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Interactive Animation of Dynamic Manipulation
(2006-02-28)
Lifelike animation of manipulation must account for the dynamicinteraction between animated characters, objects, and their environment. Failing to do so would ignore the often significant effects objectshave on the motion ...
Finite Horizon Control Design for Optimal Discrimination between Several Models
(2006-02-28)
Multiple-Model fault detection is a powerful method for detecting changes, such as faults, in dynamic systems. In many cases, the ability of such a detection scheme to distinguish between possible models for the system ...
Network Coding Made Practical
(2006-02-16)
We propose a new architecture for wireless mesh networks. In addition to forwarding packets, routers mix (i.e., code) packets from different sources to increase the information content of each transmission. We show that ...
A soft touch: Compliant Tactile Sensors for Sensitive Manipulation
(2006-03-01)
We present the design, analysis and construction of a biologicallyinspired tactile sensor. The sensor can measure normal and lateralforces, conform to the surfaces with which it comes in contact andincrease the friction ...
Learning Semantic Scene Models by Trajectory Analysis
(2006-02-10)
In this paper, we describe an unsupervised learning framework to segment a scene into semantic regions and to build semantic scene models from long-term observations of moving objects in the scene. First, we introduce two ...
Transparent Accountable Data Mining: New Strategies for Privacy Protection
(2006-01-27)
Attempts to address issues of personal privacy in a world of computerized databases and information networks -- from security technology to data protection regulation to Fourth Amendment law jurisprudence -- typically ...
Encrypted Keyword Search in a Distributed Storage System
(2006-02-23)
Encrypted keyword search allows a server to perform a search over a set of encrypted documents on behalf of a client without learning the contents of the documents or the words being searched for. Designing a practical ...
Dealers, Insiders and Bandits: Learning and its Effects on Market Outcomes
(2006-07-12)
This thesis seeks to contribute to the understanding of markets populated by boundedly rational agents who learn from experience. Bounded rationality and learning have both been the focus of much research in computer ...
Robust Execution of Bipedal Walking Tasks From Biomechanical Principles
(2006-04-28)
Effective use of robots in unstructured environments requires that they have sufficient autonomy and agility to execute task-level commands successfully. A challenging example of such a robot is a bipedal walking machine. ...
New Techniques for Geographic Routing
(2006-06-14)
As wireless sensor networks continue to grow in size, we are facedwith the prospect of emerging wireless networks with hundreds orthousands of nodes. Geographic routing algorithms are a promisingalternative to tradition ...