Very early in the object recognition process the human visual system extracts shading information. While shading can enhance the visibility of structures, it can have a negative i...
In multihop wireless networks, the variability of channels results in some paths providing better performance than other paths. While it is well known that some paths are better t...
By the end of 2001, an estimated 40 million people worldwide—2.7 million under age 15—were living with HIV/AIDS. More than 70 percent of these people (28.1 million) live in Su...
Videos contain rich information. Until recently, information within a video had been largely left under-utilized, with fast forward/rewind as the most popular method of accessing ...
Abstract--Transcoding is a key technique for reducing the bitrate of a previously compressed video signal. A high transcoding ratio may result in an unacceptable picture quality wh...