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Pipelined Broadcast on Ethernet Switched Clusters

This paper considers unicast-based pipelined broadcast schemes for clusters connected by multiple Ethernet switches. By splitting a large broadcast message into segments and broadcasting the segments in a pipelined fashion, pipelined broadcast may achieve very high performance. Algorithms are developed for computing various contention-free broadcast trees on Ethernet switched clusters...

Tags: Florida State University, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking

White papers 2008-01-01

Another robotic vehicle to help soldiers

There are many teams of U.S. scientists working on robots able to find improvised explosive devices IEDs in Iraq before they can kill American soldiers. Today, let's look at an effort going on at Florida State University FSU to build unmanned ground vehicles that could save soldiers' lives. The researchers...

Tags: Florida State University, robot

Blog posts 2006-06-03

Provably Secure Ubiquitous Systems: Universally Composable RFID Authentication Protocols

This paper examines two unlinkably anonymous, simple RFID identification protocols that require only the ability to evaluate hash functions and generate random values, and that are provably secure against Byzantine adversaries. The main contribution is a universally composable security model tuned for RFID applications. By making specific setup, communication, and...

Tags: Florida State University, Contribution, RFID, Wireless, Security, Biometrics

White papers 2006-04-29

Computers with a 'human' face

For many years now, researchers have tried to make computers more user-friendly, sometimes with the use of avatars on screen trying to educate us. Results have never been really successful. But now, a researcher at Florida State University FSU is working to give computers a human 'face' and her computer-generated...

Tags: agent, Florida State University, computer

Blog posts 2005-11-20

Wavelength Assignment to Minimize the Number of SONET ADMs in WDM Rings

Optical Wavelength Division Multiplexing WDM rings are being deployed to support SONET/SDH self-healing rings. The cost of such a system is dominated by the SONET Add/Drop Multiplexers ADMs. To minimize the system cost, algorithms must be developed to assign wavelengths to lightpaths in the system so that the number of...

Tags: SONET, Florida State University, WDM, Wavelength Assignment, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Networking, Telecommunications

White papers

When Florida State University wanted to overhaul the system, it turned to Mindjet MindManager to visually map the financial aid process from beginning to end.

Florida State University disburses about $200 million in financial aid each year. But until recently the university's computerized system was outdated and unable to quickly adapt to changes in the financial aid environment. When FSU wanted to overhaul the system, it turned to Mindjet MindManager to visually map the financial...

Tags: Financial, Florida State University, Mindjet, Financial Accounting, Finance

Case studies

Secure Multipath Communication in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Mobile Ad hoc networks MANETs are collections of autonomous mobile nodes with links that are made or broken in an arbitrary way. They have no fixed infrastructure and may have constrained resources. The next generation of IT applications is expected to rely heavily on such networks. However, before they can...

Tags: Mobile, Florida State University, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

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Additional Resources

Energy Independence Day...not yet, but it's a popular idea

Click on any imagte to see the whole picture. These are just three of the images from our local Fourth of July Parade today. We happen to live in a state which does not produce much...

Tags: Energy, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-07-04

Why tech jobs are beating the employment odds

Why tech jobs are beating the employment oddsCan somebody tell me whenan economist has ever called it right? Every piece of economic news includes the line "more than" or "less than" what economists predicted.Why do we even listen to these folks?I'd have just put it more brutally...US companies have wanted...

Tags: employment odd, tech job

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

I have to stop using Gmail :(

I have to stop using Gmail :(You can enable POP3 support in Gmail...If you switch on POP3 support in Gmail, then you can still comply with archiving procedures: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=13273That way, you can both send and receive e-mails with an e-mail client like Thunderbird or Evolution or even Outlook Express. I...

Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, Using Gmail, Google Gmail, archiving, e-mail

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

Q'n'A: Are Youtube users are royally screwed?

I've been reading the headlines today, and the main headlines on most of the top technology websites are about the YouTube/Google/Viacom saga. I'd like to call this: Youglecomgate, a potentially volatile situation hovers over the midst of everyone who has been on YouTube ever, so that's probably the majority of...

Tags: Google Inc., YouTube Inc., Viacom Inc., Corporate Communications, Internet, Networking, Marketing, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-03

Seven Tech ways to make America better this July 4

Seven Tech ways to make America better this July 4Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.Get the environazi boot of our neck.Build more refineries.Reduce government regulations.Eliminate the Endangered Species Act.Build more dams for flood control.Build more highways to relieve traffic congestion.Relax nuclear power plant requirements to build more reactors.Your mindset is...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Strategy, Telecom & Utilities, vision, computer

Discussion threads 2008-07-03

OzLINK for UPS OnLine Tools (exe)

You now can quickly and easily track a package, check rates and validate an address all from one integrated user interface. Along with support for standard UPS tracking numbers, OzLINK seamlessly tracks packages by a customers internal reference number. OzLINK displays all services, all rates and all delivery commitment times...

Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Tool, OZ Development, OzLINK, Productivity

Software downloads 2008-07-03

SmartFolio (exe)

SmartFolio is a state-of-the-art asset management software for investment professionals and private investors. It contains advanced portfolio optimization and risk management techniques, based on the latest achievements in portfolio theory. The software combines highly advanced and innovative analytics with a user-friendly, intuitive interface, perfectly suited to any level of expertise...

Tags: Asset, Modern Investment Technologies, SmartFolio, Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations

Software downloads 2008-07-03

Notebook SSDs REDUCE battery life at 50x the cost

Notebook SSDs REDUCE battery life at 50x the costYou make sense... I don't usually like your blogs, but you've stumbled into a real gem here.I personally use a laptop with a traditional drive, and store my user data on a 16G SD card. Best of both worlds apparently: my data...

Tags: Engineering, Notebooks, battery, RPM, Wattage, notebook

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

Notebook SSDs REDUCE battery life at 50x the cost

Tom's Hardware is reporting test results that show that costly notebook flash drives actually use MORE power than hard drives - shrinking battery life by up to an hour. How could this be? The test Testing 4 SSDs against a 7200 RPM 2.5" drive on a...

Tags: Disk, Battery, USB Flash Drive, Tom, Notebooks, Engineering, Flash Memory, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-07-02

Calling all auto engineers: this is an emergency

They're even talking about it on the radio now--can Detroit automakers survive? If you listened to this show on NPR the future of Chrysler is south of bleak. Ford and GM may just be bigger and have more blood to lose. The local Detroit paper's headline: auto sales...

Tags: Fuel Cell, Car, Automobile Company, Plug-in, Fuel Cells, Manufacturing, Emerging Technologies, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-07-02

Can your insurance force you out of the country?

Can your insurance force you out of the country?Will they include airfare and a guarantee?Most people have found good doctors they have a rapport with. If computer systems can't be dealt with by words printed on a cue card, human medicine is going to be a thousandfold more complex...

Tags: Government, Financial Planning, Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, insurance, Socialized Medicine

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

So about that Microsoft licensing

So about that Microsoft licensingpenny wise and pound foolishIts not about giving $20K to Redmond. Its about users/teachers being productive and getting the work done so that they have more time to focus on the students.Saving $100 for a licence over the life of the software is nothing. Office is...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., software

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

Powerset's smarts are Microsoft's gain

Larry Dignan pours lukewarm water on Microsoft's acquisition of Powerset. Talking about Google's near monopoly in the search market, Larry says: Microsoft can reinvent search, but it's still running up a natural Google monopoly. The analogy here is Windows: Microsoft didn't have the best operating system on the planet....

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Powerset, Wiki, Document Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Speech Recognition, Channel Management, Search, Enterprise Software, Online Communications, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Investment, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-07-01