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COMPGEOM
2006
ACM
14 years 1 months ago
Embedding ultrametrics into low-dimensional spaces
We study the problem of minimum-distortion embedding of ultrametrics into the plane and higher dimensional spaces. Ultrametrics are a natural class of metrics that frequently occu...
Mihai Badoiu, Julia Chuzhoy, Piotr Indyk, Anastasi...
ITICSE
2004
ACM
14 years 1 months ago
SQLator: an online SQL learning workbench
SQL (Structured Query Language) is one of the essential topics in foundation databases courses in higher education. Due to its apparent simple syntax, learning to use the full pow...
Shazia Wasim Sadiq, Maria E. Orlowska, Wasim Sadiq...
HICSS
2003
IEEE
215views Biometrics» more  HICSS 2003»
14 years 1 months ago
A Field Study of Use of Synchronous Chat in Online Courses
A field study of Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) as used in higher education asks the questions, "Will students take part in synchronous chat sessions if they are sched...
David H. Spencer, Starr Roxanne Hiltz
CRYPTO
2001
Springer
111views Cryptology» more  CRYPTO 2001»
14 years 7 days ago
On the Cost of Reconstructing a Secret, or VSS with Optimal Reconstruction Phase
Consider a scenario where an l-bit secret has been distributed among n players by an honest dealer using some secret sharing scheme. Then, if all players behave honestly, the secre...
Ronald Cramer, Ivan Damgård, Serge Fehr
IWVF
2001
Springer
14 years 5 days ago
Volume and Surface Area Distributions of Cracks in Concrete
Volumetric images of small mortar samples under load are acquired by X-ray microtomography. The images are binarized at many different threshold values, and over a million connecte...
George Nagy, Tong Zhang, W. R. Franklin, Eric Land...