: We present a new iterative method for probabilistic clustering of data. Given clusters, their centers and the distances of data points from these centers, the probability of clus...
Schema mappings are high-level specifications that describe the relationship between two database schemas. Two operators on schema mappings, namely the composition operator and th...
Ronald Fagin, Phokion G. Kolaitis, Lucian Popa, Wa...
A Private Information Retrieval (PIR) protocol allows a database user, or client, to obtain information from a data- base in a manner that prevents the database from knowing which...
Free-discontinuity problems describe situations where the solution of interest is defined by a function and a lower dimensional set consisting of the discontinuities of the funct...
While zoomable user interfaces can improve the usability of applications by easing data access, a drawback is that some users tend to become lost after they have zoomed in. Previo...