A scalable video coder cannot be equally efficient over a wide range of bit-rates unless both the video data and the motion information are scalable. We propose a wavelet-based, h...
Human observers can easily assess the quality of a distorted image without examining the original image as a reference. By contrast, designing objective No-Reference (NR) quality ...
Ears are a new biometric with major advantage in that they appear to maintain their structure with increasing age. Expanding on our previous parts-based model, we propose a new wa...
We present a distributed, surveillance system that works in large and complex indoor environments. To track and recognize behaviors of people, we propose the use of the Hidden Mar...
Nam Thanh Nguyen, Svetha Venkatesh, Geoff A. W. We...
Software firms are increasingly distributing their software development effort across multiple locations. In this paper we present the results of a two year field study that inves...