To help users answer the question, what is the relation between (real world) entities or concepts, we might need to go well beyond the borders of traditional information retrieval ...
Urban designers and urban planners often conduct site visits prior to a design activity to search for patterns or better understand existing conditions. We introduce SiteLens, an ...
In this paper, we present a fast and scalable Bayesian model for improving weakly annotated data – which is typically generated by a (semi) automated information extraction (IE) ...
Modern distributed information retrieval techniques require accurate knowledge of collection size. In non-cooperative environments, where detailed collection statistics are not av...
During emergency response events, situational awareness is critical in effectively managing and safe-guarding civilians and in-field personnel. To better support both command cent...
SungYe Kim, Ross Maciejewski, Karl Ostmo, Edward J...