The family of threshold algorithm (i.e., TA) has been widely studied for efficiently computing top-k queries. TA uses a sort-merge framework that assumes data lists are pre-sorted...
This paper describes a new method for fast speaker adaptation in large vocabulary recognition systems. As in most HMM-based recognizers, the observation densities are modeled as a...
Jacques Duchateau, Tobias Leroy, Kris Demuynck, Hu...
The discussions about learning management systems and reusable learning objects primarily focus on technical standardization issues. Standards such as SCORM or LTSC-LOM will yield...
Text is a pervasive information type, and many applications require querying over text sources in addition to structured data. This paper studies the problem of query processing i...
- With the increased complexity of platforms coupled with data centers’ servers sprawl, power consumption is reaching unsustainable limits. Memory is an important target for plat...