Advanced parallel processing technologies ; 6th International Workshop, APPT 2005, Hong Kong, China, October 27-28, 2005, Proceedings
APPT 2005: the 6th International Workshop on Advanced Parallel Processing Technologies. APPT is a biennial workshop on parallel and distributed processing. Its scope covers all aspects of parallel and distributed computing technologies , including architectures, software systems and tools, algorithms, and applications. This year, APPT 2005 received over 220 submissions from researchers all over the world. . The papers in this volume represent the forefront of research on parallel processing and related ?elds by researchers from China, Germany, USA, Korea, India, and other countries. The papers - cepted cover a wide range of exciting topics, including architectures, software, networking, and applications.
Advanced Man-Machine Interaction : Fundamentals and Implementation
Man-machine interaction is the gateway providing access to functions and services, which, due to the ever increasing complexity of smart systems, threatens to become a bottleneck. This book therefore introduces not only advanced interfacing concepts, but also gives insight into the related theoretical background.This refers mainly to the realization of video-based multimodal interaction via gesture, mimics, and speech, but also to interacting with virtual object in virtual environments, cooperating with local or remote robots, and user assistance. this book puts special emphasis on implementation aspects. To this end it is accompanied by software development environments for image processing, classification, and virtual environment implementation. In addition a test data base is included for gestures, head pose, facial expressions, full-body person recognition, and people tracking.
Advanced data mining and applications ; Vol. 4093 : 2nd International Conference, ADMA 2006, Xi'an, China, August 14-16, 2006, Proceedings
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Advanced Data Mining and Applications, ADMA 2006, held in Xi'an, China in August 2006. The 41 revised full papers and 74 revised short papers presented together with 4 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 515 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on association rules, classification, clustering, novel algorithms, text mining, multimedia mining, sequential data mining and time series mining, web mining, biomedical mining, advanced applications, security and privacy issues, spatial data mining, and streaming data mining.
Advanced data mining and applications ; Vol. 3584 ; 1st International Conference, ADMA 2005, Wuhan, China, July 22-24, 2005, Proceedings
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Advanced Data Mining and Applications, ADMA 2005, held in Wuhan, China in July 2005. The 25 revised full papers and 75 revised short papers presented were carefully peer-reviewed and The papers are organized in topical sections on association rules, classification, clustering, novel algorithms, text mining, multimedia mining, sequential data mining and time series mining, web mining, biomedical mining, advanced applications, security and privacy issues, spatial data mining, and streaming data mining.
Ad-Hoc, mobile, and wireless networks ; Vol.3738 ; 4th International conference, ADHOC-NOW 2005, Cancun, Mexico, October 6-8, 2005, Proceedings
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Ad-Hoc Networks and Wireless, ADHOiNOW 2005, The papers discuss architectures, protocols, and algorithms for: access control, scheduling, ad hoc and sensor networks analytic methods and modelling for performance evaluation, characterization, optimization, auto-configuration, incentives and pricing, location awareness, discovery, dependence, and management, mesh networks, new applications, power management, power control, and energy-efficiency, quality-of-service, resource allocation, multimedia, routing (unicast, multicast, etc.), security and privacy, service discovery, systems and testbeds, wireless internet, and data management.
Adaptive Multimedial Retrieval : Retrieval, User, and Semantics ; 5th International Workshop, AMR 2007, Paris, France, July 5-6, 2007 Revised Selected Papers
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Adaptive Multimedia Retrieval, AMR 2007, held in Paris, France, in July 2007.
Adaptive Multimedia Retrieval : User, Context, and Feedback ; Third International Workshop, AMR 2005, Glasgow, UK, July 28-29, 2005, Revised Selected Papers
This book is an extended collection of revised contributions that were initially submitted to the International Workshop on Adaptive Multimedia Retrieval (AMR 2005). This workshop was organized during July 28-29, 2005, at the U- versity of Glasgow, UK, as part of an information retrieval research festival and in co-location with the 19th International Joint Conference on Arti?cial Int- ligence (IJCAI 2005). AMR 2005 was the third and so far the biggest event of the series of workshops that started in 2003 with a workshop during the 26th German Conference on Arti?cial Intelligence (KI 2003) and continued in 2004 as part of the 16th European Conference on Arti?cial Intelligence (ECAI 2004).
Adaptive Multimedia Retrieval : User, Context, and Feedback ; 4th International Workshop, AMR 2006, Geneva, Switzerland, July, 27-28, 2006, Revised Selected Papers
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Adaptive Multimedia Retrieval, AMR 2006, held in Geneva, Switzerland in July 2006. this book provides a good and conclusive overview of the current research in the area of adaptive information retrieval.
Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web-Based Systems ; Second International Conference, AH 2002 Malaga, Spain, May 29 - 31, 2002 Proceedings
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web-Based Systems, AH 2002, held in Malaga, Spain, in May 2002.The 33 revised full papers and 23 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 109 submissions. Also included are three invited contributions, 30 posters, and 5 presentations given at the associated doctoral constortium. Among the topics covered are adaptive hypertext and hypermedia, user modeling, adaptive learning, adaptive tutoring systems, information retrieval, educational hypermedia systems, Web adaption, adaptive navigation, adaption and personalization.
Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web-Based Systems : 5th International Conference, AH 2008, Hannover, Germany, July 29 - August 1, 2008. Proceedings
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web-Based Systems, AH 2008, held in Hannover, Germany in July 2008.
A Practical Programming Model for the Multi-Core Era ; 3rd International Workshop on OpenMP, IWOMP 2007, Beijing, China, June 3-7, 2007 Proceedings
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the Third International Workshop on OpenMP, IWOMP 2007, held in Beijing, China, in June 2007.The 14 revised full papers and 8 revised short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 28 submissions. The papers address all topics related to OpenMP, such as OpenMP performance analysis and modeling, OpenMP performance and correctness tools and proposed OpenMP extensions, as well as applications in various domains, e.g., scientific computation, video games, computer graphics, multimedia, information retrieval, optimization, text processing, data mining, finance, signal and image processing, and numerical solvers.
A Portrait of State-of-the-Art Research at the Technical University of Lisbon
This book contains the edited version of the invited lectures that were delivered by prominent researchers at UTL. This book brings together in a review manner a comprehensive summary of high quality research contri- tions across basic and applied sciences. The contributing papers are organized around the following major areas: – Emergent areas (Nanosciences, Quantic Computations and Infor- tion, Risk and Volatility in Financial Markets); – Basic Sciences (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Materials); – Social Sciences, Economics and Management Sciences; – Life Sciences and Biotechnology; – Engineering and Technologies – Nature, Environment and Sustainability; – Public Health, Food Quality and Safety; – Health and Sport Sciences; – Urbanism, Transports, Architecture, Arts and Design.
A Modern Approach to Intelligent Animation : Theory and Practice
Part of the new series, Advanced Topics in Science and Technology in China, this book discusses concepts, theory, and core technologies of intelligent theory and human animation, including video based human animation, and intelligent technology of motion data management and reusing. It introduces systems developed to demonstrate the technologies of video based animation. Each chapter is independent. Lively pictures and demos will be presented to make the theory and technologies more understandable.
A History of Radionuclide Studies in the UK : 50th Anniversary of the British Nuclear Medicine Society
The British Nuclear Medicine Society celebrates its 50th Anniversary with this booklet, which reflects the research of many of the pioneers in the use of radionuclides for the diagnosis and therapy of human disease. Since 1949 there have been remarkable advances in radionuclide techniques and imaging equipment: from the first devices “home-made” in the many physics departments throughout the UK, to the sophisticated multimodality imagers now in everyday use in Nuclear Medicine. The BNMS has been instrumental in promoting the use of radionuclide techniques in the investigation of pathology by supporting and providing education, research and guidelines on the optimum use of radiation to help patients.













