Recent HCI research shows a strong interest in task management systems (e.g. [19, 27]) that support the multitasked nature of information work [13]. These systems either require m...
The database community is on a constant quest for better integration of data management and knowledge management. Recently, with the increasing use of ontology in various applicat...
In addition to indexes and materialized views, horizontal and vertical partitioning are important aspects of physical design in a relational database system that significantly imp...
Spatial Database Management Systems (SDBMS), e.g., Geographical Information Systems, that manage spatial objects such as points, lines, and hyper-rectangles, often have very high ...
We propose a distributed on-demand power-management protocol for collecting data in sensor networks. The protocol aims to reduce power consumption while supporting fluctuating dem...