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2007
ACM
16 years 4 months ago
Improving mobile database access over wide-area networks without degrading consistency
We report on the design, implementation, and evaluation of a system called Cedar that enables mobile database access with good performance over low-bandwidth networks. This is acc...
Niraj Tolia, Mahadev Satyanarayanan, Adam Wolbach
CHI
2010
ACM
15 years 11 months ago
Let's play chinese characters: mobile learning approaches via culturally inspired group games
In many developing countries such as India and China, low educational levels often hinder economic empowerment. In this paper, we argue that mobile learning games can play an impo...
Feng Tian, Fei Lv, Jingtao Wang, Hongan Wang, Wenc...
MM
2009
ACM
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15 years 11 months ago
On statistical multiplexing of variable-bit-rate video streams in mobile systems
We consider the problem of broadcasting multiple variable-bit-rate (VBR) video streams from a base station to many mobile devices over a wireless network, so that: (i) perceived q...
Cheng-Hsin Hsu, Mohamed Hefeeda
DAC
2006
ACM
15 years 10 months ago
Signature-based workload estimation for mobile 3D graphics
Until recently, most 3D graphics applications had been regarded as too computationally intensive for devices other than desktop computers and gaming consoles. This notion is rapid...
Bren Mochocki, Kanishka Lahiri, Srihari Cadambi, X...
MM
2006
ACM
197views Multimedia» more  MM 2006»
15 years 10 months ago
Virtual observers in a mobile surveillance system
Conventional wide-area video surveillance systems use a network of fixed cameras positioned close to locations of interest. We describe an alternative and flexible approach to w...
Stewart Greenhill, Svetha Venkatesh