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SIGCOMM
2009
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
A standalone content sharing application for spontaneous communities of mobile handhelds
This demo illustrates the benefits of BitHoc, a standalone protocol for content sharing among spontaneous communities of mobile handhelds using wireless multi-hop connections. Bi...
Amir Krifa, Mohamed Karim Sbai, Chadi Barakat, Thi...
MOBIDE
2009
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Toward context and preference-aware location-based services
The explosive growth of location-detection devices, wireless communications, and mobile databases has resulted in the realization of location-based services as commercial products...
Mohamed F. Mokbel, Justin J. Levandoski
ADB
1994
311views Database» more  ADB 1994»
13 years 11 months ago
A Personal and Portable Database Server: the CQL Card
Database applications and technologies are of central importance in many information systems a person may encounter. To obtain services, the end-users are required a smart card (pl...
Pierre Paradinas, Jean-Jacques Vandewalle
CIKM
2001
Springer
14 years 2 days ago
PowerDB-IR - Information Retrieval on Top of a Database Cluster
Our current concern is a scalable infrastructure for information retrieval (IR) with up-to-date retrieval results in the presence of frequent, continuous updates. Timely processin...
Torsten Grabs, Klemens Böhm, Hans-Jörg S...
PRDC
2002
IEEE
14 years 14 days ago
Caveat Emptor: Making Grid Services Dependable from the Client Side
Grid computing relies on fragile partnerships. Clients with hundreds or even thousands of pending service requests must seek out and form temporary alliances with remote servers e...
Miron Livny, Douglas Thain