In this paper, we propose an approach that provides the benefits of isolation in service-oriented applications where it is not feasible to use the traditional locking mechanisms u...
Paul Greenfield, Alan Fekete, Julian Jang, Dean Ku...
Traditionally work on multimedia structuring has been centered on the creation of indices and their use for searching. Although searching is important there are many cases where t...
Over the past two years, horrific disasters such as the Asian Tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, and the Pakistan Earthquake have demonstrated the critical need for effective technologic...
Brian M. Tomaszewski, Alan M. MacEachren, Scott Pe...
This paper exploits ethnographic findings to build on and elaborate Grinter et al’s 2005 study of “the work to make the home network work”. We focus particularly on the work ...
Peter Tolmie, Andy Crabtree, Tom Rodden, Chris Gre...
Digital family calendars have the potential to help families coordinate, yet they must be designed to easily fit within existing routines or they will simply not be used. To under...
Carman Neustaedter, A. J. Bernheim Brush, Saul Gre...