Given a metric (U, d) with |U | = n, a subset S ⊆ U with |S| = l, a non-negative function w : U → <, and an integer k ≤ l, the generalized static k-center and k-median problems ask to pick a subset X ⊆ S with |X| = k so as to minimize maxx∈U d(x,X) and ∑ x∈U d(x,X) · w(x), respectively, where d(x,X) = miny∈X d(x, y). Each point in X is called a center and each point in U is assigned to its clos...

In many funding agencies a model is adopted whereby a fixed panel of evaluators evaluate the set of applications. This is then followed by a general meeting where each proposal is discussed by those evaluators assigned to it with a view to agreeing on a consensus score for that proposal. It is not uncommon for some experts to be unavailable for the entire duration of the meeting; constraints of...

Traditional desktop workstations are inherently limited in the amount of information displayed and the interaction techniques afforded due to their small size. Large screen displays with high resolution provide the screen real estate to solve these problems, but simply increasing the size of a display can create new problems if the interaction methods do not scale appropriately. We propose to i...

Register allocation is one of the most important optimizations a compiler performs and is becoming all the more important as the gap between processor speeds and memory access times widens. Correspondingly, a lot of effort has been spent attempting to improve traditional allocators. However, most of these attempts dealt with regular, RISC-like architectures. Published attempts to make algorithm...

The initial stages of the research process include development of the research question and delineation of methods of data collection. The success of the project depends on how well these elements have been developed and defined in advance, so that the proper resources are gathered and methods proceed with reliability and validity. The plan that describes all these preparatory elements is the r...

Advancements in robotics have led to an ever-growing repertoire of software capabilities (e.g., recognition, mapping, and object manipulation). However, robotic capabilities grow, the complexity of operating and interacting with such robots increases (such as through speech, gesture, scripting, or programming). Language-based communication can offer users the ability to work with physically and...

In recent years, public concern over possible adverse health impacts from exposure to the radiation emitted by cellular antennas has grown tremendously and shows little sign of abating. Fearing of public protests, theft and vandalism, cellular antennas operators do not publish exact locations of their antennas. Some even try to camouflage their cellular towers in our urban landscape in order to...

Writing the proposal of a research work in the present era is a challenging task due to the constantly evolving trends in the qualitative research design and the need to incorporate medical advances into the methodology. The proposal is a detailed plan or 'blueprint' for the intended study, and once it is completed, the research project should flow smoothly. Even today, many of the proposals at...

In the well known Prisoner’s Dilemma, two people that are following the only rational behavior end up in the worst possible outcome. Unfortunately, this example is a useful analogy for many situations in real life, where (individually) rational behavior leads to a disaster for the society. With the rapid delegation of decision making to automated agents, the role of game theory within artificia...

The aim of this research programme is to investigate the feasibility of automatically extracting verb-particle constructions (VPCs) from parallel bilingual corpora using word alignment methods. VPCs are a subset of Multiword Expressions (MWEs) combinations of two of more words whose meanings cannot be inferred directly from their constituent tokens a phenomena which has long plagued the NLP com...