In cluster-based storage systems, the metadata server cluster must be able to adaptively distribute responsibility for metadata to maintain high system performance and long-term l...
We present FRAC, a Framework for Role-based Access Control in network file systems. FRAC is a reference monitor that controls the message flow between file system clients and s...
Tit-for-tat is widely believed to be the most effective strategy to enforce collaboration among selfish users. However, it has been shown that its usefulness for decentralized an...
As the use of complex grid middleware becomes widespread and more facilites are offered by these pieces of software, distributed Grid applications are becoming more and more popul...
We describe a new, analytic approximation to the airlight integral from scattering media whose density is modeled as a sum of Gaussians. The approximation supports real-time rende...
Kun Zhou, Qiming Hou, Minmin Gong, John Snyder, Ba...