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IMC
2006
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
On the impact of research network based testbeds on wide-area experiments
An important stage of wide-area systems and networking research is to prototype a system to understand its performance when deployed in the real Internet. A key requirement of pro...
Himabindu Pucha, Y. Charlie Hu, Zhuoqing Morley Ma...
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
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14 years 9 months ago
Python CS1 as preparation for C++ CS2
How suitable is a Python-based CS1 course as preparation for a C++-based CS2 course? After fifteen years of using C++ for both CS1 and CS2, the Computer Science Department at Mich...
Richard J. Enbody, William F. Punch, Mark McCullen
SIGCOMM
2009
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
Virtual individual servers as privacy-preserving proxies for mobile devices
People increasingly generate content on their mobile devices and upload it to third-party services such as Facebook and Google Latitude for sharing and backup purposes. Although t...
Ramón Cáceres, Landon P. Cox, Harold...
HPDC
1996
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Legion - A View from 50, 000 Feet
' The coming of giga-bit networks makes possible the realization ofa single nationwide virtual computer comprised of a variety of geographically distributed highpe6ormance mac...
Andrew S. Grimshaw, William A. Wulf
CHI
1998
ACM
14 years 1 months ago
New Media, New Practices: Experiences in Open Learning Course Design
We explore some of the complex issues surrounding the design and use of multimedia and Internet-based learning resources in distance education courses. We do so by analysing our e...
Tamara Sumner, Josie Taylor