Today, the BitTorrent Peer-to-Peer file-sharing network is one of the largest Internet applications--it generates massive traffic volumes, it is deployed in thousands of independe...
A new generation of distributed systems and applications rely on the cooperation of diverse user populations motivated by self-interest. While they can utilize “reputation syste...
Gayatri Swamynathan, Ben Y. Zhao, Kevin C. Almerot...
This paper presents the design, implementation, and evaluation of EnviroMic, a novel distributed acoustic monitoring, storage, and trace retrieval system. Audio represents one of ...
Liqian Luo, Qing Cao, Chengdu Huang, Tarek F. Abde...
— Lifetime maximization is one key element in the design of sensor-network-based surveillance applications. We propose a protocol for node sleep scheduling that guarantees a boun...
Qing Cao, Tarek F. Abdelzaher, Tian He, John A. St...
Wireless communication is inherently vulnerable in nature and packets can be corrupted due to various reasons. The network performance can potentially be improved if one is able t...