The evolution toward grid and cloud computing as observed for over a decennium illustrates
the crucial role played by (optical) networks in supporting today's applications. In this paper …

Face detection is an important aspect for biometrics, video surveillance and human
computer interaction. We present a multi-GPU implementation of the Viola-Jones face …

The Future Internet as a design conception is network and serviceaware addressing social
and economic trends in a service oriented way. In the Future Internet, applications transcend …

Cross-domain management is an increasingly important concern in network management
and such management capability is a key-enabler of many emerging computing …

Future Internet technology supports content adaptation to improve the QoS/QoE in a
heterogeneous environment. The adaptation process removes partial data to meet either …

The ever‐increasing size, complexity and heterogeneity of telecommunications networks
necessitate the introduction of autonomic elements that assist providers in managing and …

In the Future Internet, free exchange of information between enterprise applications and
networking systems promotes the personalization of services and enables many different …

The Internet's original static services have been superseded by rich multimedia services with
stringent end‐to‐end quality‐of‐service requirements. Additionally, there has been a trend …

Federated policy systems are required to support the emergent complexity and
organizational heterogeneity of modern Internet service delivery. This paper presents a …

The heterogeneity of ontologies is a major obstacle to the promised interoperability of
knowledge in the Semantic Web. Ontology mappings can help to mitigate the effects by …