Abstract: Analyzing ancient manuscripts and unknown scripts presents a very difficult problem, because of document deterioration and linguistic differences. Recent progress in Artificial Intelligence ...

Abstract: Plane-by-plane fabrication of fiber Bragg gratings in optical fibers using a short-pulse femtosecond IR laser is proposed and demonstrated. By incorporating a cylindrical lens in the ...

In the second century A.D. at the city of Oinoanda, the philosopher Diogenes inscribed his works on the wall of a stoa, or portico, in a public square.(Martin Bachmann) In the winter of 1884, two ...