Language run-time systems are routinely used to host potentially buggy or malicious codelets — software modules, agents, applets, etc. — in a secure environment. A number of t...
This paper presents an architecture for location aware applications, where positioning sources such as GPS, WaveLAN and Bluetooth devices can be seamlessly interchanged or even co...
The proliferation of smart gadgets, appliances, mobile devices, PDAs and sensors has enabled the construction of ubiquitous computing environments, transforming regular physical s...
Jalal Al-Muhtadi, Anand Ranganathan, Roy H. Campbe...
Wireless technologies and applications received great attention in recent years. The medium access control (MAC) protocol is the main element that determines the efficiency in sha...
Shiann-Tsong Sheu, Tobias Chen, Jenhui Chen, Fun Y...
This paper describes a unique robotics project, Comprehensive Access to Printed Materials (CAPM), within the context of libraries. As libraries provide a growing array of digital ...