In the search for high performance, most transactional memory (TM) systems execute atomic blocks concurrently and must thus be prepared for data conflicts. The TM system must then...
Abstract—In recent years, Peer-to-Peer (P2P) streaming systems experienced tremendous growth and became one of the largest bandwidth consumer on Internet. PPLive, one of the most...
The rise of the software-as-a-service paradigm has led to the development of a new breed of sophisticated, interactive applications often called Web 2.0. While web applications ha...
Abstract—Distributed interactive applications may have stringent latency requirements and dynamic user groups. These applications may benefit from a group communication system, ...
Multi-agent systems designed to work collaboratively with groups of people typically require private information that people will entrust to them only if they have assurance that ...
Rachel Greenstadt, Barbara J. Grosz, Michael D. Sm...