Achieving peak performance in important numerical kernels such as dense matrix multiply or sparse-matrix vector multiplication usually requires extensive, machine-dependent tuning ...
In many applications, subsequent data manipulations differ only in a small set of parameter values. Because of their reconfigurability, FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays) can ...
In this paper we describe a model for automatically generating video documentaries. This allows viewers to specify the subject and the point of view of the documentary to be gener...
Abstract. Today, digital libraries more and more have to rely on semantic techniques during the workflows of metadata generation, search and navigational access. But, due to the st...
—In China, the number of online learners who attend formal education has quadrupled in the last 5 years to 8.2 millions until the end of 2008. How can online teachers build and u...
Xiaohong Tan, Carsten Ullrich, Yan Wang, Ruimin Sh...