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IPPS
2009
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
Parallel reconstruction of neighbor-joining trees for large multiple sequence alignments using CUDA
Computing large multiple protein sequence alignments using progressive alignment tools such as ClustalW requires several hours on state-of-the-art workstations. ClustalW uses a th...
Yongchao Liu, Bertil Schmidt, Douglas L. Maskell
IROS
2009
IEEE
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Novelty detection and 3D shape retrieval based on Gaussian Mixture Models for autonomous surveillance robotics
Abstract— This paper describes an efficient method for retrieving the 3-dimensional shape associated to novelties in the environment of an autonomous robot, which is equipped wi...
Pedro Núñez Trujillo, Paulo Drews, R...
IROS
2009
IEEE
139views Robotics» more  IROS 2009»
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Improving robot navigation in structured outdoor environments by identifying vegetation from laser data
— This paper addresses the problem of vegetation detection from laser measurements. The ability to detect vegetation is important for robots operating outdoors, since it enables ...
Kai M. Wurm, Rainer Kümmerle, Cyrill Stachnis...
CIS
2009
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
On the Role of Interpolation in the Normalization of Non-ideal Visible Wavelength Iris Images
Abstract—The growth in practical applications for iris biometrics has been accompanied by relevant developments in the underlying algorithms and techniques. Along with the resear...
Gil Melfe Mateus Santos, Hugo Pedro Martins Carric...
MHCI
2009
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
Expectations for user experience in haptic communication with mobile devices
The haptic modality – the sense of touch – is utilized very limitedly in current human-computer interaction. Especially in mobile communication, the haptic modality could prov...
Jani Heikkinen, Thomas Olsson, Kaisa Vää...