In a variety of applications, ranging from data integration to distributed query evaluation, there is a need to obtain sets of data items from several sources (peers) and compute ...
—We examine a widely accepted myth about passive listening in wireless networks, and give a detailed description of how to achieve real “passive listening.” Then we develop a...
This paper carves out an image compression approach that integrates our parameter-assistant inpainting (PAI) technique to exploit the visual redundancy inherent in color-gradation...
Crime reporting needs to be possible 24/7. Although 911 and tip-lines are the most publicized reporting mechanisms, several other options exist, ranging from inperson reporting to...
We propose a framework to construct web-oriented user interfaces in a high-level way by exploiting declarative programming techniques. Such user interfaces are intended to manipul...