Systems of connected appliances, such as home theaters and presentation rooms, are becoming commonplace in our homes and workplaces. These systems are often difficult to use, in p...
Jeffrey Nichols, Brandon Rothrock, Duen Horng Chau...
Abstract. Many users routinely log in to their system with system administrator privileges. This is especially true of home users. The advantage of this setup is that these users c...
Dinan Gunawardena, Jacob Scott, Alf Zugenmaier, Au...
We propose a peer-to-peer architecture designed to overcome asymmetries in upload/download speeds that are typical in end-user dialup, broadband and cellular wireless Internet con...
Sachin Agarwal, Moshe Laifenfeld, Ari Trachtenberg...
As users store and share more digital content at home, access control becomes increasingly important. One promising approach for helping non-expert users create accurate access po...
Michelle L. Mazurek, Peter F. Klemperer, Richard S...
This paper addresses how the new promising paradigm of Agent Technology can be applied to the provisioning of service ubiquity based on the concepts of the Virtual Home Environmen...