This paper presents a hybrid approach to question answering in the clinical domain that combines techniques from summarization and information retrieval. We tackle a frequently-oc...
We present a general method of parallel query processing that allows scalable performance on distributed inverted files. The method allows the realization of a hybrid that combin...
Embodied conversational agents should be able to provide feedback on what a human interlocutor is saying. We are compiling a list of facial feedback expressions that signal attenti...
Dirk Heylen, Elisabetta Bevacqua, Marion Tellier, ...
Content-based image search on the Internet is a challenging problem, mostly due to the semantic gap between low-level visual features and high-level content, as well as the excess...
The number of personal multimedia objects, such as digital photographs and videos, are exploding on the web through popular sites such as Flickr, YouTube, and FaceBook hosting bil...