The PageRank of a vector is a measure of centrality for nodes in a network. Three ways to calculate the PageRank are using power iteration, Monte Carlo methods, and iterative graph methods using Spark. The graph methods ...

Gestures serve an important role in human-computer interfaces, and advancing technology such as virtual and augmented reality makes 3-D gestures an increasingly important and powerful means of interaction. Robust gesture ...

This thesis explores the possibility of creating a portable, non-invasive, and robust sign language recognition system on a mobile device, capable of improving the quality of life of sign language users. A gesture recognition ...

With the advancement of technology, electromyographic (EMG) and spatial data recognition is having a growing impact on accessible computing. I designed a customizable script that uses a combination of EMG, spatial and ...

Recommendation systems exist in almost every aspect of online business. Whether the system is recommending books, movies, clothes, etc., an algorithm is running behind the scenes. These algorithms are hard to acquire in ...

Missing data is found in virtually every large database, and can be a significant challenge for researchers who want to create analyses on the data. Several approaches have been developed to deal with missing data, but ...

With the advancement of technology, daily interaction with computers is being relied on more and more. However, conventional interaction methods remain difficult or impossible to use for people with certain physical ...

The goal of this thesis is to present information which will support programming through speech recognition by finding a limit for the size of commands in the given language of the program. This limit is the point at which ...

This thesis explores the potential of two input devices, the Leap Motion Controller and a touchscreen laptop, for use in conjunction with augmented reality in physical therapy activities for patients who suffer from motor ...