In this paper, we focus on the problem of motion tracking in unknown environments using visual and inertial sensors. We term this estimation task visual-inertial odometry (VIO), in analogy to the well-known visual-odometry problem. We present a detailed study of EKF-based VIO algorithms, by comparing both their theoretical properties and empirical performance. We show that an EKF formulation wh...

My fi rst submission experience to IEEE Computer Architecture Letters (CAL) was nothing like any other conference or journal submission before. Reviews were back in under a month, and yet they were thorough and insightful. The reviewers did not get lost in the evaluation details; instead, they zeroed in on the innovation, or as one reviewer put it, the “wow factor.” Yale Patt, the Editor-in-Chi...

T IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE) has been the leading journal in the database, data mining, and knowledge engineering communities, with its broad coverage of topics making it unique among other journals. My goal is to maintain the broad coverage of TKDE while, at the same time, making it an even more attractive journal compared to others having a narrower focus. The ...

In this paper, we define and empirically evaluate new heuristics for solving the job shop scheduling problem with non-relaxable time windows. The hypothesis underlying our approach is that by approaching the problem as one of establishing sequencing constraints between pairs of operations requiring the same resource (as opposed to a problem of assigning start times to each operation) and by exp...

We present model calculations reproducing broadband spectra of γ-ray blazars by a relativistic leptonic jet, combining the EIC and the SSC model. To this end, the evolution of the particle distribution functions inside a relativistic pair jet and of the resulting photon spectra is investigated. Inverse-Compton scattering of both external (EIC) as well as synchrotron photons (SSC) is treated usi...

Electret ion chambers (EICs), commercially available under brand name E-PERM(®), are widely used for measuring indoor and outdoor (222)Rn concentrations in air. These are designed to respond only to (222)Rn and not to (220)Rn by restricting diffusional entry area. Such radon EIC (R EIC) monitors are modified by increasing the entry area to allow (220)Rn, in addition to (222)Rn. Such modified un...

BACKGROUND Serous carcinoma arising in adenomyosis and adenomyotic cyst is very rare. Only 3 serous carcinomas and 5 serous endometrial intraepithelial carcinomas (EIC) have been reported to date. METHODS We reviewed the clinicopathological features of 2 serous carcinoma in uterine adenomyosis and 1 serous EIC in adenomyotic cyst of the cervical stump. RESULTS Case 1 had an endometrial sero...

Epidermoid inclusion cysts (EIC) of the bone are exceedingly rare. We present a case of an atypical EIC originating at the base of the distal phalanx of the index finger following a remote history of crush injury to the finger. The differential diagnosis of expansile, lytic lesions of the phalanges remains broad, and definitive diagnosis requires tissue histopathological analysis. At latest fol...

Followed a series of financial scandals such as the "Anran" and the "worldcom",the international society has given height attention to the effectiveness of internal control. The effectiveness of internal contro1(EIC) refers to the internal control system providing the level of protection for its objectives, which is under the influence of many factors. Based on Shanghai normal 2011-2013 annual ...

[1] Equatorial zonal currents and associated oxygen distributions are studied using shipboard hydrographic data, trajectories from isopycnic floats drifting at about 300 m depth, and velocity time series from the upper 1100 m obtained at two equatorial moorings located at 35 W and 23 W. Mean profiles of zonal velocity measured by moored acoustic Doppler current profilers yielded a westward flow...