Showing papers in "IEEE Computer in 2015"
TL;DR: Merging the virtual World Wide Web with nearby physical devices that are part of the Internet of Things gives anyone with a mobile device and the appropriate authorization the power to monitor or control anything.
Abstract: Merging the virtual World Wide Web with nearby physical devices that are part of the Internet of Things gives anyone with a mobile device and the appropriate authorization the power to monitor or control anything.
422 citations
TL;DR: N3XT improves the energy efficiency of abundant-data applications 1,000-fold by using new logic and memory technologies, 3D integration with fine-grained connectivity, and new architectures for computation immersed in memory.
Abstract: Next-generation information technologies will process unprecedented amounts of loosely structured data that overwhelm existing computing systems. N3XT improves the energy efficiency of abundant-data applications 1,000-fold by using new logic and memory technologies, 3D integration with fine-grained connectivity, and new architectures for computation immersed in memory.
190 citations
TL;DR: Through field calculus constructs and building-block APIs, aggregate programming could help unlock the IoT's true potential by allowing complex distributed Services to be specified succinctly and by enabling such services to be safely encapsulated, modulated, and composed with one another.
Abstract: Through field calculus constructs and building-block APIs, aggregate programming could help unlock the IoT's true potential by allowing complex distributed services to be specified succinctly and by enabling such services to be safely encapsulated, modulated, and composed with one another.
166 citations
TL;DR: Self-awareness facilitates a proper assessment of cost-constrained cyber-physical systems, allocating limited resources where they are most needed.
Abstract: Self-awareness facilitates a proper assessment of cost-constrained cyber-physical systems, allocating limited resources where they are most needed. Together, situation awareness and attention are key enablers for self-awareness in efficient distributed sensing and computing networks.
157 citations
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TL;DR: An audio recording of author David Alan Grier expanding on his Errant Hashtag column, in which he talks about how just as software hides the details of engineering, corporations tend to cloak the role of engineers from the public.
Abstract: Just as software hides the details of engineering, corporations tend to cloak the role of engineers from the public. The Web extra at https://youtu.be/igigwYr9-Dw is an audio recording of author David Alan Grier expanding on his Errant Hashtag column, in which he talks about how just as software hides the details of engineering, corporations tend to cloak the role of engineers from the public.
137 citations
TL;DR: Despite some key problems, big data could fundamentally change scientific research methodology and how businesses develop products and provide services.
Abstract: Despite some key problems, big data could fundamentally change scientific research methodology and how businesses develop products and provide services.
125 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a research agenda is needed to assess the viability of novel semiconductor technologies and navigate the ensuing challenges, as the end of Moore's law is real and photolithography systems are on pace to reach atomic scale by the mid-2020s.
Abstract: Photolithography systems are on pace to reach atomic scale by the mid-2020s, necessitating alternatives to continue realizing faster, more predictable, and cheaper computing performance. If the end of Moore's law is real, a research agenda is needed to assess the viability of novel semiconductor technologies and navigate the ensuing challenges.
117 citations
TL;DR: Optique overcomes problems in current ontology-based data access systems pertaining to installation overhead, usability, scalability, and scope by integrating a user-oriented query interface, semi-automated managing methods, new query rewriting techniques, and temporal and streaming data processing in one platform.
Abstract: Optique overcomes problems in current ontology-based data access systems pertaining to installation overhead, usability, scalability, and scope by integrating a user-oriented query interface, semi-automated managing methods, new query rewriting techniques, and temporal and streaming data processing in one platform.
105 citations
TL;DR: A new phase of exponential growth, comparable to the earliest days of the Web, will require open markets, open standards, and the vision to imagine the potential for this expanding WoT.
Abstract: As billions of devices connect to the Internet, a new Web of Things is emerging, with virtual representations of physical or abstract realities increasingly accessible via Web technologies. Achieving a new phase of exponential growth, comparable to the earliest days of the Web, will require open markets, open standards, and the vision to imagine the potential for this expanding WoT.
92 citations
TL;DR: Revised curriculum guidelines help university faculty create or update undergraduate software engineering programs and provide guidance on how to design and administer courses.
Abstract: Revised curriculum guidelines help university faculty create or update undergraduate software engineering programs.
88 citations
TL;DR: Big service-the convergence and collaboration of big data systems-presents a solid solution to the challenges brought by big data.
Abstract: Big service--the convergence and collaboration of big data systems--presents a solid solution to the challenges brought by big data.
TL;DR: Software ecosystems--collections of software projects developed and used by the same community--are extremely complex and compared with biological ecosystems can yield new strategies for improving their effectiveness and resilience.
Abstract: Software ecosystems--collections of software projects developed and used by the same community--are extremely complex. Comparing them with biological ecosystems can yield new strategies for improving their effectiveness and resilience.
TL;DR: A proposed semantic ETL framework applies semantics to various data fields and so allows richer data integration in the extract-transform-load process.
Abstract: Current tools that facilitate the extract-transform-load (ETL) process focus on ETL workflow, not on generating meaningful semantic relationships to integrate data from multiple, heterogeneous sources. A proposed semantic ETL framework applies semantics to various data fields and so allows richer data integration.
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TL;DR: Recent work in the area of unsupervised feature learning and deep learning is reviewed, showing that practice shows that to learn image representation for object detection, to focus on representing any image, rather than on representing the particular objects of interest.
Abstract: ways confused by these effects, but object detectors seem to have strong performance limits. Systems using deep networks have recently smashed these limits, likely because their image representations are learned. In “Representation Learning: A Review and New Perspectives” (IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, vol. 35, no. 8, 2013, pp. 1798–1828), Yoshua Bengio and his colleagues review recent work in the area of unsupervised feature learning and deep learning. Practice shows that to learn image representation for object detection, we should focus on representing any image, rather than on representing the particular objects of interest. First, modern methods generally do better with more data; there are always relatively few pictures of the objects of interest because labeling images is hard, and there is an immense number of unlabeled images. Second, we might change our mind about which objects
TL;DR: An architectural case study in cloud computing illustrates the framework's potential benefits and work on human self-awareness is the basis for a framework to develop computational systems that can adaptively manage complex dynamic tradeoffs at runtime.
Abstract: Work on human self-awareness is the basis for a framework to develop computational systems that can adaptively manage complex dynamic tradeoffs at runtime. An architectural case study in cloud computing illustrates the framework's potential benefits.
TL;DR: A polyglot-persistent framework combines relational, graph, and document data models to accommodate information variety in healthcare data.
Abstract: Because healthcare data comes from multiple, vastly different sources, databases must adopt a range of models to process and store it. A polyglot-persistent framework combines relational, graph, and document data models to accommodate information variety.
TL;DR: Physiological signals such as electrodermal activity and heart rate can help computing systems detect a user's stress level, but integrating additional measures not yet exploited could significantly increase stress-detection accuracy, enabling many new applications.
Abstract: Physiological signals such as electrodermal activity and heart rate can help computing systems detect a user's stress level. Integrating additional measures not yet exploited by such systems could significantly increase stress-detection accuracy, enabling many new applications.
TL;DR: The Web of Things Testbed provides a stable, open, dynamic, and secure infrastructure to simplify application design and testing.
Abstract: The global reach and extreme heterogeneity of the Internet of Things present major application development challenges. Using the same Web-based approach underlying the Internet's evolution into the IoT, the Web of Things Testbed provides a stable, open, dynamic, and secure infrastructure to simplify application design and testing.
TL;DR: Evolving from hybrid clouds to true cloud federations and, ultimately, fog computing will require that cloud platforms allow for--and embrace--local hardware awareness.
Abstract: Evolving from hybrid clouds to true cloud federations and, ultimately, fog computing will require that cloud platforms allow for--and embrace--local hardware awareness.
TL;DR: Experiments suggest that using head-up displays like Google Glass to support parts picking for distribution results in fewer errors than current processes and makes Glass opaque instead of transparent further improves selection efficiency.
Abstract: Experiments suggest that using head-up displays like Google Glass to support parts picking for distribution results in fewer errors than current processes. Making Glass opaque instead of transparent further improves selection efficiency. The Web extra at http://youtu.be/yUZFaCP6rP4 is a video demonstrating that order picking assisted by head-up display (HUD) is faster, has fewer errors, requires less workload, and is preferred to order picking assisted by pick-by-light, paper pick list, and cart-mounted display (CMD). The second Web extra at http://youtu.be/RApBJ0U3XpI is a video demonstrating that order picking assisted by a Google Glass with an opaque display is three percent faster than with a transparent display (default).
TL;DR: Once focused solely on computation speed, superconducting computing is now proving useful in hybrid systems where its unique capabilities complement conventional computing technologies.
Abstract: Once focused solely on computation speed, superconducting computing is now proving useful in hybrid systems where its unique capabilities complement conventional computing technologies. Energy efficiency has become a strong motivation for developing large-scale superconducting systems.
TL;DR: A system for automatic recognition that has three phases: image capture, plate localization, and license plate number recognition is proposed.
Abstract: License plate recognition is a computer vision method that identifies vehicles from their license plates. The most crucial step of such a system is accurate localization of the plate. The authors propose a system for automatic recognition that has three phases: image capture, plate localization, and license plate number recognition. They tested their methodology on 40 different car models with different types of license plates.
TL;DR: The project's editors reflect on the usefulness and limitations of the TOP500 list for guiding large-scale scientific computing into the exascale era.
Abstract: For more than two decades, the TOP500 list has enjoyed incredible success as a metric for supercomputing performance and as a source of data for identifying technological trends. The project's editors reflect on its usefulness and limitations for guiding large-scale scientific computing into the exascale era.
TL;DR: An overview of the evolving threat landscape withAkamai Director of Web Security Solutions Product Marketing, Dan Shugrue, shares how Akamai's Kona Site Defender service handles the increasing frequency, volume and sophistication of Web attacks with a unique architecture that is always on and doesn't degrade performance.
Abstract: Secure delivery networks can help prevent or mitigate the most common attacks against mission-critical websites. A case study from a leading provider of content delivery services illustrates one such network's operation and effectiveness. The Web extra at https://youtu.be/4FRRI0aJLQM is an overview of the evolving threat landscape with Akamai Director of Web Security Solutions Product Marketing, Dan Shugrue. Dan also shares how Akamai's Kona Site Defender service handles the increasing frequency, volume and sophistication of Web attacks with a unique architecture that is always on and doesn't degrade performance.
TL;DR: An audio recording of Alf Weaver interviewing Bradley Malin and Jacques Fellay about the possibilities and challenges of whole genome sequencing.
Abstract: Whole genome sequencing will soon become affordable for many individuals, but thorny privacy and ethical issues could jeopardize its popularity and thwart the large-scale adoption of genomics in healthcare and slow potential medical advances. The Web extra at http://youtu.be/As3J9NYsbbY is an audio recording of Alf Weaver interviewing Bradley Malin and Jacques Fellay about the possibilities and challenges of whole genome sequencing.
TL;DR: The authors explore the NWP-associated challenges in managing big data through supercomputing with a focus on the challenges of integrating data assimilation and modeling into simulations.
Abstract: Powerful computers and advanced sensors enable precise simulations of the atmospheric state, requiring data assimilation to connect simulations to real-world sensor data using statistical mathematics and dynamical systems theory. Numerical weather prediction (NWP) thus enables simulations that more closely represent the real world. The authors explore the NWP-associated challenges in managing big data through supercomputing.
TL;DR: Just as Internet connectivity has enabled intuitive information sharing and interaction through the Web, so the Internet of Things might be the basis for the Web of Things, enabling equally simple interaction among devices, systems, users, and applications.
Abstract: Just as Internet connectivity has enabled intuitive information sharing and interaction through the Web, so the Internet of Things might be the basis for the Web of Things, enabling equally simple interaction among devices, systems, users, and applications.
TL;DR: With a deeper knowledge of search-engine optimization best practices, organizations can avoid unethical practices and effectively monitor strategies approved by popular search engines.
Abstract: Because users rarely click on links beyond the first search results page, boosting search-engine ranking has become essential to business success. With a deeper knowledge of search-engine optimization best practices, organizations can avoid unethical practices and effectively monitor strategies approved by popular search engines.
TL;DR: An emulation on a field-programmable gate array shows how the data rearrangement engine could improve speedup, memory bandwidth, and energy consumption on three representative benchmarks.
Abstract: The data rearrangement engine (DRE) performs in-memory data restructuring to accelerate irregular, data-intensive applications. An emulation on a field-programmable gate array shows how the DRE could improve speedup, memory bandwidth, and energy consumption on three representative benchmarks.
TL;DR: Now is the time to tune in, turn on, and plug in--the Internet of Things ushers in a whole new paradigm in the authors' relationship with technology.
Abstract: Now is the time to tune in, turn on, and plug in--the Internet of Things ushers in a whole new paradigm in our relationship with technology.