Query-by-example is the most popular query model for today’s image retrieval systems. A typical query image contains not only relevant objects (e.g., Eiffel Tower), but also ir...
We present NetTraveler a database middleware system for WANs that is designed to efficiently run queries over sites that are either mobile clients or enterprise servers. NetTravel...
Elliot A. Vargas-Figueroa, Manuel Rodriguez-Martin...
Declustering techniques reduce query response time through parallel I/O by distributing data among multiple devices. Except for a few cases it is not possible to find declusterin...
The rise of GPS and broadband-speed wireless devices has led to tremendous excitement about a range of applications broadly characterized as "location based services". Cu...
In this paper we consider the problem of learning hidden independent cascade social networks using exact value injection queries. These queries involve activating and suppressing a...