A search engine that can handle TV programs and Web content in an integrated way is proposed. Conventional search engines have been able to handle Web content and/or data stored i...
The PC Desktop is a very rich repository of personal information, efficiently capturing user's interests. In this paper we propose a new approach towards an automatic persona...
Paul-Alexandru Chirita, Claudiu S. Firan, Wolfgang...
We consider the model of random trees introduced by Devroye [SIAM J Comput 28, 409– 432, 1998]. The model encompasses many important randomized algorithms and data structures. T...
Until recently, issues in image retrieval have been handled in DBMSs and in computer vision as separate research works. Nowadays, the trend is towards integrating the two approach...
Solomon Atnafu, Richard Chbeir, David Coquil, Lion...
Materialized views (MV) can significantly improve the query performance of relational databases. In this paper, we consider MVs to optimize complex scenarios where many heterogen...
Leonardo Weiss Ferreira Chaves, Erik Buchmann, Fab...