Recent work on BitTorrent has shown that the choke/unchoke mechanism implements an auction where each peer tries to induce other peers into "unchoking" it by uploading m...
118 views199 votes15 years 5 months ago HVEI 2009»
The classical approach to converting colour to greyscale is to code the luminance signal as a grey value image. However, the problem with this approach is that the detail at equil...
297 views230 votes14 years 3 months ago ARCS 2012»
Abstract: In this paper, we present an acceleration method for texture-based ray casting on the compute unified device architecture (CUDA) compatible graphics processing unit (GPU...
120 views229 votes16 years 1 months ago ICDCS 2007»
State-of-the-art networked storage servers are equipped with increasingly powerful computing capability and large DRAM memory as storage caches. However, their contribution to the...
As an important technique for data analysis, clustering has been employed in many applications such as image segmentation, document clustering and vector quantization. Divisive cl...
160 views222 votes16 years 2 months ago ICPPW 2009»
Conventional autotuning configuration of parameters in distributed computing systems using evolutionary strategies increases integrated performance notably, though at the expense ...
164 views198 votes15 years 7 months ago CACM 2007»
ACTION THE KEY TO COMPUTING? Why is it that some software engineers and computer scientists are able to produce clear, elegant designs and programs, while others cannot? Is it poss...
Introductory computer graphics courses are changing their focus and learning environments. Improvements in hardware and software technology coupled with changes in preparation, in...
Groupwork has a large and important role in computer science courses. Moreover, groupwork skills are among the most important generic attributes students should develop during the...
— Due to developing mobile devices and providing services like mobile blogs, people can easily share their thought and experience, at any place and any time. A picture is an impo...