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1 Carter, John B.An O(1) time complexity software barrierAs network latency rapidly approaches thousands of processor cycles and multiprocessors systems become larger and larger, the primary factor in determining a barrier algorithm?s performance is the number of serialized network latencies it requires. All existing barrier algorithms require at least ...Network latency; Barrier algorithm; Time complexity software barrier2004
2 Hansen, Charles D.Constrained inverse volume rendering for planetary nebulaeDetermining the three-dimensional structure of distant astronomical objects is a challenging task, given that terrestrial observations provide only one viewpoint. For this task, bipolar planetary nebulae are interesting objects of study because of their pronounced axial symmetry due to fundamental p...Volume rendering; Axial symmetry2004
3 Hansen, Charles D.Efficient rendering of atmospheric phenomenaRendering of atmospheric bodies involves modeling the complex interaction of light throughout the highly scattering medium of water and air particles. Scattering by these particles creates many well-known atmospheric optical phenomena including rainbows, halos, the corona, and the glory. Unfortunat...2004
4 Freire, JulianaFlexible infrastructure for gathering XML statistics and estimating query cardinalityA key component of XML data management systems is the result size estimator, which estimates the cardinalities of user queries. Estimated cardinalities are needed in a variety of tasks, including query optimization and cost-based storage design; and they can also be used to give users early feedba...Query cardinality; StatiX++; XML schema2004
5 Awate, Suyash P.; Whitaker, Ross T.Image denoising with unsupervised, information-theoretic, adaptive filteringThe problem of denoising images is one of the most important and widely studied problems in image processing and computer vision. Various image filtering strategies based on linear systems, statistics, information theory, and variational calculus, have been effective, but invariably make strong a...Image denoising2004
6 Hansen, Charles D.; Shirley, Peter S.Interactive caustics using local precomputed irradianceBright patterns of light focused via reflective or refractive objects onto matte surfaces are called "caustics". We present a method for rendering dynamic scenes with moving caustics at interactive rates. This technique requires some simplifying assumptions about caustic behavior allowing us to co...Illumination2004
7 Riloff, Ellen M.Introduction to the Sundance and AutoSlog systemsThis document describes the Sundance natural language processing system that has been developed at the University of Utah, as well as the AutoSlog and AutoSlog-TS extraction pattern learners that have been implemented on top of Sundance. Sundance is a shallow parser that also includes clause handlin...Autoslog system; Sundance system; Extraction pattern learners; Learning algorithms2004
8 Parker, Steven G.Memory-savvy distributed interactive ray tracingInteractive ray tracing in a cluster environment requires paying close attention to the constraints of a loosely coupled distributed system. To render large scenes interactively, memory limits and network latency must be addressed efficiently. In this paper, we improve previous systems by moving to ...2004
9 Balasubramonian, RajeevMicroarchitectural techniques to reduce interconnect power in clustered processorsThe paper presents a preliminary evaluation of novel techniques that address a growing problem - power dissipation in on-chip interconnects. Recent studies have shown that around 50% of the dynamic power consumption in modern processors is within on-chip interconnects. The contribution of interc...Microarchitectural techniques; Interconnect power; Clustered processors; On-chip2004
10 Hansen, Charles D.Scout: a hardware-accelerated system for quantitatively driven visualization and analysisQuantitative techniques for visualization are critical to the successful analysis of both acquired and simulated scientific data. Many visualization techniques rely on indirect mappings, such as transfer functions, to produce the final imagery. In many situations, it is preferable and more powerful ...Visualization systems; Hardware acceleration; Volume rendering; Multivariate visualization2004
11 Freire, JulianaShreX: managing XML documents in relational databasesWe describe ShreX, a freely-available system for shredding, loading and querying XML documents in relational databases. ShreX supports all mapping strategies proposed in the literature as well as strategies available in commercial RDBMSs. It provides generic (mapping-independent) functions for...ShreX; XML Schema; Mapping strategies2004
12 Riloff, Ellen M.Unsupervised learning of contextual role knowledge for coreference resolutionWe present a coreference resolver called BABAR that uses contextual role knowledge to evaluate possible antecedents for an anaphor. BABAR uses information extraction patterns to identify contextual roles and creates four contextual role knowledge sources using unsupervised learning. These knowledge ...Coreference resolution; Coreference resolver; BABAR; Contextual role knowledge; Unsupervised learning2004
13 Gopalakrishnan, Ganesh; Kirby, Robert Michael IIVerification of MPI programs using SpinVerification of distributed systems is a complex yet important process. Concurrent systems are vulnerable to problems such as deadlock, starvation, and race conditions. Parallel programs written using the MPI (Message Passing Interface) Standard are no exception. Spin can be used to formally ver...MPI programs; Verification; distributed systems; Message Passing Interface; Spin2004
14 Hansen, Charles D.Visualization of intricate flow structures for vortex breakdown analysisVortex breakdowns and flow recirculation are essential phenomena in aeronautics where they appear as a limiting factor in the design of modern aircrafts. Because of the inherent intricacy of these features, standard flow visualization techniques typically yield cluttered depictions. The paper addre...2004
15 Slind, Konrad LeeEmerging trends proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Theorem Proving in Higher Order Logics: TPHOLs 2004This volume constitutes the proceedings of the Emerging Trends track of the 17th International Conference on Theorem Proving in Higher Order Logics (TPHOLs 2004) held September 14-17, 2004 in Park City, Utah, USA. The TPHOLs conference covers all aspects of theorem proving in higher order logics ...Theorem proving; Higher order logics2004-08
16 Freire, JulianaManaging XML data: an abridged overviewXML's flexibility makes it a natural format for both exchanging and integrating data from diverse data sources. In this survey, the authors give an overview of issues in managing XML data, discuss existing solutions, and outline the current technology's open problems and limitations.XDM2004-07
17 Hansen, Charles D.; Whitaker, Ross T.Streaming narrow-band algorithm: interactive computation and visualization of level setsAbstract-Deformable isosurfaces, implemented with level-set methods, have demonstrated a great potential in visualization and computer graphics for applications such as segmentation, surface processing, and physically-based modeling. Their usefulness has been limited, however, by their high computa...2004-07
18 Cohen, ElaineA hole-filling algorithm for triangular meshesData obtained by scanning 3D models typically contains missing pieces and holes. These can be caused due to scanning artifacts or artifacts in the surface due to wear and tear. We provide a method based on the Moving Least Squares projection to fill holes in triangular meshes obtained during the ...Hole-filling algorithm; Triangular meshes; 3D models; Scanning2004-12-20
19 Riloff, Ellen M.An introduction to the Sundance and AutoSlog systemsThis document describes the Sundance natural language processing system that has been developed at the University of Utah, as well as the AutoSlog and AutoSlog-TS extraction pattern learners that have been implemented on top of Sundance. Sundance is a shallow parser that also includes clause hand...Sundance system; AutoSlog system; Extraction pattern learners2004-11-08
20 Cates, Joshua E.; Whitaker, Ross T.; Jones, Greg M.Case study: an evaluation of user-assisted hierarchical watershed segmentationWhile level sets have demonstrated a great potential for 3D medical image segmentation, their usefulness has been limited by two problems. First, 3D level sets are relatively slow to compute. Second, their formulation usually entails several free parameters which can be very difficult to correctl...Watershed segmentation; Brain tumor imaging2004-02-27
21 Eide, Eric Norman; Regehr, John; Lepreau, JayDynamic CPU management for real-time, middleware-based systemsMany real-world distributed, real-time, embedded (DRE) systems, such as multi-agent military applications, are built using commercially available operating systems, middleware, and collections of pre-existing software. The complexity of these systems makes it difficult to ensure that they maintai...CPU management2004-01-30
22 Regehr, JohnDynamic CPU management for real-time, middleware-based systemsMany real-world distributed, real-time, embedded (DRE) systems, such as multi-agent military applications, are built using commercially available operating systems, middleware, and collections of pre-existing software. The complexity of these systems makes it difficult to ensure that they maintain h...2004-01-01
23 Susarla, Sai R.; Carter, JohnFlexible consistency for wide area peer replicationThe lack of a flexible consistency management solution hinders P2P implementation of applications involving updates, such as read-write file sharing, directory services, online auctions and wide area collaboration. Managing mutable shared data in a P2P setting requires a consistency solution that...Wide area; Peer replication2004-11-18
24 Cates, Joshua E.; Lefohn, Aaron; Whitaker, Ross T.GIST: an interactive, GPU-based level set segmentation tool for 3D medical imagesWhile level sets have demonstrated a great potential for 3D medical image segmentation, their usefulness has been limited by two problems. First, 3D level sets are relatively slow to compute. Second, their formulation usually entails several free parameters which can be very difficult to correctl...GIST; 3D medical images; Segmentation tool; Image segmentation2004-02-27
25 Parker, Steven G.; Hansen, Charles D.Interactive volume rendering of large datasets using the silicon graphics Onyx4 visualization systemMany recent approaches to interactive volume rendering have focused on leveraging the power of commodity graphics hardware. Though currently limited to relatively small datasets, these approaches have been overwhelmingly successful. As the size of volumetric datasets continues to grow at a rapid ...Interactive volume; Rendering; Large datasets; Onyx4; Silicon graphics2004-01-27
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