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IPPS
2002
IEEE
15 years 10 months ago
Optimal Remapping in Dynamic Bulk Synchronous Computations via a Stochastic Control Approach
A bulk synchronous computation proceeds in phases that are separated by barrier synchronization. For dynamic bulk synchronous computations that exhibit varying phase-wise computat...
Gang George Yin, Cheng-Zhong Xu, Le Yi Wang
SG
2010
Springer
15 years 10 months ago
Self Portraits with Mandelbrot Genetics
This paper is an artist statement describing a manipulation of the Mandelbrot Set equation as the basis for creating semi-figurative images, using a genetic algorithm. Modernist pa...
Jeffrey Ventrella
PERVASIVE
2010
Springer
15 years 7 months ago
Specification and Verification of Complex Location Events with Panoramic
We present the design and evaluation of Panoramic, a tool that enables end-users to specify and verify an important family of complex location events. Our approach aims to reduce o...
Evan Welbourne, Magdalena Balazinska, Gaetano Borr...
ISSAC
2007
Springer
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15 years 12 months ago
Faster algorithms for the characteristic polynomial
A new randomized algorithm is presented for computing the characteristic polynomial of an n × n matrix over a field. Over a sufficiently large field the asymptotic expected com...
Clément Pernet, Arne Storjohann
ITICSE
2005
ACM
15 years 11 months ago
Iconic programming for flowcharts, java, turing, etc
One of the largest barriers to learning programming is the precise and complex syntax required to write programs. This barrier is a key impediment to the integration of programmin...
Stephen Chen, Stephen Morris