We present an in-kernel disk prefetcher which uses speculative execution to determine what data an application is likely to require in the near future. By placing our design withi...
This position paper reports the current development stage of project Epos, which aims to deliver, whenever possible automatically, a customized runtime support system for each (hi...
Reconfigurable hardware devices are envisioned as the proper platform to implement multimedia applications, providing both real time performance and dynamic adaptability for the a...
In this paper we present a detailed review on the Trader’s Quality of Service (QoS) Specifications and the Effects on System Performance for Video-on-Demand Multimedia (MM) Appl...
Our system, based on a multiagent framework called collaborative understanding of distributed knowledge (CUDK), is designed with the overall goal of balancing agents' conceptu...