Given a set of objects P and a query point q, a k nearest neighbor (k-NN) query retrieves the k objects in P that lie closest to q. Even though the problem is well-studied for sta...
Consider a universe of tokens, each of which is associated with a weight, and a database consisting of strings that can be represented as subsets of these tokens. Given a query st...
Abstract. Extensions of the randomized tournaments techniques introduced in [6, 7] to approximate solutions of 1-median and diameter computation of finite subsets of general metri...
Multicore processors are marking the beginning of a new era of computing where massive parallelism is available and necessary. Slightly slower but easy to parallelize kernels are ...
The use of statistical pattern recognition models to segment the left ventricle of the heart in ultrasound images has gained substantial attention over the last few years. The mai...