This paper introduces a new abstraction to accelerate the readbarriers and write-barriers used by language runtime systems. We exploit the fact that, dynamically, many barrier exe...
Emerging large scale utility computing systems like Grids promise computing and storage to be provided to end users as a utility. System management services deployed in the middle...
In this paper we propose the Merge framework, a general purpose programming model for heterogeneous multi-core systems. The Merge framework replaces current ad hoc approaches to p...
Michael D. Linderman, Jamison D. Collins, Hong Wan...
As computing models change, so too do the demands on storage. Distributed and virtualized systems introduce new vulnerabilities, assumptions, and performance requirements on disks...
Kevin R. B. Butler, Stephen E. McLaughlin, Patrick...
The U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) are responsible for protecting the Capitol Hill complex encompassing the Senate and House office buildings and the Capitol building. Currently, the ...
Frank Armour, Stephen H. Kaisler, Jim Getter, Doug...