Large-scale applications require the efficient exchange of data across their distributed components, including data from heterogeneous sources and to widely varying clients. Inher...
More and more software projects are using COTS (Commercialoff-the-shelf) components. Using COTS components brings both advantages and risks. To manage some risks in using COTS com...
Today many interactions are carried out online through Web sites and e-services and often private and/or sensitive information is required by service providers. A growing concern r...
Claudio Agostino Ardagna, Marco Cremonini, Ernesto...
Current consumer electronics devices do not interoperate and are hard to use. Devices use proprietary, device-specific and inflexible protocols. Resources across device classes, s...
With the increasing ubiquity of sensors and computational resources, it is becoming easier and increasingly common for people to electronically record, photographs, text, audio, a...