—Parallel file systems are very sensitive to adverse conditions, and the lack of synergy between such file systems and some of the applications running on them has a negative i...
Metacomputing infrastructures couple multiple clusters (or MPPs) via wide-area networks. A major problem in programming parallel applications for such platforms is their hierarchi...
In this paper we explore database segmentation in the context of a column-store DBMS targeted at a scientific database. We present a novel hardware- and scheme-oblivious segmentati...
We discuss the problem of assessing and aiding user performance in dynamic tasks that require rapid selection among multiple information sources. Motivated by research in human se...
Bradley C. Love, Matt Jones, Marc T. Tomlinson, Mi...
For mobile users who move frequently but receive relatively rare calls, a forwarding scheme has been shown to outperform the normal IS-41 location management scheme. But the forwa...