Large-scale Internet applications can benefit from an ability to predict round-trip times to other hosts without having to contact them first. Explicit measurements are often un...
Frank Dabek, Russ Cox, M. Frans Kaashoek, Robert M...
Fault-tolerant techniques that can cope with system failures in software distributed shared memory (SDSM) are essential for creating productive and highly available parallel compu...
We consider the problem of coordinating a team of agents engaged in executing a set of inter-dependent, geographically dispersed tasks in an oversubscribed and uncertain environme...
Laura Barbulescu, Zachary B. Rubinstein, Stephen F...
We describe PhotoCompas, a system that utilizes the time and location information embedded in digital photographs to automatically organize a personal photo collection. PhotoCompa...
Mor Naaman, Yee Jiun Song, Andreas Paepcke, Hector...
This paper introduces solo-valency, a variation on the valency proof technique originated by Fischer, Lynch, and Paterson. The new technique focuses on critical events that influe...