Electronic newsgroups are one of the primary means for the dissemination, exchange and sharing of information. We argue that the current newsgroup model is unsatisfactory, especial...
Large-scale data analysis has become increasingly important for many enterprises. Recently, a new distributed computing paradigm, called MapReduce, and its open source implementat...
The design productivity gap requires more efficient design methods. Software systems have faced the same challenge and seem to have mastered it with the
This research endeavor focused on the warehouse receiving process at a large food distribution center, which comprises of trucks with goods reaching the destination warehouse, unl...
Future system design methodologies must accept the fact that the underlying hardware will be imperfect, and enable design of robust systems that are resilient to hardware imperfec...