the products. This survey summarizes some of the most fruitful ideas. 1 OVERVIEW ...
Bertrand Meyer