Abstract: One major topic for robust face recognition could be the efficient encoding of facial descriptors. Among various encoders, Fisher vector (FV) is one of the probabilistic methods that yield ...

The Oklahoma City Thunder will face the Denver Nuggets in Round 2 of the 2025 NBA playoffs. After waiting a week, the first seed finally learned their opponent after the Nuggets blew out the Clippers ...

On Tuesday night, the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished the 114-88 victory with 31 points ...

The Timberwolves have some issues going into the 2025 Western Conference Finals and the Thunder can take advantage of them. Although the Timberwolves have done a terrific job in getting this far ...

It is hard to believe that the V.I. “Peace Summit” was more than 10 years ago. As an outsider, but one with more than 40 years of experience in the territory, I have developed a set of perspectives on ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from moving forward with its dismantling of the U.S. Institute of Peace, an organization taken over in March by Elon Musk’s ...

It was nearly a decade ago the last time the OKC Thunder were this close to the ultimate goal of an NBA Championship and they did it by beating the Denver Nuggets in a Game 7 on Sunday.

The Oklahoma City Thunder didn’t need 48 minutes to show ... further into everyday conversation and that ever-elusive “face of the league” discussion that changes every week.

Plenty of storylines exist between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Minnesota Timberwolves. The rivals will match up in the 2025 Western Conference Finals after the former clinched their Game 7 win ...

The Thunder will face the Timberwolves in the West Finals, with Game 1 Tuesday in OKC. The Thunder, the top team in the NBA this season, outscored the Nuggets 39-20 in the second quarter to erase ...

The Wolves will have had five full days off ahead of Game 1, while the Thunder will have had only one. The winner will advance to face either the New York Knicks or Indiana Pacers in the NBA Finals.

Highly anticipated peace talks between Russia and Ukraine fizzled out after less than two hours on Friday — after Russia demanded major swaths of land as a precondition for a cease-fire.