In many retrieval tasks, one important goal involves retrieving a diverse set of results (e.g., documents covering a wide range of topics for a search query). First of all, this r...
This paper presents SRing, a structured non DHT P2P overlay that efficiently supports exact and range queries on multiple attribute values. In SRing, all attribute values are inte...
Facial feature tracking is a crucial and challenging task in computer vision. Recently online-learning methods have become increasingly popular on account of their strong ability ...
Scalable Distributed Data Structures (SDDS) store data in a file of key-based records distributed over many storage sites. The number of storage sites utilized grows and shrinks w...
Persistence of conversations has been found to be a useful feature in group chat tools. When conversations are stored and made accessible to all members of a group, they can facil...