The Internet has become an unprecedented source of visual information about our world,
with millions of people uploading photos and videos to media-sharing sites at staggering …

A multiple view system uses two or more distinct views to support the investigation of a
single conceptual entity. Many such systems exist, ranging from computer-aided design …

Why do people tag? Users have mostly avoided annotating media such as photos--both in
desktop and mobile environments--despite the many potential uses for annotations …

An extension to the treemap method for the visualization of hierarchical information, such as
directory structures and Organization structures, is presented. The Standard treemap …

Briefly, the present invention provides a system and method including a user interface to
manage sets of digital files or data, comprising a rapid sort mechanism and an under lying …

A novel learning procedure, called FloatBoost, is proposed for learning a boosted classifier
for achieving the minimum error rate. FloatBoost learning uses a backtrack mechanism after …

A new boosting algorithm, called FloatBoost, is proposed to overcome the monotonicity
problem of the sequential AdaBoost learning. AdaBoost [1, 2] is a sequential forward search …

Since the beginning of the computer age, researchers from many disciplines have sought to
facilitate people's use of computers and to provide ways for scientists to make sense of the …

4d. Download server or a photo database that is resident on the central server, which is
updated by the client-server synchronization function; end-user search functionality to …

Eleven PC-owning families were interviewed at home about their use of conventional and
digital photos. They also completed photo diaries and recorded photo-sharing conversations …