Single thread performance remains an important consideration even for multicore, multiprocessor systems. As a result, techniques for improving single thread performance using mult...
The administration of users and access rights in large enterprises is a complex and challenging task. Roles are a powerful concept for simplifying access control, but their implem...
One approach to high-performance processing of massive data sets is to incorporate computation into storage systems. Previous work has shown that this active storage model is effe...
Rajiv Wickremesinghe, Jeffrey S. Chase, Jeffrey Sc...
We describe Spectra, a remote execution system for batterypowered clients used in pervasive computing. Spectra enables applications to combine the mobility of small devices with t...
During the last few years, GPUs have evolved from simple devices for the display signal preparation into powerful coprocessors that do not only support typical computer graphics t...