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HIPS
1997
IEEE
15 years 10 months ago
Complexity and Performance in Parallel Programming Languages
Several parallel programming languages, libraries and environments have been developed to ease the task of writing programs for multiprocessors. Proponents of each approach often ...
Steven P. Vanderwiel, Daphna Nathanson, David J. L...
IPPS
1996
IEEE
15 years 10 months ago
Software Techniques for Improving MPP Bulk-Transfer Performance
Brewer and Kuszmaul [BK94] demonstrated how barriers and traffic interleaving can alleviate the problem of bulk-transfer performance degradation on the Thinking Machines CM-5, by ...
Eric A. Brewer, Paul Gauthier, Armando Fox, Angela...
CSCW
1996
ACM
15 years 10 months ago
Talking to Strangers: An Evaluation of the Factors Affecting Electronic Collaboration
This empirical study examines factors influencing the success of a commercial groupware system in creating group archives and supporting asynchronous communication. The study inve...
Steve Whittaker
SIGCSE
1996
ACM
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Database theory in practice: learning from cooperative group projects
lhis paper describes the use of cooperative group learning concepts in support of an undergraduate database mrtnagement course that emphasizes the theoretical and practical aspect...
Suzanne W. Dietrich, Susan Darling Urban
SIGGRAPH
1996
ACM
15 years 10 months ago
Modeling and Rendering of Metallic Patinas
An important component that has been missing from image synthesis is the effect of weathering. In this paper, we present an approach for the modeling and rendering of one type of ...
Julie Dorsey, Pat Hanrahan