Author: SRI International
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No Girls Allowed
Discusses girls’ use of computers and examines why they are often discouraged and lose interest.
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Ziplock Snakes
We propose a snake-based approach that lets a user specify only the distant endpoints of the curve he wishes to delineate without having to supply an almost complete polygonal approximation.
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Indefeasible Semantics and Defeasible Pragmatics
I propose a fine structure of the preferential interpretation in pragmatics in terms of defeasible rule interactions. A logical implementation of the preferential rule interactions is proposed using prioritized circumscription, a nonmonotonic reasoning formalism in AI.
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Registration without Correspondences
We present a method for registering images of complex 3-D surfaces that does not require explicit correspondences between features across the images.
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Distinguishing Knowledge Bases and Data Bases: Who’s on First and What’s on Second
This paper compares and contrasts relational data base management systems (RDBMSs) and frame knowledge representation systems (FRSs). We compare the capabilities that RDBMSs and FRSs provide to designers and users of computer information systems.
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Using 3-Dimensional Meshes to Combine Image-Based and Geometry Constraints
A unified framework for 3-D shape reconstruction allows us to combine image-based and geometry-based information sources. The image information is akin to stereo and shape-from-shading, while the geometric information may be provided in the form of 3-D points, 3-D features or 2-D silhouettes.
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TerraVision: A Terrain Visualization System
The system uses a multi-resolution representation of the terrain data divided into equal-sized subimages called tiles.
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Learning Control Parameters of a Vision Process Using Contextual Information
This paper presents a method for the system itself to learn how to select among its algorithms and to set their parameters, reducing the need for operator expertise while improving efficiency at the same time.
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A Robust Approach to Image Matching: Recovery of the Epipolar Geometry
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Commentary on Kyburg
A central tenet of the view is that the best theory or rational reconstruction of our mental lives will find a central and ineliminable goal for the attitude of full or flat out belief.
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Toward Multimodal Support of Interpreted Telephone Dialogues
Irrespective of whether our goal is the eventual automation of interpreted, telephone calls, or simply the support of human interpreters during such calls, our ultimate success would be enhanced by a clear understanding of how human telephone interpretation actually is conducted.
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Computing motion and structure in image sequences without calibration
This paper proposes an algebraic method to generalize the usual equations of structure from motion, when calibration is not available.