Abstract-- Similarity join is a useful primitive operation underlying many applications, such as near duplicate Web page detection, data integration, and pattern recognition. Tradi...
Chuan Xiao, Wei Wang 0011, Xuemin Lin, Haichuan Sh...
In this paper, we present a new and robust shape descriptor, which can be efficiently used to quickly prune a search for similar shapes in a large image database. The proposed sha...
With the explosion in the amount of semi-structured data users access and store, there is a need for complex search tools to retrieve often very heterogeneous data in a simple and ...
We present a system that enables flexible and efficient phrase matching in XML documents. Since XML allows structured and unstructured information to be interleaved, phrase matchi...
We propose to utilize micro features, namely facial marks (e.g., freckles, moles, and scars) to improve face recognition and retrieval performance. Facial marks can be used in thr...