Community Question Answering has emerged as a popular and effective paradigm for a wide range of information needs. For example, to find out an obscure piece of trivia, it is now ...
In recent years, many algorithms for the Web have been developed that work with information units distinct from individual web pages. These include segments of web pages or aggreg...
In this paper, we propose a novel approach for foreground layer extraction using flash/no-flash image pairs, which we call flash cut. Flash cut is based on the simple observation t...
Jian Sun, Sing Bing Kang, Zong-Ben Xu, Xiaoou Tang...
Relevance Feedback is an important way to enhance retrieval quality by integrating relevance information provided by a user. In XML retrieval, feedback engines usually generate an ...
Wavelet-based image coders optimally represent smooth regions and isolated point singularities. However, wavelet coders are less adept at representing perceptually important edge ...
Michael B. Wakin, Justin K. Romberg, Hyeokho Choi,...