We apply speculative multithreading to sequential Java programs in software to achieve speedup on existing multiprocessors. A common speculation library supports both Java bytecod...
Many speed-up techniques for route planning in static graphs exist, only few of them are proven to work in a dynamic scenario. Most of them use preprocessed information, which has ...
Internet search companies sell advertisement slots based on users’ search queries via an auction. Advertisers have to solve a complex optimization problem of how to place bids o...
In this paper, we address the problem of finding depth from defocus in a fundamentally new way. Most previous methods have used an approximate model in which blurring is shift in...
Scott McCloskey, Michael S. Langer, Kaleem Siddiqi
Biometric systems are designed to identify a person based on physiological or behavioral characteristics. In order to predict the utility of a particular image for identification,...