In most mainstream object-oriented languages, the object initialization protocol is based on constructors, where different constructors of the same class are, in fact, overloaded ...
Proof-carrying code (PCC) is a general framework that can, in principle, verify safety properties of arbitrary machine-language programs. Existing PCC systems and typed assembly l...
Model-based development of highly complex software systems leads to large models. Storing them in repositories offers the possibility to work with these models in a distributed env...
Current approaches to story generation do not utilize models of human affect to create stories with dramatic arc, suspense, and surprise. This paper describes current and future wo...
Modularity and symmetry are two properties observed in almost every engineering and biological structure. The origin of these properties in nature is still unknown. Yet, as engine...