We introduce a novel colorization framework for old black-and-white cartoons which has been originally produced by a cel or paper based technology. In this case the dynamic part of the scene is represented by a set of outlined homogeneous regions that superimpose static background. To reduce a large amount of manual intervention we combine unsupervised image segmentation, background reconstruct...

Quantum computers achieve a speed-up by placing quantum bits (qubits) in superpositions of different states. However, it has recently been appreciated that quantum mechanics also allows one to 'superimpose different operations'. Furthermore, it has been shown that using a qubit to coherently control the gate order allows one to accomplish a task--determining if two gates commute or anti-commute...

Secondary visual feedback (2VFB) is a visual signal derived from continuous measurement of eye position and provides an extra artificial indication of the point of gaze. 2VFB may be eccentrically displaced and subjects are able to visually superimpose 2VFB onto a visual target signal and thus achieve and maintain eccentric fixation. Initial transient patterns of movement depend upon training bu...

Facial recognition is an important task in a wide variety of industries such as security, marketing, and entertainment. In many security applications, users often need to detect and locate faces in real-time in surveillance footage. Similarly, marketing applications such as smart billboards need to detect when people are facing them in order to serve dynamic content. Additionally, applications ...

This paper introduces interference channels, a new kind of covert channel that works by creating external interference on a shared communications medium (such as a wireless network). Unlike previous covert channels, here the covert sender does not need to compromise an authorized sender or require the ability to send messages on the network, but only needs the ability to jam traffic for short i...

In this paper, we present a set of serious games with vibrotactile feedback developed for upper extremity motor function rehabilitation. These games are part of a framework called SIERRA that stands for Post-Stroke Interactive and Entertaining Rehabilitation with ReActive objects. The framework uses Augmented Reality technology to provide natural exercise environment and motivating virtual obje...

Our purpose in this article is to superimpose a 3D model of the liver, its vessels and tumors (reconstructed from CT images) on external video images of the patient for hepatic surgery guidance. The main constraints are the robustness, the accuracy and the computation time. Because of the absence of visible anatomical landmarks and of the “cylindrical” shape of the upper abdomen, we used some r...

In this paper, we use statistical three-dimensional (3-D) simulations to study the impact of the gate line edge roughness (LER) on the intrinsic parameters fluctuations in deep decananometer (sub 50 nm) gate MOSFETs. The line edge roughness is introduced using a Fourier synthesis technique based on the power spectrum of a Gaussian autocorrelation function. In carefully designed simulation exper...

A pregnancy complicated by typical hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets (HELLP) syndrome is reported. At 20 weeks of gestation, a case of HUS was diagnosed, with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli identified. Plasmapheresis allowed continuation of the pregnancy for 5 weeks. Superimposed preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome were diagnosed after the ...

The design and analysis of an algorithm for the restoration of degraded images of machine-printed characters is presented. The input is a set of degraded bilevel images of a single unknown character ; the output is an approximation to the charac-ter's ideal artwork. The algorithm seeks to minimize the discrepancy between the approximation and the ideal, measured as the worst-case Euclidean dist...