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SIGMOD
2003
ACM
136views Database» more  SIGMOD 2003»
14 years 7 months ago
A Characterization of the Sensitivity of Query Optimization to Storage Access Cost Parameters
Most relational query optimizers make use of information about the costs of accessing tuples and data structures on various storage devices. This information can at times be off b...
Frederick Reiss, Tapas Kanungo
CANDC
2011
ACM
12 years 7 months ago
Distributed creative cognition in digital filmmaking
This paper reports on an empirical study that uses a Grounded Theory approach to investigate the creative practices of Machinima filmmakers. Machinima is a new digital film produc...
Nicholas Davis, Boyang Li, Brian O'Neill, Mark Rie...
PODC
2010
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
On the computational power of oblivious robots: forming a series of geometric patterns
We study the computational power of a distributed system consisting of simple autonomous robots moving on the plane. The robots are endowed with visual perception but do not have ...
Shantanu Das, Paola Flocchini, Nicola Santoro, Mas...
CEC
2010
IEEE
13 years 8 months ago
Evolvable mechanics: Hardware tools for evolutionary robotics
Embodying robot morphologies evolved in simulation can present serious problems for an engineer when translating simplified simulated mechanisms into working devices, often drawing...
Bill Bigge Inman, R. Harvey
ICRA
1998
IEEE
144views Robotics» more  ICRA 1998»
13 years 11 months ago
The Atacama Desert Trek: Outcomes
In June and July 1997, Nomad, a planetary-relevant mobile robot, traversed more than 220 kilometers across the barren Atacama Desert in Chile, exploring a landscape analogous to t...
Deepak Bapna, Eric Rollins, John Murphy, Mark W. M...