Most casual users of IR systems type short queries. Recent research has shown that adding new words to these queries via adhoc feedback improves the retrieval e ectiveness of such ...
A new access method, called M-tree, is proposed to organize and search large data sets from a generic "metric space", i.e. where object proximity is only defined by a di...
In traditional computer games, it is not uncommon for the game world to be inhabited by numerous computergenerated characters, Non-Player Characters (NPCs). In pervasive games, pl...
Abstract. Extensive work has been done in recent years on automatically grouping words into categories. For example, {Wednesday, Monday, Tuesday} could be grouped into a `days of w...
Neil Rubens, Vera Sheinman, Takenobu Tokunaga, Mas...
In this paper, we introduce MITes, a flexible kit of wireless sensing devices for pervasive computing research in natural settings. The sensors have been optimized for ease of use,...
Emmanuel Munguia Tapia, Stephen S. Intille, Louis ...