Online reviews are an important source for consumers to evaluate products/services on the Internet (e.g. Amazon, Yelp, etc.). However, more and more fraudulent reviewers write fake...
In this paper, the problem of safe exploration in the active learning context is considered. Safe exploration is especially important for data sampling from technical and industria...
Abstract. Factorization machines are a generic framework which allows to mimic many factorization models simply by feature engineering. In this way, they combine the high predictiv...
Suppose we are given a set of databases, such as sales records over different branches. How can we characterise the differences and the norm between these datasets? That is, what a...
In this paper we propose a computer vision-based technique that mines existing spatial image databases for discovery of zebra crosswalks in urban settings. Knowing the location of...
Dragan Ahmetovic, Roberto Manduchi, James M. Cough...
Three-dimensional printed models are important learning tools for blind people. Unlike tactile graphics, there is no standard accessible way to label these models. We present Talk...
While screen reading technologies offer considerable promise to individuals who are blind by providing an accessible overview of web-based content, difficulties can be faced deter...
The HandSight project investigates how wearable micro-cameras can be used to augment a blind or visually impaired user’s sense of touch with computer vision. Our goal is to supp...
Leah Findlater, Lee Stearns, Ruofei Du, Uran Oh, D...
Non-visual text-entry for people with visual impairments has focused mostly on the comparison of input techniques reporting on performance measures, such as accuracy and speed. Wh...
An electrolarynx is a type of speaking aid device which is able to mechanically generate excitation sounds to help laryngectomees produce electrolaryngeal (EL) speech. Although EL...
Kou Tanaka, Tomoki Toda, Graham Neubig, Sakriani S...