Virtual Reality (VR) has generated much excitement but little formal proof that it is useful. Because VR interfaces are difficult and expensive to build, the computer graphics co...
Randy F. Pausch, Dennis Proffitt, George H. Willia...
Aggregation in traditional database systems is performed in batch mode: a query is submitted, the system processes a large volume of data over a long period of time, and, eventual...
Joseph M. Hellerstein, Peter J. Haas, Helen J. Wan...
This paper presents general algorithms for concurrency control in tree-based access methods as well as a recovery protocol and a mechanism for ensuring repeatable read. The algori...
This paper describes a new algorithm for view volume culling. During an interactive walkthrough of a 3D scene, at any moment a large proportion of objects will be outside of the v...
An adaptive recommendation service seeks to adapt to its users, providing increasingly personalized recommendations over time. In this paper we introduce the \Fab" adaptive W...