The use of multimedia service applications is growing rapidly on the Internet. These applications are generating a huge volume of network traffic, which has a great impact on netw...
Abstract— The execution environments For scientific applications have evolved significantly over the years. Vector and parallel architectures have provided significantly faste...
ELeGI, the European Learning Grid Infrastructure, has the ambitious goal of fostering effective learning and knowledge construction through the dynamic provision of service-based ...
Partitioning an application among software running on a microprocessor and hardware co-processors in on-chip configurable logic has been shown to improve performance and energy co...
A challenging issue in today's server systems is to transparently deal with failures and application-imposed requirements for continuous operation. In this paper we address t...