We address the problem of restricting root’s ability to change arbitrary files on disk, in order to prevent abuse on most current desktop operating systems. The approach first...
Abstract—The Charm++ parallel programming system provides a modular performance interface that can be used to extend its performance measurement and analysis capabilities. The in...
Scott Biersdorff, Chee Wai Lee, Allen D. Malony, L...
Image and video codecs are prevalent in multimedia devices, ranging from embedded systems, to desktop computers, to high-end servers such as HDTV editing consoles. It is not uncom...
M. Drake, Henry Hoffmann, Rodric M. Rabbah, Saman ...
Abstract--Mobile systems increasingly are being used for production-grade datacentered applications which require system support for transactional properties. For mobile applicatio...
Parallel scalability allows an application to efficiently utilize an increasing number of processing elements. In this paper we explore a design space for parallel scalability for...