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Survey of scheduling techniques for addressing shared resources in multicore processors
Zhuravlev S., Saez J., Blagodurov S., Fedorova A., Prieto M.  ACM Computing Surveys 45(1): 1-28, 2012. Type: Article

The new scheduling challenges posed by chip multicore architectures have opened new research directions in operating system scheduling. This survey paper provides an excellent introduction to this fascinating topic for the reader who has some...

May 13 2013
A practical guide to Linux commands, editors, and shell programming (3rd ed.)
Sobell M.,  Prentice Hall Press, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2012. 1224 pp. Type: Book (978-0-133085-04-4)

Aimed at a wide variety of readers, from students taking a first class with Linux to professionals who use Linux at work, this is a most comprehensive guide to Linux and Mac OS X. It covers a great deal of ground, from getting started to...

May 6 2013
Families of algorithms for reducing a matrix to condensed form
Van Zee F., van de Geijn R., Quintana-Ortí G., Elizondo G.  ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software 39(1): 1-32, 2012. Type: Article

As hardware continues to change, developers look for ways to maintain compatibility with current platforms. Right now, the principal issue is that memory bandwidth has not kept up with other changes in hardware, which constrains the performance...

Apr 29 2013
Nine algorithms that changed the future: the ingenious ideas that drive today’s computers
MacCormick J.,  PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, Princeton, NJ, 2012. 248 pp. Type: Book (978-0-691147-14-7)

Since the latter part of the 20th century, computers have penetrated our daily lives to the extent that without them, a modern industrialized society is practically inconceivable, as is much of the rest of daily life. But computer science, being...

Apr 22 2013
Computer vision: models, learning, and inference
Prince S.,  Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, 2012. 600 pp. Type: Book (978-1-107011-79-3)

Computer vision has become increasingly important and effective in the last few years, with applications in areas as diverse as film and other media, mapping, surveillance, and even self-driving vehicles. In part, the rise in effectiveness comes...

Apr 15 2013
Detecting fake medical web sites using recursive trust labeling
Abbasi A., Zahedi F., Kaza S.  ACM Transactions on Information Systems 30(4): 1-36, 2012. Type: Article

The authors of this paper attract the attention of the readers in a specific way, by claiming that “much of the health-related information and advice available online is inaccurate and/or misleading.” The paper states: “Scores...

Apr 8 2013
Practical object-oriented design in Ruby: an agile primer
Metz S.,  Addison-Wesley Professional, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2012. 272 pp. Type: Book (978-0-321721-33-4)

Crafting well-designed software artifacts is tremendously difficult. As for most engineering activities, making the right choices is best achieved with the help of a wise and insightful guide. This book is exactly such a guide....

Apr 1 2013
Hard thresholding pursuit: an algorithm for compressive sensing
Foucart S.  SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis 49(6): 2543-2563, 2011. Type: Article

Compressive sensing (CS) is an exciting new model for signal processing. The author presents a new reconstruction algorithm, which is the main thrust of current CS research....

Mar 25 2013
Quantum models of cognition and decision
Busemeyer J., Bruza P.,  Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, 2012. 424 pp. Type: Book (978-1-107011-99-1)

Quantum theory arose in the late 19th and early 20th century as a result of experimental results that were paradoxical in light of classical physics. Classical models predicted that a hot body (such as a star) should emit infinite energy,...

Mar 18 2013
Low rank approximation: algorithms, implementation, applications
Markovsky I.,  Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated, New York, NY, 2011. 266 pp. Type: Book (978-1-447122-26-5)

Low rank approximation (LRA), a general approach for discovering linear models of data, applies to a wide range of problems in many disciplines, including computer science (CS) and engineering. It is therefore an instructive approach to teach in...

Mar 11 2013
 
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