The Swiss National Competence Center for Research in mobile Information and Communication Systems (NCCR-MICS or MICS) is one of several research initiatives sponsored by the Swiss...
In the near future, we will see dramatic changes in computing and networking hardware. A large number of devices (e.g., phones, PDAs, even small household appliances) will become c...
Policies are pervasive in web applications. They play crucial roles in enhancing security, privacy and usability of distributed services. There has been extensive research in the a...
Piero A. Bonatti, Claudiu Duma, Norbert E. Fuchs, ...
We are located in the context of the simulation of complex industrial systems, which are distributed in geographical, decisional and informational terms. This paper is divided int...
Digital video databases have become more pervasive and finding video clips quickly in large databases becomes a major challenge. Due to the nature of video, accessing contents of v...