International Symposium on Open Collaboration 

About: International Symposium on Open Collaboration is an academic conference. The conference publishes majorly in the area(s): Personal wiki & Scheduling (computing). Over the lifetime, 1027 publications have been published by the conference receiving 19989 citations.

Scratchpad memory: a design alternative for cache on-chip memory in embedded systems

Abstract: In this paper we address the problem of on-chip memory selection for computationally intensive applications, by proposing scratch pad memory as an alternative to cache. Area and energy for different scratch pad and cache sizes are computed using the CACTI tool while performance was evaluated using the trace results of the simulator. The target processor chosen for evaluation was AT91M40400. The results clearly establish scratehpad memory as a low power alternative in most situations with an average energy reducation of 40%. Further the average area-time reduction for the seratchpad memory was 46% of the cache memory.

Clustered voltage scaling technique for low-power design

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Corporate wiki users: results of a survey

Abstract: A survey of 168 corporate wiki users was conducted. Findings indicate that corporate wikis appear to be sustainable. Users stated three main types of benefits from corporate wikis: enhanced reputation, work made easier, and helping the organization to improve its processes. These benefits were seen as more likely when the wiki was used for tasks requiring novel solutions and the information posted was from credible sources. Users acknowledged making a variety of contributions, which suggests that they could be categorized as "synthesizers" and "adders". Synthesizers" frequency of contribution was affected more by their impact on other wiki users, while adders" contribution frequency was affected more by being able to accomplish their immediate work.

Cache design trade-offs for power and performance optimization: a case study

Abstract: Caches consume a significant amount of energy in modern microprocessors. To design an energy-efficient microprocessor, it is important to optimize cache energy consumption. This paper examines performance and power trade-offs in cache designs and the effectiveness of energy reduction for several novel cache design techniques targeted for low power.

Cooperation and quality in wikipedia

Abstract: The rise of the Internet has enabled collaboration and cooperation on anunprecedentedly large scale. The online encyclopedia Wikipedia, which presently comprises 7.2 million articles created by 7.04 million distinct editors, provides a consummate example. We examined all 50 million edits made tothe 1.5 million English-language Wikipedia articles and found that the high-quality articles are distinguished by a marked increase in number of edits, number of editors, and intensity of cooperative behavior, as compared to other articles of similar visibility and age. This is significant because in other domains, fruitful cooperation has proven to be difficult to sustain as the size of the collaboration increases. Furthermore, in spite of the vagaries of human behavior, we show that Wikipedia articles accrete edits according to a simple stochastic mechanism in which edits beget edits. Topics of high interest or relevance are thus naturally brought to the forefront of quality.