We examine how computer system problems can be derived from real application problems, with a particular focus on the relevance of some assumptions, especially those related to co...
Service discovery is important in mobile and pervasive computing environments, where the set of resources available to an entity changes dynamically over time. This paper describe...
The support on cluster environments of ”legacy protocols” is important to avoid rewriting the code of applications, but this support should not prevent to achieve the maximum ...
— Developing applications for parallel and distributed systems is hard due to their nondeterministic nature; developing debugging tools for such systems and applications is even ...
Rashid Mehmood, Jon Crowcroft, Steven Hand, Steven...
Emerging technologies increasingly provide opportunities for creating and maintaining social relations with people even though separated by time or distance. However, it is still ...