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SIGMOD
2008
ACM
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On efficient top-k query processing in highly distributed environments
Lately the advances in centralized database management systems show a trend towards supporting rank-aware query operators, like top-k, that enable users to retrieve only the most ...
Akrivi Vlachou, Christos Doulkeridis, Kjetil N&osl...
PERCOM
2007
ACM
16 years 6 months ago
SHAD: A Human-Centered Security Architecture for the Plan B Operating System
This paper describes SHAD, a novel architecture for security in pervasive computing environments, and a prototype implementation. SHAD is a Peer-to-Peer and humancentered security...
Enrique Soriano, Francisco J. Ballesteros, Gorka G...
PERCOM
2006
ACM
16 years 6 months ago
A Blueprint for Pervasive Self-Care Infrastructures
Self Care is a recent initiative by the Department of Health in the UK that aims to treat patients with longterm conditions sooner, nearer to home and earlier in the course of the...
George Roussos, Andy Marsh
MOBISYS
2007
ACM
16 years 6 months ago
Rendezvous-based access control for medical records in the pre-hospital environment
We present rendezvous-based access control for access control in the pre-hospital environment. Rendezvous-based access control is a simple cryptographic access control method that...
Feike W. Dillema, Simone Lupetti
MOBISYS
2004
ACM
16 years 6 months ago
An Architecture for Privacy-Sensitive Ubiquitous Computing
Privacy is the most often-cited criticism of ubiquitous computing, and may be the greatest barrier to its long-term success. However, developers currently have little support in d...
Jason I. Hong, James A. Landay