We investigate the usage of class-based statistical language models (SLMs) for robust speech understanding. Generic classbased SLMs are built using data from several applications and then tested on data from a distinct target application to benchmark their portability. The results show that these generic classbased SLMs perform as well as those trained on data from the target testing applicatio...

Introduction p. 1 Towards Cross-Platform Cloud Computing p. 5 QoS Monitoring in a Cloud Services Environment: The SRT-15 Approach p. 15 Enabling e-Science Applications on the Cloud with COMPSs p. 25 OPTIMIS and VISION Cloud: How to Manage Data in Clouds p. 35 Integrated Monitoring of Infrastructures and Applications in Cloud Environments p. 45 Towards Collaborative Data Management in the VPH-Sh...

Laser shaping was introduced to maskless projection soft lithography by using digital micro-mirror device (DMD). The predesigned intensity pattern was imprinted onto the DMD and the input laser beam with a Gaussian or quasi-Gaussian distribution will carry the pattern on DMD to etch the resin. It provides a method of precise control of laser beam shapes and photon-induced curing behavior of res...

The huge and exponentially growing diversity of digital material confuses the users who are confronted to the difficulty of choosing the right and appropriate document or information. On the same way the federation of Learning Object Repositories could conduct to the same difficulty while wanting to obtain a critical mass of learning object in order to facilitate their reusability. In this pape...

Detailed procedures for the modeling of synthesis load models (SLM) of actual power network are presented, then the classification indices based on 1oad characteristics and the principle of load classification are expounded. Based on the results of general investigation of 220 kV and 330 kV substations in China’s power grid, the load characteristics are classified, and detailed load characteris...

There are two widely held theories of color constancy based on very different mechanisms: Chromatic Adaptation and Spatial Comparisons. Chromatic Adaptation is based on the change of retinal sensitivity in response to changes in incident light. The Spatial Comparisons mechanism is insensitive to illumination changes because it uses ratios of radiance from different pixels in the image. A spatia...

This study tested the predictions of the Speech Learning Model (SLM, Flege, 1988) on the case of native Japanese (NJ) speakers' perception and production of English /ɹ / and /l/. NJ speakers' degree of foreign accent, intelligibility of /ɹ -l/ productions, and ability to perceive natural speech /ɹ -l/ were assessed as a function of length of residency in North America, age of arrival in North A...

In this paper an alternative and simple technique to measure the complex transmittance of a liquid crystal spatial light modulator (LC-SLM) is presented. By means of this technique the user can measure the amplitude and phase modulation of any LC-SLM through a simple interferometric setup. Particularly, optical characterization of specimen Holoeye LC2002 is carried out and its amplitude and pha...

This is essentially an archival document that summarizes the results of several tests performed at the Draper Laboratory on extended-range straightness monitor systems during the GEM Muon Alignment R&D activity. Two systems are discussed; standard 3-point LED/Lens/Quad-cell Straight Line Monitors (SLM) with multi-LED blocks, and the Video Straightness Monitor (VSM). Included are measurements of...