In this paper, we propose a novel way to provide a fully homomorphic encryption service, namely by using garbled circuits. From a high level perspective, Garbled circuits and fully homomorphic encryption, both aim at implementing complex computation on ciphertexts. We define a new cryptographic primitive named reusable garbled gate, which comes from the area of garbled circuits, then based on t...

Domain-specific languages (DSL) receive a constantly growing attention in the area of software development. However, so far the documentation of reusable architectural knowledge for DSL design is rather limited. In this paper, we systematically explore the DSL design space by combining reusable architectural decision modeling and software patterns. In particular, we have explored three reusable...

This paper describes a method how to represent and build a reusable VHDL component. By that component we can, for example, describe a family of the relative VHDL models. To represent the component, we use external functions as a mechanism to support a pre-processing and perform the instantiation of the component. A user interface, the constituent of the reusable component, serves for transferri...

Software is often built from pre-existing, reusable components, but there is a lack of knowledge regarding how efficient this is in practice. In this paper we therefore present qualitative results from an industrial survey on current practices and preferences, highlighting differences and similarities between development with reusable components, development without reusable components, and dev...

Domain-specific languages (DSL) receive a constantly growing attention in the area of software development. However, so far the documentation of reusable architectural knowledge for DSL design is rather limited. In this paper, we systematically explore the DSL design space by combining reusable architectural decision modeling and software patterns. In particular, we have explored three reusable...

The software reuse practices of many organizations could be described as “ad hoc,” at best. Some reuse efforts do not consider even basic concepts such as completely specifying or correctly verifying reusable code. Those organizations that do attempt to specify formally their reusable assets often do so at the expense of neglecting issues concerned with performance. The area of Software Perform...

Medical waste is a necessary by-product of any hospital environment; however, the majority of regulated medical waste is produced in the OR from the use of disposable surgical supplies (eg, drapes, gowns, basins, gloves, sponges). We conducted a concept comparison project in the ORs of two large medical centers in Bethesda, Maryland, and Washington, DC, to evaluate the effects of using reusable...

Software reuse is the process of creating software systems from existing software rather than building them from scratch. The goal is the use of reusable components as building blocks in new systems with modifications occurring in a controlled way. The reuse of software components is the key to improve productivity and quality levels in software engineering. One of the most promising approaches...

Current computational modeling of human performance can benefit from reusable building blocks of human behavior. Using CPM-GOMS, a cognitively-based task analysis method used in HCI, we have been exploring the concept of reusable templates of common behaviors and their efficacy for generating zero-parameter a priori predictions of complex human behavior. This paper details the features we belie...

A system cannot have high assurance if it has poor security, and thus, requirements for high assurance systems will logically include security requirements as well as availability, reliability, and robustness requirements. Unlike typical functional requirements, security requirements can potentially be highly reusable, especially if specified as instances of reusable templates. This paper discu...