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A Two-Constraint Approach to Risky Cybersecurity Experiment Management
April 3, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Cybersecurity research demands extensive experimentation to be validated. This experimentation is inherently risky: it may involve any combination of live malicious code, disruptive actions and...
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Performance of Round Robin Policies for Dynamic Multichannel Access
January 30, 2010, 12:00am PST
The authors consider two simple round-robin sensing policies for dynamic multi-channel access in cognitive radio networks - one in which channel switching takes place when the primary user is...
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Wireless Peer-to-Peer Scheduling in Mobile Networks
February 19, 2012, 12:00am PST
This paper considers peer-to-peer scheduling for a network with multiple wireless devices. A subset of the devices are mobile users that desire specific files. Each user may already have certain...
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Energy-Optimal and Energy-Balanced Sorting in a Single-Hop Wireless Sensor Network
January 1, 2012, 12:00am PST
A large number of sensors networked together form self-organizing pervasive systems that provide the basis for implementation of several applications involving distributed, collaborative...
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MIND: A Distributed Multi-Dimensional Indexing System for Network Diagnosis
January 1, 2012, 12:00am PST
Detecting coordinated attacks on Internet resources requires a distributed network monitoring infrastructure. Such an infrastructure will have two logically distinct elements: distributed monitors...
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Wireless Device-to-Device Communications With Distributed Caching
May 15, 2012, 12:00am PDT
The authors introduce a novel wireless Device-To-Device (D2D) collaboration architecture that exploits distributed storage of popular content to enable frequency reuse. They identify a fundamental...
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Repairable Fountain Codes
February 3, 2012, 12:00am PST
This paper is eligible for the student paper award. The authors introduce a new family of fountain codes that are systematic and also have sparse parities. Although this is impossible if they...
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Bipartite Index Coding
May 18, 2012, 12:00am PDT
The authors analyze a generalized index coding problem that allows multiple users to request the same packet. For this problem they introduce a novel coding scheme called partition multicast....
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Feedback in the K-User Interference Channel
May 18, 2012, 12:00am PDT
A traditional viewpoint on feedback capacity has been pessimistic over the past few decades. This is mainly due to Shannon's original result which shows that feedback provides no increase in...
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Allocations for Heterogeneous Distributed Storage
February 3, 2012, 12:00am PST
The authors study the problem of storing a data object in a set of data nodes that fail independently with given probabilities. Their problem is a natural generalization of a homogenous storage...
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Locally Repairable Codes
May 18, 2012, 12:00am PDT
One main challenge in the design of distributed storage codes is the Exact Repair Problem: if a node storing encoded information fails, to maintain the same level of reliability, the authors need...
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Distributed Storage Codes Through Hadamard Designs
June 8, 2011, 12:00am PDT
In distributed storage systems that employ erasure coding, the issue of minimizing the total repair bandwidth required to exactly regenerate a storage node after a failure arises. This repair...
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Efficient Algorithms for Renewable Energy Allocation to Delay Tolerant Consumers
June 23, 2010, 12:00am PDT
The authors investigate the problem of allocating energy from renewable sources to flexible consumers in electricity markets. They assume there is a renewable energy supplier that provides energy...
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vCRIB: Virtualized Rule Management in the Cloud
May 17, 2012, 12:00am PDT
Cloud operators increasingly need many fine-grained rules to better control individual network flows for various management tasks. While previous approaches have advocated placing rules either on...
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Optimized Opportunistic Multicast Scheduling Over Cellular Networks
July 22, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The design of optimal Opportunistic Multicast Scheduling (OMS) that maximizes the throughput of cellular networks is investigated. In a cellular network, the Base Station (BS) transmits the same...
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A Graph-Based Approach to Multi-Cell OFDMA Downlink Resource Allocation
August 13, 2008, 12:00am PDT
A novel, practical and low-complexity multi-cell OFDMA downlink channel assignment method using a graph-based approach is proposed in this paper. The Inter-Cell Interference (ICI) information is...
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Opportunistic Access With Random Subchannel Backoff (OARSB) for OFDMA Uplink
July 26, 2007, 12:00am PDT
A distributed Medium Access Control (MAC) algorithm for uplink OFDMA networks under the IEEE 802.16 framework is proposed and analyzed in this paper. The authors present a simple yet efficient...
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Power-Aware Topology Control for Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks
January 1, 2012, 12:00am PST
In this paper, the authors examine the problem of power-aware topology control for wireless ad-hoc networks. The reliance on wireless multihop communications to maintain connectivity among nodes...
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Complexity Modeling of H.264/AVC CAVLC/UVLC Entropy Decoders
January 11, 2008, 12:00am PST
A complexity model for Context-based Adaptive Variable Length Coding (CAVLC) and Universal Variable Length Coding (UVLC) in the H.264/AVC decoder is proposed. CAVLC and UVLC are used to code...
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Robust Video Multicast With Joint Network Coding and AL-FEC
June 9, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Robust H.264/SVC video multicast with joint Network Coding (NC) and Application-Layer Forward Error Correction (AL-FEC) is presented in this paper. Unlike traditional AL-FEC that protects the...
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Advanced Colluder Detection for a Family of Anti-Collusion Hiding Codes
June 9, 2008, 12:00am PDT
In this paper, the authors examine a family of anti-collusion codes using the principle of "Orthogonal Spreading followed by the Inverse Fourier Transform (OSIFT)" as introduced. The...
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Low-Complexity Mobile Video Error Concealment With OBMA
September 12, 2007, 12:00am PDT
A low-complexity error concealment technique called the Outer Boundary Matching Algorithm (OBMA) for mobile video applications is studied extensively in this paper. The OBMA technique is shown to...
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Mobile Video Processing for Visual Saliency Map Determination
August 27, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The visual saliency map represents the most attractive regions in video. Automatic saliency map determination is important in mobile video applications such as auto-focusing in video capturing. It...
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Bit Allocation for Spatial Scalability in H.264/AVC
July 26, 2008, 12:00am PDT
The authors propose a model-based spatial layer bit allocation algorithm for H.264/SVC in this paper. The spatial scalability of H.264/SVC is achieved by a multi-layer approach, where an...
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Decoder-Friendly Adaptive Deblocking Filter (DF-ADF) Mode Decision in H.264/AVC
June 15, 2007, 12:00am PDT
Video encoding to yield a decoder-friendly H.264 bit stream that consumes less decoding power yet with little coding efficiency degradation is investigated in this paper. The energy saving of the...
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The Application of Cloud Computing to the Creation of Image Mosaics and Management of Their Provenance
June 8, 2010, 12:00am PDT
The authors have used the Montage image mosaic engine to investigate the cost and performance of processing images on the Amazon EC2 cloud, and to inform the requirements that higher-level...
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Adaptive Rate Stream Processing for Smart Grid Applications on Clouds
February 9, 2011, 12:00am PST
The growing deployment of smart meters to continuously measure power usage by consumers as part of a smarter power grid is resulting in the need for utilities to process and analyze thousands of...
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An Uncertain Control Framework of Cloud Model
July 5, 2010, 12:00am PDT
The mathematical representation of a concept with uncertainty is one of the foundations of Artificial Intelligence. Uncertain Control has been the core in VSC systems and nonlinear control...
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ELECTION: Energy-Efficient and Low-LatEncy SCheduling Technique for WIreless Sensor Networks
January 1, 2012, 12:00am PST
The authors propose ELECTION, a new sleep scheduling scheme that adaptively schedules the sleep cycles of both communication radios and sensors in wireless active sensor networks. Taking advantage...
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Scaling Behaviors of Wireless Device-to-Device Communications With Distributed Caching
August 6, 2012, 12:00am PDT
The authors analyze a novel architecture for caching popular video content to enable wireless device-to-device collaboration. They focus on the asymptotic scaling characteristics and show how they...
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Estimating the Energy Consumption in Pervasive Java-Based Systems
December 20, 2007, 12:00am PST
The paper defines and evaluates a framework for estimating the energy consumption of pervasive Java-based software systems. The framework's primary objective is to enable an engineer to make...
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Delay Analysis for Max Weight Opportunistic Scheduling in Wireless Systems
December 30, 2008, 12:00am PST
Authors consider the delay properties of max-weight opportunistic scheduling in a multi-user ON/OFF wireless system, such as a multi-user downlink or uplink. It is well known that max-weight...
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Comprehensive Analysis of SmartPhone OS Capabilities and Performance
April 20, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Modern technology provides the capability of integrating typical desktop functionality into pervasive devices, such as cellular phones. With the recent growth in affordable smart phone devices in...
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Multilingual Knowledge Management
November 5, 2007, 12:00am PST
Although there has been substantial research in knowledge management, there has been limited work in the area of multilingual knowledge management. The purpose of this paper is to review and...
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Bandwidth-Aware Resource Allocation for Heterogeneous Computing Systems to Maximize Throughput
January 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
This paper considers the resource allocation problem for computing a large set of equal-sized independent tasks on heterogeneous computing systems. This problem represents the computation paradigm...
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Faster Network Design With Scenario Pre-Filtering
January 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
The design and engineering of networks requires the consideration of many possible configurations different network topologies, bandwidths, traffic and policies. Network engineers may use network...
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Srijan: A Graphical Toolkit for WSN Application Development
May 12, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Macroprogramming is an application development technique for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) where the developer specifies the behavior of the system, as opposed to that of the constituent nodes....
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Yima: A Second Generation of Continuous Media Servers
January 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
This paper report on the design, implementation and evaluation of a scalable real-time streaming architecture, termed Yima that enable applications such as video-on-demand and distance learning on...
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Enabling Petascale Science: Data Management, Troubleshooting and Scalable Science Services
July 2, 2008, 12:00am PDT
DOE science applications in such diverse areas as astrophysics, biology, chemistry, combustion, fusion, high energy physics, nanoscience, and nuclear physics are generating and analyzing up to...
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Data Management Challenges of Data-Intensive Scientific Workflows
February 18, 2008, 12:00am PST
Scientific workflows play an important role in today's science. Many disciplines rely on workflow technologies to orchestrate the execution of thousands of computational tasks. Much research...
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Network Coding for Distributed Storage Systems
March 16, 2010, 12:00am PDT
Distributed storage systems provide reliable access to data through redundancy spread over individually unreliable nodes. Application scenarios include data centers, peer-to-peer storage systems,...
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Taming the Storage Dragon: The Adventures of HoTMaN
April 8, 2009, 12:00am PDT
HoTMaN (HoT-standby MaNager) is a joint research and development project between MySpace and USC Database Laboratory to design and develop a tool to ensure a 24x7 up-time and ease administration...
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Cache Replacement Techniques for Streaming Media In Wireless Home Networks
September 9, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Wireless home networks are widely deployed due to their low cost, ease of installation, and plug-and-play capabilities with consumer electronic devices. Participating devices may cache continuous...
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Network Routing Application Programmer's Interface (API) and Walk Through 9.0.1
December 9, 2009, 12:00am PST
SCADDS data diffusion (at USC/ISI) and DRP (at MIT/LL) are both based on the core concept of subject-based routing. Although there are some fundamental differences between these approaches,...
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A New Description of MOS Circuits at Switch-Level With Applications
May 7, 2008, 12:00am PDT
After analyzing the limitations of the traditional description of CMOS circuits at the gate level, this paper introduces the notions of switching and signal variables for describing the switching...
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A Choice Model With Spatial Correlation In Preference And Response Applied To Promotional Planning In The Auto Industry
November 14, 2008, 12:00am PST
Previous research in marketing has highlighted the role of structural state dependence in consumer choice behavior by showing how consumer's current choices are affected by past purchases. The...
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Dilution And Enhancement Of Celebrity Brands Through Sequential Movie Releases
October 31, 2008, 12:00am PDT
This paper examines the effects of sequential movie releases on the dilution and enhancement of celebrity brands. The authors use favorability ratings collected over a 12-year period (1993 to...
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On The Effectiveness Of The California Enterprise Zone Program
June 1, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Recent empirical evidence (Neumark and Kolko, 2008) finds that the California Enterprise Zone (EZ) program does not increase employment. The result is in stark contrast to other empirical work...
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Application Profiling on Cell-based Clusters
February 14, 2009, 12:00am PST
With the aim to meet user's expectation in a better way, the knowledge available is customized using Semantic Browsing that is able to deliver contextualized dynamically generated Web content. The...
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Minimizing Data Center Cooling and Server Power Costs
June 22, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Data centers have been often accused of high power consumption used for running of information technology equipment and for air conditioning. The paper focuses on total data center power...
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Faster Network Design with Scenario Prefiltering
January 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
The whole notion of writing this paper is to introduce and evaluate the concept of relevant scenario pre-filtering. A network is designed considering all possible configurations including network...
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Fitting Linear and Nonlinear Growth Curve Models Using PROC NLMIXED
January 1, 2010, 12:00am PST
Longitudinal data, or data that are repeated measurements on various subjects across time, are commonplace in everyday life. Multi-level mixed models are often used for analyzing longitudinal data...
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Interactive Visualization of Oil Reservoir Data
July 4, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Computer-based information systems have evolved for decades and are very popular in today's market. They are well equipped with intuitive and powerful features in terms of data retrieval and...
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Architecture of a Satellite-Based Sensor Network for Environmental Observation
May 24, 2008, 12:00am PDT
Sensor webs are a promising technology for future earth science research because of its capability of adaptive observation from a network of in-situ and remote sensors. As important components of...
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Dynamic Data Compression in Multi-Hop Wireless Networks
April 10, 2009, 12:00am PDT
Data compression can save energy and increase network capacity in wireless sensor networks. However, the decision of whether and when to compress data can depend upon platform hardware, topology,...
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Durability of Wireless Networks of Battery-Powered Devices
January 12, 2009, 12:00am PST
Given the criticality of energy awareness in wireless networks, it has become essential to devise an improved definition of the network lifetime at the system design stage. The new definition must...
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Comparison and Evaluation of the T-Lohi MAC for Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks
August 29, 2008, 12:00am PDT
This paper introduces T-Lohi, a new class of distributed and energy-efficient Media-Access Protocols (MAC) for Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks (UWSN). MAC design for UWSN faces significant...
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Estimating the Energy Consumption in Pervasive Java-Based Systems
December 20, 2007, 12:00am PST
The paper defines and evaluates a framework for estimating the energy consumption of pervasive Java-based software systems. The framework's primary objective is to enable an engineer to make...
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Computing Aggregates for Monitoring Wireless Sensor Networks
January 1, 2008, 12:00am PST
Wireless sensor networks involve very large numbers of small, low-power, wireless devices. Given their unattended nature, and their potential applications in harsh environments, the paper needs a...
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Advanced Indexing Techniques for Wide-Area Network Monitoring
January 1, 2008, 12:00am PST
Detecting and unraveling incipient coordinated attacks on Internet resources requires a distributed network monitoring infrastructure. Such an infrastructure will have two logically distinct...
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Emulating an Embedded Firewall
August 10, 2007, 12:00am PDT
The Adventium Labs Embedded Distributed Firewall provides a simple interface for securely managing approved network flows between computers on a network. A "Conversation" manager provides a simple...
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Cross Layer Adaptive Control for Wireless Mesh Networks
August 1, 2007, 12:00am PDT
This paper investigates optimal routing and adaptive scheduling in a wireless mesh network composed of mesh clients and mesh routers. The mesh clients are power constrained mobile nodes with...
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