We define two new classes of shared-memory objects: ratifiers, which detect agreement, and conciliators, which ensure agreement with some probability. We show that consensus can...
Point-sampled geometry has gained significant interest due to their simplicity. The lack of connectivity touted as a plus, however, creates difficulties in many operations like ge...
Abstract: Combinatorial property testing, initiated formally by Goldreich, Goldwasser, and Ron in [Goldreich et al. (1998)] and inspired by Rubinfeld and Sudan in [Rubinfeld and Su...
Media distribution through application-layer overlay networks has received considerable attention recently, owing to its flexible and readily deployable nature. On-demand streaming...
There has been growing interest in mapping image data onto compact binary codes for fast near neighbor search in vision applications. Although binary codes are motivated by their ...
Mohammad Emtiyaz Norouzi, Ali Punjani, David J. Fl...