The manifesto released by IBM in 2001 observing the software complexity crisis as the main
obstacle to the progress of the IT industry, has motivated the industry and the academia to …

In today's world, more and more people are managing every aspect of their lives over the
Internet. As a result, the study of Internet traffic, which is undergoing constant evolution as …

Major distributed systems such as the Internet, datacenter and hybrid P2P networks share a
common known challenge of finding an optimal path to transfer content from a source to a …

Existing literature shows that Peer-to-Peer (P2P) content sharing can result in significant
scalability gains in addition to assisting content distribution networks (CDNs). However …

In this paper we present ECDP, an efficient incentive based prioritized content distribution
protocol. In ECDP content which originates from some servers or peers is first distributed to …

In this thesis, we present the design and analysis of cross-layer congestion control and
routing protocols to address the above challenges of major distributed systems. Our …

Video accelerator is developed for better user experience in video sharing websites such as
YouTube. PPLive video accelerator (PPVA), which has the largest number of users in China …

A great number of short video sharing websites such as YouTube and Tudou are
established for users to create, share, and distribute contents. It has enabled the …

This thesis examines the question of how late medieval English drama remains relevant to
late medieval English culture during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, despite prevailing …