We introduce a new genre of user interface applications that can migrate from one machine to another, taking their user interface and application contexts with them, and continue ...
This chapter describes how astronomical imaging survey data have become a vital part of modern astronomy, how these data are archived and then served to the astronomical community...
The asymmetry of activity in virtual communities is of great interest. While participation in the activities of virtual communities is crucial for a community's survival and ...
With the rise of XML, the database community has been challenged by semi-structured data processing. Since the data type behind XML is the tree, state-of-the-art RDBMSs have learn...
Abstract Recent progress in mobile broadband communication and semantic web technology is enabling innovative internet services that provide advanced personalization and localizati...