We describe SCC-kS, a Speculative Concurrency Control (SCC) algorithm that allows a DBMS to use efficiently the extra computing resources available in the system to increase the l...
It is widely recognized that production rules in database systems can be used to automatically maintain derived data such as views. However, writing a correct set of rules for e ci...
In this paper, we propose a new form of image-based CAPTCHA we term "scene tagging". It tests the ability to recognize a relationship between multiple objects in an imag...
On a common sensor node platform (Telos) we sample RSSI with high frequency during packet reception. We find that a packet collision (RF interference) often manifests as a measurab...
—Context, the pieces of information that capture the characteristics of ubiquitous computing environment, is often imprecise and incomplete due to user mobility, unreliable wirel...