Data replication is a key technology in distributed systems that enables higher availability
and performance. This article surveys optimistic replication algorithms. They allow replica …

This article discusses the challenges in computer systems research posed by the emerging
field of pervasive computing. It first examines the relationship of this new field to its …

We describe the design and implementation of Walter, a key-value store that supports
transactions and replicates data across distant sites. A key feature behind Walter is a new …

This paper is an answer to the question “What is unique and conceptuntly different about
mobile computing?” The paper begins by describing a set of constraints intrinsic to mobile …

Today's smartphones operate independently of each other, using only local computing,
sensing, networking, and storage capabilities and functions provided by remote Internet …

Femtosecond laser pulses appear as an emerging and promising tool for processing wide
bandgap dielectric materials for a variety of applications. This article aims to provide an …

Bayou's anti-entropy protocol for update propagation between weakly consistent storage
replicas is based on pair-wise communication, the propagation of write operations, and a set …

We present the design and implementation of an end-to-end architecture for Internet host
mobility using dynamic updates to the Domain Name System (DNS) to track host location …

Pervasive computing provides an attractive vision for the future of computing. Computational
power will be available everywhere. Mobile and stationary devices will dynamically connect …

The Rover toolkit combines relocatable dynamic objects and queued remote procedure calls
to provide unique services for “roving” mobile applications. A relocatable dynamic object is …