In a hard real-time embedded system, the time at which a result is computed is as important as the result itself. Modern processors go to extreme lengths to ensure their function ...
Ben Lickly, Isaac Liu, Sungjun Kim, Hiren D. Patel...
Management of virtual machines (VMs) on a large scale remains a significant challenge today. We lack general and vendor-independent quantitative criteria/metrics by which to desc...
As mobile and embedded devices become widespread, the management and configuration of the software in the devices is increasingly turning into a critical issue. OSGi is a busines...
Many sensor nodes contain resource constrained microcontrollers where user level applications, operating system components, and device drivers share a single address space with no...
The energy usage of computer systems is becoming more important, especially for battery operated systems. Displays, disks, and cpus, in that order, use the most energy. Reducing t...
Mark Weiser, Brent B. Welch, Alan J. Demers, Scott...