Information on the Web is not only abundant but also redundant. This redundancy of information has an important consequence on the relation between the recall of an information ga...
Classical rate-distortion theory requires knowledge of an elusive source distribution. Instead, we analyze rate-distortion properties of individual objects using the recently devel...
Can we use social networks to combat spam? This paper investigates the feasibility of MailRank, a new email ranking and classification scheme exploiting the social communication ...
A rational agent adopts (or changes) its goals when new information (beliefs) becomes available or its desires (e.g., tasks it is supposed to carry out) change. In conventional ap...
A scalable object location service can enable users to search for various objects in an environment where many small, networked devices are attached to objects. We investigate two...