In this paper, we describe a Web-based spoken translation game aimed at providing language learners with an easily accessible and fun environment to practice speaking the foreign l...
Poorly designed software systems are difficult to understand and maintain. Modifying code in one place could lead to unwanted repercussions elsewhere due to high coupling. Adding ...
Martin Drozdz, Derrick G. Kourie, Bruce W. Watson,...
Abstract. Can a system designed primarily for the purpose of databasetype storage and retrieval be used for information-retrieval tasks? This was one of the questions that led us t...
It has long been observed that database management systems focus on traditional business applications, and that few people use a database management system outside their workplace...
Hector Gonzalez, Alon Y. Halevy, Christian S. Jens...
Abstract— We study the problem of maximizing the aggregated revenue in sensor networks with deadline constraints. Our model is that of a sensor network that is arranged in the fo...