The problem of query containment is fundamental to many aspects of database systems, including query optimization, determining independence of queries from updates, and rewriting ...
Current collaborative work environments are characterized by dynamically changing organizational structures. Although there have been several efforts to refine work distribution, ...
We consider the problem of extracting, manipulating, and managing biological pathways, especially protein-protein interaction pathways. We discuss here the Protein Interaction Ext...
Various healthcare areas such as diagnosis, surgery, intensive care and treatment, and patient monitoring in general, would greatly benefit from light, autonomous devices which c...
The challenge of peer-to-peer computing goes beyond simple file sharing. In the DBGlobe project, we view the multitude of peers carrying data and services as a superdatabase. Our ...