In this paper we introduce Social VPNs, a novel system architecture which leverages existing social networking infrastructures to enable ad-hoc VPNs which are self-configuring, s...
Renato J. O. Figueiredo, P. Oscar Boykin, Pierre S...
Abstract. Whilst Web services can be composed by technical developers using a language such as BPEL, there is no easy way for non-technical end users to take advantage of these ser...
Topic tracking is an important task of Topic Detection and Tracking (TDT). Its purpose is to detect stories, from a stream of news, related to known topics. Each topic is “known...
The “CyberBridges” pilot project is an innovative model for creating a new generation of scientists and engineers who are capable of fully integrating cyberinfrastructure into...
Heidi L. Alvarez, David C. Chatfield, Donald A. Co...
As an emerging technology, sensor networks provide the ability to accurately monitor the characteristics of wide geographical areas over long periods of time. The lifetime of indi...