Optimizing the performance of shared-memory NUMA programs remains something of a black art, requiring that application writers possess deep understanding of their programs’ beha...
The phrase "virtual community" is often used to describe long term, computer-mediated conversations amongst large groups. This paper suggests that such conversations may...
All positive examples are alike; each negative example is negative in its own way. During interactive multimedia information retrieval, the number of training samples fed-back by ...
Mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets offer great new possibilities for the creation of 3D games and virtual reality environments. However, interaction with objects in th...
Informal prototyping tools have shown great potential in facilitating the early stage design of user interfaces. However, continuous interactions, an important constituent of high...