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Provenance in Sensor Data Management
A cohesive, independent solution for bringing provenance to scientific research.
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Toward Software-Defined SLAs
Enterprise computing in the public cloud.
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Barbarians at the Gateways
A special section on high-frequency trading and exchange technology.
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Online Algorithms in High-Frequency Trading
The challenges faced by competing HFT algorithms.
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Passively Measuring TCP Round-Trip Times
A close look at round-trip time measurements with the Transmission Control Protocol.
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The Antifragile Organization
Embracing failure to improve resilience and maximize availability.
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Best Practices on the Move: Building Web Apps For Mobile Devices
Which practices should be modified or avoided altogether by developers for the mobile Web?
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There Is No Getting Around It: You Are Building a Distributed System
Building a distributed system requires a methodical approach to requirements.
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Real-Time GPU Audio
Real-time finite difference-based sound synthesis using graphics processors.
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Discrimination in Online Ad Delivery
Google ads, black names and white names, racial discrimination, and click advertising.
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Eventual Consistency Today: Limitations, Extensions, and Beyond
How can applications be built on eventually consistent infrastructure given no guarantee of safety?
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The Evolution of Web Development For Mobile Devices
Building websites that perform well on mobile devices remains a challenge.
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How Fast Is Your Website?
Website performance data has never been more readily available.
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Hazy: Making It Easier to Build and Maintain Big-Data Analytics
Racing to unleash the full potential of big data with the latest statistical and machine-learning techniques.
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Rethinking Passwords
Our authentication system is lacking. Is improvement possible?
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Condos and Clouds
Constraints in an environment empower the services.
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Resilience Engineering: Learning to Embrace Failure
A discussion with Jesse Robbins, Kripa Krishnan, John Allspaw, and Tom Limoncelli.
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Weathering the Unexpected
Failures happen, and resilience drills help organizations prepare for them.
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