Abstract. Searching and subsequently selecting reusable components from component repositories has become a key impediment for not only component-based development but also for ach...
Music thumbnailing (or music summarization) aims at finding the most representative part of a song, which can be used for web browsing, web searching and music recommendation. Thr...
The application scenarios envisioned for ‘global ubiquitous computing’ have unique requirements that are often incompatible with traditional security paradigms. One alternativ...
The ability of communicating with a selected party anonymously is an important aspect of network security. Communicating anonymously means that no adversary can discern who is com...
Quantum systems are promising candidates of future computing and information processing devices. In a large system, information about the quantum states and processes may be incomp...