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IMC
2006
ACM
16 years 7 days ago
On the impact of research network based testbeds on wide-area experiments
An important stage of wide-area systems and networking research is to prototype a system to understand its performance when deployed in the real Internet. A key requirement of pro...
Himabindu Pucha, Y. Charlie Hu, Zhuoqing Morley Ma...
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
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16 years 6 months ago
Python CS1 as preparation for C++ CS2
How suitable is a Python-based CS1 course as preparation for a C++-based CS2 course? After fifteen years of using C++ for both CS1 and CS2, the Computer Science Department at Mich...
Richard J. Enbody, William F. Punch, Mark McCullen
SIGCOMM
2009
ACM
16 years 23 days ago
Virtual individual servers as privacy-preserving proxies for mobile devices
People increasingly generate content on their mobile devices and upload it to third-party services such as Facebook and Google Latitude for sharing and backup purposes. Although t...
Ramón Cáceres, Landon P. Cox, Harold...
HPDC
1996
IEEE
15 years 10 months ago
Legion - A View from 50, 000 Feet
' The coming of giga-bit networks makes possible the realization ofa single nationwide virtual computer comprised of a variety of geographically distributed highpe6ormance mac...
Andrew S. Grimshaw, William A. Wulf
CHI
1998
ACM
15 years 10 months ago
New Media, New Practices: Experiences in Open Learning Course Design
We explore some of the complex issues surrounding the design and use of multimedia and Internet-based learning resources in distance education courses. We do so by analysing our e...
Tamara Sumner, Josie Taylor