User modeling for information retrieval has mostly been studied to improve the effectiveness of information access in centralized repositories. In this paper we explore user model...
In the intellectual property field two tasks are of high relevance: prior art searching and patent classification. Prior art search is fundamental for many strategic issues such as...
Douglas Teodoro, Julien Gobeill, Emilie Pasche, Di...
In this paper, we use information retrieval (IR) techniques to improve a speech recognition (ASR) system. The potential benefits include improved speed, accuracy, and scalability...
Numerous approaches for distributed video coding have been recently proposed. One of main motivations for these techniques is the possibility of achieving complexity tradeoffs bet...
Collaborative authoring is a common workplace task. Yet, despite improvements in word processors, communication software, and file sharing, many problems continue to plague co-aut...