In this paper we introduce Social VPNs, a novel system architecture which leverages existing social networking infrastructures to enable ad-hoc VPNs which are self-configuring, s...
Renato J. O. Figueiredo, P. Oscar Boykin, Pierre S...
This paper presents how state consistency among distributed control nodes is maintained in the presence of faults. We analyze a fault tolerant semi-synchronous architecture concep...
Event-based computing is vital for the next generation mobile services and applications that need to meet user requirements irrespective of time and location. The event paradigm i...
Sasu Tarkoma, Jaakko Kangasharju, Kimmo E. E. Raat...
We introduce SPREAD - a new architecture for distributing and maintaining up-to-date Web content that simultaneously employs three different mechanisms: client validation, server ...
paper, we present an abstract formal model of decision-making in a social setting that covers all aspects of the process, from recognition of a potential for cooperation through t...
Pietro Panzarasa, Nicholas R. Jennings, Timothy J....