This paper introduces the first community-based Signal Separation Evaluation Campaign (SiSEC 2008), coordinated by the authors. This initiative aims to evaluate source separation systems following specifications agreed between the entrants. Four speech and music datasets were contributed, including synthetic mixtures as well as microphone recordings and professional mixtures. The source separat...

As the leading source of intelligent information, Thomson Reuters delivers must-have insight to the world’s financial and risk, legal, tax and accounting, intellectual property, science and media professionals, supported by the world's most trusted news organization. In this paper we describe a recent initiative at Thomson Reuters to establish Big Data infrastructure to store most of this data,...

The last years a great number of digital library and digital repository systems have been developed by individual organizations -mostly Universitiesand given to the public as open-source software. The advantage of having many choices becomes a great headache when selecting a Digital Library (DL) system for a specific organization. To make the decision easier, we compared five such systems that ...

The study reports an unsuccessful adoption of information systems in a joint venture initiative. It proposes a knowledge transfer perspective to reconsider information systems adoption. According to this viewpoint, Information systems may be implemented successfully but the internalization can still be ineffective, leading to ultimate adoption failure. IS adoption may fail because the knowledge...

Background: The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative was launched in 1989 by World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund for the promotion of breastfeeding. This program was implemented in many departments of gynecology and obstetrics and resulted in reduced malnutrition, infection, morbidity and mortality in children. This program has introduced 10 specific steps to support s...

The Common Optimization INterface for Operations Research (COIN-OR, http://www.coin-or.org/) is an initiative to promote open-source software for the operations research (OR) community. In OR practice and research, software is fundamental. The dependence of OR on software implies that the ways in which software is developed, managed, and distributed can have a significant impact on the field. O...

Funding Information National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant/Award Number: 41427806 and 41576101; Tsinghua University Initiative Scientific Research Program Summary This paper studies the problem of steering a nonholonomic vehicle with a constant forward velocity to localize a source in 3-D. Of two existing 3-D source-seeking strategies, one causes overshoots of the vehicle around th...

The SEED Initiative, " Supporting Entrepreneurs for Sustainable Development " , identifies, profiles and researches promising entrepreneurial approaches to locally-led sustainable development, and provides partnership building and capacity development through a tailored support programme. SEED is a global network for action on sustainable development partnerships, founded by IUCN, UNEP and UNDP...

The SEED Initiative, " Supporting Entrepreneurs for Sustainable Development " , identifies, profiles and researches promising entrepreneurial approaches to locally-led sustainable development, and provides partnership building and capacity development through a tailored support programme. SEED is a global network for action on sustainable development partnerships, founded by IUCN, UNEP and UNDP...