ABSTRACT Web-a-Where: Geotagging Web Content (2008)
Einat Amitay, Ron Sivan, Aya Soffer
We describe Web-a-Where, a system for associating geography with Web pages. Web-a-Where locates mentions of places and determines the place each name refers to. In addition, it assigns to each page a...
Einat Amitay, David Carmel, Ronny Lempel, Aya Soffer
This paper describes an evaluation method based on Term Relevance Sets (Trels) that measures an IR system’s quality by examining the content of the retrieved results rather than by looking for...
Integration of local and global shape analysis for logo classification (2008)
Jan Neumann, Hanan Samet, Aya Soffer
Abstract. A comparison is made of global and local methods for the shape analysis of logos in an image database. The qualities of the methods are judged by using the shape signatures to define a...
1 TWO DATA ORGANIZATIONS FOR STORING SYMBOLIC IMAGES IN A RELATIONAL DATABASE SYSTEM (2008)
Abstract: A method is presented for integrating images into the framework of a conventional database management system (DBMS). It is applicable to a class of images termed symbolic images in which...
Andre Folkers, Hanan Samet, Aya Soffer
An algorithm is given for processing pictorial query specifications that consist of a query image and a similarity level that must hold between the query image and database images. The similarity...
Juru at TREC 10 – Experiments with Index Pruning (2008)
This is the first year that Juru, a Java IR system developed over the past few years at the IBM Research Lab in
is described that utilizes the symbolic knowledge found in the legend of the map to drive geographic symbol (or label) recognition. MAGELLAN first scans the geographic symbol layer(s) of the map. The...
Query Processing and Optimization for Pictorial Query Trees (2007)
. Methods for processing of pictorial queries specified by pictorial query trees are presented. Leaves of a pictorial query tree correspond to individual pictorial queries while internal nodes...
Introduction to Database Management Systems (CMSC 461), University of Maryland Baltimore County, Spring 1997. Graduate Research Assistant, University of Maryland, September 1992 -- August 1995 ffl...
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Yariv Aridor, David Carmel, Yoëlle S. Maarek, Aya Soffer
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is described that utilizes the symbolic knowledge found in the legend of the map to drive geographic symbol (or label) recognition. MAGELLAN first scans the geographic symbol layer(s) of the map. The...
Leveraging Web Services for Information Discovery (2007)
Doron Cohen, Michal Jacovi, Michael Herscovici, Yoelle S. Maarek, Noga Meshulam, Aya Soffer, ...
In this paper, we describe a novel application of the Web Services model for end-user information discovery needs rather than for the traditional business-to-business applications. We describe a...
The connectivity sonar: detecting site functionality by structural patterns (2003)
Einat Amitay, David Carmel, Adam Darlow, Ronny Lempel, Aya Soffer
Web sites today serve many different functions, such as corporate sites, search engines, e-stores, and so forth. As sites are created for different purposes, their structure and connectivity...
The connectivity sonar: detecting site functionality by structural patterns (2003)
Einat Amitay, David Carmel, Adam Darlow, Ronny Lempel, Aya Soffer
IBM Research Activities at TREC (2003)
Eric W. Brown, David Carmel, Martin Franz, Abraham Ittycheriah, Tapas Kanungo, Yoelle Maarek, ...
Einat Amitay, David Carmel, Adam Darlow, Michael Herscovici, Ronny Lempel, Aya Soffer, ...
This is the third year that our group participates in TREC's Web track, the second year in the topic distillation task. Our experiments last year, as well as those of other participants,...
Personalized Pocket Directories for Mobile Devices (2002)
Cohen, Doron, Herscovici, Michael, Petruschka, Yael, Maarek, Yolle S., Soffer, Aya, Newbold, Dave
In spite of the increase in the availability of mobile devices in the last few years, Web information is not yet as accessible from PDAs or WAP phones as it is from the desktop. In this paper, we...
Topic Distillation with Knowledge Agents (2002)
Einat Amitay, David Carmel, Adam Darlow, Ronny Lempel, Aya Soffer
This is the second year that our group participates in TREC’s Web track. Our experiments focused on the Topic distillation task. Our main goal was to experiment with the Knowledge Agent (KA)...
An Appropriate Unit of Retrieval Results for XML Document Retrieval (2002)
Norbert Fuhr, Norbert Gövert, Gabriella Kazai, Mounia Lalmas, Workshop Programme V, Ray R. Larson, ...
Xjuru- an XML retrieval system at INEX’02
JuruXML - an XML retrieval system at INEX 02 (2002)
Yosi Mass, Matan M, Einat Amitay, Yoelle Maarek, Aya Soffer
XML documents represent a middle range between unstructured data such as textual documents and fully structured data encoded in databases. Typically, information retrieval techniques are used to...
Topic Distillation with Knowledge Agents (2002)
Einat Amitay, David Carmel, Adam Darlow, Ronny Lempel, Aya Soffer
This is the second year that our group participates in TREC’s Web track. Our experiments focused on the Topic distillation task. Our main goal was to experiment with the Knowledge Agent (KA)...
Yoelle Maarek, Aya Soffer, Bay-wei Chang, Google Inc
The dramatic increase in the use and availability of mobile devices such as cellular phones and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) in the last few years has resulted in the ability to access...
JuruXML - an XML retrieval system at INEX 02 (2002)
Yosi Mass, Matan M, Einat Amitay, David Carmel, Yoelle Maarek, Aya Soffer
XML documents represent a middle range between unstructured data such as textual documents and fully structured data encoded in databases. Typically, information retrieval techniques are used to...
PicASHOW: Pictorial Authority Search by Hyperlinks on the Web (2001)
We describe PicASHOW, a fully automated WWW image retrieval system that is based on several link-structure analyzing algorithms. Our basic premise is that a page p displays (or links to) an image...
Knowledge Encapsulation for Focused Search from Pervasive Devices (2001)
Aridor, Yariv, Carmel, David, Lempel, Ronny, Maarek, Yoelle S., Soffer, Aya
Mobile knowledge seekers often need access to information on the Web during a meeting or on the road, while away from their desktop. A common practice today is to use pervasive devices such as...
Static Index Pruning for Information Retrieval Systems (2001)
David Carmel, Doron Cohen, Ronald Fagin, Eitan Farchi, Michael Herscovici, Yoëlle S. Maarek, ...
We introduce static index pruning methods that significantly reduce the index size in information retrieval systems. We investigate uniform and term-based methods that each remove selected entries...
Static Index Pruning for Information Retrieval Systems (2001)
David Carmel, Doron Cohen, Ronald Fagin, Eitan Farchi, Michael Herscovici, ...
We introduce static index pruning methods that significantly reduce the index size in information retrieval systems. We investigate uniform and term-based methods that each remove selected entries...
Static Index Pruning for Information Retrieval Systems (2001)
David Carmel, Doron Cohen, Ronald Fagin, Eitan Farchi, Michael Herscovici, Yoëlle S. Maarek, ...
We introduce static indexp runingmeth ds thk significantly reduce th index size in information retrieval systems. We investigate uniform and term-basedmeth ds thk each remove selected entries fromth...
Trend detection through temporal link analysis (2001)
Einat Amitay, David Carmel, Michael Herscovici, Ronny Lempel, Aya Soffer
Although time has been recognized as an important dimension in the co-citation literature, to date it has not been incorporated into the analogous process of link analysis on the Web. In this paper,...
Two Data Organizations For Storing Symbolic Images In A Relational Database System (1999)
: A method is presented for integrating images into the framework of a conventional database management system (DBMS). It is applicable to a class of images termed symbolic images in which the set of...
ion Approaches Aya Soffer Computer Science Department and Center for Automation Research and Institute for Advanced Computer Science University of Maryland at College Park College Park, Maryland...
Pictorial Query Specification for Browsing Through Spatially-Referenced Image Databases (1998)
A pictorial query specification technique that enables the formulation of complex pictorial queries for browsing through a collection of spatially-referenced images is presented. It is distinguished...
Pictorial Query Trees for Query Specification in Image Databases (1998)
Aya Soffer, Hanan Samet, Dmitry Zotkin
A technique that enables specifying complex queries in image databases using pictorial query trees is presented. The leaves of a pictorial query tree correspond to individual pictorial queries that...
Using Negative Shape Features for Logo Similarity Matching (1998)
A method for representing and matching logos based on positive and negative shape features is presented. Negative shape features represent an object that consists of several components enclosed in a...
Pictorial query specification for browsing through image databasess (1998)
A pictorial query specification technique that enables the formulation of complex pictorial queries for browsing through an image database is presented. Using our technique, it is possible to specify...
Negative Shape Features For Image Databases Consisting Of Geographic Symbols (1997)
A method for representing geographic symbols for storage and retrieval in an image database is presented. Symbols are characterized by a collection of features that describe their shape. Many of...
Image categorization using texture features (1997)
A method for categorizing images using texture features is presented. The goal of categorization is to find all images from the same category as a given query image. Some example categories are floor...
Pictorial Query Specification for Browsing Through Image Databases (1997)
A pictorial query specification technique that enables the formulation of complex pictorial queries for browsing through an image database is presented. Using our technique, it is possible to specify...
Image Categorization Using Texture Features (1997)
A method for finding all images from the same category as a given query image (termed categorization) using texture features is presented. The hypothesis that two images that are similar in texture...
Image Categorization Using N*M-grams (1997)
A method for categorizing images using N \Theta M-grams is presented. The goal of categorization is to find all images from the same category as a given query image. Some example categories are...
Negative shape features for image databases consisting of geographic symbols (1997)
Aya Soffer, Goddard Space, Hanan Samet
A method for representing geographic symbols for storage and retrieval in an image database is presented. Symbols are characterized by a collection of features that describe their shape. Many of...
Retrieval By Content in Symbolic-Image Databases (1996)
Two approaches for integrating images into the framework of a database management system are presented. The classification approach preprocesses all images and attaches a semantic classification and...
MARCO: MAp Retrieval by COntent (1996)
A system named MARCO (denoting MAp Retrieval by COntent) that is used for the acquisition, storage, indexing, and retrieval of map images is presented. The input to MARCO are raster images of...
Pictorial Queries by Image Similarity (1996)
A method for specifying pictorial queries to an image database is introduced. A pictorial query specification consists of a query image, and a similarity level that specifies the required extent of...
Pictorial Queries by Image Similarity (1996)
A method for specifying pictorial queries to an image database is introduced. A pictorial query specification consists of a query image, and a similarity level that specifies the required extent of...
Two Approaches for Integrating Symbolic Images into a Database System: A Comparative Study (1996)
Symbolic images are composed of a finite set of symbols that have a semantic meaning. Examples of symbolic images include maps (where the semantic meaning of the symbols is given in the legend),...
Retrieval By Content in Symbolic-Image Databases (1996)
Two approaches for integrating images into the framework of a database management system are presented. The classification approach preprocesses all images and attaches a semantic classification and...
Retrieval by content in symbolic-image databases /--by Aya Chasia Soffer. (1995)
Thesis research directed by Dept. of Computer Science.
A map acquisition, storage, indexing, and retrieval system (1995)
A system for the acquisition, storage, indexing, and retrieval of map images is presented. The input to this system are raster images of separate map layers and map composites. A legend driven map...
A Legend-Driven Geographic Symbol Recognition System (1994)
The problem of converting paper maps into digital formats is a major concern today with the emergence of geographical information systems (GIS) as replacements of the traditional paper map. One of...
MAGELLAN: Map Acquisition of Geographic Labels by Legend Analysis (1994)
this paper, we describe a system called MAGELLAN (denoting Map Acquisition of GEographic Labels by Legend ANalysis) built by us that uses the legend of the map to drive the geographic symbol (or...
A Legend-Driven Geographic Symbol Recognition System (1994)
The problem of converting paper maps into digital formats is a major concern today with the emergence of geographical information systems (GIS) as replacements of the traditional paper map. One of...
Handling Multiple Instances of Symbols in Pictorial Queries by Image Similarity
Aya Soffer, Hanan Samet, Goddard Space
. A method is presented for processing pictorial query specifications that consist of a query image and a similarity level that must hold between the query image and database images. The similarity...
Handling Multiple Instances of Symbols in Pictorial Queries by Image Similarity
. A method is presented for processing pictorial query specifications that consist of a query image and a similarity level that must hold between the query image and database images. The similarity...