ppxscal/embedding_network huggingface dataset:
The codes project at the University of Southwestern Louisiana
Authors: Joseph L. Linn, Subrata Dasgupta, Bruce D. Shriver
Venue: ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter (1983)

The Computer Science Department of the University of Southwestern Louisiana (USL) has a long history of involvement in the area of firmware engineering. The CODES project began in October, 1982. It brings together the experience gained in earlier work to focus on the design and implementation of an integrated suite of microprogramming tools. The primary participants in this project are Dr. Joseph L. Linn, Dr. Subrata Dasgupta, Dr. Bruce D. Shriver, several full-time and part-time graduate research assistants at both the M.Sc. and Ph.D. level and several undergraduate students. The CODES project has been supported, in part, via funding from the Advanced Technology Laboratory of the RCA Corporation.
Automatic analysis of medical dialogue in the home hemodialysis domain: structure induction and summarization
Authors: Ronilda C. Lacson, Regina Barzilay, William J. Long
Venue: Journal of Biomedical Informatics (2006)

Spoken medical dialogue is a valuable source of information for patients and caregivers. This work presents a first step towards automatic analysis and summarization of spoken medical dialogue. We first abstract a dialogue into a sequence of semantic categories using linguistic and contextual features integrated in a supervised machine-learning framework. Our model has a classification accuracy of 73%, compared to 33% achieved by a majority baseline (p < 0.01). We then describe and implement a summarizer that utilizes this automatically induced structure. Our evaluation results indicate that automatically generated summaries exhibit high resemblance to summaries wIitten by humans. In addition, task-based evaluation shows that physicians can reasonably answer questions related to patient care by looking at the automatically generated summaries alone, in contrast to the physicians' performance when they were given summaries from a naïve summarizer (p < 0.05). This work demonstrates the feasibility of automatically structuring and summarizing spoken medical dialogue.
GearBi: towards an online arbitration environment based on the design principles simplicity, awareness, orientation, and timeliness
Authors: Gerard A. W. Vreeswijk, Arno R. Lodder
Venue: Artificial Intelligence and Law (2005)

Arbitration is a preferred method for the resolution of international business disputes. As of yet, most publications on online arbitration deal with legal issues. In this paper, we present an Online arbitration environment that we believe facilitates the participants in a meaningful way. Our assumption is that an ODR service should be easy to use (convenient), and at the same time provide meaningful support. More specifically we have paid attention to four criteria that we believe are important, viz. simplicity, awareness, orientation and timeliness. The online arbitration service is called GearBi.
Rapid and brief communication: Classification of run-length encoded binary data
Authors: T. Ravindra Babu, M. Narasimha Murty, V. K. Agrawal
Venue: Pattern Recognition (2007)

In classification of binary featured data, distance computation is carried out by considering each feature. We represent the given binary data as run-length encoded data. This would lead to a compact or compressed representation of data. Further, we propose an algorithm to directly compute the Manhattan distance between two such binary encoded patterns. We show that classification of data in such compressed form would improve the computation time by a factor of 5 on large handwritten data. The scheme is useful in large data clustering and classification which depend on distance measures.
Fourth-order balanced source term treatment in central WENO schemes for shallow water equations
Authors: V. Caleffi, A. Valiani, A. Bernini
Venue: Journal of Computational Physics (2006)

The aim of this work is to develop a well-balanced central weighted essentially non-oscillatory (CWENO) method, fourth-order accurate in space and time, for shallow water system of balance laws with bed slope source term. Time accuracy is obtained applying a Runge-Kutta scheme (RK), coupled with the natural continuous extension (NCE) approach. Space accuracy is obtained using WENO reconstructions of the conservative variables and of the water-surface elevation. Extension of the applicability of the standard CWENO scheme to very irregular bottoms, preserving high-order accuracy, is obtained introducing two original procedures. The former involves the evaluation of the point-values of the flux derivative, coupled with the bed slope source term. The latter involves the spatial integration of the source term, analytically manipulated to take advantage from the regularity of the free-surface elevation, usually smoother than the bottom elevation. Both these procedures satisfy the C-property, the property of exactly preserving the quiescent flow. Several standard one-dimensional test cases are used to verify high-order accuracy, exact C-property, and good resolution properties for smooth and discontinuous solutions.
The Glitterguru on Photoshop: From Concept to Cool
Authors: Suzette Troche-Stapp, Suzette Troche
Venue:  (2003)

Suzette Troche-Stapp, "the glitterguru", one of the most successful and sought-after photographers/digital artists today, has written the book she wishes had existed when she started working professionally. Here, she divulges her secrets culled from years of producing commercial digital art, from how to think about images, setting up images at photo shoots, retouching secrets, to composing an entire business package. She covers the entire process of image creation and development from start to finish (from concept to cool!). Reading this book is like shadowing Suzette throughout her career -- both from an art and business perspective. If you're on a professional path with Photoshop -- whether just starting or already on your way -- this book will inspire and educate you. The book is geared toward both photographers and digital artists and is chock-full of all the gems Suzette has learned along the way. Suzette's spunk combined with the eye-catching images and design make this book as fun and visually appealing as it is practical. Check out the sample material and you'll get the idea. glittergure on Photoshop: From Concept to Cool was the Winner of the Designer's Bookshelf award for Most Exciting New Photoshop Book
The Logic Programming Paradigm
Authors: Jürgen Dix
Venue: AI Communications (1998)

This is a detailed report about the Logic Programming Paradigm, an international meeting that took place in Shakertown near Lexington, Kentucky, USA from April 24 to April 27 (see URL&colon; http&colon;//www.cs.engr.uky.edu/ <formula>\sim</formula>inna/lpp.\break html). Past and current activities in Logic Programming were described and the future of the field was critically discussed.
Microprogramming at Vanderbilt University
Authors: R. I. Winner
Venue: ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter (1983)

The Computer Science Department of Vanderbilt University is actively pursuing a research program in microprogramming and related engineering. Projects at this time are being directed by Dr. Robert I. Winner with the participation of several graduate students, E. Michael Carter (Ph.D candidate), J. Eric Roskos (Ph.D student), Leonard B. Reed (Ph.D student), Thomas M. Wood (M.S. student), and Richard L. Booth (M.E. student).
Entropy-Driven online active learning for interactive calendar management
Authors: Julie S. Weber, Martha E. Pollack
Venue: Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces (2007)

We present a new algorithm for active learning embedded within an interactive calendar management system that learns its users' scheduling preferences. When the system receives a meeting request, the active learner selects a set of alternative solutions to present to the user; learning is then achieved by noting the user's preferences for the selected schedule over the others presented. To achieve the goals of presenting solutions that meet the user's needs while enhancing the preference-learning process, we introduce a new approach to active learning that makes online decisions about the technique to use in selecting the schedules to present in response to each meeting request. The decision is based on the entropy of the available options: a highly diverse set of possible solutions calls for a selection technique that chooses instances that are different from one another, maximizing coarse-grained learning, whereas a set of possible solutions containing little diversity is met with a selection strategy that promotes fine-grained learning. We present experimental results that indicate that our entropy-driven approach provides a better balance between learning efficiency and user satisfaction than static selection techniques.
DB2 Udb for Z/os Version 8: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know , ... And More
Venue:  (2005)

IBM DATABASE 2 Universal Database Server for z/OS Version 8 is the twelfth and largest release of DB2 for MVS. It brings new synergy with the zSeries hardware and is the first major subsystem to exploit the z/OS 64-bit virtual addressing capabilities. DB2 V8 offers data support, application development, and query functionality enhancements for e-business, while building upon the traditional characteristics of availability, exceptional scalability, and performance for the enterprise of choice. DB2 Version 8 has been re-engineered for e-business, with many fundamental changes in architecture and structure. Key improvements enhance scalability, application porting, security, and continuous availability. Management for very large databases is made much easier, while 64-bit virtual storage support makes management simpler and improves scalability and availability. This new version breaks through many old limitations in the definition of DB2 objects, including SQL improvements, schema evolution, longer names for tables and columns, longer SQL statements, enhanced Java and Unicode support, enhanced utilities, and many more advantages. This IBM Redbook introduces the many enhancements made available with DB2 V8. It will help you understand the functions offered by DB2 V8, and provides information to help you to evaluate their applicability to your environment, as well as to plan for the installation of DB2 V8 or the migration from DB2 V7. The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player
A framework for gene expression analysis
Authors: Andreas W. Schreiber, Ute Baumann
Venue: Bioinformatics (2007)

Motivation: Global gene expression measurements as obtained, for example, in microarray experiments can provide important clues to the underlying transcriptional control mechanisms and network structure of a biological cell. In the absence of a detailed understanding of this gene regulation, current attempts at classification of expression data rely on clustering and pattern recognition techniques employing ad-hoc similarity criteria. To improve this situation, a better understanding of the expected relationships between expression profiles of genes associated by biological function is required. Results: It is shown that perturbation expansions familiar from biological systems theory make precise predictions for the types of relationships to be expected for expression profiles of biologically associated genes, even if the underlying biological factors responsible for this association are not known. Classification criteria are derived, most of which are not usually employed in clustering algorithms. The approach is illustrated by using the AtGenExpress Arabidopsis thaliana developmental expression map. Contact: andreas.schreiber@adelaide.edu.au Supplementary information: Supplementary material is available at Bioinformatics online.
Face recognition using a kernel fractional-step discriminant analysis algorithm
Authors: Guang Dai, Dit-Yan Yeung, Yun-Tao Qian
Venue: Pattern Recognition (2007)

Feature extraction is among the most important problems in face recognition systems. In this paper, we propose an enhanced kernel discriminant analysis (KDA) algorithm called kernel fractional-step discriminant analysis (KFDA) for nonlinear feature extraction and dimensionality reduction. Not only can this new algorithm, like other kernel methods, deal with nonlinearity required for many face recognition tasks, it can also outperform traditional KDA algorithms in resisting the adverse effects due to outlier classes. Moreover, to further strengthen the overall performance of KDA algorithms for face recognition, we propose two new kernel functions: cosine fractional-power polynomial kernel and non-normal Gaussian RBF kernel. We perform extensive comparative studies based on the YaleB and FERET face databases. Experimental results show that our KFDA algorithm outperforms traditional kernel principal component analysis (KPCA) and KDA algorithms. Moreover, further improvement can be obtained when the two new kernel functions are used.
Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Vista(TM) Unleashed
Authors: Paul McFedries
Venue:  (2006)

Microsoft® Windows® Vista™ UnleashedPaul McFedriesMicrosoft® Windows® Vista™ Unleashed is a book for people, like you, who don't consider themselves to be “average users.” It's a book for anyone who finds that doing things the official way is slower, less efficient, and less powerful because Windows Vista was designed from the ground up to avoid confusing novice users. The result is default settings that restrict flexibility, interminable wizards that turn two-step tasks into twelve-step sagas, and the hiding of powerful and useful programs behind layers of menus and dialog boxes. To unleash the potential of Windows Vista, you need a different approach that blows away Vista's novice features and scorns the standard way of doing things.This book goes beyond the standard-issue techniques sanctioned by Microsoft and parroted in other Windows Vista books. Instead, this book offers shortcuts for boosting your productivity, customizations for making Windows Vista work the way you do, workarounds for known Windows Vista problems, and warnings for avoiding Windows Vista pitfalls. Along the way, you'll learn about all kinds of insider details, undocumented features, powerful tools, and background facts that help put everything into perspective. Learn what's new in Windows Vista Customize Windows Vista startup Troubleshoot software and hardware problems Tune Windows Vista's performance Automate Windows Vista with powerful and flexible scripts Implement Internet security and privacy features Configure and administer a small network Get the most out of Control Panel, group policies, the Registry, Device Manager, and other powerful tools Set up a complete maintenance program to keep Windows Vista running smoothly Discover a complete list of Windows Vista shortcut keys, a detailed look at the Command Prompt, and a batch file primer Master the new desktop search engine and learn how to group, stack, and filter files Understand and work with Windows Vista's User Account Control security feature Get the most out of your Tablet PC Take advantage of new Internet features such as RSS feeds, multiple home pages, and tabbed browsingPaul McFedries is the president of Logophilia Limited, a technical writing company. He has been working with computers for more than 30 years and has been using Microsoft Windows since version 1. Paul has written more than 50 books that have sold over three million copies worldwide.Category:ï¾ Microsoft Operating SystemsCovers:ï¾ Microsoft Windows VistaUser Level:ï¾ Intermediate-Advancedwww.samspublishing.com$49.99 USA / $61.99 CAN / £35.99 Net UK
An image-hiding method with high hiding capacity based on best-block matching and k-means clustering
Authors: Ran-Zan Wang, Yao-De Tsai
Venue: Pattern Recognition (2007)

This paper presents a novel image-hiding method that exhibits a high hiding capacity that allows the embedded important image to be larger than the cover image, a facility that is seldom described in the literature. In the proposed method, the entire important image is divided into many nonoverlapping blocks. For each block of the important image, a block-matching procedure is used to search for the best similar block from a series of numbered candidate blocks. The obtained indices of the best-matching blocks are encoded using Huffman coding scheme, and then recorded in the least-significant-bit planes of the cover image through a monoalphabetic transposition cipher. The proposed method exhibits the following advantages over existing methods: (1) a high hiding capacity such that the embedded important image can be larger than the cover image; (2) a stego-image with a high quality, which improves the secrecy of the hidden image; and (3) a small error between the extracted important image and the original important image indicating that the extracted important image is of acceptable quality.
Fat graphs: constructing an interactive character with continuous controls
Authors: Hyun Joon Shin, Hyun Seok Oh
Venue: Proceedings of the 2006 ACM SIGGRAPH/Eurographics symposium on Computer animation (2006)

This paper proposes a methodology that allows users to control character's motion interactively but continuously. Inspired by the work of Gleicher et al. [GSKJ03], we propose a semi-automatic method to build fat graphs where a node corresponds to a pose and its incoming and outgoing edges represent the motion segments starting from and ending at similar poses. A group of edges is built into a fat edge that parameterizes similar motion segments into a blendable form. Employing the existing motion transition and blending methods, our run-time system allows users to control a character interactively in continuous parameter spaces with conventional input devices such as joysticks and the mice. The capability of the proposed methodology is demonstrated through several applications. Although our method has some limitations on motion repertories and qualities, it can be adapted to a number of real-world applications including video games and virtual reality applications.
Apple Training Series: iWork 06 with iLife 06 (Apple Training)
Authors: Richard Harrington
Venue:  (2006)

The second generation of Apple's iWork productivity suite is poised to allow mac users to create, present and publish their work with style! iWork '06 features two powerful applications for creating everything from newsletters to business presentations. With Pages 2 you can quickly create a wide variety of stunning documents and with Keynote 3 you can produce quality presentations and more. Here to show users how to take their creative projects to new heights is the only Apple-certified curriculum for the iWork '06 suite. This self-paced learning tool takes readers step-by-step through practical, real-word projects, teaching all aspects of iWork '06. Coverage includes iWork's new shared features including creating tables with calculations, three-dimensional charts and freeform shapes and masks. The reader will also learn about all of the exciting additional features including the new Apple-designed templates within Pages 2 and the new cinematic tranistions in Keynote 3.
An HLA-based multiagent system for optimized resource allocation after strong earthquakes
Authors: Frank Fiedrich
Venue: Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation (2006)

In this paper the author presents a distributed simulation system for disaster response activities based on the High Level Architecture (HLA). This simulation system focuses on resource management issues including the allocation of scarce response resources to operational areas and it consists of three major components: (1) simulators for the disaster environment, e.g., simulators for damages, casualties and fire spread, (2) simulators for the operations of personnel and technical equipment and (3) some auxiliary simulators. A Multiagent System which models resource allocation tasks within an Emergency Operation Center (EOC) is linked to this simulation. This paper describes the overall architecture of the system and presents some results based on a prototype implementation.
Computing Essentials 2008, Complete Edition, 19 edition
Authors: Timothy J. O'Leary, Linda I. O'Leary
Venue:  (2007)

Table of contents Computing Essentials 2008, Complete EditionChapter 1 Information Technology, the Internet, and YouChapter 2 The Internet, the Web, and Electronic CommerceChapter 3 Basic Application SoftwareChapter 4 Specialized Application SoftwareChapter 5 System SoftwareChapter 6 The System UnitChapter 7 Input and OutputChapter 8 Secondary StorageChapter 9 Communication and NetworksChapter 10 Privacy and SecurityChapter 11 Information SystemsChapter 12 DatabasesChapter 13 Systems Analysis and DesignChapter 14 Programming and LanguagesChapter 15 Your Future and Information TechnologyAppendices The Evolution of the Computer AgeThe Buyer’s Guide: How to Buy Your Own Microcomputer SystemThe Upgrade’s Guide: How to Upgrade Your Microcomputer System
Argos: an emulator for fingerprinting zero-day attacks for advertised honeypots with automatic signature generation
Authors: Georgios Portokalidis, Asia Slowinska, Herbert Bos
Venue: ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review (2006)

As modern operating systems and software become larger and more complex, they are more likely to contain bugs, which may allow attackers to gain illegitimate access. A fast and reliable mechanism to discern and generate vaccines for such attacks is vital for the successful protection of networks and systems. In this paper we present Argos, a containment environment for worms as well as human orchestrated attacks. Argos is built upon a fast x86 emulator which tracks network data throughout execution to identify their invalid use as jump targets, function addresses, instructions, etc. Furthermore, system call policies disallow the use of network data as arguments to certain calls. When an attack is detected, we perform 'intelligent' process- or kernel-aware logging of the corresponding emulator state for further offline processing. In addition, our own forensics shellcode is injected, replacing the malevolent shellcode, to gather information about the attacked process. By correlating the data logged by the emulator with the data collected from the network, we are able to generate accurate network intrusion detection signatures for the exploits that are immune to payload mutations. The entire process can be automated and has few if any false positives, thus rapid global scale deployment of the signatures is possible.