In this paper, we tackle the problem of characterizing the aesthetic appeal of consumer videos and automatically classifying them into high or low aesthetic appeal. First, we condu...
Architects use sketching and diagramming in their design process to perform functional reasoning, formal arrangements, analogy transfer, structure mapping, and knowledge acquisiti...
We consider the problems of Byzantine Agreement and Leader Election, where a constant fraction b < 1/3 of processors are controlled by a malicious adversary. The first problem...
Valerie King, Jared Saia, Vishal Sanwalani, Erik V...
This paper investigates the role of humor in non-task oriented (topic restriction free) human-computer dialogue, as well as the correlation between humor and emotions elicited by i...
Pawel Dybala, Michal Ptaszynski, Rafal Rzepka, Ken...
The deregulated electricity market calls for robust OPF tools that can provide (a) deterministic convergence, (b) accurate computation of a variety of nodal prices, (c) support of...