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PPOPP
2012
ACM
13 years 6 months ago
Chestnut: a GPU programming language for non-experts
Graphics processing units (GPUs) are powerful devices capable of rapid parallel computation. GPU programming, however, can be quite difficult, limiting its use to experienced prog...
Andrew Stromme, Ryan Carlson, Tia Newhall
SIGOPS
2010
108views more  SIGOPS 2010»
14 years 9 months ago
Cloud-TM: harnessing the cloud with distributed transactional memories
One of the main challenges to harness the potential of Cloud computing is the design of programming models that simplify the development of large-scale parallel applications and t...
Paolo Romano, Luís Rodrigues, Nuno Carvalho...
SCN
2004
Springer
102views Communications» more  SCN 2004»
15 years 4 months ago
On the Size of Monotone Span Programs
Abstract. Span programs provide a linear algebraic model of computation. Monotone span programs (MSP) correspond to linear secret sharing schemes. This paper studies the properties...
Ventzislav Nikov, Svetla Nikova, Bart Preneel
ICLP
1995
Springer
15 years 2 months ago
A Method for Implementing Equational Theories as Logic Programs
Equational theories underly many elds of computing, including functional programming, symbolic algebra, theorem proving, term rewriting and constraint solving. In this paper we sh...
Mantis H. M. Cheng, Douglas Stott Parker Jr., Maar...
ICRA
2005
IEEE
146views Robotics» more  ICRA 2005»
15 years 4 months ago
Probabilistic Gaze Imitation and Saliency Learning in a Robotic Head
— Imitation is a powerful mechanism for transferring knowledge from an instructor to a na¨ıve observer, one that is deeply contingent on a state of shared attention between the...
Aaron P. Shon, David B. Grimes, Chris Baker, Matth...