In this paper, we discuss why, in designing multiparty mediated systems, we should focus first on providing non-verbal cues which are less redundantly coded in speech than those n...
In this paper we consider the problem of searching for the best match for an input among a set of vectors, according to some predetermined metric. Examples of this problem include...
Near-Video-On-Demand (NVOD) entails the provision of viewing flexibility that approaches that of VOD to an unlimited number of viewers of a "hot" movie at afixed cost to...
This paper proposes a data pruning-based compression scheme to improve the rate-distortion relation of compressed images and video sequences. The original frames are pruned to a s...
This paper presents a novel implementation of a patient fall detection system that may be used for patient activity recognition and emergency treatment. Sensors equipped with accel...