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INFOCOM
2009
IEEE
16 years 1 months ago
P2P Second Life: Experimental Validation Using Kad
: Applications such as Second Life require massive deployment of servers worldwide to support a large number of users. We investigate experimentally how Peer-to-Peer (P2P) communic...
Matteo Varvello, C. Diout, Ernst W. Biersack
CIKM
2009
Springer
16 years 1 months ago
Commentary-based video categorization and concept discovery
Social network contents are not limited to text but also multimedia. Dailymotion, YouTube, and MySpace are examples of successful sites which allow users to share videos among the...
Janice Kwan-Wai Leung, Chun Hung Li, Ting Keung Ip
ICWL
2009
Springer
16 years 1 months ago
Microblogging for Language Learning: Using Twitter to Train Communicative and Cultural Competence
Abstract. Our work analyzes the usefulness of microblogging in second language learning using the example of the social network Twitter. Most learners of English do not require eve...
Kerstin Borau, Carsten Ullrich, Jinjin Feng, Ruimi...
JCDL
2009
ACM
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16 years 1 months ago
Improving historical research by linking digital library information to a global genealogical database
Journals, letters, and other writings are of great value to historians and those who research their own family history; however, it can be difficult to find writings by specific...
Douglas J. Kennard, William B. Lund, Bryan S. Mors...
SOUPS
2009
ACM
16 years 1 months ago
The impact of expressiveness on the effectiveness of privacy mechanisms for location-sharing
A recent trend in social networking, photo/video sharing, and location-sharing services is a demand for more expressive privacy mechanisms that provide greater control over the co...
Michael Benisch, Patrick Gage Kelley, Norman M. Sa...