Communications of the ACM

The Origins of GPU Computing

Government-funded academic research on parallel computing, stream processing, real-time shading languages, and programmable ...
IEEE

Multi-PointNet++: A Multi-Scale Local Interaction Network for Plant Point Cloud Segmentation

Abstract: To address the challenges of complex structures, large organ-scale variations, and dense internal organization in plant 3D point clouds, This paper proposes Multi-PointNet++ algorithm based ...
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IEEE

Robust Generalized Partial-to-Full Point Set Registration with Overlap-Guided Bidirectional Hybrid Mixture Models for Computer-Assisted Orthopedic Surgery

Abstract: In computer-assisted orthopedic surgery (CAOS), robust and accurate registration of the preoperative full bone model and the intraoperative partial point set is a prerequisite for reliable ...
IEEE

LSReg-Net: An End-to-End Registration Network for Large-Scale LiDAR Point Cloud in Autonomous Driving

Abstract: Large-scale point cloud registration is a fundamental problem for autonomous driving. To achieve alignment, most existing methods focus on local point cloud features for matching. However, ...
IEEE

Affective Brain–Computer Interfaces (aBCIs): A Tutorial

Abstract: A brain–computer interface (BCI) enables a user to communicate directly with a computer using only the central nervous system. An affective BCI (aBCI) monitors and/or regulates the emotional ...
Ars Technica

Claude Code can now take over your computer to complete tasks

Anthropic is joining the increasingly crowded field of companies with AI agents that can take direct control of your local computer desktop. The company has announced that Claude Code (and its more ...
IEEE

DeepBHMR: Learning Bidirectional Hybrid Mixture Models for Generalized Global Rigid Point Set Registration in Computer-Assisted Orthopedic Surgery

Abstract: This paper presents a novel robust and accurate normal-assisted learning-based rigid point set registration approach, i.e., Deep Bi-directional Hybrid Mixture Registration (DeepBHMR), where ...
IEEE

SCSQ-Net: A Shared Kernel Point Convolution Semantic Query Network for Weakly Supervised Classification of Multispectral LiDAR Point Clouds

Abstract: Multispectral LiDAR (MS-LiDAR) point cloud classification holds great potential, but current methods rely heavily on fully supervised learning, requiring costly manual labeling. To address ...
IEEE

Denoising Point Clouds in Latent Space via Graph Convolution and Invertible Neural Network

Abstract: Point clouds frequently contain noise and outliers, presenting obstacles for downstream applications. In this work, we introduce a novel denoising method for point clouds. By leveraging the ...
devprojournal

National Computer Corporation (NCC) celebrates 40 years in the Point of Sale industry

National Computer Corporation (NCC), a leading developer of comprehensive software solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, is celebrating its 40 th anniversary. Over the past four decades ...