METODOLOGI STUDI ISLAM

Islam Almasri_TOCSJ

Recently, a number of methods have been proposed to improve image retrieval accuracy by capturing context information. These methods try to compensate for the fact that a visually less similar image might be more relevant because it depicts the same object. We propose a new quick method for refining any pairwise distance metric, it works by iteratively discovering the object in the image from t...

Islam in local contexts: Localised Islam in Northern Pakistan

As Clifford Geertz remarked in his Islam Observed (1968), the idea of a ‘changing’ religion is a contradiction in terms, as religion is fundamentally concerned with what is permanent and eternal. Still, one way to come to terms with religious change is to consider the many ways that religion is interpreted, by laymen and scholars alike. Social anthropologists like myself have naturally found a ...

Università degli Studi di Siena

Islam in the West: From Immigration to Global Islam

Degli Studi Dell ’ Insubria

Acknowledgements I would like to thank Prof. Paolo Massazza, my first algorithm professor, for the supervision of the final drafting of the thesis and his precious suggestions; I also would like to express my gratitude to Prof. Jyrki Katajainen, coau-thor of the two articles presented in the thesis, for what he taught me, his constant encouragements and all the time he dedicated to our collabor...