Ad-hoc data processing has proven to be a critical paradigm for Internet companies processing large volumes of unstructured data. However, the emergence of cloud-based computing, ...
The Integer Cosine Transform (ICT) has been shown to be an alternative to the DCT for image processing. This paper presents a parallel-pipelined architecture of an 8x8 ICT(10, 9, ...
This paper presents a unified approach to colour image coding, content-based indexing, and retrieval for database applications. The binary space partitioning (BSP) tree, tradition...
In this demonstration we present MAPLE, a scalable peer-to-peer Nearest Neighbor (NN) query system for mobile environments. MAPLE is designed for the efficient sharing of query re...
Wei-Shinn Ku, Roger Zimmermann, Chi-Ngai Wan, Haoj...
We present a technique for refining the design of relational storage for XML data based on XML key propagation. Three algorithms are presented: one checks whether a given function...
Susan B. Davidson, Wenfei Fan, Carmem S. Hara, Jin...