In this paper we discuss the problems faced when trying to design an evaluation protocol for a multimodal system using novel input modalities and in a new domain. In particular, w...
While being quite successful in providing keyword based access to web pages, commercial search portals, such as Google, Yahoo, AltaVista, and AOL, still lack the ability to answer...
Abstract. This paper describes a full data-driven system for question answering. The system uses pattern matching and statistical techniques to identify the relevant passages as we...
StreetTiVo is a project that aims at bringing research results into the living room; in particular, a mix of current results in the areas of Peer-to-Peer XML Database Management Sy...
Ying Zhang, Arjen P. de Vries, Peter A. Boncz, Djo...
This paper addresses the problem of computing cues to the three-dimensional structure of surfaces in the world directly from the local structure of the brightness pattern of a bino...