Felipe A. W. Belo Interdepartmental Center “E. Piaggio,” Universitá di Pisa, Pisa, Italy e-mail: [email protected] Andreas Birk Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany e-mail: [email protected] Christopher Brunskill Surrey Space Centre, University of Surrey, Surrey, United Kingdom e-mail: [email protected] Frank Kirchner DFKI, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany e-mail: frank.k...

Corresponding Author: Samaneh Mazaheri Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, UPM, Malaysia Email: [email protected] Abstract: Due to acoustic interferences and artifacts which are inherent in echocardiography images, automatic segmentation of anatomical structures in cardiac ultrasound images is a real challenge. This paper surveys stateof-the-art researches on echoca...

This paper presents new advances in speech technology carried out by the Speech Technology Group (GTH) at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) to develop enhanced interfaces at home. These interfaces provide a better interaction for people with disabilities. The speech recognizer includes a speaker identification feature (that makes an acoustic adaptation possible for improving recogniti...

This paper summarizes the different algorithms developed in ATVS-UPM in order to submit a reliable Likelihood Ratio based forensic system, fully compliant with the bayesian framework for the analysis of forensic evidences, to 2003 NFI-TNO Forensic Speaker Recognition Evaluation. Once identified the main causes and consequences of the erratic estimation of Likelihood Ratios due to forensic condi...

The results of using the Ring uncemented polyethylene-to-metal (UPM) prosthesis in patients with protrusio acetabuli or dysplasia are reported. Fifty-four cases of protrusio were analysed and a modified method of measuring the deformity is described; after operation, remodelling of the medial wall had improved, on average, by 29.6%. For the dysplastic acetabulum the main difficulty is the lack ...

•Combine Bayesian change point detection with Gaussian Processes to define a nonstationary time series model. •Central aim is to react to underlying regime changes in an online manner. •Able to integrate out all latent variables and optimize hyperparameters sequentially. •Explore three alternative ways of augmenting GP models to handle nonstationarity (GPTS, ARGPCP and NSGP – see below). •A Bay...

The rotated fourth order iterative algorithm of O(h4) accuracy applied to linear system arising from the discretization of two dimensional Poisson problem was introduced by Othman, et al., 2001 and it was shown to be the fastest as compared to the standard fourth order iterative algorithm, see Gupta, 1984. While the parallel standard fourth order iterative algorithm was implemented successfully...

This study provides estimates of the private returns of tertiary non-conventional education (NCE) for management graduates in Malaysia. The term ‘non-conventional education’ used in this research refers to distance learning and part-time management degree program graduates. We evaluate the private returns using basic concept of educational cost and benefit analysis. The data used were derived f...