Exceptionally large amounts of both distributed data and computational resources are becoming available through the Grid. This will enable efficient exchange and processing of very...
We propose a framework to achieve bandwidth efficient, error robust and bitrate scalable audio streaming. Our approach is compatible with most audio compression format. The main c...
Recent interests on XML, Semantic Web, and Web ontology, among other topics, have sparked a renewed interest on graph-structured databases. A fundamental query on graphs is the re...
This paper addresses the issue of effective and efficient content based image retrieval by presenting a novel indexing and retrieval methodology that integrates color, texture, an...
Emerging database application domains demand not only new functionality but also high performance. To satisfy these two requirements, the Volcano project provides efficient, exten...