Let G be a graph embedded in the L1-plane. The stretch factor of G is the maximum over all pairs of distinct vertices p and q of G of the ratio LG 1 (p, q)/L1(p, q), where LG 1 (p...
We report on the successful process of transitioning a 4th-year university software engineering capstone course from a waterfall approach to an iterative, more agile model. The se...
Ciphertext-Policy Attribute-Based Encryption (CP-ABE) allows to encrypt data under an access policy, specified as a logical combination of attributes. Such ciphertexts can be decry...
General information retrieval systems are designed to serve all users without considering individual needs. In this paper, we propose a novel approach to personalized search. It c...
Yuanhua Lv, Le Sun, Junlin Zhang, Jian-Yun Nie, Wa...
In a range-aggegate query problem we wish to preprocess a set S of geometric objects such that given a query orthogonal range q, a certain intersection or proximity query on the o...