Browsing CSAIL Technical Reports (July 1, 2003 - present) by Title
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A soft touch: Compliant Tactile Sensors for Sensitive Manipulation
(2006-03-01)We present the design, analysis and construction of a biologicallyinspired tactile sensor. The sensor can measure normal and lateralforces, conform to the surfaces with which it comes in contact andincrease the friction ... -
A Stream Algorithm for the SVD
(2003-10-22)We present a stream algorithm for the Singular-Value Decomposition (SVD) of anM X N matrix A. Our algorithm trades speed of numerical convergence for parallelism,and derives from a one-sided, cyclic-by-rows Hestenes SVD. ... -
A Theory of Object Recognition: Computations and Circuits in the Feedforward Path of the Ventral Stream in Primate Visual Cortex
(2005-12-19)We describe a quantitative theory to account for the computations performed by the feedforward path of the ventral stream of visual cortex and the local circuits implementing them. We show that a model instantiating the ... -
A Unified Information Theoretic Framework for Pair- and Group-wise Registration of Medical Images
(2006-01-25)The field of medical image analysis has been rapidly growing for the past two decades. Besides a significant growth in computational power, scanner performance, and storage facilities, this acceleration is partially due ... -
A Unified Statistical and Information Theoretic Framework for Multi-modal Image Registration
(2004-04-28)We formulate and interpret several multi-modal registration methods inthe context of a unified statistical and information theoretic framework. A unified interpretation clarifies the implicit assumptionsof each method ... -
The Abstract MAC Layer
(2009-05-11)A diversity of possible communication assumptions complicates the study of algorithms and lower bounds for radio networks. We address this problem by defining an Abstract MAC Layer. This service provides reliable local ... -
The Abstract MAC Layer
(2010-08-26)A diversity of possible communication assumptions complicates the study of algorithms and lower bounds for radio networks. We address this problem by defining an abstract MAC layer. This service provides reliable local ... -
The Abstract MAC Layer
(2009-02-21)A diversity of possible communication assumptions complicates the study of algorithms and lower bounds for radio networks. We address this problem by defining an Abstract MAC Layer. This service provides reliable local ... -
Abstraction Layers for Scalable Microfluidic Biocomputers (Extended Version)
(2006-05-05)Microfluidic devices are emerging as an attractive technology for automatically orchestrating the reactions needed in a biological computer. Thousands of microfluidic primitives have already been integrated on a single ... -
Accurate and Scalable Surface Representation and Reconstruction from Images
(2005-11-18)We introduce a new surface representation, the patchwork, to extend the problem of surface reconstruction from multiple images. A patchwork is the combination of several patches that are built one by one. This design ... -
Active Loop Detection for Applications that Access Databases
(2021-11-15)We present Shear, a new system that observes and manipulates the interaction between an application and its surrounding environment to learn a model of the behavior of the application. Shear implements active loop detection ... -
Active Loop Detection for Applications that Access Databases
(2021-09-09)We present Shear, a new system that observes and manipulates the interaction between an application and its surrounding environment to learn a model of the behavior of the application. Shear implements active loop detection ... -
Adaptation for Regularization Operators in Learning Theory
(2006-09-10)We consider learning algorithms induced by regularization methods in the regression setting. We show that previously obtained error bounds for these algorithms using a-priori choices of the regularization parameter, can ... -
Adaptive Envelope MDPs for Relational Equivalence-based Planning
(2008-07-29)We describe a method to use structured representations of the environment’s dynamics to constrain and speed up the planning process. Given a problem domain described in a probabilistic logical description language, we ... -
Adaptive Kernel Methods Using the Balancing Principle
(2008-10-16)The regularization parameter choice is a fundamental problem in supervised learning since the performance of most algorithms crucially depends on the choice of one or more of such parameters. In particular a main theoretical ... -
Advancing Computational Models of Narrative
(2009-12-17)Report of a Workshop held at the Wylie Center, Beverly, MA, Oct 8-10 2009 -
Aeolus Reference Manual
(2012-09-14)This document describes the interface that the Aeolus information flow platform provides for users who are implementing applications using Java. The document explains how the Aeolus features are made available by means of ... -
Agent Organization and Request Propagation in the Knowledge Plane
(2007-07-26)In designing and building a network like the Internet, we continue to face the problems of scale and distribution. In particular, network management has become an increasingly difficult task, and network applications often ... -
Agent Organization in the Knowledge Plane
(2008-06-11)In designing and building a network like the Internet, we continue to face the problems of scale and distribution. With the dramatic expansion in scale and heterogeneity of the Internet, network management has become an ... -
Alloy*: A Higher-Order Relational Constraint Solver
(2014-09-02)The last decade has seen a dramatic growth in the use of constraint solvers as a computational mechanism, not only for analysis and synthesis of software, but also at runtime. Solvers are available for a variety of logics ...
