Applications from the embedded consumer domain put challenging requirements on SoC infrastructures, i.e. interconnect and memory. Specifically, video applications demand large sto...
The crawler engines of today cannot reach most of the information contained in the Web. A great amount of valuable information is "hidden" behind the query forms of onli...
Programming efficiency of heterogeneous concurrent systems is limited by the use of lock-based synchronization mechanisms. Transactional memories can greatly improve the programmi...
Web Services are becoming more and more fundamental building blocks of Web-based distributed applications and a core technology for Grid systems. Due to their flexibility, Web Ser...
The growing diffusion of portable devices enables users to benefit from anytime and anywhere impromptu collaboration. Appropriate policy models that take into account the dynamici...