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IPTPS
2004
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
A Practical Distributed Mutual Exclusion Protocol in Dynamic Peer-to-Peer Systems
— Mutual exclusion is one of the well-studied fundamental primitives in distributed systems. However, the emerging P2P systems bring forward several challenges that can’t be co...
Shiding Lin, Qiao Lian, Ming Chen, Zheng Zhang
IPPS
2005
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Using Message-Driven Objects to Mask Latency in Grid Computing Applications
One of the attractive features of Grid computing is that resources in geographically distant places can be mobilized to meet computational needs as they arise. A particularly chal...
Gregory A. Koenig, Laxmikant V. Kalé
CHI
2004
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
Acquiring in situ training data for context-aware ubiquitous computing applications
Ubiquitous, context-aware computer systems may ultimately enable computer applications that naturally and usefully respond to a user's everyday activity. Although new algorit...
Stephen S. Intille, Ling Bao, Emmanuel Munguia Tap...
SIGOPSE
2000
ACM
14 years 2 days ago
A system architecture for pervasive computing
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...
ASSETS
2008
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Computer vision-based clear path guidance for blind wheelchair users
We describe a system for guiding blind and visually impaired wheelchair users along a clear path that uses computer vision to sense the presence of obstacles or other terrain feat...
Volodymyr Ivanchenko, James Coughlan, William Gerr...