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The Mobile Data Challenge: Big Data for Mobile Computing Research

This paper presents an overview of the Mobile Data Challenge (MDC), a large-scale research initiative aimed at generating innovations around smartphone-based research, as well as community-based evaluation of related mobile data analysis methodologies. Fir ...

2012

Refining preference-based search results through Bayesian filtering

Pearl Pu Faltings, Jiyong Zhang

Preference-based search (PBS) is a popular approach for helping consumers find their desired items from online catalogs. Currently most PBS tools generate search results by a certain set of criteria based on preferences elicited from the current user durin ...

Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY 10036-5701, United States2007

Medial axis approximation from inner Voronoi balls: A demo of the Mesecina tool

Mark Pauly

We illustrate a simple algorithm for approximating the medial axis of a 2D shape with smooth boundary from a sample of this boundary. The algorithm is compared to a more general approximation method that builds on the same idea, namely, to approximate the ...

2007

Partial and approximate symmetry detection for 3D geometry

Mark Pauly

"Symmetry is a complexity-reducing concept [...]; seek it every-where." - Alan J. Perlis Many natural and man-made objects exhibit significant symmetries or contain repeated substructures. This paper presents a new algorithm that processes geometric models ...

2006

Advanced virtual reality technologies for surveillance and security applications

Daniel Thalmann, Frédéric Vexo, Renaud Ott

We present a system that exploits advanced Virtual Reality technologies to create a surveillance and security system. Surveillance cameras are carried by a mini Blimp which is tele-operated using an innovative Virtual Reality interface with haptic feedback ...

2006

Packing a trunk - Now with a twist!

Friedrich Eisenbrand

In an industry project with a German car manufacturer we are faced with the challenge of placing a maximum number of uniform rigid rectangular boxes in the interior of a car trunk. The problem is of practical importance due to a European industry norm whic ...

2005

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