An increasing number of new multicore systems use the Non-Uniform Memory Access
architecture due to its scalable memory performance. However, the complex interplay …

Most operating systems provide protection and isolation to user processes, but not to critical
system components such as device drivers or other system code. Consequently, failures in …

Server virtualization and workload consolidation enable multiple workloads to share a single
physical server, resulting in significant energy savings and utilization improvements. The …

As the complexity of modern networks increases, virtualization techniques, such as software-
defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV), get highlighted to …

This paper presents Sniper, an automated memory leak detection tool for C/C++ production
software. To track the staleness of allocated memory (which is a clue to potential leaks) with …

Full virtualization has become one of the basic technologies for the development of security
applications. This is due to the fact that full virtualization provides important properties such …

Scheduling has a significant influence on application performance. Deciding on a quantum
length can be very tricky, especially when concurrent applications have various …

Cloud Computing is an eminent emerging technology that surpasses Grids from their IT
resource administrations and arduous Grid middleware solutions. At present, users could …

As multicore processors become prevalent in modern computer systems, there is a growing
need for increasing hardware utilization and exploiting the parallelism of such platforms …

With the development of multi-core platforms andcloud computing, Non-Uniform Memory
Access (NUMA) architecturehas been dominant in cloud data centers in recentyears …