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Secure multi-party computation problems and their applications: a review and open problems
Authors: Wenliang Du, Mikhail J. Atallah
Venue: Proceedings of the 2001 workshop on New security paradigms (2001)

The growth of the Internet has triggered tremendous opportunities for cooperative computation, where people are jointly conducting computation tasks based on the private inputs they each supplies. These computations could occur between mutually untrusted parties, or even between competitors. For example, customers might send to a remote database queries that contain private information; two competing financial organizations might jointly invest in a project that must satisfy both organizations' private and valuable constraints, and so on. Today, to conduct such computations, one entity must usually know the inputs from all the participants; however if nobody can be trusted enough to know all the inputs, privacy will become a primary concern.This problem is referred to as Secure Multi-party Computation Problem (SMC) in the literature. Research in the SMC area has been focusing on only a limited set of specific SMC problems, while privacy concerned cooperative computations call for SMC studies in a variety of computation domains. Before we can study the problems, we need to identify and define the specific SMC problems for those computation domains. We have developed a framework to facilitate this problem-discovery task. Based on our framework, we have identified and defined a number of new SMC problems for a spectrum of computation domains. Those problems include privacy-preserving database query, privacy-preserving scientific computations, privacy-preserving intrusion detection, privacy-preserving statistical analysis, privacy-preserving geometric computations, and privacy-preserving data mining.The goal of this paper is not only to present our results, but also to serve as a guideline so other people can identify useful SMC problems in their own computation domains.
Bill Gates
Authors: Robert Heller
Venue:  (2000)

:Supplying lessons from today's most celebrated and successful business thinkers, DK's Business Masterminds series is perfect for people hoping to advance their corporate careers, make their own businesses grow and prosper, or achieve personal goals. In addition to providing overviews of each mastermind's most influential writings and speeches, each title is packed with full-color charts, diagrams, and photographs that graphically illustrate complex concepts.A leading authority in both business communications and management consultancy, Robert Heller has written more than 30 books, including six titles in DK's popular Essential Managers series. A founding editor of Management Today magazine and co-creator of several other successful business journals, he is an in-demand speaker at conferences worldwide. The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player
Designing Quality of Service Solutions for the Enterprise, 1st edition
Authors: Eric D. Siegel
Venue:  (1999)

:The complete guide for planning and implementing Quality of Service for enterprise networksCan you guarantee that mission-critical data gets through your network no matter how busy the network is? With such services as videoconferencing, voice over IP, and real-time video competing for bandwidth against transaction processing and Web surfing, it's more important than ever to ensure that network resources are allocated appropriately. Written by an expert in the field, this hands-on guide will help you determine if you should utilize Quality of Service (QoS) solutions in your network. From choosing the best plan and products for your network to building and implementing QoS, you'll find all the information you'll need to keep your network running smoothly.To help you decide if QoS is right for your network, this book covers:*Factors behind the recent interest in QoS, Class of Service (CoS), and policy-based networking *End-user and enterprise-wide requirements *Specialized QoS requirements of real-time speech and video, client/server processing, and protocols *Basic technologies used to provide QoS solutions *The latest information on QoS solutions, including: Overprovisioning, Isolation, LAN QoS, Frame Relay, ATM and MPOA, IP Type of Service and Filtering, IP Integrated Services and RSVP, IP Differentiated Services, Traffic Shaping, and QoS Policy Management and Measurement*Microsoft PowerPoint presentations of each chapter's material*Updated information for each chapter*Updated references for all chapters, with links to relevant sites
Practical Digital Video Programming with Examples in C
Authors: Phillip E. Mattison
Venue:  (1994)

:Written by an innovator in motion video, this practical, user-friendly guide synthesizes all the vital elements of PC motion video technology in an accessible, nonmathematical way. It helps software developers gain a comprehensive working knowledge of video and multimedia programming. Requiring an essential understanding of electronics and PCs, the book includes twenty software examples with source code to demonstrate state-of-the-art technology and the use of commercial products. This unique resource details the differences between graphical and natural images, and the reasons for compressing image data; describes and compares various kinds of computer displays, including their suitability to natural video; explains various methods of color representation and their particular uses in multimedia; highlights major data compression techniques and their application in multimedia; discusses the full range of available video storage techniques; presents several PC video hardware systems and illustrates their effective use; covers two mainstream PC video environments - Microsoft Video for Windows and Apple Quicktime; spotlights the various ways of processing video information; and includes detailed references for major digital video standards and storage formats. The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player
Building an Intranet with BackOffice
Authors: Stephen Wynkoop
Venue:  (1996)

:The BackOffice Intranet Kit is the tool of choice for creating your own internal Web site. This book guides you through the fundamentals of planning for and setting up your own corporate Web site - plus, it provides real-world examples of problems and solutions encountered when building a site. You'll learn everything you need to know to bring up Web, FTP, and Gopher servers with the Microsoft Internet Information Server. Que's expert author explains how to set up a groupware messaging solution with Microsoft Exchange Server and how to provide powerful data access with Microsoft SQL Server. You'll also learn how to tightly integrate all of your intranet components into a secure, optimized system. This authoritative guide examines all of the major BackOffice components - e-mail, systems management, Internet Web servers, and more - and provides you with an understanding of how each works. You'll learn expert techniques to help you take your own intranet far beyond existing sites. When it comes to building intranets, programming intranet applications has never been easier! The BackOffice Intranet Kit is your key to success!
An interactive graduate student records system
Authors: Coleman Poag,  Jr., K. E. Foster
Venue: Proceedings of the 20th annual Southeast regional conference (1982)

This project involved the development of an interactive storage and retrieval system for School of Education graduate student records.The School of Education wanted to convert from a paper system involving notebooks of graduate student information to an online system allowing for adding, deleting, updating, and displaying of the student records, and also for the generation of reports. Initially, the School of Education wanted the system to include personal data, summary academic data, and academic program data such as courses completed and additional courses required. Due to the complexity of the academic programs, however, the system was designed to maintain only the personal and summary academic data.All programs were written to run on a Data General minicomputer using Data General's FORTRAN 5. Menu selection followed by specific prompts allow for the operation of the system after minimal instruction.The data is stored in a random access file with individual records being identified by social security numbers. A "dictionary" file contains social security numbers along with relative record numbers. The report generation routine uses prompts to construct a SAS program, copies the data into a card-image file which is sent with the SAS program to a state university system for batch processing.
Personal Computer Fundamentals for Technology Students: Hardware, DOS, Windows, 1st edition
Authors: Marc E. Herniter
Venue:  (1997)

: Completely picture based, screen capture by screen capture, this computer tutorial shows readers how to use a personal computer with DOS, Windows 3.1 and Windows 95, and various application programs. All subjects are covered and two disks come with each book. The book uses step-by-step screen captures throughout. It includes callouts and in-line graphics to help locate buttons and places to click the mouse. For first-time computer learners/users and helpful in purchasing your first computer. The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player
An evaluation of information visualization in attention-limited environments
Authors: Jacob Somervell, D. Scott McCrickard, Chris North, Maulik Shukla
Venue: Proceedings of the symposium on Data Visualisation 2002 (2002)

People often need to quickly access or maintain awareness of secondary information while busy with other primary tasks. Information visualizations provide rapid, effective access to information, but are generally designed to be examined by users as the primary focus of their attention. The goal of this research is to discover how to design information visualizations intended for the periphery and to understand how quickly and effectively people can interpret information visualizations while they are busily performing other tasks. We evaluated how several factors of a visualization (visual density, presence time, and secondary task type) impact people's abilities to continue with a primary task and to complete secondary tasks related to the visualization. Our results suggest that, with relaxed time pressure, reduced visual information density and a single well-defined secondary task, people can effectively interpret visualizations with minimal distraction to their primary task.
Hands-on TCP/IP
Authors: Paul Simoneau
Venue:  (1997)

:A vital on-the-job resource for network administrators,this book/CD-ROM package explains how TCP/IP really works,how the individual protocols interact,and how to find the pieces that show what is going on in each packet of data. Included is in-depth coverage of IPv6 (the next generation Internet protocol). The value-adding CD-ROM features hard-to-find protocol analysis tools,complete files of data collected from working networks,and requests for comments. Teach yourself all about the dynamic TCP/IP suite. This package makes it easy! For network administrators,here is the world's best bit-and-byte-level guide to working with the TCP/IP suite. Based on the leading international hands-on TCP/IP course,it goes beyond theory and specifications to show you how TCP/IP really works. . . what tasks each protocol should do. . . and how those tasks get done. Use this book/CD-ROM package as a self-study tutorial or a desktop reference. Either way,you'll find: a truly hands-on approach that applies to your daily workin-depth coverage of IPv6,the next-generation Internet Protocolexcellent troubleshooting material exercises with data from the author's real-world experienceshard-to-find protocol analysis tools and files of data collected from working networks (on the accompanying CD-ROM)sample decoded messages,segments,packets,and sessions to use in place of the protocol analysis data or to support your ongoing explorations The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player
Learning environments for simulation education: design principles for teaching simulation with explorative learning environments
Authors: Heimo H. Adelsberger, Markus Bick, Jan M. Pawlowski
Venue: Proceedings of the 32nd conference on Winter simulation (2000)

Teaching the highly complex domain of simulation requires well-elaborated strategies for efficient education. In this paper we present a well-structured approach to define the requirements for web-based simulation courses. Our approach is based on the Essen Learning Model (ELM) (Pawlowski 2000), a development model supporting the development and specification of learning environments. The results of the Essen Learning Model development process describe the requirements for a learning environment being used in a computer based simulation course for graduate student of business information systems.
Scaling replica maintenance in intermittently synchronized mobile databases
Authors: Wai Gen Yee, Michael J. Donahoo, Edward Omiecinski, Shamkant B. Navathe
Venue: Proceedings of the tenth international conference on Information and knowledge management (2001)

To avoid the high cost of continuous connectivity, a class of mobile applications employs replicas of shared data that are periodically updated. Updates to these replicas are typically performed on a client-by-client basis--that is, the server individually computes and transmits updates to each client--limiting scalability. By basing updates on replica groups (instead of clients), however, update generation complexity is no longer bound by client population size. Clients then download updates of pertinent groups. Proper group design reduces redundancies in server processing, disk usage and bandwidth usage, and dimininishes the tie between the complexity of updating replicas and the size of the client population. In this paper, we expand on previous work done on group design, include a detailed I/O cost model for update generation, and propose a heuristic-based greedy algorithm for group computation. Experimental results with an adapted commercial replication system demonstrate a significant increase in overall scalability over the client-centric approach.
Being There: Putting Brain, Body, and World Together Again, 1st edition
Authors: Andy Clark
Venue:  (1996)

:The old opposition of matter versus mind stubbornly persists in the way we study mind and brain. In treating cognition as problem solving, Andy Clark suggests, we may often abstract too far from the very body and world in which our brains evolved to guide us. Whereas the mental has been treated as a realm that is distinct from the body and the world, Clark forcefully attests that a key to understanding brains is to see them as controllers of embodied activity. From this paradigm shift he advances the construction of a cognitive science of the embodied mind.
Computer Modelling in Molecular Biology
Authors: Julia M. Goodfellow
Venue:  (1995)

:This book supplies an application-oriented introduction to molecular simulation techniques used to study a wide range of problems in molecular biology. Each chapter focuses in detail on one kind of application, including the scientific background, the appropriate methodology, and the relationship to experimental results.
OS/2 Client/Server Toolkit, 3rd edition
Authors: Angelo R. Bobak
Venue:  (1995)

:This book is a comprehensive reference for designing and maintaining client/server architectures in the OS/2 environment. It covers a wide variety of client/server architectures, including SQL database servers and image and multimedia servers. Includes material on distributed objects and object-oriented programming for client/server computing.
Using Microsoft Excel 97, 1st edition
Authors: Joshua C. Nossiter
Venue:  (1996)

:Readers of this to-the-point resource can quickly become users. Whether for personal or business needs, this complete guide teaches readers the fundamentals of understanding and using Excel in a non-technical, practical fashion.
Distributed supply chain simulation in GRIDS
Authors: Rajeev Sudra, Simon J. E. Taylor, Tharumasegaram Janahan
Venue: Proceedings of the 32nd conference on Winter simulation (2000)

Amongst the majority of work done in Supply Chain Simulation, papers have emerged that examine the area of model distribution. The executions of simulations on distributed hosts as a coupled model require both coordination and facilitating infrastructure. A distributed environment, the Generic Runtime Infrastructure for Distributed Simulation (GRIDS) is suggested to provide the bonding requirements for such a model. The advantages of transparently connecting the distributed components of a supply chain simulation allow the construction of a conceptual simulation while releasing the modeler from the complexities of the underlying network. The infrastructure presented demonstrates scalability without loosing flexibility for future extensions based on open industry standards.
Easy PCs, 4th edition
Authors: Suzanne Weitzel
Venue:  (1995)

:The revolutionary, full-color way to learn about PCs!Features a unique, easy format that helps even the most intimidated computer userLots of notes and tips to keep the user learningIllustrative before and after screen shots The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player
Simulation for recurring decisions
Authors: K. Guus C. de Ruiter, Joost M. Sluijs, Wilbert B. Stoutjesdijk
Venue: Proceedings of the 32nd conference on Winter simulation (2000)

In recent years simulation proved to be a useful technology to support the making of recurring decisions. This paper describes the integrated simulator concept and requirements to make simulation useful for those decisions. First, the differences between onetime decisions and recurring decisions are pointed out. An important difference is that recurring decision-makers don't have assistance from simulation experts to make decisions. Therefore, decision-makers need a solution to be able to use simulation easily. Second, the integrated simulator concept is introduced. This concept can bring simulation to the desk of recurring decision-makers. This has consequences for users, simulation experts and simulation software. Finally, two cases are presented in which the integrated simulator concept proved to be successful.
Quicken 98 for MacIntosh, 1st edition
Authors: Tom Negrino
Venue:  (1998)

:Why not take control of your money instead of letting it control you? For millions of registered users, Quicken is the way to do it. It's the most widely used financial-management software program available. Quicken 98 for Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide is the best way to get up and running with Quicken. The book focuses on creating new accounts, reports, and graphs, developing a chart of accounts, customizing Quicken, and preparing for online financial transactions. To put the basic financial tasks in context, the author covers financial planning and management, which includes tracking portfolios, evaluating and repaying loans planning for future expenses, and calculating net worth. There's even a special chapter on using Quicken at tax time. This latest addition to Peachpit's successful "Visual QuickStart Guide" series is a concise, step-by-step, richly illustrated guide that helps the reader get the most out of Quicken 98. Quicken 98 for Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide will appeal to all levels of Quicken users--whether they use the basic or deluxe package. The only low-priced Quicken book specifically for Macintosh users that teaches in an easy, step-by-step visual way. New version of Quicken helps users make smarter financial decisions-now easier to track routine daily business, personal, and investment expenses. The "Visual QuickStart Guide" is the easiest way to learn Quicken fast.
Editorial message: special track on the programming languages and object technologies
Authors: Chang-Hyun Jo, Rajeev R. Raje
Venue: Proceedings of the 2002 ACM symposium on Applied computing (2002)

For the SAC 2002, in the Programming Languages and Object Technologies Track, papers were invited to address a wide range of topics from programming languages and object technologies. These included Automatic Programming, Compiling Techniques, Domain-Specific Programming Languages, Formal Semantics, Meta and Higher-order Programming, New Programming Paradigms, Practical Experiences with Programming Languages, Language Design and Implementations, Security Issues, Standardization of Languages, Object-Oriented Programming Languages and Applications, Object-Oriented Design and Analysis, Distributed Object Systems and Architectures, Languages for Distributed Object Systems, Quality of Service in Open Environments, Component-Based Software Design, CORBA, RMI, DCOM and Related Middleware, Applications of Distributed Object Computing, Design Patterns, and Testing of Object-Oriented Software. The call for papers was distributed through newsgroups, public and private mailing lists.
Developing content for international knowledge management webs
Authors: Rives Hassell-Corbiell
Venue: Proceedings of the 19th annual international conference on Computer documentation (2001)

A large enterprise that competes internationally must have an e-business strategy in order to grow. An e-business strategy should include the following components: e-commerce, care of customers, workforce maximization, supply chain management, e-learning, and e-publishing, all of which depend on a web-based platform. These components provide an information flow that cements relationships with all of the company's constituents (which include customers, partners, employees, and vendors) to create a competitive advantage. The e-publishing component includes knowledge management content (documents, processes, and resources).
Java Beans: Developer's Resource with Cdrom
Authors: Prashant Sridharan
Venue:  (1997)

:With JavaBeans Developer's Resource, you'll learn all you need to know to design, develop, and use Java componentsstraight from a JavaBeans developer intimately familiar with both the Microsoft and Sun JavaBeans development environments. Review the basic concepts underlying all component software, and then take a close look at all fundamentals of the JavaBeans API, including bean properties, events, introspection, and persistence. Then, discover how JavaBeans goes far beyond previous component models. Learn about the customization and introspection routines that make JavaBeans components both powerful and seamless. Walk step-by-step through the construction and reuse of JavaBeans components, using extensive examples, code samples, and several complete Beans components on CD-ROM. Learn to use the GUI builder to assemble disparate Beans into applications of applets. Compare powerful visual development tools like Penumbra Software's Mojo and Symantec's Visual Cafe - and learn how they can help you build JavaBeans without ever seeing source code. JavaBeans Developer's Resource will help you understand and make the most of JavaBeans networking, including RMI and CORBA. You'll learn how to integrate JavaBeans with ActiveX components. Finally there's detailed coverage of how JavaBeans are already being used in the "real world" to enable powerful, secure applications that simply weren't possible before.