Currently, only few XML data management systems support concurrent access to an XML document, and if they do, they typically apply variations of hierarchical locking to handle XML...
People identification is an essential task for video content analysis in a surveillance system. A good classifier, however, requires a large amount of training data, which may not...
We study epidemic schemes in the context of collaborative data delivery. In this context, multiple chunks of data reside at different nodes, and the challenge is to simultaneousl...
We developed a system including two modules: the texture analysis module and the texture synthesis module. The analysis module is capable of analyzing an input image and performing...
Recent announcement of the MSN Direct Service has demonstrated the feasibility and industrial interest in utilizing wireless broadcast for pervasive information services. To suppo...