Advances in Visual Computing [[electronic resource] ] : Second International Symposium, ISVC 2006, Lake Tahoe, NV, USA, November 6-8, 2006, Proceedings, Part I / / edited by Richard Boyle, Bahram Parvin, Darko Koracin, Ara Nefian, Gopi Meenakshisundaram, Valerio Pascucci, Jiri Zara, Jose Molineros, Holger Theisel, Tom Malzbender

• Record Nr.: UNISA996466164703316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2006
• ISBN: 3-540-48631-3
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2006.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XXXII, 920 p.)
• Collana: Image Processing, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, and Graphics ; ; 4291
• Disciplina: 005.1
• Soggetti: Software engineering; Pattern recognition; Optical data processing; Artificial intelligence; Computer graphics; Algorithms; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems; Pattern Recognition; Image Processing and Computer Vision; Artificial Intelligence; Computer Graphics; Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: Activity Recognition Via Classification Constrained Diffusion Maps -- Generating and Updating Textures for a Large-Scale Environment -- Planar Surface Detection in Image Pairs Using Homographic Constraints -- Robust Quality-Scalable Transmission of JPEG2000 Images over Wireless Channels Using LDPC Codes -- A Novelty Detection Approach for Foreground Region Detection in Videos with Quasi-stationary Backgrounds -- Procedural Image Processing for Visualization -- ; Tracking of Individuals in Very Long Video Sequences -- A Natural Interface for Sign Language Mathematics -- A Novel Gait Recognition Method Via Fusing Shape and Kinematics Features -- Illumination Normalization for Color Face Images -- Real-Time Detection of Out-of-Plane Objects in Stereo Vision -- Stereo Imaging with Uncalibrated Camera -- Global Hand Pose Estimation by Multiple Camera Ellipse Tracking -- Vision-Based Self-localization of Autonomous Guided Vehicle Using Landmarks of Colored Pentagons -- An Automated System for Contact Lens Inspection -- Efficient Motion Search in Large Motion Capture Databases -- Real-Time Rendering of Light Shafts on GPU -- Learning the Stylistic Similarity Between Human Motions -- Effects of Layer Partitioning in Collaborative 3D Visualizations -- GPU-Based Active Contour Segmentation Using Gradient Vector Flow -- Active Single Landmark Based Global Localization of Autonomous Mobile Robots -- Iterative Estimation of 3D Transformations for Object Alignment -- Temporal Alignment of Time Varying MRI Datasets for High Resolution Medical Visualization -- Physically Interacting with Four Dimensions -- Low Level Moving-Feature Extraction Via Heat Flow Analogy -- Shape Tracking and Registration for 4D Visualization of MRI and Structure -- History Trees as Descriptors of Macromolecular Structures -- Fusing Features in Direct Volume Rendered Images -- Binocular Uncalibrated Photometric Stereo -- Empirical Evaluation of a Visual Interface for Exploring Message Boards -- Direct Estimation of the Stereo Geometry from Monocular Normal Flows -- Singular Value Decomposition-Based Illumination Compensation in Video -- Facial Expression Transformations for Expression-Invariant Face Recognition -- A High-Speed Parallel Architecture for Stereo Matching -- Light Simulation in a Distributed Driving Simulator -- Self-adaptive RBF Neural Networks for Face Recognition -- An Improved Representation of Junctions Through Asymmetric Tensor Diffusion -- Accurate Extraction of Reciprocal Space Information from Transmission Electron Microscopy Images -- GPU Accelerated Isosurface Extraction on Tetrahedral Grids -- Enhancing Information on Large Scenes by Mixing Renderings -- Auto-focusing in Extreme Zoom Surveillance: A System Approach with Application to Faces -- Trifocal Transfer Based Novel View Synthesis for Micromanipulation -- Simulation of Diabetic Retinopathy Neovascularization in Color Digital Fundus Images -- Mesh Optimisation Using Edge Information in Feature-Based Surface Reconstruction -- Finite Sample Bias of Robust Scale Estimators in Computer Vision Problems -- Flexible Segmentation and Smoothing of DT-MRI Fields Through a Customizable Structure Tensor -- Using Visualizations to Support Design and Debugging in Virtual Reality -- Strategies for Part-Based Shape Analysis Using Skeletons -- Automatic Learning of Articulated Skeletons from 3D Marker Trajectories -- Real Time Hand Gesture Recognition Including Hand Segmentation and Tracking -- Physically-Based Real-Time Diffraction Using Spherical Harmonics -- 3D Segmentation of Mammospheres for Localization Studies -- Viewpoint Selection for Angiographic Volume -- Recognizing Action Primitives in Complex Actions Using Hidden Markov Models -- Polyhedrization of Discrete Convex Volumes -- Automatic Camera Calibration and Scene Reconstruction with Scale-Invariant Features -- Surface Fitting to Curves with Energy Control -- Blob Tracking with Adaptive Feature Selection and Accurate Scale Determination -- Self-Calibration with Two Views Using the Scale-Invariant Feature Transform -- Improved Face Recognition Using Extended Modular Principal Component Analysis -- Shape Reconstruction by Line Voting in Discrete Space -- Characterization of the Closest Discrete Approximation of a Line in the 3-Dimensional ; Space -- Margin Maximizing Discriminant Analysis for Multi-shot Based Object Recognition -- A Novel 3D Statistical Shape Model for Segmentation of Medical Images -- Scale Consistent Image Completion -- EXDRAP: An Extended Dead Reckoning Architectural Pattern for the Development of Web-Based DVE Applications -- Optimal Parameterizations of Bézier Surfaces -- Constrained Delaunay Triangulation Using Delaunay Visibility -- Immersing Tele-operators in Collaborative Augmented Reality -- GrayCut – Object Segmentation in IR-Images -- Unsupervised Clustering of Shapes -- Markerless Pose Tracking for Augmented Reality -- Lip Detection Using Confidence-Based Adaptive Thresholding -- Optic Flow Integration at Multiple Spatial Frequencies – Neural Mechanism and Algorithm -- A Critical Appraisal of the Box Counting Method to Assess the Fractal Dimension of Tree Crowns -- 3D Surface Reconstruction and Registration for Image Guided Medialization Laryngoplasty -- Vision-Based User Interfaces for Health Applications: A Survey -- Multiple Hypothesis Target Tracking Using Merge and Split of Graph’s Nodes -- Understanding 3D Emotions Through Compact Anthropometric Autoregressive Models -- Graph-Based Multi-resolution Temporal-Based Face Reconstruction -- Web-Based Interface for the Visualization of Microarray Data -- 3D and Texture Modelling of Precolombian Objects -- Segmentation of Triangular Meshes Using Multi-scale Normal Variation -- Integration of Multiple Methods for Class and Specific Object Recognition -- An Efficient Photon Mapping Algorithm for Rendering Light-Emitting Fluids -- Face Recognition Using 2D and 3D Multimodal Local Features -- Adaptive Background Generation for Video Object Segmentation -- Omnidirectional Camera Calibration and 3D Reconstruction by Contour Matching -- Real-Time GPU-Based Simulation of Dynamic Terrain -- High-Resolution Video from Series of Still Photographs.
• Sommario/riassunto: It is with great pleasure that we welcome you all to the proceedings of the 2nd InternationalSymposiumonVisualComputing(ISVC2006)heldinLakeTahoe. Followinga successfulmeeting lastyear,wewitnesseda muchstrongerandmore productive event this year. ISVC o?ers a common umbrella for the four main areas of visual computing including vision, graphics, visualization, and virtual reality. Its goal is to provide a forum for researchers, scientists, engineers and practitionersthroughouttheworldtopresenttheirlatestresearch?ndings,ideas, developments and applications in the broader area of visual computing. This year, the program consisted of 13 oral sessions, one poster session, ten special tracks, and six keynote presentations. The response to the call for - pers was very strong. We received more than twice the papers received last year. Speci?cally, we received over 280 submissions for the main symposium from which we accepted 65 papers for oral presentation (23% acceptance) and 56 papers for poster presentation (20% acceptance). Special track papers were solicited separately through the Organizing and Program Committees of each track. A total of 57 papers were accepted for presentation in the special tracks. All papers were reviewed with an emphasis on potential to contribute to the state of the art in the ?eld. Selection criteria included accuracy and originality of ideas, clarity and signi?cance of results, and presentation quality. The review process was quite rigorous, involving two to three independent blind reviews followed by several days of discussion. During the discussion period we tried to correct anomalies and errors that might have existed in the initial reviews.

Advances in solid oxide fuel cells : a collection of papers presented at the 29th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, January 23-28, 2005, Cocoa Beach, Florida / / editor, Narottam P. Bansal ; general editors, Dongming Zhu, Waltraud M. Kriven

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911020059403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Westerville, Ohio, : American Ceramic Society, c2005
• ISBN: 9786612314780; 9781282314788; 1282314785; 9780470291245; 0470291249; 9780470291634; 047029163X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (338 p.)
• Collana: Ceramic engineering and science proceedings, , 0196-6219 ; ; v. 26, no. 4
• Altri autori (Persone): BansalNarottam P; KrivenWaltraud M; ZhuDongming
• Disciplina: 620.14; 621.312429
• Soggetti: Ceramic materials; Composite materials; Solid oxide fuel cells
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Advances in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells; Contents; Preface; Overview and Current Status; Worldwide SOFC Technology Overview and Benchmark; U.S. DOE Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: Technical Advances; Processing/Fabrication; Single-Step Co-Firing Technique for SOFC Fabrication; Fabrication and Properties of an Anode-Supported Tubular IT-SOFC Based on Lanthanum Gallate; Low Cost SOFC Manufacturing Process; Y203-Stabilized ZrO2 Aerogels Prepared from an Epoxide Assisted Sol-Gel Synthesis for Use in SOFC Composite Cathodes; Pulsed ; Laser Deposition of BaCeo.85Y0.1503 Films; Characterizatio/Testing; Electrochemical Characterization of Vacuum Plasma Sprayed Planar Solid Oxide Fuel Cells and Short Stacks for Mobile Application Single Cell Testing and Performance Analysis of Planar Solid Oxide Fuelcells; Long-Term SOFC Stability with Coated Ferritic Stainless Steel Interconnect; Chemical Diffusion and Hydrogen Separation Properties of Lanthanum Ferrite and Doped Ceria Composite Mixed Conductors; Vapor Phase Silica Transport during SOFC Operation at 1000°C; The Effect of Inverter Ripple on Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Performance; Electrodes; Study of Praseodyium Strontium Manganite for the Potential Use as a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell CathodeChromium Poisoning Effects on Various Cathodes; Anomolus Shrinkage of Lanthanum Strontium Manganite; Development and Characterization of SOFC Ni-YSZ Anodes Using Highly Porous Ni Foam; High Purity H2/H20/Nickel/Stabilized Zirconia Electrodes at 500°C; Characterization of Pore Structure of Electrodes of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells; Influence of Processing Parameters on Porosity of NiO-YSZ Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Anode Material; Property Control of Cathodes and Anodes Produced by Slip Casting for Planar Solid Oxide Fuel CellsInterconnects; Surface Modification on Ferritic and Ni Based Alloys for Improved Oxidation Resistance in SOFC Applications; Ferritic Stainless Steel SOFC Interconnects with Thermally Grown (Mn,Co)304 Spinel Protection Layers; Chemical Reaction Behavior between Glass-Ceramic Sealants and High Chromium Ferritic Steels Under Various SOFC Conditions; Electrical Contacts between Cathodes and Metallic Interconnects in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells; Seals; Finite Element Analysis of the Bonded Compliant Seal Design - A New Sealing Concept for Use in Planar Solid Oxide Fuel CellsGlass-Ceramic Materials of the System Ba0-Ca0-Si02 as Sealants for SOFC Applications; Layered Composite Seals for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC); Glass Mica Composite Seals for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells .; Combined Ageing and Thermal Cycling of Compressive Mica Seals for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells; Mechanical Properties; Mechanical Properties of SOFC Seal Glass Composites; Fracture Energies of Brittle Sealants for Planar Solid Oxide Fuel Cells; Failure Probability of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
• Sommario/riassunto: Due to its many potential benefits, including high electrical efficiency and low environmental emissions, solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology is the subject of extensive research and development efforts by national laboratories, universities, and private industries. This collection of papers provides valuable insights on materials-related aspects of fuel cells such as SOFC component materials, materials processing, and cell/stack design, performance, and stability. Emerging trends in electrochemical materials, electrodics, interface engineering, long-term chemical interactions are also cov

Modular Programming Languages : Joint Modular Languages Conference, JMLC 2000 Zurich, Switzerland, September 6-8, 2000 Proceedings / / edited by Jürg Gutknecht, Wolfgang Weck

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910144128203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2000
• ISBN: 3-540-44519-6
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2000.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (X, 302 p.)
• Collana: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, , 0302-9743 ; ; 1897
• Disciplina: 005.13
• Soggetti: Programming languages (Electronic computers); Software engineering; Computer programming; Computer logic; Operating systems (Computers); Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems; Software Engineering; Programming Techniques; Logics and Meanings of Programs; Operating Systems
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Development of Procedural Programming Languages Personal Contributions and Perspectives -- The Development of Procedural Programming Languages Personal Contributions and Perspectives -- Parallel and Distributed Computing -- Composable Message Semantics in Oberon -- Derivation of Secure Parallel Applications by Means of Module Embedding -- Mianjin: A Parallel Language with a Type System That Governs Global System Behaviour -- A Design Pattern and Programming Framework for Interactive Metacomputing -- Mobile Agents Based on Concurrent Constraint Programming -- Components -- Rethinking Our Trade and Science: From Developing Components to ; Component-Based Development -- Explicit Namespaces -- Stand-Alone Messages -- The Design of a COM-Oriented Module System -- Oberon as an Implementation Language for COM Components: A Case Study in Language Interoperability -- Modularisation of Software Configuration Management -- Extensions and Applications -- Leonardo: A Framework for Modeling and Editing Graphical Components -- OMX-FS: An Extended File System Architecture Based on a Generic Object Model -- On Adding a Query Language to a Persistent Object System -- Project C2 – A Survey of an Industrial Embedded Application with Native Oberon for PC -- System Architecture and Design Using Co-operating Groups of Real and Abstract Components -- Compilers and Runtime Environments -- Abstraction and Modularization in the BETA Programming Language -- Design of Multilingual Retargetable Compilers: Experience of the XDS Framework Evolution -- Structuring a Compiler with Active Objects -- A Multiprocessor Kernel for Active Object-Based Systems -- Evaluating the Java Virtual Machine as a Target for Languages Other Than Java -- Building Your Own Tools: An Oberon Industrial Case-Study.
• Sommario/riassunto: Thecircleisclosed.The European Modula-2 Conference was originally launched with the goal of increasing the popularity of Modula-2, a programming language created by Niklaus Wirth and his team at ETH Zuric ¨ h as a successor of Pascal. For more than a decade, the conference has wandered through Europe, passing Bled,Slovenia,in1987,Loughborough,UK,in1990,Ulm,Germany,in1994,and Linz, Austria, in 1997. Now, at the beginning of the new millennium, it is back at its roots in Zuric ¨ h, Switzerland. While traveling through space and time, the conference has mutated. It has widened its scope and changed its name to Joint Modular Languages Conference (JMLC). With an invariant focus, though, on modularsoftwareconstructioninteaching,research,and“outthere”inindustry. This topic has never been more important than today, ironically not because of insu?cient language support but, quite on the contrary, due to a truly c- fusing variety of modular concepts o?ered by modern languages: modules, pa- ages, classes, and components, the newest and still controversial trend. “The recent notion of component is still very vaguely de?ned, so vaguely, in fact, that it almost seems advisable to ignore it.” (Wirth in his article “Records, Modules, Objects, Classes, Components” in honor of Hoare’s retirement in 1999). Clar- cation is needed.