A significant fraction of search queries relate to topics that are time dependent, where the ideal result changes from one time-span to the next. Despite their prevalance and importance, such queries have been largely ignored. In this paper1, we focus on a subset of temporal queries known as implicitly year qualified queries. Such queries, which include “olympics” and “miss universe” implicitly...

We present a method for approximate rational parameterization of algebraic surfaces of arbitrary degree and genus (or more general implicitly defined surfaces), based on numerical optimization techniques. The method computes patches of maximal size on these surfaces subject to certain quality constraints. It can be used to generate local low degree approximations and rational approximations of ...

We propose an algorithm to find the best path through an intersection of arbitrarily many weighted automata, without actually performing the intersection. The algorithm is based on dual decomposition: the automata attempt to agree on a string by communicating about features of the string. We demonstrate the algorithm on the Steiner consensus string problem, both on synthetic data and on consens...

In this work, we propose a novel, implicitlydefined neural network architecture and describe a method to compute its components. The proposed architecture forgoes the causality assumption previously used to formulate recurrent neural networks and allow the hidden states of the network to coupled together, allowing potential improvement on problems with complex, long-distance dependencies. Initi...

We consider the problem of timing analysis in the presence of known false paths. The main difficulty in adaptation of classical breadth-first search to the problem is that at each node one has to store the number of delays which is proportional to that of false paths going through the node. We propose a reduction technique that allows one to drastically reduce the number of delays to store. In ...

Abstract Can we hold agents responsible for their implicitly biased behavior? The aim of this text is to show that, from the nurturing stance, holding subjects behavior justified, even though they are not blameworthy. First, I will introduce stance as Daphne Brandenburg originally developed it. Second, specify what somebody amounts to. Third, how and why can help a subject develop an impaired c...

The film Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein by Kennet Branagh strongly emphasizes the social, political and cultural concerns of author Shelley. employs cinematography to refer pre-text its main ideas implicitly or explicitly. His adaptation, indeed, differs from plot in novel, however, still manage reinforce discussion her novel thanks semiotics. In this case, expresses what he grasps creating his ow...