Mobile platforms combined with large databases promise new opportunities for mobile applications. However, mobile computing devices may experience frequent communication loss while...
Much experience has been gained with the protocols and mechanisms needed for discovery and allocation of remote computational resources. However, the preparation of a remote compu...
In large-scale clusters and computational grids, component failures become norms instead of exceptions. Failure occurrence as well as its impact on system performance and operatio...
In this paper, we present `QUICKIES', an attempt to bring one of the most useful inventions of the 20th century into the digital age: the ubiquitous sticky notes. `QUICKIES...
As technologies evolve and computer systems shrink to the size of matchboxes, also their field of application shifts in new directions. Our permanent companions, mobile phones, p...
Christian Bertelsmeyer, Erik Koch, Alexander H. Sc...