This paper considers the problem of altering an image by imperceptibly adding or removing pixels, for example, to fit a differently shaped frame with minimal loss of interesting content. We show how to construct a family of convex programs that suitably rearrange pixels while minimizing image artifacts and distortions. We call this ”darting” on analogy to a tailor’s dartssmall edits are discree...

Most of the oncolytic herpes simplex viruses (HSVs) exhibit a high safety profile achieved through attenuation. They carry defects in virulence proteins that antagonize host cell response to the virus, including innate response, apoptosis, authophagy, and depend on tumor cell proliferation. They grow robustly in cancer cells, provided that these are deficient in host cell responses, which is of...

The fast development of many different ASIPs make demands of rapid availability of dedicated compilers. Fast retargeting is a major aspect, while fast compilation times are of minor importance. There are also new demands in the quality of the generated code. Irregular properties together with fine–grain parallelism given by a target architecture have to be effectively supported by the compiler....

This paper presents a method for kinematic retargeting that is general to a broad class of kinematic chains. Kinematic retargeting is the adaptation of a pose or motion from one kinematic embodiment to another. Our method distinguishes itself in its ability to adapt poses to new robots with very little configuration by the user. We accomplish this by defining two general metrics for retargeting...

Retargeting aims at displaying a photo with an arbitrary aspect ratio, wherein the visually/semantically prominent objects are appropriately preserved and visual distortions can be well alleviated. Conventional retargeting models built upon perception of photos from family pre-specified communities ( <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlin...