We present a new algorithm for a robust family of Earth Mover’s Distances - EMDs with thresholded ground distances. The algorithm transforms the flow-network of the EMD so that t...
Moment matching is a popular means of parametric density estimation. We extend this technique to nonparametric estimation of mixture models. Our approach works by embedding distri...
This paper investigates basic research issues that need to be addressed for developing an architecture that enables repurposing of learning objects in a flexible way. Currently, t...
Katrien Verbert, Dragan Gasevic, Jelena Jovanovic,...
We propose a novel method to detect cultural differences over the world automatically by using a large amount of geotagged images on the photo sharing Web sites such as Flickr. W...
Given the growing importance of online search in travel planning, marketers need to better understand the behavioural aspect of travel planning using search engines. The goal of t...