One of the most significant problems in the field of image retrieval results from the lack of a common test bed for the evaluation of the systems. So far, many of the methods used in the field of information retrieval ...

We report our experiences from participating to the controlled experiment of the ImageCLEF 2010 Wikipedia Retrieval task. We built an experimental search engine which combines multilingual and multi-image search, employing ...

Image indexing refers to describing the visual multimedia content of a medium, using high level textual information or/and low level descriptors. In most cases, images and videos are associated with noisy and incomplete ...

In this paper we present a novel colorization technique that manages to significantly reduce color bleeding artifacts caused by weak object boundaries and also requires only abstract color indications and placement from ...

Content-based image retrieval (CBIR) with global features is notoriously noisy, especially for image queries with low percentages of relevant images in a collection. Moreover, CBIR typically ranks the whole collection, ...

Πριν λίγους μήνε<;, ένας ακόμα ενενηντάχρονος μετά τον Βραζιλιάνο Oscar Niemeyer, Ινδός αυτή τη φορά, γίνεται ο 450ς αρχιτέκτων στον οποίο απονέμεται το βραβείο Pritzker ( το αντίστοιχο Nobel για την Αρχιτεκτονική) για ...

Μια περίεργη φιγούρα, με έναν ηλεκτρικό κοπτικό τροχό, γονατιστή, χαράζει αργά ένα τετράγωνο σχήμα στην αυλή ενός μνημειακού κτηρίου. Το δάπεδο είναι στρωμένο με σκληρούς κυβόλιθους, γεγονός που καθιστά την χάραξη ...

πιμελήτριες της τελευταίας (26/5-25/11) Biennale Αρχιτεκτονικής στη Βενετία ήταν δύο κυρίες αρχιτέκτονες από την lρλανδία, οι Yvonne Farrell και Shelley MacNamara. Γνωστές ως «Grafton » Architects, με αρκετά έργα σε ...

The attitudinal factorial model with positive and negative attitudes which is proposed in this study adds depth to the factorial models already existing in the literature, since it includes general export attitudes, export ...

The primary objective of this article is to review the evolution of urban land-use survey methodologies during the last century, with a special focus on the methodologies concerning field surveys that are conducted for ...