When we look at images taken from outdoor scenes, much of the information perceived is due to the ligthing conditions. In these scenes, the solar beams interact with the atmosphere...
Inspired by Weber's Law, this paper proposes a simple, yet very powerful and robust local descriptor, Weber Local Descriptor (WLD). It is based on the fact that human percept...
Jie Chen, Shiguang Shan, Guoying Zhao, Xilin Chen,...
Despite great efforts on the design of ultra-reliable components, the increase of system size and complexity has outpaced the improvement of component reliability. As a result, fa...
Jiexing Gu, Ziming Zheng, Zhiling Lan, John White,...
—The system architecture presented in this paper is designed for helping an aged person to live longer independently in their own home by detecting unusual and potentially hazard...
The demand for more computational power in science and engineering has spurred the design and deployment of ever-growing cluster systems. Even though the individual components use...