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CHI
2002
ACM
16 years 6 months ago
Evaluating the effectiveness of spatial memory in 2D and 3D physical and virtual environments
User interfaces can improve task performance by exploiting the powerful human capabilities for spatial cognition. This opportunity has been demonstrated by many prior experiments....
Andy Cockburn, Bruce J. McKenzie
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OSDI
2008
ACM
16 years 6 months ago
Avoiding File System Micromanagement with Range Writes
We introduce range writes, a simple but powerful change to the disk interface that removes the need for file system micromanagement of block placement. By allowing a file system t...
Ashok Anand, Sayandeep Sen, Andrew Krioukov, Flore...
SIGMOD
2007
ACM
156views Database» more  SIGMOD 2007»
16 years 6 months ago
JouleSort: a balanced energy-efficiency benchmark
The energy efficiency of computer systems is an important concern in a variety of contexts. In data centers, reducing energy use improves operating cost, scalability, reliability,...
Suzanne Rivoire, Mehul A. Shah, Parthasarathy Rang...
EDBT
2008
ACM
137views Database» more  EDBT 2008»
16 years 6 months ago
Optimizing away joins on data streams
Abstract. Monitoring aggregates on IP traffic data streams is a compelling application for data stream management systems. Often, such streaming aggregation queries involve joining...
Lukasz Golab, Theodore Johnson, Nick Koudas, Dives...
ICFP
2006
ACM
16 years 6 months ago
Transactional events
nt programs require high-level abstractions in order to manage complexity and enable compositional reasoning. In this paper, we introduce a novel concurrency abstraction, dubbed t...
Kevin Donnelly, Matthew Fluet