Abstract. In this paper, we describe the design of PIRS, a peer-topeer information retrieval system. PIRS satisfies many of the goals of P2P computing in a way that other P2P IR s...
This CHI Note proposes a new research initiative for the HCI community: multi-lifespan information system design. The central idea begins with the identification of categories of ...
For the last few years a considerable number of efforts have been devoted into integrating security issues into information systems development practices. This has led to a number...
A federated Web-based multimedia information system on one hand gathers its data from various Web sources, on the other hand offers the end-user a rich semantics describing its co...
Courseware increasingly consists of generic information and communication tools. These offer a plethora of functionalities, but their usefulness to a particular learning community ...