Flash solid state drives (SSDs) provide an attractive alternative to traditional magnetic hard disk drives (HDDs) for DBMS applications. Naturally there is substantial interest in...
The Web is a dynamic information environment. Web content changes regularly and people revisit Web pages frequently. But the tools used to access the Web, including browsers and s...
Jaime Teevan, Susan T. Dumais, Daniel J. Liebling,...
Peer-to-peer file-sharing networks depend on peers uploading data to each other. Some peers, called free-riders, will not upload data unless there is an incentive to do so. Algor...
Jacob Jan-David Mol, Johan A. Pouwelse, Dick H. J....
— In this paper, we consider burst detection within the context of privacy. In our scenario, multiple parties want to detect a burst in aggregated time series data, but none of t...
— We present ELVIS, a new approach for localizing a first responder (e.g., firefighter) inside a building. We assume that the first responder emits RF energy, which undergoes...