Abstract. In this paper we motivate an Architecture Description Language (ADL) for mobile distributed systems based on the π-calculus. Different from other approaches, the non-fu...
Carriers increasingly differentiate their wide-area connectivity offerings by means of customized services, such as virtual private networks (VPN) with Quality of Service (QoS) g...
We present a low-cost, decentralized algorithm for ID management in distributed hash tables (DHTs) managed by a dynamic set of hosts. Each host is assigned an ID in the unit inter...
This experience report describes our efforts to introduce agile development techniques incrementally into our customer’s organization in the National Cancer Institute and develo...
Computers and networks are increasingly able to support distributed collaborative multimedia applications. In fact, the growing interest in distance learning reflects the awarenes...
Stephen A. White, Anoop Gupta, Jonathan Grudin, Ha...