We propose a new cryptographic primitive called oblivious signaturebased envelope (OSBE). Informally, an OSBE scheme enables a sender to send an envelope (encrypted message) to a ...
Although design metaphors play an important role in many software projects, their influence on system functionality, project methodology and the interactions among members of the ...
Generalized speedup is dened as parallel speed over sequential speed. In this paper the generalized speedup and its relation with other existing performance metrics, such as trad...
Agent-based computing represents an exciting new synthesis both for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and, more generally, Computer Science. It has the potential to significantly impro...
As data volumes increase at a high speed in more and more application fields of science, engineering, information services, etc., the challenges posed by data-intensive computing...