We introduce the distributed gradient clock synchronization problem. As in traditional distributed clock synchronization, we consider a network of nodes equipped with hardware clo...
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HCI research published 10 years ago pointed out that many users cannot cope with the number and complexity of passwords, and resort to insecure workarounds as a consequence. We pr...
Since the XML format became a de facto standard for structured documents, the IT research and industry have developed a number of XML editors to help users produce structured docu...