In this paper, we propose a system called TravelScope that helps users experience virtual tours by presenting information mined from user-generated travelogues and photos. The sys...
Qiang Hao, Rui Cai, Jiang-Ming Yang, Rong Xiao, Li...
Databases of text and text-annotated data constitute a significant fraction of the information available in electronic form. Searching and browsing are the typical ways that users...
Wisam Dakka, Panagiotis G. Ipeirotis, Kenneth R. W...
Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR) presents several challenges and has been subject to extensive research from many domains, such as image processing or database systems. Databa...
Ricardo da Silva Torres, Celmar G. Silva, Claudia ...
Today XML is an essential technology for knowledge management within enterprises and dissemination of data over the Web. Therefore the efficient evaluation of XML queries has been ...
The web services technology provides an approach for developing distributed applications by using simple and well defined interfaces. Due to the flexibility of this architecture, ...
Jim Lau, Lau Cheuk Lung, Joni da Silva Fraga, Giul...