Abstract—Hyracks is a new partitioned-parallel software platform designed to run data-intensive computations on large shared-nothing clusters of computers. Hyracks allows users t...
Vinayak R. Borkar, Michael J. Carey, Raman Grover,...
Abstract. There is a real need to have systems for people with visual disabilities to be able to improve their orientation and mobility skills, and especially for children to be ab...
Abstract. We present Supple, a novel toolkit which automatically generates interfaces for ubiquitous applications. Designers need only specify declarative models of the interface a...
Krzysztof Gajos, David B. Christianson, Raphael Ho...
Abstract. Dependable performance measurement is a common requirement for all on-line services. The ongoing tendency to outsource not only infrastructure, but also software parts to...
Abstract. In this paper we introduce an instant online community (IOC) solution as an add-on for existing websites. The IOC enables social interaction between the main content prov...