The major scientific problem for content-based video retrieval is the semantic gap. Generally speaking, there are two appropriate ways to bridge the semantic gap: the first one is...
Lei Bao, Juan Cao, Yongdong Zhang, Jintao Li, Ming...
This paper presents a probabilistic information retrieval framework in which the retrieval problem is formally treated as a statistical decision problem. In this framework, querie...
We argue that in general, the analysis of lexical cohesion factors in a document can drive a summarizer, as well as enable other content characterization tasks. More narrowly, thi...
This paper addresses the discovery of activities and learns the underlying processes that govern their occurrences over time in complex surveillance scenes. To this end, we propos...
To look for an answer to the puzzle of why complexity may increase, this paper looks to the major evolutionary transitions – a recurring pattern where individuals give up their r...