This special issue describes a number of applications that utilize lifelike characters that teach indirectly, by playing some role in a social interaction with a user. The design ...
f abstraction (hardware) to the highest (people). This issue's theme encompasses this entire spectrum. The lead author of each article resides in the Scalable Computing Resear...
Abstract-- Input-queued cell switches employing the oldestcell-first (OCF) policy have been shown to yield low mean delay characteristics. Moreover, it has been proven that OCF is ...
— RFID (Radio frequency identification) technology raises many privacy concerns among which the potential tracking of an RFID tag bearer and the eventuality of an illegitimate r...
— Context-awareness is considered a key driving principle for the design and provisioning of adaptable pervasive services. Rightfully describing and interpreting context, however...
Antonio Corradi, Rebecca Montanari, Alessandra Ton...