Open Source Software: The Engine Behind an Internet Start-up Company

Dan Lipsa, Robert S Laramee

May 27, 2010

Open Source Software (OSS) is a ubiquitous term in this day and age. We identify and describe what Open Source Software is, and explain its relationship with Free Software.

Harmonic Field Based Volume Model Construction from Triangle Soup

Ralph Martin

May 25, 2010

This paper presents a novel method to generate volume data represented as an octree from a general 3D triangle soup.

Assessing the Uniqueness and Permanence of Facial Actions for Use in Biometric Applications

David Marshall, Paul Rosin

May 3, 2010

In this paper, we investigate the uniqueness and permanence of facial actions to determine whether these can be used as a behavioral biometric.

SoundRiver: Semantically-Rich Sound Illustration

May 1, 2010

Sound is an integral part of most movies and videos. viewers of a video are unable to hear the sound track, for example, when watching it in a fast forward mode, viewing it by hearing-impaired viewers or when the plot is given as a storyboard.

Sedimentation of an elliptical object in a two-dimensional foam

Tudur Davies

May 1, 2010

The Role of Haptics in Medical Training Simulators: A Survey of the State-of-the-art

Nigel John

April 22, 2010

This review paper discusses the role of haptics within virtual medical training applications, particularly, where it can be used to aid a practitioner to learn and practice a task.