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SIGOPSE
2004
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Secure bootstrap is not enough: shoring up the trusted computing base
We propose augmenting secure boot with a mechanism to protect against compromises to field-upgradeable devices. In particular, secure boot standards should verify the firmware o...
James Hendricks, Leendert van Doorn
ICRA
2005
IEEE
159views Robotics» more  ICRA 2005»
14 years 2 months ago
Detection and Localization of Curbs and Stairways Using Stereo Vision
— We present algorithms to detect and precisely localize curbs and stairways for autonomous navigation. These algorithms combine brightness information (in the form of edgels) wi...
Xiaoye Lu, Roberto Manduchi
HICSS
2002
IEEE
123views Biometrics» more  HICSS 2002»
14 years 2 months ago
On the Performance of a Survivability Architecture for Networked Computing Systems
This research focuses on the performance and timing behavior of a two level survivability architecture. The lower level of the architecture involves attack analysis based on kernel...
William S. Harrison, Axel W. Krings, Nadine Hanebu...
ICAC
2007
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
Autonomous Return on Investment Analysis of Additional Processing Resources
As the use of virtualization and partitioning grows, it becomes possible to deploy a multi-tier web-based application with a variable amount of computing power. This introduces th...
Jonathan Wildstrom, Peter Stone, Emmett Witchel
ICRA
2007
IEEE
222views Robotics» more  ICRA 2007»
14 years 3 months ago
Autonomous Vision-based Landing and Terrain Mapping Using an MPC-controlled Unmanned Rotorcraft
In this paper, we present a vision-based terrain mapping and analysis system, and a model predictive control (MPC)based flight control system, for autonomous landing of a helicop...
Todd Templeton, David Hyunchul Shim, Christopher G...