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Two-handed marking menus for multitouch devices: ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
While it is intuitive that using both hands for interacting with touch-based devices offers more flexible ways to convey input, there are practical constraints that limit this two-handed touch interaction... more
Interaction Styles (H.5.2...) | Jan 27 12
A majorization-minimization approach to the sparse generalized eigenvalue problem: Machine Learning
The topic of eigenvalue problems--and, more broadly, generalized eigenvalue problems--is an important area of study that is used in a wide range of application areas (for example, structural... more
Eigenvalues & Eigenvectors (G.1.3...) | Jan 27 12
Optimisation of multimedia over wireless IP links via X-layer design: an end-to-end transmission chain simulator: Multimedia Tools and Applications
The ICT FP7 OPTIMIX project was a research project among nine European industrials and academic research centers in at least six countries. It... more
TCP/IP (C.2.2...) | Jan 26 12
The anti-forensics challenge: ISWSA 11
Dahbur and Mohammad introduce this paper as a survey of tools and techniques in the emerging field of anti-forensics, together with their classification. The authors explicitly address only computer... more
Systems Analysis & Design (K.6.1...) | Jan 24 12
Awareness to improve interaction: design of distance learning environment: OzCHI 11
The distance learning field has improved the way students and instructors interact--for example, by increasing awareness between participants. This paper identifies the best-suited location for... more
Group & Org. Interfaces (H.5.3) | Jan 20 12
A fast quartet tree heuristic for hierarchical clustering: Pattern Recognition
The authors describe the development of “a new quartet tree problem, the minimum quartet tree cost (MQTC) problem, suited for general hierarchical clustering.” This paper refines the... more
Clustering (I.5.3) | Jan 20 12
Learning to rank answers to non-factoid questions from Web collections: Computational Linguistics
Typical question-answering (QA) system answers to factoid questions are usually no longer than two words. However, to be matched correctly to relevant digital documents on the Web, the answers must... more
Linguistic Processing (H.3.1...) | Jan 19 12
An improved approximation algorithm for resource allocation: ACM Transactions on Algorithms
The resource allocation problem finds the most profitable subset of tasks for a given limited resource. It is also known as the bandwidth allocation problem, resource constrained scheduling, or call... more
Sequencing & Scheduling (F.2.2...) | Jan 18 12
Multimodal mobile interactions: usability studies in real world settings: ICMI 11
Exploring the mobile multimodal interactions of on-the-go users in the real world raises challenges related to system design and user acceptance. This paper addresses those... more
Input Devices & Strategies (H.5.2...) | Jan 18 12
Partly free semantics for some Anderson-like ontological proofs: Journal of Logic, Language and Information
Logical arguments for the existence of God go back a long way. Fitting’s book [1] provides a higher-order modal logic formulation of such an argument... more
Modal Logic (F.4.1...) | Jan 17 12
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Mathematical and algorithmic foundations of the Internet
We all know what the Internet is. Depending on what we’re doing, we may know a bit about its structure. Probably, though, we’re all looking at only selected pieces of things and not seeing much of the rest. This book... more
General (G.0) | Jan 27 12
The Java EE 6 tutorial: basic concepts (4th ed.)
Over the years, Java has improved its standing with software developers and become a widely popular platform. This book provides a description of Java’s best tools. The authors cover most of the emerging toolkits, including JavaServer Faces, Java... more
Java (D.3.2...) | Jan 25 12
The future of software engineering
Speaking of the first NATO Software Engineering Conference in 1968, Brian Randell says that “it was fully accepted that the term software engineering expressed a need rather than a reality. ... Many people started to use the term to describe... more
General (D.2.0) | Jan 23 12
DTrace: dynamic tracing in Oracle Solaris, Mac OS X and FreeBSD
Debuggers are tools used by software developers to debug their programs. DTrace, an advanced debugger, is described in detail in this book, including the ways to use it for both systems programming... more
Testing & Debugging (D.2.5) | Jan 19 12
Music data mining
Enabling anyone to access music anywhere at anytime is shaping up to become one of the major applications of the Internet and a significant contributor to the always-increasing volume of data stored or streamed online. The sheer magnitude of this volume... more
Data Mining (H.2.8...) | Jan 19 12
Real-time systems: design principles for distributed embedded applications (2nd ed.)
Both the theory and practice of real-time systems have significantly evolved to the extent that 15 years in the development of a discipline looks like an era. This situation is reflected in this revised... more
Real-Time & Embedded Systems (C.3...) | Jan 18 12
Mining the social Web: analyzing data from Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other social media sites
This nice introduction to social data mining methods is essentially a manual. It describes, step by step, tools and techniques for accessing data from social networks and extracting information... more
Web 2.0 (H.3.4...) | Jan 18 12
Digital forensics with open source tools
This book is written by two experts in the computer forensics field who clearly deserve their reputation. While only 255 pages, the book is packed with information--rarely found elsewhere--about artifacts from Windows, Mac, and Linux. The book... more
Security & Protection (K.6.5) | Jan 17 12
Opening standards: the global politics of interoperability
If you have an old document dated back to the days of DOS, you probably would have difficulties opening and reading it. However, if we knew that the old document was in some kind of open standard format... more
Standards (C.2.6...) | Jan 16 12
Finite and algorithmic model theory
Models are extensively used when building large software systems. This book focuses on the theory of models, which are perceived as mathematical structures. It presents concepts, definitions... more
Model Theory (F.4.1...) | Jan 16 12
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