CCS is a resource management system for parallel high-performance computers. At the user level, CCS provides vendor-independent access to parallel systems. At the system administrator level, CCS offers tools for controlling (i.e. specifying, con guring and scheduling) the system components that are operated in a computing center. Hence the name \Computing Center Software". CCS provides: hardwar...

Cloud communication service (CCS) with its simplicity and lower investment cost is becoming increasingly popular. In contrast to its growing popularity, very little is known about the internals of CCS with respect to its architecture and protocols. To gain insights into CCS, we study a popular cloud communication service ”Twilio” using gray box techniques. In our study, we provide insights into...

The primary objective of the proposed research is to develop a weak constraint, 4-dimensional variational (4D-Var) data assimilation capability for the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) with application to the California Current System (CCS). The CCS is of considerable socio-economic and strategic significance to the United States, and ROMS CCS is transitioning towards a real-time forecasti...

Parsimoneous Strategy: a linear strategy with focused disclosures [Winsborough, Seamons, and Jones. DISCEX 2000] Prunes: a quadratic backtracking strategy [Yu, Ma, and Winslett. CCS 2000] Policy graphs: protecting policy content as a sensitive resource [Seamons, Winslett, and Yu. NDSS 2001] Interoperable strategies: closed strategy families [Yu, Winslett, and Seamons. CCS 2001] [Yu, Winslett, a...

This paper proposes a simple approach for extracting texts from graphic regions in low quality color document images taken by smart phones or other mobile devices with cameras. An algorithm first computes an edge map by the Canny edge detector. All textual and non-textual regions are then analyzed heuristically based on their connected components(CC). A 2D histogram is calculated to estimate th...

With the increasing popularity of component content management systems, a large part of technical documentation in manufacturing and mechanical engineering is written semantically structured in xml-based information models. Content delivery portals can utilize these information to provide users with advanced retrieval or filtering functions. However, legacy content is often excluded from such g...

The primary objective of the proposed research is to develop a weak constraint, 4-dimensional variational (4D-Var) data assimilation capability for the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) with application to the California Current System (CCS). The CCS is of considerable socio-economic and strategic significance to the United States, and ROMS CCS has transitioned to a near real-time analysis ...

Clear cell sarcoma (CCS, malignant melanoma of soft parts) is a rare neoplasm accounting for 1% of all soft tissue sarcomas (1). Young adults between the ages of 20 and 40 are most commonly involved (1). CCS is intimately associated with or in a tendon, ligament, or aponeurosis. Suggestive features of diagnosis best seen on MR imaging include a mass having components not only surrounding but wi...

Spatiality is an important aspect of distributed systems because their computationsdepend both on the dynamic behaviour and on the structure of their components.Spatial logics have been proposed as the formal device for expressing spatial prop-erties of systems.We define CCS||, a CCS-like calculus whose semantics allows one to observe spa-tial aspects of systems on the top o...

Highly nitrogen-doped carbon capsules (hN-CCs) have been successfully prepared by using inexpensive melamine and glyoxal as precursors via solvothermal reaction and carbonization. With a great promise for large scale production, the hN-CCs, having large surface area and high-level nitrogen content (N/C atomic ration of ca. 13%), possess superior crossover resistance, selective activity and cata...