Dedicated operating systems for embedded systems are fast being phased out due to their use of manual optimization, which provides high performance and small footprint, but also r...
Abstract—Program performance optimisations, feedbackdirected iterative compilation and auto-tuning systems [1] all assume a fixed estimation of execution time given a fixed inp...
Abdelhafid Mazouz, Sid Ahmed Ali Touati, Denis Bar...
We address the problem of restricting root’s ability to change arbitrary files on disk, in order to prevent abuse on most current desktop operating systems. The approach first...
: The task of the creatures in the "creatures' exploration problem" is to visit all empty cells in an environment with a minimum number of steps. We have analyzed th...
Software prefetching has been demonstrated as a powerful technique to tolerate long load latencies. However, to be effective, prefetching must target the most critical (frequently...