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How to Do Everything with Your Web 2.0 Blog, 1 edition
Authors: Todd Stauffer
Venue:  (2007)

Incorporate the hottest new Web technologies into your blog! How to Do Everything with Your Web 2.0 Blog makes it easy to choose the blogging tools that are best for you and master the basics of blog design and template manipulation. You'll learn how to add different Web 2.0 services to your blog, including images, video, audio, forums, tags, wikis, and even money-making features. It's time to take your blog to the next level and get more hits, more fans, more friends, and more customers. Learn about different blogging tools, including Blogger, TypePad, WordPress, and ExpressionEngineCustomize your blog's design by editing templates and style sheetsShare your blog headlines and story feeds via RSS and AtomAdd photos, video, and audio--including podcasts--to your blogDrive traffic to your site with tagging, social bookmarking, and ranking servicesCollaborate with users through wikisPromote visitor participation using forums, community blogs, and newslettersMake money through your blog with Google AdSense, Amazon, and other affiliate programsTrack, optimize, maintain, and back up your blogTable of contentsChapter 1: Plan Your Web 2.0 BlogChapter 2: Choose Your Blog ToolChapter 3: Explore More Blogging OptionsChapter 4: Blog Design and Template EditingChapter 5: Share Your Blog Headlines and Story Feeds via RSS and AtomChapter 6: Multimedia and Your BlogChapter 7: Tag, Bookmark, and Publicize ContentChapter 8: Collaborate with Users Through WikisChapter 9: Communicate with Users: Forums, Community Blogs, and NewslettersChapter 10: Grow and Maintain Your BlogIndex
Social robots as mediators between users and smart environments
Authors: Giovanni Cozzolongo, Berardina De Carolis, Sebastiano Pizzutilo
Venue: Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces (2007)

In this paper we propose the use of a social robot as mediator between the user and a smart environment. Since the speech is considered one of the more natural and immediate input channel in human-robot interaction we discuss the importance of recognizing both the linguistic content of the spoken sentence and the valence of the user tone of voice in order to infer properly the user's intent in communication during the interaction.
Towards culture-centred design
Authors: Siu-Tsen Shen, Martin Woolley, Stephen Prior
Venue: Interacting with Computers (2006)

This paper addresses culturally rooted factors within user interface design. The design implications of globalisation are discussed, together with the related processes of internationalisation, localisation, 'glocalisation', iconisation and culturalisation, in order to establish a basis for a new approach to HCI design. The potential for a more diverse culture-centred, design-based system-'Culture-Centred Design' (CCD) is introduced, and a CCD process developed. A redesigned computer interface, incorporating a consistent and culturally rooted metaphor for a Chinese user target group is discussed. A culturally specific 'garden' metaphor is developed and applied as an alternative to the current global 'office' or 'desktop' metaphor. A working demonstration of the interface is piloted with a group of Chinese users to assess its success in terms of interactivity, usability and cultural significance. The overall results of the first two evaluation phases have shown very positive outcomes for the use of the CCD system and Chinese garden metaphor.
An object oriented library for sawmill simulation
Authors: Francisco J. Ramis, Jorge L. Palma, Felipe F. Baesler, José A. Sepúlveda, Reinaldo Moraga
Venue: Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation (2006)

This work shows an object oriented library that was designed to facilitate the development of simulation studies of sawmills. A group technology approach was used to minimize the number of objects in the library, which includes objects that have the functionality of the equipments found in these facilities, so that the analyst only needs to provide the layout, locate the transports and machines, and insert the parameters of the process. For large sawmills having state of the art production equipment, with optimization capacities in each machine, two applications of the library are shown. The study demonstrates the advantage of using an object orientation, and the usefulness of simulation is a tool for aiding in both the design and in the improvement of the operations of these facilities.
CWAP Certified Wireless Analysis Professional Official Study Guide (Exam PW0-205), 1 edition
Venue:  (2004)

Master the material and pass the test. Get the inside track on a brand new certification--Certified Wireless Analysis Professional--for wireless networking, a burgeoning technology offering great opportunities for those who know how to install, configure, and utilize it. Written by Planet3 Wireless, the company that created the CWAP certification, this official guide provides more than twice as many practice questions as are on the actual exam.Table of contents1. The Physical LayerPLCP and PMD Sub-LayersPLCP Header Fields and Subfields2. DCF ModeInterframe SpacingBackoff AlgorithmsFrame Exchange Processes3. PCF ModeMedia Access RulesFrame Exchange Processes4. MAC Frame Fields and Subfields5. MAC Layer AddressingBSSESSWDS6. 802.11e Topical Coverage7. Wired Connectivity Standards for Access Points and Bridges802.1hRFC10428. Using Wireless LAN Protocol AnalyzersPerformance AnalysisSecurity AnalysisDistributed AnalysisProtocol Decode AnalysisSite SurveyingApplication Analysis9. Use of 802.11 Series of Standards TerminologyMPDUMMPDUMSDUPPDUPSDU 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
Longest prefix matching using bloom filters
Authors: Sarang Dharmapurikar, Praveen Krishnamurthy, David E. Taylor
Venue: IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON) (2006)

We introduce the first algorithm that we are aware of to employ Bloom filters for longest prefix matching (LPM). The algorithm performs parallel queries on Bloom filters, an efficient data structure for membership queries, in order to determine address prefix membership in sets of prefixes sorted by prefix length. We show that use of this algorithm for Internet Protocol (IP) routing lookups results in a search engine providing better performance and scalability than TCAM-based approaches. The key feature of our technique is that the performance, as determined by the number of dependent memory accesses per lookup, can be held constant for longer address lengths or additional unique address prefix lengths in the forwarding table given that memory resources scale linearly with the number of prefixes in the forwarding table. Our approach is equally attractive for Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) which uses 128-bit destination addresses, four times longer than IPv4. We present a basic version of our approach along with optimizations leveraging previous advances in LPM algorithms. We also report results of performance simulations of our system using snapshots of IPv4 BGP tables and extend the results to IPv6. Using less than 2 Mb of embedded RAM and a commodity SRAM device, our technique achieves average performance of one hash probe per lookup and a worst case of two hash probes and one array access per lookup.
Towards simulator interoperability and model interreplaceability in network simulation and emulation through AMINES-HLA
Authors: Erek Göktürk
Venue: Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation (2006)

Simulation interoperability and model interreplaceability still remain as goals to be attained in network simulation. We have previously developed a high level architecture for network simulators, named AMINES-HLA. In this paper, we discuss AMINES-HLA with respect to IEEE HLA standard, DEVS, and the architectures of OMNeT++ and NS-2. We describe two scenarios which demonstrate how simulation interoperability and model interreplacement can be realized through AMINES-HLA. In the first scenario, we show how a virtualized program and protocol stack can be used to replace a specific model in a simulator built on AMINES-HLA. In the context of the second scenario, we discuss how two simulators can be interoperated.
Bringing embedded software closer to computer science students
Authors: Jogesh K. Muppala
Venue: ACM SIGBED Review (2007)

Computer Science (CS) students have often shied away from the field of embedded systems owing to their perception of this area as "hardware" oriented, not without reason. But recent trends in embedded systems, with the growing importance of the software component, has brought about new opportunities for computer science students to participate and contribute to embedded system development. In this paper we present our views and experience gained by teaching Computer Science students, on how we can bring embedded systems closer to them, to provide them the opportunity to fully participate in this growing field. We believe that by building on the CS students' strengths, while lessening the emphasis on the 'hardware' aspects, we can still allow them to master sufficient knowledge and skills to participate in this field.
Recovery of missing information in graph sequences by means of reference pattern matching and decision tree learning
Authors: Horst Bunke, Peter Dickinson, Christophe Irniger, Miro Kraetzl
Venue: Pattern Recognition (2006)

Algorithms for the analysis of graph sequences are proposed in this paper. In particular, we study the problem of recovering missing information and predicting the occurrence of nodes and edges in time series of graphs. Two different recovery schemes are developed. The first scheme uses reference patterns that are extracted from a training set of graph sequences, while the second method is based on decision tree induction. Our work is motivated by applications in computer network analysis. However, the proposed recovery and prediction schemes are generic and can be applied in other domains as well.
Low-Power Partial Distortion Sorting Fast Motion Estimation Algorithms and VLSI Implementations
Authors: Yang Song, Zhenyu Liu, Takeshi Ikenaga, Satoshi Goto
Venue: IEICE - Transactions on Information and Systems (2007)

This paper presents two hardware-friendly low-power oriented fast motion estimation (ME) algorithms and their VLSI implementations. The basic idea of the proposed partial distortion sorting (PDS) algorithm is to disable the search points which have larger partial distortions during the ME process, and only keep those search points with smaller ones. To further reduce the computation overhead, a simplified local PDS (LPDS) algorithm is also presented. Experiments show that the PDS and LPDS algorithms can provide almost the same image quality as full search only with 36.7% computation complexity. The proposed two algorithms can be integrated into different FSBMA architectures to save power consumption. In this paper, the 1-D inter ME architecture [12] is used as an detailed example. Under the worst working conditions (1.62 V, 125°C) and 166 MHz clock frequency, the PDS algorithm can reduce 33.3% power consumption with 4.05 K gates extra hardware cost, and the LPDS can reduce 37.8% power consumption with 1.73 K gates overhead.
iPhoto 2 for Mac OS X (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Authors: Adam Engst
Venue:  (2003)

If you've been using Apple's iPhoto software to organize and share your digital photos, you're about to start using it a whole lot more: That's because with version 2, iPhoto has grown even more powerful thanks to its integration with Apple's iLife suite of products. With iPhoto 2 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide, you'll quickly discover how you can share digital images with iMovie, create DVD-based slideshows with iDVD, archive photos instantly (to CD or DVD), create coffee-table books combining text and photos, and email your best shots to friends and relatives.Task-based instruction, a strong visual format, and no-nonsense guidance from trusted Mac author and pundit Adam Engst make this book the perfect place to master iPhoto. If you're new to iPhoto, you'll find everything you need to start importing, organizing, editing, and sharing your photos. And if you're an old hand, you'll easily zero in on the features that excite you most: the Enhance and Retouch tools, new printing templates, expanded email support, and more. A slew of tips, screen shots-galore, and a companion Web site round out the Visual QuickStart package.
Progressive dimension-independent Boolean operations
Authors: A. Paoluzzi, V. Pascucci, G. Scorzelli
Venue: Proceedings of the ninth ACM symposium on Solid modeling and applications (2004)

This paper introduces a new progressive multi-resolution approach for representating and processing polyhedral objects of any dimension. Our representation, a variant of BSP trees [Nay90] combined with the Split scheme introduced in [BP96], allows progressive streaming and rendering of solid models at multiple levels of detail (LOD). Boolean set operations are computed progressively by reading in input a stream of incremental refinements of the operands. Each refinement of the input is mapped immediately to a refinement of the output so that the result is also represented as a stream of progressive refinements. The computation of complex models results in a tree of pipelined processes that make continuous progress concurrently, so that coarse approximations of the final results are obtained nearly instantly, long before the input operands are fully processed. We demonstrate the practical effectiveness of this approach with models constructed with our prototype system.
The influence of hedonic quality on the attractiveness of user interfaces of business management software
Authors: Martin Schrepp, Theo Held, Bettina Laugwitz
Venue: Interacting with Computers (2006)

Recent work concerning user satisfaction shows that hedonic aspects of a user interface influence the perceived usability and attractiveness of the product. We investigate if these results can also be applied to business management software. In addition, we try to clarify the impact of hedonic aspects on user preference for different user interfaces. In an empirical study subjects judged three different user interfaces for the same business task with respect to their attractiveness by filling out the AttrakDiff2 questionnaire (Hassenzahl, M., Burmester, M., Koller, F., 2003. AttrakDiff: Ein Fragebogen zur Messung wahrgenommener hedonischer und pragmatischer Qualitat. [AttrakDiff: A questionnaire for the measurement of perceived hedonic and pragmatic quality]. In: J. Ziegler and G. Szwillus (Eds.), Mensch and Computer 2003: Interaktion in Bewegung, 187-196. Stuttgart, Leipzig: B.G. Teubner). The subjects ranked the interfaces also by personal preference. The results show that pragmatic and hedonic qualities have an impact on attractiveness. In addition, the more attractive an interface is the higher is the preference of subjects for this interface.
Towards on-line saccade planning for high-resolution image sensing
Authors: Alberto Del Bimbo, Federico Pernici
Venue: Pattern Recognition Letters (2006)

This paper considers the problem of designing an active observer to plan a sequence of decisions regarding what target to look at, through a foveal-sensing action. We propose a framework in which a pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) camera schedules saccades in order to acquire high resolution images (at least one) of as many moving targets as possible before they leave the scene. An intelligent choice of the order of sensing the targets can significantly reduce the total dead-time wasted by the active camera and, consequently, its cycle time. The grabbed images provide meaningful identification imagery of distant targets which are not recognizable in a wide angle view. We cast the whole problem as a particular kind of dynamic discrete optimization. In particular, we will show that the problem can be solved by modelling the attentional gaze control as a novel on-line dynamic vehicle routing problem (DVRP) with deadlines. Moreover we also show how multi-view geometry can be used for evaluating the cost of high resolution image sensing with a PTZ camera. Congestion analysis experiments are reported proving the effectiveness of the solution in acquiring high resolution images of a large number of moving targets in a wide area. The evaluation was conducted with a simulation using a dual camera system in a master-slave configuration. Camera performances are also empirically tested in order to validate how the manufacturer's specification deviates from our model using an off-the-shelf PTZ camera.
Digital Photography QuickSteps, 2nd Edition, 2 edition
Authors: Doug Sahlin
Venue:  (2007)

Step-by-Step, Full-Color Graphics!Take great digital photos right away--the QuickSteps way. Color photos and screenshots with clear instructions show you how to get the most out of your digital camera. Follow along and learn to manage controls and settings; compose your shots; photograph landscapes, people and objects; and capture action shots. You'll also find out how to edit, enhance, and correct your images, organize your digital image gallery, print high-quality photos, and share your images online. You can flip straight to the information you need easily using the color-coded tabs. Get the book that will have you shooting photos like a pro in no time.Use these handy guideposts:Shortcuts for accomplishing common tasksNeed-to-know facts in concise narrativeHelpful reminders or alternate ways of doing things Bonus information related to the topic being coveredErrors and pitfalls to avoidTable of contentsChapter 1. Stepping Into Digital PhotographyChapter 2. Getting The Most From Your CameraChapter 3. Shooting Like A ProChapter 4. Shooting Landscapes, Animals, People, and ObjectsChapter 5. Shooting Action SequencesChapter 6. Beyond Point-and-Shoot PhotographyChapter 7. Editing Your Digital ImagesChapter 8. Enhancing and Color Correcting ImagesChapter 9. Organizing Your Digital Image LibraryChatper 10. Sharing Your Digital PhotographsIndex
Efficient and robust computation of an approximated medial axis
Authors: Yuandong Yang, Oliver Brock, Robert N. Moll
Venue: Proceedings of the ninth ACM symposium on Solid modeling and applications (2004)

The medial axis can be viewed as a compact representation for an arbitrary model; it is an essential geometric structure in many applications. A number of practical algorithms for its computation have been aimed at speeding up its computation and at addressing its instabilities. In this paper we propose a new algorithm to compute the medial axis with arbitrary precision. It exhibits several desirable properties not previously combined in a practical and efficient algorithm. First, it allows for a tradeoff between computation time and accuracy, making it well-suited for applications in which an approximation of the medial axis suffices, but computational efficiency is of particular concern. Second, it is output sensitive: the computation complexity of the algorithm does not depend on the size of the representation of a model, but on the size of the representation of the resulting medial axis. Third, the densities of the approximated medial axis points in different areas are adaptive to local free space volumes, based on the assumption that a coarser approximation in wide open area can still suffice the requirements of the applications. We present theoretical results, bounding the error introduced by the approximation process. The algorithm has been implemented and experimental results are presented that illustrate its computational efficiency and robustness.
Performance analysis and prediction of physically mobile systems
Authors: Antinisca Di Marco, Cecilia Mascolo
Venue: Proceedings of the 6th international workshop on Software and performance (2007)

The market of portable computational devices is expanding more and more rapidly. The systems created by the interactions of these devices among themselves and with the surrounding infrastructure result in being quite different from existing traditional systems in terms of connectivity, dynamicity and resource availability. As a consequence, existing performance evaluation and prediction techniques appear to be inadequate to the application to mobile systems. While some adaptations have been proposed for systems presenting some logical mobility (i.e., software mobility), very little has been attempted to provide useful performance prediction methodologies for physically mobile systems.In this paper we present a methodology for modeling performance of physically mobile systems: our aim is to provide guidelines for the designer of the system on how particular physical mobility patterns affect the system performance and on how these measures can be taken into account in the early stages of the system development.
Technical writing: indices, decisions, & FOO.BAR
Authors: Diana Patterson
Venue: ACM SIGDOC Asterisk Journal of Computer Documentation (1978)

I've always had trouble sorting an index, but now I have learned that the University of Waterloo's SCRIPT does it as it should. 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
The sandwich method for computing fixed points
Authors: H. W. Kuhn, J. G. MacKinnon
Venue: Issue 14 (May 1973) (1973)

Many equilibrium and optimization problems in economics and operations research can be put in the form: Find x such that f(x) = x, where x is a nonnegative vector with component sum one and f is a continuous function (not necessarily differentiable, convex, or concave).
Cisco: A Beginner's Guide, Fourth Edition, 4 edition
Authors: Toby Velte, Anthony Velte
Venue:  (2006)

Get started using Cisco technologies quickly and easily Here is a fully updated edition of the bestselling introductory guide to Cisco products and technologies. Cisco: A Beginner's Guide, Fourth Edition provides you with a practical hands-on resource for successfully designing and managing a Cisco network. Learn to work with Cisco routers and switches, wireless technologies, and storage tools. You'll also get full details on network security, including firewalls, as well as communications solutions such as VoIP. This is a must-have resource for anyone interested in internetworking and Cisco technologies. Work with Cisco's Internet technologies Configure Cisco routers and networksUnderstand Cisco internetworking technologies including LAN switches, multilayered switching, and VLANsSecure your network using CiscoSecure ACS, Cisco PIX firewall, IOS Firewall, and other methods Enable wireless internetworking using the Cisco Aironet and Airespace productsDeploy VoIP via Cisco Unified CommunicationsImplement Cisco storage area network (SAN) and content delivery network (CDN) solutions Use both open standard routing protocols (RIP, OSPF, BGP) and Cisco-proprietary protocols (IGRP and EIGRP)Design, manage, and troubleshoot a robust Cisco network Table of contentsPart I: Cisco OverviewCh. 1: Cisco and the InternetCh. 2: Network PrimerPart II: Cisco Internetworking ToolsCh. 3: Router OverviewCh. 4: Configuring RoutersCh. 5: SwitchesCh. 6: Security OverviewCh. 7: Security Building BlocksCh. 8: Cisco Wireless SolutionsPart III: Cisco Business SolutionsCh. 9: Cisco Unified Contact CenterCh. 10: Storage ToolsCh. 11: Cisco Content Networking and Video SolutionsPart IV: Designing Cisco NetworksCh. 12: Routing ProtocolsCh. 13: Network ManagementCh. 14: Network Design ProcessCh. 15: Troubleshooting Cisco NetworksINDEX