1 Query-by-example information retrieval provides users a flexible but efficient way to accurately describe their information needs. The query exemplars are usually long and in th...
Abstract. A logic-based language is often adopted in systems for pervasive computing, because it provides a convenient way to define rules that change the behavior of the systems d...
Abstract--In both the commercial and defense sectors a compelling need is emerging for rapid, yet secure, dissemination of information. In this paper we address the threat of infor...
Janusz Marecki, Mudhakar Srivatsa, Pradeep Varakan...
We introduce the notion of key stretching, a mechanism to convert short s-bit keys into longer keys, such that the complexity required to brute-force search a s + t-bit keyspace is...
John Kelsey, Bruce Schneier, Chris Hall, David Wag...
In our work we have proposed an agent based ecommerce system in which autonomous agents participate in price negotiations. Recently, our work reached the stage when the main ideas...