We formulate PRNU-based image manipulation localization as a probabilistic binary labeling task in a flexible discriminative random field (DRF) framework. A novel local discriminator based on the deviation of the measured correlation from the expected local correlation as estimated by a correlation predictor is paired with an explicit pairwise model for dependencies between local decisions. Exp...

This article presents a tutorial information about STRAIGHT and TANDEM-STRAIGHT, a widely used speech modification tool and its successor as well as their application for speech morphing. They share the same concept that periodic excitation found in voiced sounds is an efficient mechanism for transmitting underlying smooth time-frequency representation. They also based on perceptual equivalence...

SUMMARY High-throughput sequencing technologies introduce novel demands on tools available for data analysis. We have developed NGSView (Next Generation Sequence View), a generally applicable, flexible and extensible next-generation sequence alignment editor. The software allows for visualization and manipulation of millions of sequences simultaneously on a desktop computer, through a graphical...

Modern ERP systems contain flexible report generators but the tendency exists for users to export data to spreadsheets for manipulation, reporting and decision making. A purported reason for this is that some users are more familiar with personal reporting tools (spreadsheets) as opposed to enterprise reporting tools. The author's doctoral research intends to measure the extent of spreadsheet u...

This paper investigates the challenging problem of encoding the knowledge and reasoning processes involved in the common sense manipulation of physical objects. In particular we provide a formalisation of a domain involving rigid objects, holes and a string within a reasoning about actions and change framework. Therefore, this work investigates the formalisation and reasoning about flexible obj...

Structured audio representations are semantic and symbolic descriptions that are useful for ultralow-bit-rate transmission, flexible synthesis, and perceptually based manipulation and retrieval of sound. We present an overview of techniques for transmitting and synthesizing sound represented in structured format, and for creating structured representations from audio waveforms. We discuss appli...

The manipulation of dynamic Brillouin gratings in optical fibers is demonstrated to be an extremely flexible technique to achieve, with a single experimental setup, several all-optical signal processing functions. In particular, all-optical time differentiation, time integration and true time reversal are theoretically predicted, and then numerically and experimentally demonstrated. The techniq...

This paper presents research that enhances the effectiveness of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) robots with autonomy and 3D visualization. It describes an approach where autonomous behaviors like Click and Go, Drag for Wire, and Click and Grasp are rapidly formed by combining foundational technologies like Resolved Motion, Inverse Kinematics, and 3D Visualization. Also presented is a flexible...

This article presents a tutorial information about STRAIGHT and TANDEM-STRAIGHT, a widely used speech modification tool and its successor as well as their application for speech morphing. They share the same concept that periodic excitation found in voiced sounds is an efficient mechanism for transmitting underlying smooth time-frequency representation. They also based on perceptual equivalence...

We present our ongoing efforts to create a mobile manipulation database tool, a flexible multi-modal representation supporting persistent life-long adaptation for autonomous service robots in every-day environments. Its application to a prototypical domain illustrates how it provides symbol grounding to a reasoning system capable of learning new concepts, couples semantic planning with whole-bo...