A query optimizer compares alternative plans in its search space to find the best plan for a given query. Depending on the search space and the enumeration algorithm, optimizers v...
Ihab F. Ilyas, Jun Rao, Guy M. Lohman, Dengfeng Ga...
This paper develops a context aware framework to address the diverse communication needs of a modern enterprise. Such enterprises are characterized by workers in different locatio...
Munmun De Choudhury, Hari Sundaram, Ajita John, Do...
We study the problem of designing a mechanism to rank items in forums by making use of the user reviews such as thumb and star ratings. We compare mechanisms where forum users rat...
Anish Das Sarma, Atish Das Sarma, Sreenivas Gollap...
Failure detectors are fundamental building blocks in distributed systems. Multi-node failure detectors, where the detector is tasked with monitoring N other nodes, play a critical...
We present a new intuitive UI, which we call cross-boundary brushes, for interactive mesh decomposition. The user roughly draws one or more strokes across a desired cut and our sy...