The perceived advantages of distributed systems, such as increased reliability and availability, are o set by the increased complexity of developing such applications. The develop...
The importance of affect in delivering engaging experiences in entertainment and educational games is well recognized. Yet, current techniques for building affect-aware games are l...
Chip multiprocessors (CMPs) substantially increase capacity pressure on the on-chip memory hierarchy while requiring fast access. Neither private nor shared caches can provide bot...
Zeshan Chishti, Michael D. Powell, T. N. Vijaykuma...
For nearest neighbor search, a user queries a server for nearby points of interest (POIs) with his/her location information. Our aim is to protect the user’s sensitive informatio...
In this paper we introduce NUBIA, a middleware that combines, through business rules, information generated by heterogeneous and autonomous systems. Communication between NUBIA and...