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CSCW
2010
ACM
16 years 4 months ago
An empirical study of critical mass and online community survival
There is general consensus that critical mass at inception ensures the sustained success of online communities. However, no clear understanding of what constitutes such a 'cr...
Daphne R. Raban, Mihai Moldovan, Quentin Jones
WACV
2005
IEEE
16 years 3 months ago
Detecting Motion Patterns via Direction Maps with Application to Surveillance
To facilitate accurate and efficient detection of motion patterns in video data, it is desirable to abstract from pixel intensity values to representations that explicitly and co...
Jacob M. Gryn, Richard P. Wildes, John K. Tsotsos
CVPR
2010
IEEE
16 years 3 months ago
A Novel Riemannian Framework for Shape Analysis of 3D Objects
In this paper we introduce a novel Riemannian framework for shape analysis of parameterized surfaces. We derive a distance function between any two surfaces that is invariant to r...
Sebastian Kurtek, Eric Klassen, Anuj Srivastava, Z...
ICPR
2010
IEEE
16 years 2 months ago
Discrimination of Moderate and Acute Drowsiness Based on Spontaneous Facial Expressions
It is important for drowsiness detection systems to warn the driver before the critical stages of drowsiness arise and thus to provide sufficient intervention time for the driver...
Esra Vural, Marian Stewart Bartlett, Gwen Littlewo...
HICSS
2010
IEEE
164views Biometrics» more  HICSS 2010»
16 years 2 months ago
Embodied Social Presence Theory
We discuss and reflect on the importance of embodiment, context, and spatial proximity as they pertain to the sense of presence obtained by individuals in virtual environments. We...
Brian E. Mennecke, Janea L. Triplett, Lesya M. Has...