Many different definitions of computational universality for various types of systems have flourished since Turing's work. In this paper, we propose a general definition of un...
Jean-Charles Delvenne, Petr Kurka, Vincent D. Blon...
Pervasive computing, with its focus on users and their tasks rather than on computing devices and technology, provides an attractive vision for the future of computing. But, while...
Robert Grimm, Thomas E. Anderson, Brian N. Bershad...
This paper introduces Clustera, an integrated computation and data management system. In contrast to traditional clustermanagement systems that target specific types of workloads,...
David J. DeWitt, Erik Paulson, Eric Robinson, Jeff...
The goal of autonomic computing is to create computing systems capable of managing themselves to a far greater extent than they do today. This paper presents Unity, a decentralize...
Gerald Tesauro, David M. Chess, William E. Walsh, ...
—Trusted Computing aims at enhancing the security of IT systems by using a combination of trusted hardware and software components to provide security guarantees. This includes s...