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IUI
2012
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
PhysicsBook: a sketch-based interface for animating physics diagrams
We present PhysicsBook, a prototype system that enables users to solve physics problems using a sketch-based interface and then animates any diagram used in solving the problem to...
Salman Cheema, Joseph J. LaViola Jr.
253
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SIGIR
2012
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Boosting multi-kernel locality-sensitive hashing for scalable image retrieval
Similarity search is a key challenge for multimedia retrieval applications where data are usually represented in high-dimensional space. Among various algorithms proposed for simi...
Hao Xia, Pengcheng Wu, Steven C. H. Hoi, Rong Jin
276
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STOC
2012
ACM
251views Algorithms» more  STOC 2012»
13 years 9 months ago
Minimax option pricing meets black-scholes in the limit
Option contracts are a type of financial derivative that allow investors to hedge risk and speculate on the variation of an asset’s future market price. In short, an option has...
Jacob Abernethy, Rafael M. Frongillo, Andre Wibiso...
253
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HPDC
2012
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
Understanding the effects and implications of compute node related failures in hadoop
Hadoop has become a critical component in today’s cloud environment. Ensuring good performance for Hadoop is paramount for the wide-range of applications built on top of it. In ...
Florin Dinu, T. S. Eugene Ng
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ICCV
2009
IEEE
1019views Computer Vision» more  ICCV 2009»
17 years 8 days ago
Similarity Functions for Categorization: from Monolithic to Category Specific
Similarity metrics that are learned from labeled training data can be advantageous in terms of performance and/or efficiency. These learned metrics can then be used in conjuncti...
Boris Babenko, Steve Branson, Serge Belongie