Grid computing is concerned with the sharing and coordinated use of diverse resources in distributed "virtual organizations.” The dynamic and multi-institutional nature of ...
Von Welch, Frank Siebenlist, Ian T. Foster, John B...
Mirror sites approach has been proposed recently for reducing the access delay and providing load balancing in network servers. In the mirror site approach a file, such as a multi...
In this paper we present a security framework for executing foreign programs, called helpers, on a Pocket Companion: a wireless hand-held computer. A helper program as proposed is...
Datagram services provide a simple,
exible, robust, and communication abstraction; their usefulness has been well demonstrated by the success of IP, UDP, and RPC. Yet, the overwh...
Home medical devices enable individuals to monitor some of their own health information without the need for visits by nurses or trips to medical facilities. This enables more con...
Michael J. May, Wook Shin, Carl A. Gunter, Insup L...