—We introduce the concept of a Visual Backchannel as a novel way of following and exploring online conversations about large-scale events. Microblogging communities, such as Twit...
Abstract. Esfinge is a general domain Portuguese question answering system. It tries to apply simple techniques to large amounts of text. Esfinge participated last year in the mono...
A programs memory system performance is one of the key determinants of its overall performance. Lack of understanding of a programs memory system behavior can lead to performance ...
George G. Robertson, Trishul M. Chilimbi, Bongshin...
One of the major challenges of video game design is to have appropriate difficulty levels for users in order to maximize the entertainment value of the game. Game players may lose...
Chang Yun, Dvijesh Shastri, Ioannis Pavlidis, Zhig...
A broadcast encryption scheme allows the sender to securely distribute data to a dynamically changing set of users over an insecure channel. One of the most challenging settings fo...