We introduce a new paradigm for real-time conversion of a real world event into a rich multimedia database by processing data from multiple sensors observing the event. Real-time analysis of the sensor data, tightly coupled with domain knowledge, results in instant indexing of multimedia data at capture time. This yields semantic information to answer complex queries about the content and the a...

Classification problems are traditionally focused on uniclass samples, that is, each sample of the training and test sets has one unique label, which is the target of the classification. In many real life applications, however, this is only a rough simplification and one must consider some techniques for the more general multiclass classification problem, where each sample can have more than on...

In this paper, we propose the use of product line architectures in order to shorten time to market, cut cost, and to reduce maintenance when developing embedded real-time systems. A development process that supports such an approach, taking the temporal domain into account is also outlined. Moreover, a case study was performed in cooperation with the automotive industry where the product-line a...

A DNA library is a collection of DNA fragments cloned into vectors and stored individually in host cells, and is a valuable resource for molecular cloning, gene physical mapping, and genome sequencing projects. To take the best advantage of a DNA library, a good screening method is needed. After describing pooling strategies and issues that should be considered in DNA library screening, here we...

Reduction of the number of operations optimizes the important design metrics such as area, cost, throughput, and power consumption for both custom ASIC and programmable processor implementations. We propose a novel technique to minimize the number of operations in DSP computations. The rst step of the approach logically partitions a computation into strongly connected components. The second ste...

Object-oriented approaches have been widely applied in enhancing reusability for software implementation. However, identifying reusability potentials during analysis phases is not a trivial task. This paper proposes a methodology for analyzing business domains. These domains are built in the form of reusable business objects. The methodology consists of three phases: (i) domain context modeling...

Scientific applications executed with modern distributed technologies tend to be computed on various, dispersed resources, and workflows become a natural method of describing them. This method of the functional application decomposition allows for fully manual design only to a certain level of complexity. However, the scientific simulations usually expose non-trivial processing logic including ...

This paper presents a simple, yet novel, approach to address the problem of spike detection. The definition of a spike varies with the domain under study. This results in domain-specific solutions that are often rendered unusable in other domains. Moreover, the spike detection algorithms proposed in the past are effective only when suitably tuned. This often limits their usability in real-life ...

Background: Candida albicans (C. albicans) is a major cause of candidaemia in people with impaired immunity. Blood culture is a “gold standard” for candidaemia detection but is time-consuming and relatively insensitive. We established a real-time PCR assay for C. albicans detection in blood by LightCycler PCR and melting curve analysis. Methods: Five milliliter blood samples from...

This paper discussed the scheduling problem of outpatients in a radiology center with an emphasis on priority. To more compatibility to real-world conditions, we assume that the elapsed times in different stages to be uncertain that follow from the specific distribution function. The objective is to minimize outpatients’ total spent time in a radiology center. The problem is formulated as a fle...