We present an effective optimization framework for general SQLlike map-reduce queries, which is based on a novel query algebra and uses a small number of higher-order physical ope...
Recently, the Web has been rapidly "deepened" by many searchable databases online, where data are hidden behind query forms. For modelling and integrating Web databases,...
Market analysis is a representative data analysis process with many applications. In such an analysis, critical numerical measures, such as profit and sales, fluctuate over time a...
Image gradients form powerful cues in a host of vision and graphics applications. In this paper, we consider multiple views of a textured planar scene and consider the problem of ...
Compressed pattern matching refers to the process of, given a text in a compressed form and a pattern, finding all the occurrences of the pattern in the text without decompressio...