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SIGMOD
2009
ACM
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Combining keyword search and forms for ad hoc querying of databases
A common criticism of database systems is that they are hard to query for users uncomfortable with a formal query language. To address this problem, form-based interfaces and keyw...
Eric Chu, Akanksha Baid, Xiaoyong Chai, AnHai Doan...
EDBT
2008
ACM
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16 years 6 months ago
Attribute selection in multivariate microaggregation
Microaggregation is one of the most employed microdata protection methods. The idea is to build clusters of at least k original records, and then replace them with the centroid of...
Javier Herranz, Jordi Nin, Vicenç Torra
ICSE
2007
IEEE-ACM
16 years 6 months ago
A Perspective on the Future of Middleware-based Software Engineering
Middleware is a software layer that stands between the networked operating system and the application and provides well known reusable solutions to frequently encountered problems...
Mauro Caporuscio, Nikolaos Georgantas, Valé...
PERCOM
2007
ACM
16 years 6 months ago
Expressing Sensor Network Interaction Patterns Using Data-Driven Macroprogramming
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are increasingly being employed as a key building block of pervasive computing infrastructures, owing to their ability to be embedded within the re...
Animesh Pathak, Luca Mottola, Amol Bakshi, Viktor ...
PERCOM
2007
ACM
16 years 6 months ago
A State-Based Programming Model and System for Wireless Sensor Networks
Sensor networks are one important building block towards the realisation of context-aware applications. Suitable communication protocols and middleware solutions are necessary to ...
Urs Bischoff, Gerd Kortuem