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Conferences

On the Existence of Face Quality Measures

Author(s)
P J. Phillips, J. R. Beveridge, David Bolme, Bruce A. Draper, Geof H. Givens, Yui M. Lui, Su L. Cheng, Mohammad N. Teli, Hao Zhang
We address the problem of the existence of quality measures for face recognition. We introduce the concept of an oracle quality measure, which is an optimal

Propagation of Facial Identities in a Social Network

Author(s)
P J. Phillips, Tao Wu, Rama Chellappa
We address the problem of automated face recognition on a social network using a loopy belief propagation frame- work. The proposed approach propagates the

Unexpected effect of thermal storage observed on SiC power DMOSFET

Author(s)
Zakariae Chbili, Pragya R. Shrestha, Jason P. Campbell, John S. Suehle, Kin P. Cheung, D. E. Ioannou
In this paper we report an unexpected improvement in the SiC DMOSFET transistor characteristics after a long temperature treatment at 150 C. The evolution of

The TREC Medical Records Track

Author(s)
Ellen M. Voorhees
The Text REtrieval Conference (TREC) is a series of annual workshops designed to build the infrastructure for large-scale evaluation of search systems and thus

Characterizing and Back-Porting Performance Improvement

Author(s)
Clif Flynt, Phil Brooks, Donald G. Porter
The Tcl interpreter is constantly being modified and improved. Improvements include new features and performance boosts. Everyone wants to use the latest

IMPROVEMENTS TO NIST'S AIR SPEED CALIBRATION SERVICE

Author(s)
Iosif I. Shinder, Christopher J. Crowley, Bernard J. Filla, Michael R. Moldover
We discuss five significant improvements to the Air Speed Calibration Service conducted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): 1. Reduced

Measuring the UV Action Spectra of Pathogens and Surrogates

Author(s)
Karl G. Linden, Harold B. Wright, Sara E. Beck, Thomas M. Hargy, Thomas C. Larason, Randi M. McCuin
The use of bioassays to determine reduction equivalent doses delivered by UV reactors is recognized as an effective measure of UV disinfection systems. Low

GPS Integrity Architecture Opportunities

Author(s)
Marc A. Weiss, Calvin Miles, Karl J. Kovach, John Dobyne, Karen Van Dyke
The Global Positioning System (GPS) integrity architecture forms the basis for several GPS integrity augmentation systems, most notably, the Wide Area
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