This thesis addresses the problem of source quality changes in Data Integration Systems. Its main goal is to propose techniques for maintaining as much as possible the satisfaction...
Achieving goals of better integrated and responsive government services requires moving away from stand alone applications toward more comprehensive, integrated architectures. As ...
We present a parameter free approach that utilizes multiple cues for image segmentation. Beginning with an image, we execute a sequence of bottom-up aggregation steps in which pix...
This paper examines the non-linear nature of progress on software projects. It asserts that this uneven accomplishment stems from the continuous need to drive value quickly in res...
— One might expect that after nearly 50 years of research in robot manipulation and mobile robotics the architectural design of robot systems has converged to a small set of best...