ppxscal/embedding_network huggingface dataset:
Creating A Digital Portfolio: A Guide to Marketing and Self Promotion
Authors: Cynthia L. Baron
Venue:  (1996)

:Detailed coverage of choosing the correct medium to display your work, burning your portfolio onto CD-ROM, setting up your Web site portfolio, digitizing non-computer-based work, incorporating your resume into your portfolio, designing your portfolio for both functionality and aesthetics, creating portfolios that combine print and digital media, dealing with intellectual property and fair use issues, updating your portfolio, tailoring your portfolio for a specific audience, and marketing yourself effectively.
Optimal selection probability in the two-stage nested partitions method for simulation-based optimization
Authors: Sigurdur Ólafsson, Nithin Gopinath
Venue: Proceedings of the 32nd conference on Winter simulation (2000)

We investigate a new algorithm for simulation-based optimization where the number of alternatives is finite but very large. This algorithm draws on recent work in adaptive random search and from ranking-and-selection. We show how the ranking-and-selection approach can significantly improve performance of the random search and demonstrate the importance of the probability of correct selection.
Sams Teach Yourself E-Auctions Today: Bidding, Buying, and Selling at Ebay and Other Online Auction Sites, 1st edition
Authors: Preston Gralla
Venue:  (1999)

:Sams Teach Yourself e-Auctions Today is a convenient guide to the fast-growing world of online auctions. This book teaches you the ins and outs of online auctions, including how to be a winning bidder (without paying too much), how to sell your stuff, and how to get the best price. The book also teaches you how to be an informed participant, highlighting the opportunities and flagging the dangers. Sams Teach Yourself e-Auctions Today goes beyond eBay and shows the "hows" and "wheres" of other auction sites as well. Of particular interest will be the book's section on designing an effective auction by using basic HTML.
Engineering Graphics with AutoCAD Release 14, 3rd edition
Authors: James D. Bethune
Venue:  (1998)

:Providing step-by-step guidance, this book teaches the engineering principles of technical graphics using AutoCAD as the major tool of implementation. Incorporating both DOS and Windows, it offers state-of-the-art coverage on the latest Release 14 version, integrates helpful screen captures throughout, and includes many new and extensive design and sketching exercises. Offers complete chapter coverage on the fundamentals of 2D construction, freehand sketching, orthographic views, dimensioning, tolerancing, the basics of 3D drawing, solid modeling, and much more. The Third Edition significantly revises the presentation and development of design exercises and the extent and depth of sketching exercises, and adds many more design problems throughout. Hundreds of screen captures and illustrations parallel written text to promote greater understanding.
Useful and necessary features in a general interprocess communication facility
Authors: Niket K. Patwardhan
Venue: Proceedings of the 17th annual Southeast regional conference (1979)

Different interprocess communication facilities(IPC) are compared to come up with a set of facilities that will serve most needs. Example facilities and problems are considered. A set of 10 features is found to satisfy almost all requirements. All are discussed at the user level.
Partial method compilation using dynamic profile information
Authors: John Whaley
Venue: ACM SIGPLAN Notices (2001)

The traditional tradeoff when performing dynamic compilation is that of fast compilation time versus fast code performance. Most dynamic compilation systems for Java perform selective compilation and/or optimization at a method granularity. This is the not the optimal granularity level. However, compiling at a sub-method granularity is thought to be too complicated to be practical. This paper describes a straightforward technique for performing compilation and optimizations at a finer, sub-method granularity. We utilize dynamic profile data to determine intra-method code regions that are rarely or never executed, and compile and optimize the code without those regions. If a branch that was predicted to be rare is actually taken at run time, we fall back to the interpreter or dynamically compile another version of the code. By avoiding compiling and optimizing code that is rarely executed, we are able to decrease compile time significantly, with little to no degradation in performance. Futhermore, ignoring rarely-executed code can open up more optimization opportunities on the common paths. We present two optimizations---partial dead code elimination and rare-path-sensitive pointer and escape analysis---that take advantage of rare path information. Using these optimizations, our technique is able to improve performance beyond the compile time improvements
Some aspects of the GOTHIC system
Authors: J. P. Banatre, M. Banatre
Venue: Proceedings of the 2nd workshop on Making distributed systems work (1986)

This note gives a short presentation of a distributed system currently under development [BANA-86a]. This system is structured according to the concept of atomic multi-procedure (section 2) and allows the handling of replicated and fragmented objects. The supporting architecture is a pluri-processor enriched with stable storage facilities (section 3).
Predicate abstraction for software verification
Authors: Cormac Flanagan, Shaz Qadeer
Venue: Proceedings of the 29th ACM SIGPLAN-SIGACT symposium on Principles of programming languages (2002)

Software verification is an important and difficult problem. Many static checking techniques for software require annotations from the programmer in the form of method specifications and loop invariants. This annotation overhead, particularly of loop invariants, is a significant hurdle in the acceptance of static checking. We reduce the annotation burden by inferring loop invariants automatically.Our method is based on predicate abstraction, an abstract interpretation technique in which the abstract domain is constructed from a given set of predicates over program variables. A novel feature of our approach is that it infers universally-quantified loop invariants, which are crucial for verifying programs that manipulate unbounded data such as arrays. We present heuristics for generating appropriate predicates for each loop automatically; the programmer can specify additional predicates as well. We also present an efficient algorithm for computing the abstraction of a set of states in terms of a collection of predicates.Experiments on a 44KLOC program show that our approach can automatically infer the necessary predicates and invariants for all but 31 of the 396 routines that contain loops.
The X architecture: not your father's diagonal wiring
Authors: Steven L. Teig
Venue: Proceedings of the 2002 international workshop on System-level interconnect prediction (2002)

The X Architecture is an integrated-circuit wiring architecture based on the pervasive use of diagonal wires. Compared with the traditional, currently ubiquitous, Manhattan architecture, the X Architecture demonstrates a wire length reduction of more than 20% and a via reduction of more 30%. Because of the rapidly increasing percentage of delay due to interconnect and the manufacturing challenges due to vias in the nanometer realm, these length and via reductions result simultaneously in a chip performance improvement of 10%, a power reduction of 20%, and a die cost reduction of 30%. Furthermore, the reduction in both wire length and parallel runs on different layers often both reduces die size and improves signal integrity. Remarkably, on virtually every important measure of chip quality, the X Architecture is superior to the Manhattan architecture.While diagonal wiring has been discussed for years, and short diagonal jogs have even been used for years, pervasive diagonal wiring has not been used on an IC before 2002 (to our knowledge). The fundamental reasons for this are not manufacturing limitations, as might be suspected, but EDA limitations, and the changes required to take full advantage of the X Architecture are significant and numerous. In particular, routing must be not only octilinear, but also gridless and non-preferred direction. In addition, significant changes are required at least in floorplanning, placement, global routing, extraction, power routing, clock routing, wire length estimation (e.g., in synthesis), database, graphics, and even data interchange formats. The folklore that 45-degree wiring might not be worth the trouble because it can provide only a 10% reduction in wire length is rooted in the incorrect assumptions that (a) only the router must change, (b) the router must resemble contemporary, preferred-direction, net-at-a-time maze routers, and (c) that wire length is the only major contributor to interconnect delay.In this short paper, we present some of the challenges and opportunities afforded by the X Architecture and show some early results that demonstrate the promise of pervasive, diagonal wiring, reflecting our belief that five years from now, virtually all, high-performance, integrated circuits will use the X Architecture.
Digital Typography
Authors: Donald Ervin Knuth
Venue:  (1997)

:One of the foremost figures in the field of mathematical sciences, Knuth has written papers that are widely referenced and stand as milestones of development over a wide range of topics. In this collection, the second in the series, Knuth explores the relationship between computers and typography. The present volume, in the words of the author, is a legacy to all the work he has done on typography. By his own admission, the present work is one of the most difficult books that he has prepared. This is truly a work that only Knuth himself could have produced.
All I Really Need to Know in Business I Learned at Microsoft: Insider Strategies to Help You Succeed
Authors: Julie Bick
Venue:  (1999)

:In this national bestseller -- praised by critics and business leaders -- veteran Microsoft manager Julie Bick takes you behind the scenes at one of the world's most successful companies to share "nuggets of information for current and aspiring managers in any industry" (USA Today). Engaging and user-friendly, this insider's guide to field-tested Microsoft strategies covers topics relevant to all aspects of your professional life -- from managing your career, to leading a winning team, to running your own business. Bick reveals the invaluable lessons she learned from her teammates, her competitors, and her mistakes, illuminating them with actual anecdotes from life at Microsoft. You'll discover the secrets that keep everyone at the company -- from the freshest Microsoftie to Bill Gates himself -- one step ahead.
Transforming the content management process at IBM.com
Authors: Louis Weitzman, Sara Elo Dean, Dikran Meliksetian, Kapil Gupta, Nianjun Zhou, Jessica Wu
Venue: Case studies of the CHI2002|AIGA Experience Design FORUM (2002)

This case study explores the evolution of the Franklin Content Management System, developed by IBM's Internet Technology Group. Franklin began as a technology-driven process to provide a web content management solution with the following goals: content reusability, simplified management of content and design that enforces integrity and consistency, the customization of content to individual users, and the delivery of content to a variety of display devices.These goals were met in part by the decomposition of information into reusable fragments represented in XML. This approach provides unique opportunities in a content management system. However, it also raises some interesting challenges in the deployment of such a tool and the education of its users.The development of Franklin evolved over a two year period and has culminated in the deployment of 62 country portals within the ibm.com domain. Furthermore, concepts from the Franklin project are influencing the strategy and design of IBM offerings.
Ranking, selection, and multiple comparisons in simulation: adaptively choosing the best procedure for selecting the best system
Authors: Justin Boesel
Venue: Proceedings of the 32nd conference on Winter simulation (2000)

This paper presents a method that uses initial sample data to choose between statistical procedures for identifying the simulated system with the best (maximum or minimum) expected performance. The method chooses the procedure that minimizes the additional number of simulation replications required to return a pre-specified probability guarantee. This problem may be encountered after a heuristic search procedure has been applied in a simulation-optimization context. In this setting, initial samples from each system may already have been taken, but because of stochastic variation, the system with the best sample mean at the end of the search procedure may not be the true best system encountered during the search. Empirical work in previous papers suggests that the relative number of additional replications required by existing procedures depends on factors --- such as the configuration of the systems' means and their variances --- that may be unknown prior to initial data collection. These results motivated the approach taken in this paper, where we postpone the choice between statistical procedures until after observing the initial data.
Visual Basic 6
Authors: Jürgen Bayer
Venue: Addison-Wesley Nitty Gritty Programming Series (2002)

Are you looking for a practical manual on Visual Basic 6 written by an experienced programmer and trainer? Well, here it is. This book covers all the key topics that will enable you to be up and running with Visual Basic 6 quickly. Tips and tricks concerning the individual aspects of Visual Basic and a reference section for each chapter means that you can delve even deeper into the world of Visual Basic.
Inside CorelVENTURA 5
Authors: John Faunce
Venue:  (1995)

:Inside CorelVENTURA 5 is a learning tool that leads you through the features of CorelVENTURA. You'll learn how to combine text, graphics, and photography to produce high-quality, professional publications. And in no time, you'll be creating everything-from brochures and newsletters to complex manuals and multi-chapter books!Learn how to build tables, indexes, and use the Equation EditorFind out how to successfully work with style sheets, publication files, page views, and framesMaster the fundamentals, such as publication structure and chapter organization
Creating effective and enjoyable documentation: enhancing the experience of users by aligning information with strategic direction and customer insights
Authors: Karl Smart, Dave Norton
Venue: Proceedings of the 19th annual international conference on Computer documentation (2001)

Tutorial Abstract: Organizations produce value for customers and gain competitive advantage by creating meaningful experiences for consumers and users of products and services. Documentation and information play a central role in the experience of users, particularly with software applications and the Web. This tutorial gives participants an understanding of how "experience design" is impacting documentation and online interactions. Participants learn why it is important to create positive user experiences -documentation that is both enjoyable and memorable - and how to transform user interactions into memorable experiences.The tutorial introduces a variety of field research and observation methods (including contextual inquiry, in-depth experience sessions, and user testing). Participants will learn a user-centered design process that shows them how to transform user data into actual design ideas; how to align the ideas with their organization's corporate voice, brand, and personality; and how to prototype, test, and implement these ideas - all with the intent of better meeting the information needs of users and creating positive user experiences. Guided group work allows participants to apply the concepts learned at each step of the process and provides valuable tools that can be used with any documentation processes. This tutorial will help participants expand their view of what documentation is and how it can be used as a strategic tool within their respective organizations.
Power of Identity: The Information Age: Economy, Society, and Culture
Authors: Manuel Castells
Venue:  (1997)

:Manuel Castells describes the origins, purpose and effect of proactive movements, such as feminism and environmentalism, which aim to transform human relationships at their most fundamental level; and of reactive movements that build trenches of resistance on behalf of God, nation, ethnicity, family, or locality.The fundamental categories of existence, the author shows, are threatened by the combined, contradictory assault of techno-economic forces and transformative social movements, each using the new power of the media to promote their ambitions. Caught between these opposing trends, he argues, the nation-state is called into question, drawing into its crisis the very notion of political democracy. The author moves thematically between the United States, Western Europe, Russia, Mexico, Bolivia, the Islamic World, China, and Japan, seeking to understand a variety of social processes that are, he contends, closely inter-related in function and meaning.This is a book of profound importance for understanding how the world will be transformed by the beginning of the next century.
Sorting and merging on the DAP
Authors: D. Bhagavathi, W. M. Denny, C. Grosch, P. J. Looges, S. Olariu
Venue: Proceedings of the 30th annual Southeast regional conference (1992)

The sorting problem is of fundamental importance in non-numerical algorithms. Many applications require the ordering of data based the relationship of some set of keys with in the data. Merging is a natural companion of sorting, and is known to yield a very efficient sorting algorithm in sequential processing. Numerous sorting and merging techniques have been developed for many actual and theoretical models, we examine a number of these techniques for implementation on the Distributed Array of Processors, DAP.
Principles of Network and System Administration, 1st edition
Authors: Mark S. Burgess
Venue:  (2000)

:A practical guide for meeting the challenges of planning and designing a networkNetwork design has to be logical and efficient, decisions have to be made about what services are needed, and security concerns must be addressed. Focusing on general principles, this book will help make the process of setting up, configuring, and maintaining a network much easier. It outlines proven procedures for working in a global community of networked machines, and provides practical illustrations of technical specifics. Readers will also find broad coverage of Linux and other Unix versions, Windows, Macs, and mainframes. The author includes discussions on the social and ethical aspects of system administration.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 - Illustrated Essentials, 1st edition
Authors: Jessica Evans
Venue:  (1999)

:Part of the Illustrated Series, this text offers a quick, visual, step-by-step approach for learning basic Web browser skills using Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.
On the efficiency of multicast
Authors: Piet Van Mieghem, Gerard Hooghiemstra, Remco van der Hofstad
Venue: IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON) (2001)

The average number of joint hops in a shortest-path multicast tree from a root to m arbitrary chosen group member nodes is studied. A general theory for all graphs, hence including the graph representation of the Internet, is presented which quantifies the multicast reduction in network links compared to m times unicast. For two special types of graphs, the random graph Gp(N) and the k-ary tree, exact and asymptotic results are derived. Comparing these explicit results with previously published Internet measurements [13] indicates that the number of routers in the Internet that can be reached from a root grows exponentially in the number of hops with an effective degree of approximately 3.2.
The New Media Guide to Creative Photography: Image Capture and Printing in the Digital Age
Authors: John Carucci
Venue:  (1998)

:How to master today's hybrid photography--combining new film and camera technology, computer manipulation, and varied output media--is fully covered in one of the most simplified, up-to-date primers available. 170 illustrations, 160 in color.
Segmented winner trees
Authors: Andrew Lim, Sartaj Sahni
Venue: Proceedings of the 30th annual Southeast regional conference (1992)

A new data structure, "segmented winner tree", is introduced. This is useful when one needs to represent data that are partitioned into segments. The segment operations that are efficiently supported are: initialize a unit length segment, find the element with least value in any given segment, update an element in any segment, merge two adjacent segments, and split a segment.
Microsoft Works Suite 2000 Step-by-Step
Authors: CORPORATE Perspection Inc
Venue:  (1999)

:"Microsoft Works 2000 Step By Step" helps users learn the products in the Works suite by providing the information they want to learn at their own pace. The book covers each application--Word 2000, Works Spreadsheet, Works Database, Works Calendar and Money Basic--and also shows how to use common elements in the suite.
Visual Basic 6 from the Ground Up, 1 edition
Authors: Gary Cornell
Venue:  (1998)

:Build Bulletproof Programs for Windows and the Internet! Visual Basic 6 has a lot to offer,from its new file handling objects and advanced Internet programming capabilities to its new database features. Learn to build your own commercial-quality application  not just toy apps  using this comprehensive,hands-on tutorial from expert author Gary Cornell,winner of the prestigious Readers' Choice Award from Visual Basic Programmer's journal. This best-selling guide for the beginning and intermediate programmer has been thoroughly revised and updated to cover the newest version of the world's #1 visual programming tool. Using modular,step-by-step instructions,you will: Progress from elementary programming skills to marketable expertise. Learn object-oriented programming. Create VB Forms for use in Internet Explorer. Discover Visual Basic's newest database features. Create sophisticated event-driven programs. Build you own special-purpose Internet Browser. Use the Visual Basic environment to develop programs. Discover how to distribute your programs. Unleash the power of graphics programming,OLE,and ActiveX.
Wavs Midis and Realaudio: Enjoying Sound on Your Computer, 1st edition
Authors: Judi N. Fernandez
Venue:  (1998)

:Packed with players and editors, WAVs, MIDIs, & RealAudio brings you a complete introduction to the world of computer sound - the lingo, the tools, and the tricks. You'll learn how to: master the different sound formats - WAV, MIDI, SND, AU, AIFF, MP3, MOD, and Karaoke; identify a sound format using a plain text editor; use sounds with the major online services - AOL, CompuServe, and the Microsoft Network; exchange sounds in a chat room or via e-mail; listen to audio CDs on your computer; use streaming audio - RealAudio, Shockwave, StreamWorks, and NetShow; capture music and other sounds from the internet; and record and edit your own sound files. 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
Managing TCP/IP Networks: Techniques, Tools, and Security Considerations, 1st edition
Authors: Gilbert Held
Venue:  (2000)

:In this unique book, TCP/IP is discussed in regard to managing the network. From the planning behind the assignment of TCP/IP addresses to the appropriate use of diagnostic tools associated with network problems, the practical methods needed to manage TCP/IP networks are provided.