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[2008-019] Day, John; Matta, Ibrahim; Mattar, Karim. "Networking is IPC": A Guiding Principle to a Better Internet , August 15, 2008. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2008-018] Stefan, Alexandra. Indexing Methods For Efficient Multiclass Recognition, August 14, 2008. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2008-016] Smaragdakis, Georgios ; Lekakis, Vassilis; Laoutaris, Nikolaos; Bestavros, Azer; Byers, John; Roussopoulos, Mema. The EGOIST Overlay Routing System, July 22, 2008. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2008-015] Bera, Debajyoti. A New Lower Bound Technique for Quantum Circuits without Ancillae, July 22, 2008. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2008-014] Mattar, Karim; Matta, Ibrahim; Day, John; Ishakian, Vatche; Gursun, Gonca. Declarative Transport: No more transport protocols to design, only policies to specify, July 12, 2008. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2008-013] Aggradi, Gabriele; Esposito, Flavio; Matta, Ibrahim. Supporting Predicate Routing in DTN over MANET, July 10, 2008. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2008-012] Londono, Jorge; Bestavros, Azer. A Two-Tiered On-Line Server-Side Bandwidth Reservation Framework for the Real-Time Delivery of Multiple Video Streams, July 1, 2008. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2008-011] Ocean, Michael; Kfoury, Assaf; Bestavros, Azer. A Type System For Safe SN Resource Allocation, June 14, 2008. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2008-009] Yuan, Quan ; Thangali, Ashwin; Ablavsky, Vitaly; Sclaroff, Stan. Multiplicative Kernels: Object Detection, Segmentation and Pose Estimation, March 27, 2008. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2008-008] Ablavsky, Vitaly; Thangali, Ashwin; Sclaroff, Stan. Layered graphical models for tracking partially-occluded objects, March 27, 2008. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2008-007] Buhrman, Harry; Hescott, Benjamin; Homer, Steve; Torrenvliet, Lane. Non-Uniform Reductions, February 15, 2008. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2008-006] Hescott, Benjamin; Koulomzin, Daniel. On Clustering Images Using Compression, February 15, 2008. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2008-005] Bera, Debajyoti; Fenner, Stephen; Green, Fred; Homer, Steve. Universal Quantum Circuits, February 15, 2008. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2008-004] Morcos, Hany; Bestavros, Azer; Matta, Ibrahim. Detour-Based Mobility Coordination in DTNs , February 10, 2008. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2008-003] Morcos, Hany; Atia, George; Bestavros, Azer; Matta, Ibrahim. An Information Theoretic Framework for Field Monitoring Using Autonomously Mobile Sensors, February 10, 2008. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2008-001] Donnelly, Kevin; Kfoury, Assaf. On the Stable Paths Problem and a Restricted Variant, January 10, 2008. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2007-017] Liu, Likai; Kfoury, Assaf. Examples of Network Flow Verification Using TRAFFIC(X), January 10, 2008. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2007-016] Mattar, Karim. TCP over CDMA2000 Networks: A Cross-Layer Measurement Study, December 14, 2007. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2007-015] Donnelly, Kevin. System F with Constraint Types, December 1, 2007. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2007-014] Riga, Niky; Matta, Ibrahim; Medina, Alberto; Redi, Jason. An Energy-conscious Transport Protocol for Multi-hop Wireless Networks, October 17, 2007. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2007-013] Smaragdakis, Georgios ; Laoutaris, Nikolaos; Bestavros, Azer; Byers, John; Roussopoulos, Mema. EGOIST: Overlay Routing using Selfish Neighbor Selection, October 9, 2007. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2007-012] Hallett, Joseph. Hidden Type Variables and Conditional Extension for More Expressive Generic Programs, October 2, 2007. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2007-011] Reyzin, Leonid. Entropy Loss is Maximal for Uniform Inputs, September 20, 2007. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2007-010] Li, Rui; Tian, Tai-Peng; Sclaroff, Stan. Simultaneous Learning of Nonlinear Manifold and Dynamical Models for High-dimensional Time Series , August 21, 2007. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2007-009] Smaragdakis, Georgios ; Laoutaris, Nikolaos; Michiardi, Pietro; Bestavros, Azer; Byers, John; Roussopoulos, Mema. Swarming on optimized graphs for n-way broadcast, July 5, 2007. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2007-008] Morcos, Hany; Bestavros, Azer; Matta, Ibrahim. Amorphous Placement and Informed Diffusion for Timely Field Monitoring by Autonomous, Resource-Constrained Mobile Sensors, June 6, 2007. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2007-007] Bera, Debajyoti; Green, Frederic; Homer, Steve. Small Depth Quantum Circuits, May 24, 2007. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2007-006] Smaragdakis, Georgios ; Laoutaris, Nikolaos; Bestavros, Azer; Byers, John; Roussopoulos, Mema. Improving the Performance of Overlay Routing and P2P File Sharing using Selfish Neighbor Selection, May 15, 2007. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2007-005] Erramilli, Vijay; Chaintreau, Augustin; Crovella, Mark; Diot, Christophe. Diversity of Forwarding Paths in Pocket Switched Networks, May 13, 2007. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2007-004] Li, Rui; Sclaroff, Stan. Multi-scale 3D Scene Flow from Binocular Stereo Sequences , May 10, 2007. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2007-003] Yuan, Quan; Thangali, Ashwin Thangali; Ablavsky, Vitaly; Sclaroff, Stan. Parameter Sensitive Detectors, April 30, 2007. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2007-002] Riga, Niky; Matta, Ibrahim; Bestavros, Azer. A Geometric Approach to Slot Alignment in Wireless Sensor Networks, March 26, 2007. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2007-001] Wang, Chong; Byers, John. Generating Representative ISP Topologies From First-Principles, March 15, 2007. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2006-034] Panagiotis Papapetrou. Constraint-based Mining of Frequent Arrangements of Temporal Intervals, December 30, 2006. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2006-033] Duarte, Fernando; Mattos, Bernardo; Bestavros, Azer; Almeida, Virgilio; Almeida, Jussara. Traffic Characteristics and Communication Patterns in Blogosphere, December 15, 2006. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2006-032] Londono, Jorge; Bestavros, Azer. netEmbed: A Network Resource Mapping Service for Distributed Applications, December 15, 2006. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2006-031] Gabay, Yarom; Kfoury, Assaf. Towards Formalizing Java's Weak References, December 15, 2006. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2006-030] Mattar, Karim; Sridharan, Ashwin; Zang, Hui; Matta, Ibrahim; Bestavros, Azer. TCP over CDMA2000 Networks: A Cross-Layer Measurement Study, October 25, 2006. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2006-029] Liu, Likai; Kfoury, Assaf. Safe Compositional Specification of Network Systems With Polymorphic, Constrained Types, October 25, 2006. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2006-028] Morcos, Hany; Bestavros, Azer; Matta, Ibrahim. Real-Time Spatio-Temporal Query Processing in Mobile Ad-Hoc Sensor Networks, October 15, 2006. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2006-027] Papapetrou, Panagiotis; Benson, Gary; Kollios, George. Discovering Frequent Poly-Regions of DNA Sequences, October 15, 2006. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2006-026] Wang, Jingbin; Athitsos, Vassilis; Sclaroff, Stan; Betke, Margrit. Object Detection at the Optimal Scale with Hidden State Shape Models , October 2, 2006. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2006-025] Riga, Niky; Matta, Ibrahim; Medina, Alberto; Redi, Jason; Partridge, Craig. JTP: An Energy-conscious Transport Protocol for Wireless Ad Hoc Networks, September 18, 2006. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2006-024] Alon, Jonathan. Spatiotemporal Gesture Segmentation, September 18, 2006. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2006-023] Smaragdakis, Georgios . Notes on the Effect of Different Access Patterns on the Intensity of Mistreatment in Distributed Caching Groups, September 18, 2006. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2006-022] Erramilli, Vijay; Crovella, Mark; Taft, Nina. An Independent-Connection Model for Traffic Matrices, September 6, 2006. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2006-020] Parmer, Gabriel; West, Richard; Fry, Gerald. Scalable Overlay Multicast Tree Construction for QoS-Constrained Media Streaming, July 14, 2006. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2006-019] Laoutaris, Nikolaos; Smaragdakis, Georgios ; Bestavros, Azer; Byers, John. Implications of Selfish Neighbor Selection in Overlay Networks, July 14, 2006. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2006-018] Laoutaris, Nikolaos; Smaragdakis, Georgios; Oikonomou, Konstantinos; Stavrakakis, Ioannis; Bestavros, Azer. Distributed Placement of Service Facilities in Large-Scale Networks, July 14, 2006. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2006-017] Laoutaris, Nikolaos; Zervas, Georgos ; Bestavros, Azer; Kollios, George. The Cache Inference Problem and its Application to Content and Request Routing, July 14, 2006. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2006-016] Ocean, Michael; Kfoury, Assaf; Bestavros, Azer. Integrating Sensor-Network Research and Development into a Software Engineering Curriculum, July 14, 2006. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2006-015] Burke, Dustin; Cecere, Dave; Freiberg, Ben. Extending snBench to Support a Video-Based Intrusion Detection and Alerting System with a Centralized Hash Table, July 14, 2006. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2006-014] Chang, Ching; Sweha, Raymond; Papapetrou, Panagiotis. Extending snBench to Support a Graphical Programming Interface for a Sensor Network Tasking Language (STEP), July 14, 2006. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2006-013] Londono, Jorge ; Manjanatha, Sowmya; Han, Zhinan. Extending snBench to Provide Concurrency Support in the Sensorium Execution Environment (SXE), July 14, 2006. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2006-012] Parmer, Gabriel; Zervas, Georgios; Bagchi, Angshuman. Extending snBench to Support Hierarchical and Configurable Scheduling, July 14, 2006. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2006-011] Li, Feifei; Hadjieleftheriou, Marios; Kollios, George; Reyzin, Leonid. Authenticated Index Sturctures for Aggregation Queries in Outsourced Databases, July 10, 2006. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2006-010] Athitsos, Vassilis. Learning Embeddings for Indexing, Retrieval, and Classification, with Applications to Object and Shape Recognition in Image Databases, June 14, 2006. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2006-009] Mattar, Karim; Sridharan, Ashwin; Zang, Hui; Matta, Ibrahim; Bestavros, Azer. On the Interaction between TCP and the Wireless Channel in CDMA2000 Networks, June 6, 2006. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2006-008] Yilmaz, Selma; Matta, Ibrahim. An Adaptive Management Approach to Resolving Policy Conflicts, May 25, 2006. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2006-007] Waber, Benjamin; Magee, John; Betke, Margrit. Web Mediators for Accessible Browsing, May 11, 2006. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2006-006] Akram, Wajeeha; Tiberii, Laura; Betke, Margrit. A customizable camera-based human computer interaction system allowing people with disabilities autonomous hands free navigation of multiple computing tasks, May 11, 2006. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2006-005] Morcos, Hany; Bestavros, Azer; Matta, Ibrahim. Amorphous Placement and Retrieval of Sensory Data in Sparse Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks, April 4, 2006. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2006-004] Li, Feifei; Hadjieleftheriou, Marios; Kollios, George; Reyzin, Leonid. Authenticated Index Structures for Outsourced Database Systems, April 1, 2006. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2006-003] Laoutaris, Nikolaos; Smaragdakis, Georgios ; Bestavros, Azer; Matta, Ibrahim; Stavrakakis, Ioannis. Distributed Selfish Caching, February 7, 2006 . [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2006-002] Guirguis, Mina; Bestavros, Azer; Matta, Ibrahim. On the Impact of Low-Rate Attacks, February 6, 2006. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2006-001] Gabay, Yarom; Ocean, Michael; Kfoury, Assaf; Liu, Likai. Computational Properties of SNAFU, February 6, 2006. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2005-035] Bakewell, Adam; Carlier, Sebastien; Kfoury, Assaf; Wells, J. B.. Inferring Intersection Typings that Are Equivalent to Call-by-Name and Call-by-Value Evaluations, December 30, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2005-034] Gabay, Yarom; Kfoury, Assaf; Liu, Likai; Bestavros, Azer; Bradley, Adam; Matta, Ibrahim. Type Systems for a Network Specification Language With Multiple-Choice Let, December 28, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2005-033] Liu, Likai; Kfoury, Assaf; Bestavros, Azer; Gabay, Yarom; Bradley, Adam; Matta, Ibrahim. Safe Compositional Specification of Networking Systems: A Compositional Analysis Approach, December 28, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2005-032] Gorman, Mikhail; Betke, Margrit; Saltzman, Elliot; Lahav, Amir. MusicMaker -- A Camera-based Music Making Tool for Physical Rehabilitation, December 8, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2005-031] Hallett, Joseph ; Kfoury, Assaf. A Formal Semantics for Weak References, August 8, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2005-030] Donnelly, Kevin; Kfoury, Assaf. Some Considerations on a Calculus with Weak References , July 27, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2005-029] Tian, Tai-Peng ; Li, Rui; Sclaroff, Stan. Tracking Human Body Pose on a Learned Smooth Space, July 28, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2005-028] Yilmaz, Selma; Matta, Ibrahim. An Adaptive Policy Management Approach to BGP Convergence, July 7, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2005-027] Rodeski, Vladimir ; Mullally, William; Bellardine, Carissa Bellardine; Lutchen, Kenneth; Betke, Margrit. Computing a Uniform Scaling Parameter for 3D Registration of Lung Surfaces, July 7, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2005-026] Laoutaris, Nikolaos; Smaragdakis, Georgios; Bestavros, Azer; Stavrakakis, Ioannis. Mistreatment in Distributed Caching Groups: Causes and Implications, July 7, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2005-025] Tian, Tai-Peng ; Li, Rui; Sclaroff, Stan. Articulated Pose Estimation in a Learned Smooth Space of Feasible Solutions, July 7, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2005-024] Castelli, Thomas; Betke, Margrit; Neidle, Carol. Facial Feature Tracking and Occlusion Recovery in American Sign Language, July 7, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2005-023] Waber, Benjamin; Magee, John; Betke, Margrit. Fast Head Tilt Detection for Human-Computer Interaction, July 7, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2005-022] Yuan, Quan; Thangali, Ashwin; Sclaroff, Stan. Face identification by a cascade of rejection classifiers, June 10, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2005-021] Athitsos, Vassilis; Wang, Jingbin; Sclaroff, Stan; Betke, Margrit. Detecting Instances of Shape Classes That Exhibit Variable Structure, June 8, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2005-020] Alon, Jonathan; Athitsos, Vassilis; Sclaroff, Stan. Fast and Accurate Gesture Spotting using Subgesture Reasoning and Pruning of Unlikely Dynamic Programming Paths, June 3, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2005-019] Alon, Jonathan; Athitsos, Vassilis; Sclaroff, Stan. Online and Offine Character Recognition Using Alignment to Prototypes, June 3, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2005-018] Law, Kevin; Sclaroff, Stan. Foreground Object Segmentation from Binocular Stereo Video, May 19, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2005-017] Nunziati, Walter; Alon, Jonathan; Sclaroff, Stan; Del Bimbo, Alberto . View registration using interesting segments of planar trajectories, May 19, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2005-016] Nunziati, Walter; Sclaroff, Stan; Del Bimbo, Alberto . An Invariant Representation for Matching Trajectories across uncalibrated video streams, May 19, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2005-015] Liu, Likai; Kfoury, Assaf; Bestavros, Azer; Bradley, Adam; Gabay, Yarom; Matta, Ibrahim. Safe Compositional Specification of Networking Systems: TRAFFIC The Language and Its Type Checking, May 12, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2005-014] Bestavros, Azer; Bradley, Adam; Kfoury, Assaf; Matta, Ibrahim. Typed Abstraction of Complex Network Compositions, May 1, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2005-013] Nunziati, Walter; Sclaroff, Stan; Del Bimbo, Alberto . An Invariant Representation for Matching Trajectories across Uncalibrated Video Streams, May 1, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2005-012] Chau, Michael; Betke, Margrit. Real Time Eye Tracking and Blink Detection with USB Cameras, April 28, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2005-011] Hadjieleftheriou, Marios; Byers, John; Kollios, George. Robust Sketching and Aggregation of Distributed Data Streams, March 16, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2005-010] Athitsos, Vassilis; Hadjieleftheriou, Marios; Kollios, George; Sclaroff, Stan. Query-Sensitive Embeddings, March 16, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2005-009] Athitsos, Vassilis; Alon, Jonathan; Sclaroff, Stan. Efficient Nearest Neighbor Classification Using a Cascade of Approximate Similarity Measures, March 16, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2005-008] Wang, Jingbin; Gu, Erdan; Betke, Margrit. MosaicShape: Stochastic Region Grouping with Shape Prior, February 27, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2005-007] Betke, Margrit; Gusyatin, Oleg; Urinson, Mikhail. SymbolDesign: A User-centered Method to Design Pen-based Interfaces and Extend the Functionality of Pointer Input Devices, February 27, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2005-006] West, Richard; Wong, Gary. Cuckoo: a Language for Implementing Memory- and Thread-safe System Services, February 23, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2005-005] West, Richard; Gloudon, Jason; Qi, Xin ; Parmer, Gabriel. An Efficient User-Level Shared Memory Mechanism for Application-Specific Extensions , February 23, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2005-004] West, Richard; Fry, Gerald; Wong, Gary. Comparison of k-ary n-cube and de Bruijn Overlays in QoS-constrained Multicast Applications, February 23, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2005-003] Xi, Hongwei; Zhu, Dengping; Li, Yanka. Applied Type System with Stateful Views, February 10, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2005-002] Lakhina, Anukool; Crovella, Mark; Diot, Christophe. Mining Anomalies Using Traffic Distributions, February 10, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2005-001] Sharma, Manish; Byers, John. Scalable Coordination Techniques for Distributed Network Monitoring, January 20, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-036] Tian, Tai-Peng; Sclaroff, Stan. Handsignals Recognition From Video Using 3D Motion Capture Data, November 4, 2004. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-035] Yuan, Quan; Sclaroff, Stan; Athitsos, Vassilis. Automatic 2D Hand Tracking in Video Sequences, November 2, 2004. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-034] Li, Rui; Sclaroff, Stan. Multi-scale 3D Scene Flow from Binocular Stereo Sequences, November 2, 2004. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-033] Thangali, Ashwin; Sclaroff, Stan. Periodic Motion Detection and Estimation via Space-Time Sampling, November 2, 2004. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-032] Reyzin, Leonid. A Note On the Statistical Difference of Small Direct Products, September 21, 2004. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-031] Bash, Boulat; Byers, John; Considine, Jeffrey. Approximately Uniform Random Sampling in Sensor Networks, July 19, 2004. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-030] Zhang, Yuting; Bestavros, Azer; Guirguis, Mina; Matta, Ibrahim; West, Richard. Friendly Virtual Machine: Leveraging a Feedback-Control Model for Application Adaptation , July 19, 2004. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-029] Morcos, Hany; Matta, Ibrahim; Bestavros, Azer. M2RC: Multiplicative-increase/additive-decrease Multipath Routing Control for Wireless Sensor Networks, July 14, 2004. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-028] Chang, Ching; Li, Feifei Li ; Bestavros, Azer; Kollios, George. GreedyDual-Join: Locality-Aware Buffer Management for Approximate Join Processing Over Data Streams, July 1, 2004. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-027] Li, Feifei Li ; Dihan, Cheng. On Trip Planning Queries in Spatial Databases, July 1, 2004. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-026] Sharma, Abhishek; Bestavros, Azer; Matta, Ibrahim. dPAM: A Distributed Prefetching Protocol for Scalable Asynchronous Multicast in P2P Systems, July 1, 2004. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-025] Fonseca, Nahur; Crovella, Mark. Bayesian Packet Loss Detection for TCP, July 1, 2004. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-024] Erramilli, Vijay; Matta, Ibrahim; Bestavros, Azer. On the Interaction between Data Aggregation and Topology Control in Wireless Sensor Networks, June 18, 2004. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-023] Riga, Niky; Matta, Ibrahim; Bestavros, Azer. DIP: Density Inference Protocol for wireless sensor networks and its application to density-unbiased statistics, May 31, 2004. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-022] Smaragdakis, Georgios; Matta, Ibrahim; Bestavros, Azer. SEP: A Stable Election Protocol for clustered heterogeneous wireless sensor networks , May 31, 2004. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-021] Bestavros, Azer; Bradley, Adam; Kfoury, Assaf; Matta, Ibrahim. Safe Compositional Specification of Networking Systems, May 14, 2004. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-020] Lakhina, Anukool; Crovella, Mark; Diot, Christophe. Characterization of Network-Wide Anomalies in Traffic Flows, May 14, 2004. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-019] Itkis, Gene; Maiss, Arwa. Interactive Password Schemes, April 27, 2004. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-018] Hamandi, Hani; Itkis, Gene. Group Key Manager on a Smart Card, April 27, 2004. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-017] Buzan, Dan; Sclaroff, Stan; Kollios, George. Extraction and Clustering of Motion Trajectories in Video, April 23, 2004. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-016] Buzan, Dan. Robust Tracking of Human Motion, April 23, 2004. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-015] Erdem, Murat; Sclaroff, Stan. Automated Camera Layout to Satisfy Task-Specific and Floorplan-Specific Coverage Requirements, April 15, 2004. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-014] Athitsos, Vassilis; Alon, Joni; Sclaroff, Stan; Kollios, George. Learning Euclidean Embeddings for Indexing and Classification, April 7, 2004. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-013] Zhang, Yuting; West, Richard; Qi, Xin. A Virtual Deadline Scheduler for Window-Constrained Service Guarantees, March 22, 2004. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-012] Alon, Jonathan; Athitsos, Vassilis; Yuan, Quan; Sclaroff, Stan. Simultaneous Localization and Recognition of Dynamic Hand Gestures, March 8, 2004. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-011] Medina, Alberto; Salamatian, Kave; Taft, Nina; Matta, Ibrahim; Diot, Christophe. A Two-step Statistical Approach for Inferring Network Traffic Demands (Revises Technical Report BUCS-TR-2003-003), March 1, 2004. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-010] Yilmaz, Selma; Matta, Ibrahim. A Randomized Solution to BGP Divergence, March 1, 2004. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-009] Qi, Xin; Parmer, Gabriel; West, Richard; Gloudon, Jason; Hernandez, Luis. Efficient End-Host Architecture for High Performance Communication Using User-level Sandboxing, March 1, 2004. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-008] Lakhina, Anukool; Crovella, Mark; Diot, Christophe. Diagnosing Network-Wide Traffic Anomalies, February 24, 2004. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-007] Bradley, Adam; Kfoury, Assaf; Bestavros, Azer. StaXML: Static Typing of XML Document Fragments for Imperative Web Scripting Languages , February 13, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-006] Athitsos, Vassilis ; Sclaroff, Stan. Boosting Nearest Neighbor Classifiers for Multiclass Recognition, February 13, 2005. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-005] Guirguis, Mina; Bestavros, Azer; Matta, Ibrahim. Exploiting the Transients of Adaptation for RoQ Attacks on Internet Resources, January 30, 2004. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-004] Hallett, Joseph ; Kfoury, Assaf. Programming Examples Needing Polymorphic Recursion, January 22, 2004 . [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-003] Fenner, S.; Green, F.; Homer, S.; Zhang, Y. . Bounds on the Power of Constant-Depth Quantum Circuits, January 12, 2004 . [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-002] Fang, M.; Fenner, S.; Green, F.; Homer, S.; Zhang, Y. . Quantum Lower Bounds for Fanout, January 12, 2004 . [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2004-001] Betke, Margrit ; Wang, Jingbin ; Ko, Jane . Integrated Chest Image Analysis System ``BU-MIA'' , January 7, 2004 . [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2003-032] Diamant, Gali; Veytser, Leonid; Matta, Ibrahim; Bestavros, Azer; Guirguis, Mina; Guo, Liang; Zhang, Yuting; Chen, Sean. itmBench: Generalized API for Internet Traffic Managers, December 16, 2003. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2003-031] Murat, Ugur; Sclaroff, Stan. Automated Placement of Cameras in a Floorplan to Satisfy Task-Specific Constraints, December 8, 2003. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2003-030] Barman, Dhiman; Matta, Ibrahim. A Bayesian Approach for TCP to Distinguish Congestion from Wireless Losses, December 3, 2003. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2003-029] Barman, Dhiman; Matta, Ibrahim; Altman, Eitan; Azouzi, Rachid. TCP Optimization through FEC, ARQ and Transmission Power Tradeoffs, December 3, 2003. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2003-028] Guirguis, Mina; Bestavros, Azer; Matta, Ibrahim; Riga, Niky; Diamant, Gali; Zhang, Yuting. Providing Soft Bandwidth Guarantees Using Elastic TCP-based Tunnels, December 2, 2003. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2003-027] Wang, Tao; Matta, Ibrahim; Bestavros, Azer. Efficiently and Fairly Allocating Bandwidth at a Highly Congested Link, December 2, 2003. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2003-026] Guirguis, Mina; Bestavros, Azer; Matta, Ibrahim. Exogenous-Loss Awareness in Queue Management: Toward Global Fairness, December 2, 2003. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2003-025] Isodoro, John; Sclaroff, Stan. Contour Generator Points for Threshold Selection and a Novel Photo-Consistency Measure for Space Carving, December 2, 2003. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2003-024] Considine, Jeffrey; Walfish, Michael; Andersen, David G.. A Pragmatic Approach to DHT Adoption, December 1, 2003. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2003-023] Athitsos, Vassilis; Alon, Jonathan; Sclaroff, Stan; Kollios, George. BoostMap: A Method for Efficient Approximate Similarity Rankings, November 24, 2003. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2003-022] Lakhina, Anukool; Papagiannaki, Konstantina; Crovella, Mark; Diot, Christophe; Kolaczyk, Eric; Taft, Nina. Data Logs for Structural Analysis of Network Traffic Flows, November 20, 2003. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2003-021] Lakhina, Anukool; Papagiannaki, Konstantina; Crovella, Mark; Diot, Christophe; Kolaczyk, Eric; Taft, Nina. Structural Analysis of Network Traffic Flows, November 20, 2003. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2003-020] Fry, Gerald; West, Richard. Adaptive Routing of QoS-constrained Media Streams over Scalable Overlay Topologies, November 7, 2003. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2003-019] West, Richard; Schwan, Karsten; Poellabauer, Christian. Dynamic Window-Constrained Scheduling for Real-Time Media Streaming, August 29, 2003. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2003-018] Zhong, Jing; Sclaroff, Stan. Segmenting Foreground Objects from a Dynamic Textured Background via a Robust Kalman Filter, July 18, 2003. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2003-017] Isidoro, John; Sclaroff, Stan. Stochastic Refinement of the Visual Hull to Satisfy Photometric and Silhouette Consistency Constraints, July 18, 2003. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2003-016] Isidoro, John; Sclaroff, Stan. Stochastic Mesh-Based Multiview Reconstruction, July 1, 2003. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2003-015] Kwon, Gu-In; Byers, John. ROMA: Reliable Overlay Multicast with Loosely Coupled TCP Connections, July 1, 2003. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2003-014] West, Richard; Gloudon, Jason. User-Level Sandboxing: a Safe and Efficient Mechanism for Extensibility, June 1, 2003. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2003-013] Guirguis, Mina; Bestavros, Azer; Matta, Ibrahim. On the Efficiency and Fairness of Transmission Control Loops: A Case for Exogenous Losses, May 16, 2003. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2003-012] Bradley, Adam; Bestavros, Azer; Kfoury, Assaf. Systematic Verification of Safety Properties of Arbitrary Network Protocol Compositions Using CHAIN, May 16, 2003. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2003-011] Barman, Dhiman ; Matta, Ibrahim. How well can TCP infer network state?, May 16, 2003. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2003-010] Athitsos, Vassilis; Sclaroff, Stan. Database Indexing Methods for 3D Hand Pose Estimation, April 1, 2003. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2003-009] Athitsos, Vassilis; Sclaroff, Stan. Estimating 3D Hand Pose from a Cluttered Image, April 1, 2003. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2003-008] Alon, Jonathan; Sclaroff, Stan; Kollios, George; Pavlovic, Vladimir. Discovering Clusters in Motion Time-Series Data, March 28, 2003. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2003-007] Rosales, Romer; Sclaroff, Stan. The Specialized Mappings Architecture, March 28, 2003. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2003-006] Sigal, Leonid; Sclaroff, Stan. Skin Color-Based Video Segmentation under Time-Varying Illumination, March 28, 2003. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2003-005] Fayed, Marwan; Krapivsky, Paul; Byers, John; Crovella, Mark; Finkel, David; Redner, Sid. On the Emergence of Highly Variable Distributions in the Autonomous System Topology, March 1, 2003. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2003-004] Itkis, Gene. Cryptographic Tamper Evidence, February 11, 2003. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2003-003] Medina, Alberto; Salamatian, Kave; Taft, Nina; Matta, Ibrahim; Tsang, Yolanda; Diot, Christophe. On the Convergence of Statistical Techniques for Inferring Network Traffic Demands, February 6, 2003. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2003-002] Byers, John; Considine, Jeffrey; Mitzenmacher, Michael. Geometric Generalizations of the Power of Two Choices, February 6, 2003. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2003-001] Fayed, Marwan; Krapivsky, Paul; Byers, John; Crovella, Mark; Finkel, David; Redner, Sid . On the Size Distribution of Autonomous Systems, January 17, 2003. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2002-031] Considine, Jeffrey. Cluster-based Optimizations for Distributed Hash Tables, November 1, 2002. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2002-030] Bradley, Adam; Bestavros, Azer; Kfoury, Assaf. Validating Arbitrarily Large Network Protocol Compositions with Finite Computation , October 31, 2002. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2002-029] Byers, John; Considine, Jeffrey; Mitzenmacher, Michael. Simple Load Balancing for Distributed Hash Tables, November 1, 2002. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2002-028] Fortnow, Lance; Homer, Steven. A Short History of Computational Complexity, October 30, 2002. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2002-027] Jin, Shudong; Guo, Liang; Matta, Ibrahim; Bestavros, Azer. A Spectrum of TCP-friendly Window-based Congestion Control Algorithms, October 15, 2002. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2002-026] Considine, Jeffrey ; Florio, Thomas. Scalable Peer-to-Peer Indexing with Constant State, September 27, 2002. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2002-025] Kwon, Gu-In; Byers, John. Smooth Multirate Multicast Congestion Control, September 27, 2002. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2002-024] Jin, Shudong; Bestavros, Azer. Cache-and-Relay Streaming Media Delivery for Asynchronous Clients, September 20, 2002. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2002-023] Lombardi, Jonathan; Betke, Margrit. A Self-initializing Eyebrow Tracker for Binary Switch Emulation , September 15, 2002. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2002-022] Fonseca, Rodrigo; Almeida, Virgilio; Crovella, Mark; Abrahao, Bruno. On the Intrinsic Locality Properties of Web Reference Streams, July 15, 2002. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2002-021] Lakhina, Anukool; Byers, John; Crovella, Mark; Xie, Peng. Sampling Biases in IP Topology Measurements, July 15, 2002. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2002-020] Crovella, Mark; Kolaczyk, Eric. Graph Wavelets for Spatial Traffic Analysis, July 15, 2002. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2002-019] Byers, John; Considine, Jeffrey; Mitzenmacher, Michael. Fast Approximate Reconciliation of Set Differences, July 11, 2002. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2002-018] Yilmaz, Selma; Matta, Ibrahim. Unicast Routing: Cost-Performance Tradeoffs, July 5, 2002. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2002-017] Bradley, Adam; Bestavros, Azer; Kfoury, Assaf. Safe Composition of Web Communication Protocols for Extensible Edge Services, May 22, 2002. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2002-016] Barman, Dhiman; Matta, Ibrahim. Effectiveness of Loss Labeling in Improving TCP Performance in Wired/Wireless Networks, May 22, 2002. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2002-015] Lakhina, Anukool; Byers, John ; Crovella, Mark; Matta, Ibrahim. On the Geographic Location of Internet Resources, May 21, 2002. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2002-014] Veloso, Eveline; Almeida, Virgilio; Meira, Wagner; Bestavros, Azer; Jin, Shudong. A Hierarchical Characterization of a Live Streaming Media Workload, May 10, 2002. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2002-013] Yilmaz, Selma; Matta, Ibrahim. On the Scalability-Performance Tradeoffs in MPLS and IP Routing, May 10, 2002. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2002-012] Guo, Liang; Matta, Ibrahim. Differentiated Control of Web Traffic: A Numerical Analysis, May 10, 2002. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2002-011] Erdem, Ugur Murat ; Sclaroff, Stan. Automatic Detection of Relevant Head Gestures in American Sign Language Communication, May 3, 2002. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2002-010] Siddiqui, Matheen; Sclaroff, Stan. Surface Reconstruction from Multiple Views using Rational B-Splines and Knot Insertion, March 25, 2002. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2002-009] Guo, Liang; Matta, Ibrahim. Scheduling Flows with Unknown Sizes: Approximate Analysis, March 21, 2002. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2002-008] Liu, Jun; Matta, Ibrahim; Crovella, Mark. End-to-End Inference of Loss Nature in a Hybrid Wired/Wireless Environment, March 14, 2002. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2002-007] Byers, John; Considine, Jeffrey; Mitzenmacher, Michael; Rost, Stanislav. Informed Content Delivery Across Adaptive Overlay Networks, March 4, 2002. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2002-005] Harfoush, Khaled; Bestavros, Azer; Byers, John. PeriScope: An Active Internet Probing and Measurement API, January 30, 2002. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2002-004] Jin, Shudong; Bestavros, Azer. Small-World Internet Topologies: Possible Causes and Implications on Scalability of End-System Multicast, January 30, 2002. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2002-003] Martin, David; Schulman, Andrew. Deanonymizing Users of the SafeWeb Anonymizing Service, February 11, 2002. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2002-002] Byers, John; Cheng, Mei Chin; Considine, Jeffrey; Itkis, Gene; Yeung, Alex. Securing Bulk Content Almost for Free, January 22, 2002. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2002-001] Rosales, Romer. Specialized Mappings Architecture with Applications to Vision-Based Estimation of Articulated Body Pose, January 15, 2002. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2001-026] Guo, Liang; Crovella, Mark; Matta, Ibrahim. How does TCP generate Pseudo-self-similarity? (ERRATA), November 7, 2001. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2001-025] Jin, Shudong; Bestavros, Azer. Scalability of Multicast Delivery for Non-sequential Streaming Access, October 30, 2001. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2001-024] Bradley, Adam; Bestavros, Azer. Basis Token Consistency: A Practical Mechanism for Strong Web Cache Consistency, October 30, 2001. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2001-023] Jin, Shudong; Bestavros, Azer; Iyengar, Arun. Accelerating Internet Streaming Media Delivery using Network-Aware Partial Caching, October 30, 2001. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2001-022] Athitsos, Vassilis; Sclaroff, Stan. An Appearance-Based Framework for 3D Hand Shape Classification and Camera Viewpoint Estimation, October 22, 2001. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2001-021] Athitsos, Vassilis; Sclaroff, Stan. 3D Hand Pose Estimation by Finding Appearance-Based Matches in a Large Database of Training Views, October 22, 2001. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2001-020] Jin, Shudong; Bestavros, Azer. GISMO: A Generator of Internet Streaming Media Objects and Workloads, October 10, 2001. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2001-019] Considine, Jeffrey. Generating Good Degree Distributions for Sparse Parity Check Codes using Oracles, October 1, 2001. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2001-018] Byers, John; Kwon, Gu-In. STAIR: Practical AIMD Multirate Multicast Congestion Control, September 3, 2001. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2001-017] Bestavros, Azer; Rabinovich, Michael. Proceedings of the Sixth International Web Content Caching and Distribution Workshop (WCW'01), August 2, 2001. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2001-016] Harfoush, Khaled; Bestavros, Azer; Byers, John. Measuring Bottleneck Bandwidth of Targeted Path Segments, July 31, 2001. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2001-015] Jin, Shudong; Guo, Liang; Matta, Ibrahim; Bestavros, Azer. A Spectrum of TCP-friendly Window-based Congestion Control Algorithms, July 12, 2001. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2001-014] Guo, Liang; Crovella, Mark; Matta, Ibrahim. How does TCP generate Pseudo-self-similarity?, July 12, 2001. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2001-013] Tsaoussidis, Vassilis; Matta, Ibrahim. Open Issues on TCP for Mobile Computing, July 3, 2001. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2001-012] Bestavros, Azer; Mehrotra, Sumit. DNS-based Internet Client Clustering and Characterization, June 5, 2001. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2001-011] Yilmaz, Selma; Matta, Ibrahim. On Class-based Isolation of UDP, Short-lived and Long-lived TCP Flows, June 5, 2001. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2001-010] Bestavros, Azer; Byers, John; Harfoush, Khaled. Inference and Labeling of Metric-Induced Network Topologies, June 5, 2001. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2001-009] Siddiqui, Matheen; Sclaroff, Stan. Surface Reconstruction from Multiple Views using Rational B-Splines, June 5, 2001. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2001-008] Rosales, Romer; Siddiqui, Matheen; Alon, Jonathan; Sclaroff, Stan. Estimating 3D Body Pose using Uncalibrated Cameras, June 5, 2001. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2001-007] Liu, Lifeng; Sclaroff, Stan. Retrieval by Shape Population: An Index Tree Approach, June 5, 2001. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2001-006] Jin, Shudong; Guo, Liang; Matta, Ibrahim; Bestavros, Azer. TCP-friendly SIMD Congestion Control and Its Convergence Behavior, May 8, 2001. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2001-005] Guo, Liang; Matta, Ibrahim. The War Between Mice and Elephants, May 7, 2001. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2001-004] Betke, Margrit; Hong, Harrison; Ko, Jane. Automatic 3D Registration of Lung Surfaces in Computed Tomography Scans, April 24, 2001. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2001-003] Medina, Alberto; Lakhina, Anukool; Matta, Ibrahim; Byers, John. BRITE: Universal Topology Generation from a User's Perspective, April 1, 2001. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2001-002] Dimock, Allyn; Westmacott, Ian; Muller, Robert; Turbak, Franklyn; Wells, J.B.; Considine, Jeffrey. Program representation size in an intermediate language with intersection and union types, March 15, 2001. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2001-001] Harfoush, Khaled; Bestavros, Azer; Byers, John. Robust Identification of Shared Losses Using End-to-End Unicast Probes (ERRATA), January 8, 2001. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2000-027] Duvos, Enrique; Bestavros, Azer. An Infrastructure for the Dynamic Distribution of Web Applications and Services, December 15, 2000. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2000-026] Byers, John; Luby, Michael; Mitzenmacher, Michael. Fine-Grained Layered Multicast, December 15, 2000. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2000-025] Rost, Stan; Byers, John; Bestavros, Azer. The Cyclone Server Architecture: Streamlining Delivery of Popular Content, December 15, 2000. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2000-024] Liu, Lifeng; Sclaroff, Stan. Region Segmentation via Deformable Model-Guided Split and Merge, December 4, 2000. [PDF][PS][Abstract]
[2000-023] Alon, Joni; Sclaroff, Stan. An Integrated Approach for Segmentation and Estimation of Planar Structures, December 4, 2000. [PDF][PS][