Distance metric is widely used in similarity estimation. In this paper we find that the most popular Euclidean and Manhattan distance may not be suitable for all data distribution...
In this paper, we describe the Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA), a digital archive focused on Western explorations in the Middle East between the 18th and early 20th c...
Lisa M. Spiro, Marie Wise, Geneva L. Henry, Chuck ...
Automatic text detection in video is an important task for efficient and accurate indexing and retrieval of multimedia data such as events identification, events boundary identific...
Shivakumara Palaiahnakote, Trung Quy Phan, Chew-Li...
This paper examines how computation can be mapped across the nodes of a distributed search system to effectively utilize available resources. We specifically address computationa...
Larry Huston, Alex Nizhner, Padmanabhan Pillai, Ra...
Semantic region labeling in outdoor scenes, e.g., identifying sky, grass, foliage, water, and snow, facilitates content-based image retrieval, organization, and enhancement. A maj...
Matthew R. Boutell, Jiebo Luo, Christopher M. Brow...