In this paper, we draw an analogy between image retrieval and text retrieval and propose a visual phrase-based approach to retrieve images containing desired objects. The visual p...
The performance of an automatic fingerprint authentication system relies heavily on the quality of the captured fingerprint images. In this paper, two new quality indices for fi...
In this paper the development of an intelligent image content-based search engine for the World Wide Web is presented. Information Web Crawlers continuously traverse the Internet ...
Ioannis Kompatsiaris, Evangelia Triantafyllou, Mic...
Many semantic portals use faceted browsing, where the facets are based on the underlying indexing ontologies of the content. However, in many cases, like in medical applications, t...
In this paper we present the design and implementation of a distributed index architecture to facilitate metadata discovery on large networks. Many current information discovery s...