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ICPADS
2010
IEEE
14 years 7 months ago
Enhancing MapReduce via Asynchronous Data Processing
The MapReduce programming model simplifies large-scale data processing on commodity clusters by having users specify a map function that processes input key/value pairs to generate...
Marwa Elteir, Heshan Lin, Wu-chun Feng
CVPR
2009
IEEE
1524views Computer Vision» more  CVPR 2009»
16 years 4 months ago
3D Pose Estimation and Segmentation using Specular Cues
We present a system for fast model-based segmentation and 3D pose estimation of specular objects using appearance based specular features. We use observed (a) specular reflection...
Ju Yong Chang, Ramesh Raskar, Amit K. Agrawal
VLDB
2006
ACM
171views Database» more  VLDB 2006»
15 years 9 months ago
Grid-partition index: a hybrid method for nearest-neighbor queries in wireless location-based services
Abstract Traditional nearest-neighbor (NN) search is based on two basic indexing approaches: object-based indexing and solution-based indexing. The former is constructed based on t...
Baihua Zheng, Jianliang Xu, Wang-Chien Lee, Dik Lu...
MOBISYS
2008
ACM
15 years 9 months ago
Composcan: adaptive scanning for efficient concurrent communications and positioning with 802.11
Using 802.11 concurrently for communications and positioning is problematic, especially if location-based services (e.g., indoor navigation) are concurrently executed with real-ti...
Mikkel Baun Kjærgaard, Thomas King
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IROS
2008
IEEE
184views Robotics» more  IROS 2008»
15 years 3 months ago
Morpho: A self-deformable modular robot inspired by cellular structure
— We present a modular robot design inspired by the creation of complex structures and functions in biology via deformation. Our design is based on the Tensegrity model of cellul...
Chih-Han Yu, Kristina Haller, Donald E. Ingber, Ra...