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ESA
2009
Springer
107views Algorithms» more  ESA 2009»
13 years 11 months ago
Disproof of the Neighborhood Conjecture with Implications to SAT
We study a special class of binary trees. Our results have implications on Maker/Breaker games and SAT: We disprove a conjecture of Beck on positional games and construct an unsati...
Heidi Gebauer
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
167views Education» more  SIGCSE 2009»
14 years 5 months ago
Python CS1 as preparation for C++ CS2
How suitable is a Python-based CS1 course as preparation for a C++-based CS2 course? After fifteen years of using C++ for both CS1 and CS2, the Computer Science Department at Mich...
Richard J. Enbody, William F. Punch, Mark McCullen
SIGMOD
2009
ACM
250views Database» more  SIGMOD 2009»
14 years 5 months ago
Query processing techniques for solid state drives
Solid state drives perform random reads more than 100x faster than traditional magnetic hard disks, while offering comparable sequential read and write bandwidth. Because of their...
Dimitris Tsirogiannis, Stavros Harizopoulos, Mehul...
SOSP
2003
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Measurement, modeling, and analysis of a peer-to-peer file-sharing workload
Peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing accounts for an astonishing volume of current Internet traffic. This paper probes deeply into modern P2P file sharing systems and the forces that...
P. Krishna Gummadi, Richard J. Dunn, Stefan Saroiu...
SIGCOMM
2005
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
Idle sense: an optimal access method for high throughput and fairness in rate diverse wireless LANs
We consider wireless LANs such as IEEE 802.11 operating in the unlicensed radio spectrum. While their nominal bit rates have increased considerably, the MAC layer remains practica...
Martin Heusse, Franck Rousseau, Romaric Guillier, ...