As technological advances are made in software and hardware, the feasibility of accessing information "any time, anywhere" is becoming a reality. Furthermore, the diversi...
Nowadays, users not only want to watch digital videos on a PC but also use mobile devices to play back multimedia content. Video adaptation algorithms enable the visualization of ...
— In location-based, mobile continual query (CQ) systems, two key measures of quality of service (QoS) are: freshness and accuracy. To achieve freshness, the CQ server must perfo...
Most current mobile technologies require on-screen operations for interacting with devices’ visual contents. However, as a trade-off for mobility, screens usually provide limite...
The challenge of peer-to-peer computing goes beyond simple file sharing. In the DBGlobe project, we view the multitude of peers carrying data and services as a superdatabase. Our ...