This paper describes the design, implementation and evaluation of a search and rescue system called CenWits. CenWits uses several small, commonly-available RF-based sensors, and a...
Multi-server and multi-queue architectures are common mechanisms used in a large variety of applications (call centers, Web services, computer systems). One of the major motivatio...
Simulating realistic human-like figures is still a challenging task when dynamics is involved. For example, making a virtual human jump to a given position requires to control the...
This paper presents an analysis of utilizing unused cycles on supercomputers through the use of many small jobs. What we call “interstitial computing,” is important to superco...
To determine the important trends and issues in thousands of comments from customers and make strategic decisions about business operations, managers must go over these messages m...