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  • 17th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium: Work in Progress Sessions
    Archer, Myla; Heitmeyer, Constance; Binns, Pam; Arora, Gaurav; Stewart, David; Wellings, Andy; Beus-Dukis, Ljerka; Burns, Alan; Powell, David; Welch, Lonnie; Ravindran, Binoy; Harrison, Robert; Madden, Leslie; Masters, Michael; Mills, Wayne; Takada, Hiroaki; Wang, Cai-Dong; Sakamura, Ken; Huang, Giun-Haur; Ni, Shie-Kai; Kuo, Tei-Wei; Jain, Vishal; Spezialetti, Madalene; Gupta, Rajiv; Tew, Ken; Chrysantis, Panos; Mosse, Daniel; Yerraballi, Ramesh; Mukkamala, Ravi; Shi, Leyuan; Hwang, Philip; Deng, Z; Liu, J.W.-S.; Sun, J.; Al-Houmaily, Yousef; Goddard, Steve; Jeffay, Kevin (Boston University Computer Science Department, 1996-12-04)
    Dear Colleagues: This year marks the beginning of a new tradition within the Real-Time Systems Symposium, that of holding special sessions for the presentation of new and on-going projects in real-time systems. ...
  • 18th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium: Work in Progress Sessions
    Jones, Michael; Feeney, L.; Bernadat, P.; Travostino, F.; Gergeleit, M.; Mock, M.; Mejia-Alvarez, Pedro; de la Puente, Juan; Peticolas, D.; Stomp, F.; Lam, Kwok-Wa; Son, Sang; Hung, Sheung-Lun; Fohler, Gerhard; Jonsson, Jan; Petrov, Plamen; Stoyen, Alex; Cheng, Albert Mo Kim (Boston University Computer Science Department, 1997-12-01)
    Dear Colleagues: Following, the success of last year's Work In Progress (WIP) Sessions during RTSS'96, I am pleased to continue that tradition by presenting you 10 excellent WIP reports for RTSS'97. The prime purpose ...
  • 3D Hand Pose Estimation by Finding Appearance-Based Matches in a Large Database of Training Views
    Athitsos, Vassilis; Sclaroff, Stan (Boston University Computer Science Department, 2001)
    Ongoing work towards appearance-based 3D hand pose estimation from a single image is presented. A large database of synthetic hand views is generated using a 3D hand model and computer graphics. The views display different ...
  • 3D Hand Pose Reconstruction Using Specialized Mappings
    Rosales, Romer; Athitsos, Vassilis; Sigal, Leonid; Sclaroff, Stan (Boston University Computer Science Department, 2000-12-04)
    A system for recovering 3D hand pose from monocular color sequences is proposed. The system employs a non-linear supervised learning framework, the specialized mappings architecture (SMA), to map image features to likely ...
  • 3-D Object Recognition by the ART-EMAP Evidence Accumulation Network
    Carpenter, Gail A.; Ross, William D. (Boston University Center for Adaptive Systems and Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, 1993-11)
    ART-EMAP synthesizes adaptive resonance theory (AHT) and spatial and temporal evidence integration for dynamic predictive mapping (EMAP). The network extends the capabilities of fuzzy ARTMAP in four incremental stages. ...
  • 3D Trajectory Recovery for Tracking Multiple Objects and Trajectory Guided Recognition of Actions
    Rosales, Rómer; Sclaroff, Stan (Boston University Computer Science Department, 1998-12-04)
    A mechanism is proposed that integrates low-level (image processing), mid-level (recursive 3D trajectory estimation), and high-level (action recognition) processes. It is assumed that the system observes multiple moving ...
  • 3-D Vision and Figure-Ground Separation by Visual Cortex
    Grossberg, Stephen (Boston University Center for Adaptive Systems and Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, 1993-05)
    A neural network theory of :3-D vision, called FACADE Theory, is described. The theory proposes a solution of the classical figure-ground problem for biological vision. It does so by suggesting how boundary representations ...
  • 3'-UTR SIRF: A database for identifying clusters of short interspersed repeats in 3' untranslated regions
    Andken, Benjamin; Lim, In; Benson, Gary; Vincent, John; Ferenc, Matthew; Heinrich, Bianca; Jarzylo, Larissa; Man, Heng-Ye; Deshler, James (2007)
    BACKGROUND:Short (~5 nucleotides) interspersed repeats regulate several aspects of post-transcriptional gene expression. Previously we developed an algorithm (REPFIND) that assigns P-values to all repeated ...
  • 3'-UTR SIRF: A Database for Identifying Clusters of Whort Interspersed Repeats in 3' Untranslated Regions
    Andken, Benjamin B; Lim, In; Benson, Gary; Vincent, John J; Ferenc, Matthew T; Heinrich, Bianca; Jarzylo, Larissa A; Man, Heng-Ye; Deshler, James O (BioMed Central, 2007-7-30)
    BACKGROUND. Short (~5 nucleotides) interspersed repeats regulate several aspects of post-transcriptional gene expression. Previously we developed an algorithm (REPFIND) that assigns P-values to all repeated motifs in a ...
  • Abdominal Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue: A Protective Fat Depot?
    Porter, Stacy A.; Massaro, Joseph M.; Hoffmann, Udo; Vasan, Ramachandran S.; O'Donnel, Christopher J.; Fox, Caroline S. (American Diabetes Association, 2009-3-5)
    OBJECTIVE: Obesity is associated with increased metabolic and cardiovascular risk. The ectopic fat hypothesis suggests that subcutaneous fat may be protective, but this theory has yet to be fully explored. RESEARCH DESIGN ...
  • Accelerating Internet Streaming Media Delivery Using Network-Aware Partial Caching
    Shudong, Jin; Bestavros, Azer; Iyengar, Arun (Boston University Computer Science Department, 2001-10)
    Internet streaming applications are adversely affected by network conditions such as high packet loss rates and long delays. This paper aims at mitigating such effects by leveraging the availability of client-side caching ...
  • Accurate and Efficient Gesture Spotting via Pruning and Subgesture Reasoning
    Alon, Jonathan; Athitsos, Vassilis; Sclaroff, Stan (Boston University Computer Science Department, 2005-06-03)
    Gesture spotting is the challenging task of locating the start and end frames of the video stream that correspond to a gesture of interest, while at the same time rejecting non-gesture motion patterns. This paper proposes ...
  • Acoustic Space Movement Planning in a Neural Model of Motor Equivalent Vowel Production
    Johnson, Dave; Guenther, Frank H. (Boston University Center for Adaptive Systems and Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, 1995-03)
    Recent evidence suggests that speakers utilize an acoustic-like reference frame for the planning of speech movements. DIVA, a computational model of speech acquisition and motor equivalent speech production, has previously ...
  • Activation of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors by Chlorinated Hydrocarbons and Endogenous Steroids
    Zhou, Y C; Waxman, D J (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 1998-08)
    Trichloroethylene (TCE) and related hydrocarbons constitute an important class of environmental pollutants whose adverse effects on liver, kidney, and other tissues may, in part, be mediated by peroxisome proliferator-activated ...
  • Active Blobs
    Sclaroff, Stan; Isidoro, John (Boston University Computer Science Department, 1997-05-05)
    A new region-based approach to nonrigid motion tracking is described. Shape is defined in terms of a deformable triangular mesh that captures object shape plus a color texture map that captures object appearance. Photometric ...
  • Active Estimation of Distance in a Robotic Vision System that Replicates Human Eye Movement
    Santini, Fabrizio; Rucci, Michele (Boston University Center for Adaptive Systems and Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, 2005-01)
    Many visual cues, both binocular and monocular, provide 3D information. When an agent moves with respect to a scene, an important cue is the different motion of objects located at various distances. While a motion parallax ...
  • Active Hidden Models for Tracking with Kernel Projections
    Epstein, Samuel; Betke, Margrit (Boston University Computer Science Department, 2009-03-10)
    We introduce Active Hidden Models (AHM) that utilize kernel methods traditionally associated with classification. We use AHMs to track deformable objects in video sequences by leveraging kernel projections. We introduce ...
  • An Active Pattern Recognition Architecture for Mobile Robots
    Aguilar, J. Mario; Contreras-Vidal, Jose L. (Boston University Center for Adaptive Systems and Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, 1993-01)
    An active, attentionally-modulated recognition architecture is proposed for object recognition and scene analysis. The proposed architecture forms part of navigation and trajectory planning modules for mobile robots. Key ...
  • Active Voodoo Dolls: A Vision Based Input Device for Nonrigid Control
    Isidora, John; Sclaroff, Stan (Boston University Computer Science Department, 1998-02-16)
    A vision based technique for non-rigid control is presented that can be used for animation and video game applications. The user grasps a soft, squishable object in front of a camera that can be moved and deformed in order ...
  • Adaptation and Evaluation of the Clinical Impairment Assessment to Assess Disordered Eating Related Distress in an Adolescent Female Ethnic Fijian Population
    Becker, Anne E; Thomas, Jennifer J; Bainivualiku, Asenaca; Richards, Lauren; Navara, Kesaia; Roberts, Andrea L; Gilman, Stephen E; Striegel-Moore, Ruth H (Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2009-03-23)
    OBJECTIVE: Measurement of disease-related impairment and distress is central to diagnostic, therapeutic, and health policy considerations for eating disorders across diverse populations. This study evaluates psychometric ...

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