The Computational Theory of Mind
A historical trend in the cognitive sciences has been to understand the brain as nature’s way of implementing a computer, a view often termed the Classical Computational Theory of Mind (CCTM). Early roots of this idea can be found in [...]
Introduction to Evolutionary Psychology
Evolutionary psychology is an approach to understand human behavior that combines insights gained from evolutionary biology, the computational sciences and the study of ancestral living conditions. It has been put forward as an opposing view to what Tooby and Cosmides [...]
Building a Content-Based Multimedia Search Engine VI: Efficient Query Processing
This is part 6 in a series of tutorials in which we learn how to build a content-based search engine that retrieves multimedia objects based on their content rather than based on keywords, title or meta description. Part I: Quantifying [...]
Building a Content-Based Multimedia Search Engine V: Signature Quadratic Form Distance
This is part 5 in a series of tutorials in which we learn how to build a content-based search engine that retrieves multimedia objects based on their content rather than based on keywords, title or meta description. Part I: Quantifying [...]
Building a Content-Based Multimedia Search Engine IV: Earth Mover’s Distance
This is part 4 in a series of tutorials in which we learn how to build a content-based search engine that retrieves multimedia objects based on their content rather than based on keywords, title or meta description. Part I: Quantifying [...]
Building a Content-Based Multimedia Search Engine III: Feature Signatures
This is part 3 in a series of tutorials in which we learn how to build a content-based search engine that retrieves multimedia objects based on their content rather than based on keywords, title or meta description. Part I: Quantifying [...]