As far as taking care of my body goes, I'm not exactly low maintenance. I regularly lift weights and try to get in pilates when I can, and I aim to eat a balanced diet. But in spite of this, I still ...

Abstract: It is known that shape-adaptive (SA) transform coding can outperform block-based transform coding for images. However, there is no simple way to construct optimal transforms for arbitrarily ...

Abstract: An efficient technique for encoding arbitrary contours is presented. It is based on the concept of transition points of a contour map and relies on a new four-symbol adaptive context-based ...