—This paper describes a new method to explore and discover within a large data set. We apply techniques from preference elicitation to automatically identify data elements that a...
Query expansion has long been suggested as an effective way to resolve the short query and word mismatching problems. A number of query expansion methods have been proposed in tra...
Location-Based Services (LBSs) utilize information about users' locations through location-aware mobile devices to provide services, such as nearest features of interest, the...
This paper explores a new approach to community building. It is based on the concept of salutogenesis; a proactive approach to community health which seeks preventative measures i...
Cloud computing offers new approaches for scientific computing that leverage the major commercial hardware and software investment in this area. Closely coupled applications are s...