Users of distributed systems such as the TeraGrid and Open Science Grid can execute their applications on many different systems. We wish to help such users, or the grid scheduler...
Those interested in improving the quality of an information system may also be interested in two particular research questions: “What factors influence the end users’ satisfac...
This paper presents “Self-Chord”, a bio-inspired P2P algorithm that can be profitably adopted to build the information service of distributed systems, in particular Computati...
Agostino Forestiero, Carlo Mastroianni, Michela Me...
Large grid installations require global access to massive data stores. Parallel file systems give high throughput within a LAN, but cross-site data transfers lack seamless integra...
Networked virtual environments like Second Life enable distant people to meet for leisure as well as work. But users are represented through avatars controlled by keyboards and mo...
Benjamin Petit, Thomas Dupeux, Benoit Bossavit, Jo...