A Private Information Retrieval (PIR) protocol allows a user to retrieve a data item of its choice from a database, such that the servers storing the database do not gain informat...
Texture mapping has become indispensable in image synthesis as an inexpensive source of rich visual detail. Less obvious, but just as useful, is its ability to mask image errors d...
Bruce Walter, Sumanta N. Pattanaik, Donald P. Gree...
Genetic programming, in conjunction with advanced analytical instruments, is a novel tool for the investigation of complex biological systems at the whole-tissue level. In this stu...
Helen E. Johnson, Richard J. Gilbert, Michael K. W...
There has been much discussion about the best way to combine the benefits of new optical circuit switching technology with the established packet switched Internet. In this paper,...
Previous analyses of scalable streaming protocols for delivery of stored multimedia have largely focused on how the server bandwidth required for full-file delivery scales as the ...