The Neural Basis Of Deictic Shifting In Linguistic Perspective-Taking In High-Functioning Autism,
2010
Carnegie Mellon University
The Neural Basis Of Deictic Shifting In Linguistic Perspective-Taking In High-Functioning Autism, Akiko Mizuno, Yanni Liu, Diane L. Williams, Timothy A. Keller, Nancy J. Minshew, Marcel Adam Just
Marcel Adam Just
No abstract provided.
Exploiting Half-Wits: Smarter Storage For Low-Power Devices,
2010
University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Exploiting Half-Wits: Smarter Storage For Low-Power Devices, Mastooreh Salajegheh, Yue Wang, Kevin Fu, Anxiao Jiang, Erik G. Learned-Miller
Erik G Learned-Miller
This work analyzes the stochastic behavior of writing to embedded flash memory at voltages lower than recom- mended by a microcontroller’s specifications to reduce energy consumption. Flash memory integrated within a microcontroller typically requires the entire chip to op- erate on common supply voltage almost double what the CPU portion requires. Our approach tolerates a lower supply voltage so that the CPU may operate in a more en- ergy efficient manner. Energy efficient coding algorithms then cope with flash memory that behaves unpredictably. Our software-only coding algorithms ( in-place writes , multiple-place writes , RS-Berger codes ) enable reliable storage …
Towards The Regulation Of Ubiquitous Mobile Government: A Case Study On Location-Based Emergency Services In Australia,
2010
University of Wollongong
Towards The Regulation Of Ubiquitous Mobile Government: A Case Study On Location-Based Emergency Services In Australia, Anas Aloudat, K. Michael
Professor Katina Michael
Mobile alerts, notifications and location-based emergency warning systems are now an established part of mobile government strategies in an increasing number of countries worldwide. In Australia the national emergency warning system (NEWS) was instituted after the tragic Black Saturday Victorian Bushfires of February 2009. NEWS has enabled the provision of public information from the government to the citizen during emergencies anywhere and any time. Moving on from traditional short message service (SMS) notifications and cell broadcasting to more advanced location-based services, this paper explores the major issues faced by government, business and society at large, toward the realization of a …
Dynamic Floating-Point Cancellation Detection,
2010
James Madison University
Dynamic Floating-Point Cancellation Detection, Michael O. Lam, Jeffrey K. Hollingsworth, G. W. Stewart
Michael O Lam
No abstract provided.
An Efficient Framework For Searching Text In Noisy Document Images,
2010
University of Massachusetts - Amherst
An Efficient Framework For Searching Text In Noisy Document Images, Ismet Zeki Yalniz, R. Manmatha
R. Manmatha
An efficient word spotting framework is proposed to search text in scanned books. The proposed method allows one to search for words when optical character recognition (OCR) fails due to noise or for languages where there is no OCR. Given a query word image, the aim is to retrieve matching words in the book sorted by the similarity. In the offline stage, SIFT descriptors are extracted over the corner points of each word image. Those features are quantized into visual terms (visterms) using hierarchical K-Means algorithm and indexed using an inverted file. In the query resolution stage, the candidate matches …
Analysis Of Operating Systems And Browsers: A Usage Metrics,
2010
university of Kashmir
Analysis Of Operating Systems And Browsers: A Usage Metrics, Zahid Ashraf Wani Dr., Mohammad Ishaq Lone Mr.
Zahid Ashraf Wani
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the growth of FOSS and proprietary operating systems and browsing software used in computers and various types of mobile phone devices around the world. Design/methodology/approach – The data is gathered from StatCounter (http://gs.statcounter.com) - one of the biggest web analytics service. The collected data is analysed keeping objectives of the study in view. Findings – It offers a thorough insight of yearly and cumulative growth of software industry. As for as OS market is concerned Mac OSX and Linux have increased their share. Linux has increased from 0.69% in 2009 …
A Ray Tracing Approach To Diffusion Curves,
2010
University of Massachusetts - Amherst
A Ray Tracing Approach To Diffusion Curves, John C. Bowers, Jonathan Leahey, Rui Wang
Rui Wang
Diffusion curves [OBW*08] provide a flexible tool to create smooth-shaded images from curves defined with colors. The resulting image is typically computed by solving a Poisson equation that diffuses the curve colors to the interior of the image. In this paper we present a new method for solving diffusion curves by using ray tracing. Our approach is analogous to final gathering in global illumination, where the curves define source radiance whose visible contribution will be integrated at a shading pixel to produce a color using stochastic ray tracing. Compared to previous work, the main benefit of our method is that …
Correlations And Anticorrelations In Lda Inference,
2010
University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Correlations And Anticorrelations In Lda Inference, Alexandre Passos, Hanna M. Wallach, Andrew Mccallum
Hanna M. Wallach
In this paper, we present preliminary work on identifying equivalent structures required by LDA, and how they affect inference of document-specific topic distributions. This work is based on the observation that when occurrences of a particular word type in a document could be explained by multiple topics, inference will almost always force the model to choose between these topics. Not only is this required by the structure of optimal solutions to the LDA inference problem (see lemma 4 of Sontag and Roy \cite{david11:compl}) but, intuitively, this is also why learning the topic-specific distributions over words is possible: by explaining all …
A Fast Alignment Scheme For Automatic Ocr Evaluation Of Books,
2010
University of Massachusetts - Amherst
A Fast Alignment Scheme For Automatic Ocr Evaluation Of Books, Ismet Zeki Yalniz, R. Manmatha
R. Manmatha
This paper aims to evaluate the accuracy of optical character recognition (OCR) systems on real scanned books. The ground truth e-texts are obtained from the Project Gutenberg website and aligned with their corresponding OCR output using a fast recursive text alignment scheme (RETAS). First, unique words in the vocabulary of the book are aligned with unique words in the OCR output. This process is recursively applied to each text segment in between matching unique words until the text segments become very small. In the final stage, an edit distance based alignment algorithm is used to align these short chunks of …
Mining Relational Structure From Millions Of Books,
2010
University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Mining Relational Structure From Millions Of Books, David A. Smith, R. Manmatha, James Allan
R. Manmatha
Existing large-scale scanned book collections have many short- comings for data-driven research, from OCR of variable quality to the lack of accurate descriptive and structural meta-data. We argue that complementary research in inferring relational metadata is important in its own right to support use of these collections and that it can help to mitigate other problems with scanned book collections.
Blstm Neural Network Based Word Retrieval For Hindi Documents,
2010
University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Blstm Neural Network Based Word Retrieval For Hindi Documents, Raman Jain, Volkmar Frinken, C. V. Jawahar, R. Manmatha
R. Manmatha
Retrieval from Hindi document image collections is a challenging task. This is partly due to the complexity of the script, which has more than 800 unique ligatures. In addition, segmentation and recognition of individual characters often becomes difficult due to the writing style as well as degradations in the print. For these reasons, robust OCRs are non existent for Hindi. Therefore, Hindi document repositories are not amenable to indexing and retrieval. In this paper, we propose a scheme for retrieving relevant Hindi documents in response to a query word. This approach uses BLSTM neural networks. Designed to take contextual information …
Review Of The Health Information Technology Initiatives In Maryland And Georgia,
2010
Carnegie Mellon University
Review Of The Health Information Technology Initiatives In Maryland And Georgia, Maurice Dawson, James Truesdale, Joshua Robinson
Maurice Dawson
Health Information Technology (IT) is an important topic within the health community currently. Many states must update their status in relation to the Strategic and Operation Plan under the State Cooperative Agreement. In this literature review the findings have been summarized in reference to what is proposed in three states. Key items reviewed are the following; governance, policy/legal, technical infrastructure, business and technical operations,communications/marketing, and relationships to Medicaid/Medicare. With regards to the States of Maryland and Georgia, the State Health Information Exchange (HIE) Cooperative Agreement Program will allow both states to enhance its existing strategic plan and to build an …
Utilization Of E-Learning Tools, Virtual Machines, & Open Source Software To Enhance Graduate Systems Engineering Programs,
2010
Morgan State University
Utilization Of E-Learning Tools, Virtual Machines, & Open Source Software To Enhance Graduate Systems Engineering Programs, Maurice Dawson, Darrell Burrell, William Emanuel
Maurice Dawson
This paper is a report on the findings of a study conducted on a graduate systems engineering course at an urban university in a group learning environment. The course, IEGR 501 Introduction to Advanced Systems Engineering, was a sixteen week course which took students with backgrounds in Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering and prepared them to understand the systems engineering subject matter more. As the future of education becomes more and more virtual it becomes essential that universities take full advantage of the available tools at their disposal.
Understanding The Need And Importance Of The Cloud Computing Environment Within The National Institute Of Food And Agriculture, An Agency Of The United States Department Of Agriculture,
2010
University of Missouri - St Louis
Understanding The Need And Importance Of The Cloud Computing Environment Within The National Institute Of Food And Agriculture, An Agency Of The United States Department Of Agriculture, Festus Onyegbula, Maurice Dawson, Jeffrey Stevens
Maurice Dawson
Aligning information systems to corporate goals has emerged as a leading concern over the last couple of decades. It is essential that we understand the need for cloud computing and how this technology can be implemented. Through this literature review we review theories of cloud computing and further elaborate on the theoretical framework for the implementation of cloud computing technology across organizations. We also detail cloud computing implementations across various governmental organizations and also across the industry. This review is expected to provide the current study with a more practical perspective on the issues and complexities of using cloud computing …
Exploring The Neural Dynamics Underpinning Individual Differences In Sentence Comprehension,
2010
University of Washington
Exploring The Neural Dynamics Underpinning Individual Differences In Sentence Comprehension, Chantel S. Prat, Marcel Adam Just
Marcel Adam Just
No abstract provided.
Applicability Of Web 2.0: Training For Tactical Military Applications,
2010
University of Missouri - St Louis
Applicability Of Web 2.0: Training For Tactical Military Applications, Maurice Dawson
Maurice Dawson
This paper is a report on the findings of a study conducted on a doctoral level virtual course utilizing Second Life for usability and interaction. The project from this course allowed for further exploration of training servicemen from other nations in decision making techniques to include a level of familiarization with various technologies. As Second Life is a low cost tool this could prove invaluable to offset training costs to involve getting servicemen to understand technologies through simulation. Currently the available tools are costly and as government looks for ways to save costs Second Life can prove to be a …
Clustering Algorithm Identification System Using Wavelet Transform,
2010
Philadelphia University
Clustering Algorithm Identification System Using Wavelet Transform, Philadelphia University
Philadelphia University, Jordan
No abstract provided.
An Interview With Mr Peter Mahy Of Howells Llp Who Represented S And Marper At The European Court Of Human Rights,
2010
University of Wollongong
An Interview With Mr Peter Mahy Of Howells Llp Who Represented S And Marper At The European Court Of Human Rights, Katina Michael, Peter Mahy
Associate Professor Katina Michael
Mr Peter Mahy, Partner at Howells LLP and the lawyer who represented S & Marper in front of the Grand Chamber at the European Court of Human Rights was interviewed by Katina Michael on the 10th of October 2009 while she was studying towards a Masters of Transnational Crime Prevention in the Faculty of Law at the University of Wollongong. In 2010 Peter Mahy received the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year award for his contribution to the field. Mahy received his honours law degree from Sheffield University and a Masters in Criminology from the University of Cambridge. He did …
The European Court Of Human Rights Ruling Against The Policy Of Keeping Fingerprints And Dna Samples Of Criminal Suspects In Britain, Wales And Northern Ireland: The Case Of S. And Marper V United Kingdom,
2010
University of Wollongong
The European Court Of Human Rights Ruling Against The Policy Of Keeping Fingerprints And Dna Samples Of Criminal Suspects In Britain, Wales And Northern Ireland: The Case Of S. And Marper V United Kingdom, Katina Michael
Associate Professor Katina Michael
In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (the PACE) contained powers for the taking of fingerprints, and samples in the form of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). In 2001, Section 64(1A) of the PACE was substituted with Section 82 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act. The change to legislation meant that a suspect of a crime would have their fingerprints and samples permanently stored on the police national computer (PNC) even after having been acquitted. This paper critically analyses the circumstances of the landmark case of S. AND MARPER V. THE UNITED KINGDOM in two …
On Optimizing Traffic Signal Phase Ordering In Road Networks,
2010
Missouri University of Science and Technology
On Optimizing Traffic Signal Phase Ordering In Road Networks, Jason Barnes, Vamsi Paruchuri, Sriram Chellappan
Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works
Traffic signals are an elementary component of all urban road networks and play a critical role in controlling the flow of vehicles. However, current road transportation systems and traffic signal implementations are very inefficient. the objective of this research is to evaluate optimal phase ordering within a signal cycle to minimize the average waiting delay and thus in turn minimizing fuel consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. through extensive simulation analysis, we show that by choosing optimal phase ordering, the stopped delay can be reduced by 40% per car at each signal resulting in a saving of up to 100 …
