P2P networks have become increasingly popular in the recent years. However, their open, distributed and anonymous nature makes them very vulnerable against malicious users who prov...
Paul-Alexandru Chirita, Wolfgang Nejdl, Mario T. S...
Network Control is currently carried out mainly by means of signalling protocols. Although these protocols are robust and facilitate standardisation, they present several drawback...
Central to the vision of the smart grid is the deployment of smart meters that will allow autonomous software agents, representing the consumers, to optimise their use of devices ...
Sarvapali D. Ramchurn, Perukrishnen Vytelingum, Al...
During many crises, access to sensitive emergency-support information is required to save lives and property. For example, for effective evacuations first responders need the name...
Timothy E. Levin, Jeffrey S. Dwoskin, Ganesha Bhas...
We study the specification of access control policy in large-scale distributed systems. Our work on real-world policies has shown that standard policy idioms such as role hierarc...