In this paper, we propose a novel contextual descriptor which combines the contextual information and local appearance. Based on Gibbs distribution, a local descriptor is designed...
Yi Ouyang, Ming Tang, Jian Cheng, Jinqiao Wang, Ha...
We present a method for recognizing gesture motions based on elastic deformable shapes and curvature templates. Gestures are modeled using a spline curve representation that is enh...
Radu-Daniel Vatavu, Laurent Grisoni, Stefan Gheorg...
Seeking to extend the functional capability of the elderly, we explore the use of probabilistic methods to learn and recognise human activity in order to provide monitoring suppor...
A central task in multimedia systems is image management (storage and retrieval). As information is disseminated across vast networks, such as the Internet, methods of locating au...
The Answer Validation Exercise (AVE) 2006 is aimed at evaluating systems able to decide whether the responses of a Question Answering (QA) system are correct or not. Since most of ...