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Shift-map Image Registration

Shift-map image processing is a new framework based on energy minimization over a large space of labels. The optimization utilizes $\alpha$-expansion moves and iterative refinement over a Gaussian pyramid. In this paper we extend the range of applications to image registration. To do this, new data and smoothness terms have to be constructed. We note a great improvement when we measure pixel simi

It never ends: Digital camera and digital pictures as a rehabilitation aid for people with aphasia

This paper describes a longitudinal study involving a woman who developed aphasia as the result of a stroke in 1991. Her language and communication abilities have gradually improved, but the biggest improvements have taken place after she began using a digital camera in 1997. The paper describes both changes that have been objectively measured, such as the number of words in her vocabulary and her

A task-based approach to data and context management in a virtual personal server space

This paper presents our vision for an activity based pervasive com- puting system based on a virtual personal server space. Our target demographic is a group of elder computer users. Using collaborative inter1faces technologies; we focus on reminiscence activities for their use in promoting social and intel- lectual fitness. Current computer applications while designed for single use are not suita

An algorithm for improved stability of DSL networks using spectrum balancing

The proper management of the signal to noise ratio margin is important for improving the stability of digital subscriber line (DSL) networks and increasing the customer satisfaction regarding services such as triple-play. This work presents a novel algorithm for multiuser margin optimization that benefits from the relationships between power and margin adaptation. The proposed multiuser margin max

When Enemies are Friends - Warfare relations in DRC Congo.

This paper explores wartime relationships and the culture of armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Without exceptions, the crises in the Congo must be framed in local-global correlations, i.e. in terms of criminal network activities and its linkages to mining businesses and exploitation of natural resources. In the eastern DRC the boundaries between the different armed groups and

Bodies, Desires, Identities. The Photography of Jan Saudek

Jan Saudek is an internationally renowned, yet academically unexplored photographer who makes staged, black and white (but often hand-coloured) photographs: obviously arranged, and erotically charged, images of the naked, semi-naked or dramatically costumed body. In this paper I present the work of Saudek, especially his performative self-portraits, and discuss the question of desire and subjectiv