Papers by Narayanan Kulathuramaiyer
Harnessing Communityʼs Creative Expression and Indigenous Wisdom to Create Value: Tacit-Implicit-Explicit (TIE) Knowledge Creation Model
In this paper, we present a new approach for retrieving similar images based on color-spatial fea... more In this paper, we present a new approach for retrieving similar images based on color-spatial feature. We propose the Spiral Representation Spatial Feature for images, which is rotation and scaling invariant. The Spiral Representation Spatial Feature is based on bit signature approach. The feature is extracted based on the Spiral Extraction Method, where the sub area is extracted in a circular manner, starting from the inner square and read in counter clockwise direction. The starting point of every square is the left upper sub area. The derivation of the rotated spatial features is proposed to be used for retrieval of rotated images. As an additional to common matching of whole images, partial image matching has been introduced to compliment the whole image matching, where the same images with different sizes and scaled, are retrieved as similar images, and also to locate the similar image appeared as sub image in another whole image.
A knowledge worker in the new economy often has to carry out non-linear work which typically mani... more A knowledge worker in the new economy often has to carry out non-linear work which typically manifests in the form of a random series of knowledge processes. Such processes include, but not limited to, search, classify, discover, share and learn. Despite major advancements in various IT tools to support these processes, integrated systems that are underpinned by AI and ST to perform dedicated knowledge services still do not exist. This talk will comprehensively report on efforts by the Knowledge Management Research Centre (KMRC) at HKPolyU to leverage on the abovementioned technologies to perform search, classification, knowledge discovery, navigation, and learning, as well as applications for delivering knowledge services for individual knowledge workers and organizations. Examples of such services include automated knowledge audit, computational narrative simulation of scenarios, and an Intellectual Property Management System (IPMS).
The environmental and social conditions that indigenous communities interact with the external en... more The environmental and social conditions that indigenous communities interact with the external environment are characterized by a constantly increasing degree of complexity. The interaction between different cultures can be considered a multifaceted process of negotiation. It is well acknowledged that the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for indigenous cultural preservation and revitalization can lead to several challenges. In this context, Indigenous Knowledge (IK) represents a critical resource that needs to be focused towards specific processes and governance activities. The early efforts in knowledge management were on technologies to store, capture, and distribute knowledge, while the focus at present has shifted to make explicit, the tacit knowledge, but the development is more conceptual than practical. This study focuses on exploring the patterns of Indigenous Knowledge Management (IKM) and the supporting of a governance system of communities. Based on generic patterns of IKM, the goal of the research will be in developing an indigenous knowledge governance framework.
Knowledge creation process in indigenous communities is a less focused but important area of rese... more Knowledge creation process in indigenous communities is a less focused but important area of research. We proposed the Tacit-Implicit-Explicit (TIE) model to conceptualize the information and know-how engagement process with indigenous communities. The model is an extension of traditional knowledge creation models. It will provide an insight of the flow and absorption of new information and know-how in indigenous communities and will describe that on the base of new information, how the community flourishes innovation and knowledge creation? A case study of Bario-Buayan community information exchange and knowledge creation is presented while the research is still in progress to collect more case studies from communities and to validate the model.
Knowledge Acquisition Environment for Bridging the Semantic Gap
Classification of Butterfly Wing Images
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Contextual Sense Disambiguation
Development of Iban WordNet (IbaWN): Introducing Hybrid Model
4th International Conference on IT in Asia, CITA 2005, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Indigenous Knowledge Governance Framework: Scaffolding Joint ICT Developments in Long Lamai, Malaysia
Bidwell, N. J., & Winschiers-Theophilus, H. (2015). At the Intersection of Indigenous and Traditional Knowledge and Technology Design Santa Rosa, California: Informing Science Press, Aug 30, 2015
Indigenous knowledge encompass generations of experimentation and innovation which has been carri... more Indigenous knowledge encompass generations of experimentation and innovation which has been carried over orally through the years and now serves communities as a rich source of tacit and implicit knowledge. This knowledge, which is deeply rooted in the social and cultural context of indigenous communities, can potentially be the key and inspiration to resolve many emerging complex problems. Indigenous knowledge is thus a time-tested hidden treasure of intellectual property, covering all aspects of our life and a basis for context-specific, task centric knowledge management....
Tacit-Implicit and Explicit Model of Knowledge Creation
Towards Semantic Clustering: Grouping Image Visual Features Through Exploratory Factor Analysis
Image clustering is an important technology which helps users to get hold of thelarge amount of o... more Image clustering is an important technology which helps users to get hold of thelarge amount of online visual information, especially after the rapid growth of theWeb. This paper focuses on image clustering methods and their application inimage collection or online image repository. Current progress of image clusteringrelated to image retrieval and image annotation are summarized and some openproblems are discussed. Related works are summarized based on the problemsaddressed, which are image segmentation, compact representation of image set,search space reduction, and semantic gap. Issues are also identified in currentprogress and semantic clustering is conjectured to be the potential trend. Ourframework of semantic clustering as well as the main abstraction levels involvedis briefly discussed.
Modeling Indigenous Knowledge Creation as a Living System
eToro: Community-based Co-Design
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Indigenous Knowledge Management (IKM) have ... more Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Indigenous Knowledge Management (IKM) have been designed using the conventional approach of creating and manipulating databases of knowledge. This typical approach of IKM generates the issues of indigenous knowledge governance, de-contextualisation and data manipulation. Hence, the main research question of this study is "How can we introduce indigenous knowledge governance into ICT-based Indigenous Knowledge Management System (IKMS)?" The study has been conducted in three phases with two indigenous communities of Sarawak, East Malaysia, using the eBario and eLamai Telecentre as a local collaborating institutions. The main outcome of the study is the methodology of conducting a multidisciplinary research and designing Indigenous Knowledge Governance Framework (IKGF). The framework works as an analytical tool that can help in understanding the essential context in which indigenous knowledge management processes occur. Th...
Knowledge Management in Nonprofit Settings: A case study of indigenous knowledge management
A well formulated framework depicts the embedded relationships between influencing factors and pr... more A well formulated framework depicts the embedded relationships between influencing factors and provides a simplified and assimilative description of the complex knowledge management systems. In organizations, creation of models and frameworks for designing knowledge management tools is a well established practice while there is a lack of a comprehensive framework for Indigenous Knowledge Management System (IKMS). Hence, the research question addressed in this paper is whether the organisational knowledge management frameworks can be used to strategies Indigenous Knowledge Management (IKM) in a meaningful way. The paper presents Balanced Scorecard (BSc) for IKM in indigenous communities as a case study of nonprofit setting. With the help of empirical data, this work explains four main strategic management processes of BSc approach. The paper argues that, although BSc is found to be useful in many organisations and indigenous community related project, care should be taken when it is ...
De-Noising and Segmentation of brain MR images by Spatial Information and K-Means Clustering
ICT in Community Based Tourism in Bario, Sarawak: Improvements on Social Economic Development
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