This paper presents a general-purpose distributed lookup service, denoted Passive Distributed Indexing (PDI). PDI stores entries in form of (key, value) pairs in index caches loca...
In this work-in-progress we present some ideas and findings involving map design and human performance. Satellites has once and for all automated geographic positioning and result...
Although PDAs typically run applications in a "standalone" mode, they are increasingly equipped with wireless communications, which makes them useful in new domains. Thi...
As users enter web queries, real-time query expansion (RTQE) interfaces offer suggestions based on an index garnered from query logs. In selecting a suggestion, users can potentia...
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...