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IPPS
2009
IEEE
16 years 1 months ago
Work-first and help-first scheduling policies for async-finish task parallelism
Multiple programming models are emerging to address an increased need for dynamic task parallelism in applications for multicore processors and shared-address-space parallel compu...
Yi Guo, Rajkishore Barik, Raghavan Raman, Vivek Sa...
VLDB
2004
ACM
173views Database» more  VLDB 2004»
15 years 11 months ago
Enhancing P2P File-Sharing with an Internet-Scale Query Processor
In this paper, we address the problem of designing a scalable, accurate query processor for peerto-peer filesharing and similar distributed keyword search systems. Using a global...
Boon Thau Loo, Joseph M. Hellerstein, Ryan Huebsch...
SAC
2008
ACM
15 years 6 months ago
A pull-based e-mail architecture
Conventional e-mail systems are prone to problems that impact their scalability and dependability. E-mail systems operate following a "push-based" approach: the sender s...
Edson Kageyama, Carlos Maziero, Altair Olivo Santi...
JSAC
2010
130views more  JSAC 2010»
15 years 4 months ago
Distributed target tracking using signal strength measurements by a wireless sensor network
Abstract—Wireless Sensor Networks are well suited for tracking targets carrying RFID tags in indoor environments. Tracking based on the received signal strength indication (RSSI)...
Anand Oka, Lutz H.-J. Lampe
VIS
2006
IEEE
214views Visualization» more  VIS 2006»
16 years 7 months ago
Hub-based Simulation and Graphics Hardware Accelerated Visualization for Nanotechnology Applications
The Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN) has developed a science gateway at nanoHUB.org for nanotechnology education and research. Remote users can browse through online...
Wei Qiao, Michael McLennan, Rick Kennell, David...