Classical rate-distortion theory requires knowledge of an elusive source distribution. Instead, we analyze rate-distortion properties of individual objects using the recently devel...
Documentation of knowledge about biological pathways is often informal and vague, making it difficult to efficiently synthesize the work of others into a holistic understanding of...
Proximity searching consists in retrieving from a database, objects that are close to a query. For this type of searching problem, the most general model is the metric space, where...
- The issue of privacy becomes more and more important. On the other hand, online collaboration among different parties is almost unavoidable. How to allow collaboration while prot...
Pierre K. Y. Lai, Siu-Ming Yiu, K. P. Chow, C. F. ...
Abstract. In this paper we use the concept of `social translucence' to understand users' initial reaction to, and use of, the voice communication channel provided by Xbox...