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  1. Fast R-CNN 

    May 14, 2015

    Fast R-CNN (Region-based Convolutional Network) is a clean and fast framework for object detection. Compared to traditional R-CNN, and its accelerated version SPPnet, Fast R-CNN trains networks using a multi-task loss in a single training stage. The multi-task loss simplifies learning and improves detection accuracy.…

  2. Probabilistic Z3 

    February 10, 2015

    Probabilistic Z3 is a solver for the bounded reachability problem that uses the symbolic approximation technique described in the following paper: Markus N. Rabe, Christoph M. Wintersteiger, Hillel Kugler, Boyan Yordanov, and Youssef Hamadi, Symbolic Approximation of the Bounded Reachability Probability in Large Markov Chains,…

  3. RIN Studio Authoring Tool 

    January 6, 2015

    Rich Interactive Narratives (RIN) seamlessly combines cinematic experiences with user exploration to create rich interactive and immersive narratives. RIN Studio is an authoring tool for creating Rich Interactive Narratives without coding by providing an interface similar to video editing tools. It produces RIN JSON files…

  4. Opinion Dynamics in Social Networks 

    April 23, 2014

    Understanding how users form and update their opinions through interactions with their friends and neighbors in social networks is a fundamental problem with applications to online advertising, recommendations, and marketing. In our research, we carried out extensive user studies using Amazon Mechanical Turk as part…

  5. Microsoft Scalable Fabric 

    August 8, 2005

    Scalable Fabric is a task management system for the Windows desktop. A central focus area, defined by you, contains windows that behave in the traditional way. When you drag a window into the periphery, it becomes smaller and continues to get smaller the closer you…

  6. Continuous Flash 

    October 3, 2003

    By acquiring two digital images of a scene, one with flash and one without flash, we let the user subsequently interpolate the images to obtain any continuous flash intensity, and even extrapolate beyond the original images. Last published: October 3, 2003.

  7. Unification Grammar Sentence Realization Algorithms 

    May 6, 2003

    Prolog implementations of two versions of the unfication grammar sentence realization aglorithm described in "A Complete, Efficient Sentence Realization Algorithm for Unification Grammar," appearing in the Proceedings of the International Natural Language Generation Conference, INLG'02, plus other associated code and data files. Last published: May…

  8. Gyro: Generics for the SSCLI 

    April 22, 2003

    Gyro is a set of files that convert an existing installation of the Microsoft Shared Source CLI 1.0 to support generic type definitions and generic methods. Last published: April 22, 2003.

  9. Context-Free Parsing Algorithms 

    April 4, 2003

    Reference implementations in Perl 5 of several parsing algorithms for context-free grammars. Last published: April 4, 2003.

  10. Pan – Source – Zip version 

    July 29, 2002

    Pan is an experimental embedded language and compiler for image synthesis and manipulation, based on principles from functional programming. Last published: July 29, 2002.