Many web-based systems have a tiered application architecture, in which a request needs to transverse all the tiers before finishing its processing. One of the most important QoS...
More than two decades ago, DB researchers faced up to the question of how to design a data-independent database management system (DBMS), that is, a DBMS which offers an appropriat...
The Web is a dynamic, ever-changing collection of information accessed in a dynamic way. This paper explores the relationship between Web page content change (obtained from an hou...
Using a stylus on a tablet computer to acquire small targets can be challenging. In this paper we present pointing lenses ? interaction techniques that help users acquire and sele...
Gonzalo Ramos, Andy Cockburn, Ravin Balakrishnan, ...
This paper describes a novel approach to improve blind and visually impaired people's access to the Web by using a content-aware Web browser plug-in coupled with audio and ha...
Wai Yu, Graham McAllister, Philip Strain, Ravi Kub...