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Computer Systems Organization (C)
Fairness enforcement in switch on event multithreading : ACM Transactions on Architecture and Code Optimization

Gabor et al. propose a heuristic to enforce fairness in switch on event (SOE) multithreading. In SOE, threads are switched on execution stalls such as cache misses. If left on their own, threads that...
Multiple Data Stream Architectures (C.1.2) | Apr 25 08

CellSs: making it easier to program the cell broadband engine processor : IBM Journal of Research and Development

A new parallel programming language called CellSs is presented in this paper. CellSs can program Cell Broadband Engine (Cell/B.E.) devices; the associated runtime system and...
Mobile Processors (C.1.4...) | Apr 30 08

Secure communications for cluster-based ad hoc networks using node identities : Journal of Network and Computer Applications

One of the important challenges in ad hoc mobile networking is providing secure communication among participants. This paper proposes a protocol based on node identities...
Security and Protection (C.2.0...) | May 1 08

Protected session keys context for distributed session key management : Wireless Personal Communications: An International Journal

A new session key management scheme for wireless networks is proposed in this paper. The scheme assumes a general security environment, including a gateway, an authentication server, and a...
Security and Protection (C.2.0...) | Apr 28 08

How the cyber defense exercise shaped an information-assurance curriculum : IEEE Security and Privacy

While courses in network security are common, seldom does one have the opportunity to study the background and thought leading to the final syllabus. For this reason, anyone currently teaching...
Security and Protection (C.2.0...) | Apr 22 08

A survey of fault management in wireless sensor networks : Journal of Network and Systems Management

Failures in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) can arise from a number of issues, and can be addressed in several different ways. For this paper, the authors collected a number of...
Wireless Communication (C.2.1...) | May 12 08

Routing and scheduling in multihop wireless networks with time-varying channels : ACM Transactions on Algorithms

This paper focuses on the scheduling and routing issues in the node-constraint multihop wireless model, where a node needs to dedicate all its link bandwidth to a single neighbor in a time window...
Wireless Communication (C.2.1...) | May 9 08

A coercion-resistant Internet voting protocol : ICSNC 2007

An Internet voting protocol (IVP) is defined as a voting procedure that uses a computer to cast a ballot over the Internet. There are four types of Internet voting: remote IVP, kiosk IVP, polling places...
Applications (C.2.2...) | Apr 24 08

The road to broadband development in developing countries is through competition driven by wireless and Internet telephony : Information Technologies and International Development

Access to broadband telecommunications has radically expanded worldwide in the past ten years. Much of this is the result of voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) and wireless technologies. Unfortunately...
Network Operations (C.2.3) | Apr 29 08

Split-ballot voting: everlasting privacy with distributed trust : CCS ’07

A universally verifiable voting protocol, which can be performed by unaided humans and distributed trust across more than one voting authority, is presented in this paper. It combines both physical...
Distributed Applications (C.2.4...) | May 14 08


General Literature (A)

Recent advances in parallel virtual machine and message passing interface: 14th European PVM/MPI User’s Group Meeting, Paris France, September 30 - October 3, 2007 (LNCS 4757)

Reading a set of proceedings is never an easy task, and this book is no exception. It contains a mixture of abstracts and papers, each varying in length from a dozen lines to a dozen pages. Some of...
Communications Mgmt. (D.4.4...) | May 2 08


Hardware (B)

Optical shop testing

The 18 contributed chapters of this work span the gamut of mathematical and physics theory and testing practice, concentrating on interferometry and advanced optical machine tests. This third edition also provides chapters on surface characteristics...
Fiber Optics (B.4.3...) | May 1 08


Computer Systems Organization (C)

Network warrior

The current networking landscape is becoming more and more complex, and requiring multiple layers of stacked technologies in order to provide the ubiquitous connectivity that modern society is dependent on. Though each individual...
General (C.2.0) | May 9 08

Telecommunications and data communications handbook

It has not been easy keeping pace with the rate of development in telecommunications and data communications; a book that presents a comprehensive overview of the wide range of communications systems and networks is most...
General (C.2.0) | May 6 08

Data communications networking

The demand on data communications and networks has increased multi-fold, keeping pace with the personal computer revolution. Most networks have evolved beyond geographical boundaries, have become user friendly, and are graduating to protocol...
Data Communications (C.2.0...) | Apr 29 08

Securing VoIP networks: threats, vulnerabilities, and countermeasures

This is not the first book on voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) security that I’ve read, and I must say that, for the first time, this is actually a book on VoIP security, and not just a book on VoIP with some security...
Security and Protection (C.2.0...) | Apr 22 08

Deploying IP and MPLS QoS for multiservice networks: theory & practice

Quite a large group of readers should find interest in this book: students and lecturers will profit from a clear and ordered text that introduces the world of quality of service (QoS); researchers and...
Network Architecture And Design (C.2.1) | Apr 23 08


Software (D)

Processing: a programming handbook for visual designers and artists

How can artists and graphic designers approach programming? The steep learning curve of working with a general-purpose programming language can be a real passion killer. Processing is an...
Visual Programming (D.1.7) | Apr 21 08

Software visualization: visualizing the structure, behaviour, and evolution of software

If a picture is worth 1000 words, how many lines of code is a graphical program representation worth? Software visualization is “the art and science of generating visual representations of various aspects of software and its development.” Diehl...
Software Engineering (D.2) | Apr 28 08

Mastering the requirements process (2nd ed.)

Requirements engineering is essentially a sociological activity--rather than an engineering discipline, as its common name might imply; or, in the Robertsons’ parlance, a “sociotechnical activity.” In their book, they describe a well-thought-out process for...
Requirements/Specifications (D.2.1) | Apr 30 08

   
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