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CHI
2011
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
TorusDesktop: pointing via the backdoor is sometimes shorter
When pointing to a target on a computer desktop, we may think we are taking the shortest possible path. But new shortcuts become possible if we allow the mouse cursor to jump from...
Stéphane Huot, Olivier Chapuis, Pierre Drag...
NOSSDAV
2004
Springer
15 years 6 months ago
Client-centered energy savings for concurrent HTTP connections
—In mobile devices, the wireless network interface card (WNIC) consumes a significant portion of overall system energy. One way to reduce energy consumed by a WNIC is to transit...
Haijin Yan, Rupa Krishnan, Scott A. Watterson, Dav...
ROBOCUP
2004
Springer
133views Robotics» more  ROBOCUP 2004»
15 years 6 months ago
Towards a League-Independent Qualitative Soccer Theory for RoboCup
The paper discusses a top-down approach to model soccer knowledge, as it can be found in soccer theory books. The goal is to model soccer strategies and tactics in a way that they ...
Frank Dylla, Alexander Ferrein, Gerhard Lakemeyer,...
EMSOFT
2001
Springer
15 years 5 months ago
Some Synchronization Issues When Designing Embedded Systems from Components
Abstract This paper is sort of a confession. Issues of synchrony, asynchrony, and synchronization, arise frequently in designing embedded systems from components, like everyone I k...
Albert Benveniste
CCR
2006
135views more  CCR 2006»
15 years 1 months ago
You must be joking...: should the internet have an ON/OFF switch?
If despite your better judgment you decide to read this article, keep in mind that it was written during the summer, and this has been the hottest summer ever. To avoid such artic...
Michalis Faloutsos