Transcoding is an important technology which adapts the same multimedia object to diverse mobile appliances; thus, users’ requests for a specified version of a multimedia objec...
While hard disk drives are the most common secondary storage devices, their high power consumption and low shockresistance limit them as an ideal mobile storage solution. On the o...
— Simulated Evolution (SimE) is a sound stochastic approximation algorithm based on the principles of adaptation. If properly engineered it is possible for SimE to reach nearopti...
A very challenging issue for optimizing compilers is the phase ordering problem: In what order should a collection of compiler optimizations be performed? We address this problem ...
When monitoring spatial phenomena, which are often modeled as Gaussian Processes (GPs), choosing sensor locations is a fundamental task. A common strategy is to place sensors at t...