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CONEXT
2008
ACM
15 years 8 months ago
Is there life in Second Life?
Abstract: Social virtual worlds such as Second Life are digital representations of the real world where human-controlled avatars evolve and interact through social activities. Unde...
Matteo Varvello, Fabio Picconi, Christophe Diot, E...
CONEXT
2008
ACM
15 years 8 months ago
Instability free routing: beyond one protocol instance
Today, a large body of research exists regarding the correctness of routing protocols. However, many reported global disruptions of Internet connectivity, e.g., inter-AS persisten...
Franck Le, Geoffrey G. Xie, Hui Zhang
EDCC
2008
Springer
15 years 8 months ago
SONDe, a Self-Organizing Object Deployment Algorithm in Large-Scale Dynamic Systems
We present the design, correctness, and analysis of SONDe, a simple fully decentralized object deployment algorithm for highly requested systems. Given an object (service or data)...
Vincent Gramoli, Anne-Marie Kermarrec, Erwan Le Me...
ACMIDC
2008
15 years 8 months ago
Playing with the sound maker: do embodied metaphors help children learn?
In this paper we present the results of a comparative study that explores the potential benefits of using embodied ion to help children, aged 7 to 10, learn abstract concepts rela...
Alissa Nicole Antle, Milena Droumeva, Greg Corness
ISLPED
2007
ACM
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15 years 8 months ago
Towards a software approach to mitigate voltage emergencies
Increases in peak current draw and reductions in the operating voltages of processors continue to amplify the importance of dealing with voltage fluctuations in processors. One a...
Meeta Sharma Gupta, Krishna K. Rangan, Michael D. ...