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ICDCS
2008
IEEE
16 years 2 months ago
Heuristics-Based Strategies for Resolving Context Inconsistencies in Pervasive Computing Applications
Context-awareness allows pervasive applications to adapt to changeable computing environments. Contexts, the pieces of information that capture the characteristics of environments...
Chang Xu, Shing-Chi Cheung, Wing Kwong Chan, Chuny...
IPPS
2007
IEEE
16 years 1 months ago
Local Scheduling for Volunteer Computing
BOINC, a middleware system for volunteer computing, involves projects, which distribute jobs, and hosts, which execute jobs. The local (host-level) scheduler addresses two issues:...
David P. Anderson, John McLeod
ISPDC
2007
IEEE
16 years 1 months ago
Selection of Optimal Computing Platforms through the Suitability Measure
Selection of spaceborne computing platforms requires balance among several competing factors. Traditional performance analysis techniques are illsuited for this purpose due to the...
Shean T. McMahon, Isaac D. Scherson
PG
2007
IEEE
16 years 1 months ago
Computer-Generated Papercutting
The craft of papercutting is part of the folk art traditions of cultures all over the world. From the point of view of computer graphics, papercutting can be seen as a method of c...
Jie Xu, Craig S. Kaplan, Xiaofeng Mi
HPDC
2006
IEEE
16 years 1 months ago
Motor: A Virtual Machine for High Performance Computing
High performance application development remains challenging, particularly for scientists making the transition to a Grid environment. In general areas of computing, virtual envir...
Wojtek Goscinski, David Abramson