—One of the challenges of ambient systems lies in providing all the available services of the environment to the ambient devices, even if they do not physically host those servic...
The proliferation of mobile devices has given rise to novel user-centric applications and services. In current mobile systems, users gain access to remote servers over mobile netwo...
Abstract. The amount of information available online is increasing exponentially. While this information is a valuable resource, its sheer volume limits its value. Many research pr...
Susan Gauch, Mirco Speretta, Aravind Chandramouli,...
With the explosion of the mobile communication market, more and more handheld devices act as clients in the Internet. People use these devices to purchase books, play games, recei...
This paper presents kernel plugins, a framework for dynamic kernel specialization inspired by ideas borrowed from virtualization research. Plugins can be created and updated inexp...