In his book "Consciousness Explained"[2], Daniel Dennett explores some of what he perceives are the weaknesses in current models of cognition, and tries to provide an alt...
—Conventional testing methods often fail to detect hidden flaws in complex embedded software such as device drivers or file systems. This deficiency incurs significant developmen...
When using a shared memory multiprocessor, the programmer faces the selection of the portable programming model which will deliver the best performance. Even if he restricts his c...
An asynchronous work-stealing implementation of dynamic load balance is implemented using Unified Parallel C (UPC) and evaluated using the Unbalanced Tree Search (UTS) benchmark ...
In commonplace text-based password schemes, users typically choose passwords that are easy to recall, exhibit patterns, and are thus vulnerable to brute-force dictionary attacks. ...