Assertions, or more generally “Programming by contract”, have gained widespread acceptance in the computer science community as a means for correct program development. Howeve...
Through legislation and technology the film industry has been seeking to fully control usage of the bits it creates; their model is "restrictive" digital-rights manageme...
The photon map method allows efficient computation of global illumination in general scenes. Individual photon hits, generated using Monte Carlo particle tracing, are stored in the...
—Grid computing aims to realize a high-performance computing environment, while increasing the usage efficiency of installed resources. This puts considerable constraints on the...
Marc De Leenheer, Chris Develder, Tim Stevens, Bar...
Language run-time systems are often called upon to safely execute mutually distrustful tasks within the same runtime, protecting them from other tasks’ bugs or otherwise hostile...