The Internet 2 (I2) endeavor has made great strides towards the enhancement of educational and research collaboration among it members. An advanced communication and system infrastructure has been created by the various I2 initiatives. The ...

The support of both the academic and practical application of health sciences highlights the challenge of the Internet 2 (I2) health sciences initiative (I2HSI). This effort involves both the formulation of applications and supporting technologies ...

Partnerships involving universities, businesses, and the US government form the backbone of the Internet 2 community. These members have experienced the innovative spirit and outcomes of advanced networking and applications. The K-20 Initiative extends the ...

Collaboration among universities, businesses, and the US government is essential to the success of the Internet 2 Initiative. However, face-to-face meetings are not always possible. The Access Grid provides the Internet 2 with the resources ...

Partnerships among the educational community provide the substance and catalyst for future generations of teachers and students. The Internet 2 Commons provides a collaboration framework for the advancement of research and education. This effort incorporates ...

Performance is a key factor in the development and execution of modern computer systems and networks. In order to understand the performance of a computer system, the elements of the system must be defined as ...

Middleware exists between distributed applications and the operating system, networks, and hardware. This layer of software hides the details of the distributed system while providing common services. The Internet 2 Middleware Initiative is focused on ...

Due to simulation overhead, validation of proposed microarchitecture enhancements may be limited to simple test scenarios, which focus on the known architectural deficiencies. These test scenarios often avoid a complete simulation of the eventual target ...

Time-series analysis has been a recognized method of prediction for years. In computing, prediction has revolved around scheduling problems and is used in computing time to manage resources in the short-term. Long-term prediction using these ...

Businesses have used forecasting to address inventory levels and staffing needs. By understanding long-term utilization of resources, businesses have been able to optimize the costs associated with those resources. To date, computing has used forecasting ...

Short-term prediction has been established in computing as a mechanism for improving services. Long-term prediction has not been pursued because attempts to use multiple steps to extend short-term predictions have been shown to become less ...

Peer-to-peer networks are a common methodology used for content delivery and data sharing on the Internet, mobile and wireless networks. The duration of any particular download session is highly dependent on the capacity of the ...

Building quality programs based on academic metrics are considered an effective means for recruitment and retention in higher education, especially in the areas of science, technology, and math. The aim of this paper is to ...

Research into predicting long-term resource needs has been faced with a very difficult problem of extending the accuracy period beyond the immediate future. Business forecasting has overcome this limitation by successfully incorporating the concept of ...

Content Delivery Networks download performance is dependent on byte-based or time-based switching algorithms. To overcome an extended relationship with a poor performing server, a client based choking algorithm was developed that enables clients to preemptively ...

Software testing is one of the most time consuming activities in the software development cycle. Current research suggests that aspect-oriented programming (AOP) can enhance testing and has the potential to be more effective than macros ...

Nonfunctional requirements (NFR) must be addressed early in the software development cycle to avoid the cost of revisiting those requirements or re-factoring at the later stages of the development cycle. Methods and frameworks that identify ...

The reliance on distributed computing for critical software functionality coupled with the increase in attacks and points of failure illustrate the importance of information assurance. Additionally, the engineering approach for information systems has a significant ...

Networked clusters of computers are commonly used to either process multiple sequential jobs concurrently, or to execute complex scientific and commercial parallel applications that are based on a message passing paradigm. In some areas, these ...