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Design of Spintronic Logic In Cache
Using Magnetic Tunnel Junctions
Presenter: Shruti Patil (University of
Minnesota)
Advances in the emerging field of
spintronics have enabled non-volatile
spintronics-based memory devices to
perform logic operations. Their unique properties
make it challenging to develop logic
in memory circuits. We present the design
of a Spintronic logic in cache (SLIC) unit
that can both store operands and perform
logic operations on them. By simulating a
computing system with a SLIC unit, we show
its performance potential as data scales.
Diffusion with a State Dependent
Diffusion Coefficient
Presenter: Nicole M. Jinn (University of
British Columbia)
Diffusion is a time-dependent process
arising from deterministic trajectories
appearing to be random. The domain we
are working with is rectangular. We use
molecular dynamics to study diffusion.
Two contrary theoretical predictions of the
motion of the diffusing particle are available.
The first prediction uses Brownian motion,
a continuous-time stochastic process.
The second prediction is from statistical
mechanics. In conducting a numerical simulation,
we validated the second prediction.
Dissecting Spam: Analyzing Spam
Through the Use of Data Mining
Presenter: Sarah E. Turner (University of
Alabama at Birmingham)
Spam is a rapidly growing industry that
is responsible for an estimated $22
billion dollars in losses every year (3). Spam
composes 97% of emails (2), and offers a
myriad of research opportunities due to the
overlap between spam and other forms of
cybercrime. At The University of Alabama
at Birmingham, we work to gain a better
understanding of spamming trends in order
to reduce the effectiveness of spam.
Domain Adaptation for Summarization
of Conversations
Presenter: Oana Sandu (University of British
Columbia)
We are investigating improving summarization
of conversations through
domain adaptation: specifically, we attempt
to leverage the labeled data available in
the meetings domain in the summarization
of email threads. We compare several
approaches to supervised domain adaptation
using out-of-domain labeled data, and
also try to use unlabeled data in the target
domain through semi-supervised domain
adaptation. We identify methods that are
promising for our task.
Ebook Usability Study
Presenter: Ann-Marie Horcher (Nova
Southeastern University)
This study compares the usability of two
e-book readers, the B&N Nook and the
Amazon Kindle. The subjects performed
tasks typical of a reader selecting, acquiring,
reading and navigating a book. The success
in performing the tasks, and their perception
of the difficulty was measured. The
comments of the subjects about the tasks
reveals usability issues inherent in the
e-book technology, usability issues related to
gender, age, and physical capabilities.
Effective and Adaptive High-Level
Context Reasoning
Presenter: Bridget Beamon (University of
Texas at Arlington)
research problem in the area of context-
A aware computing is adaptive and
effective high-level context reasoning. Effectiveness
refers to the suitability of reasoning
methodology for efficiently reasoning and
representing the heterogeneous characteristics
of context. Adaptive reasoning aides in
optimizing context quality and maintaining
quality in the face of dynamic resource availability,
degrading reasoning performance
and evolving requirements. This research
proposes enabling solutions for adaptive and
effective reasoning.
Energy Efficient Data Management for
Internet
Presenter: Shweta Shandilya (IBM)
World Wide Web (WWW) and Internet
have changed every facet of our life
starting from the morning newspapers, daily
traffic, communication to socialization. The
data on the WWW has been growing exponentially
in the last decade thus requiring
more space and money to maintain this data
in the Data Centers which in turn leading to
increase in Energy Consumption. This paper
provides an analysis on state of art that
exists today.
Enhancing Early Childhood Education
with Computer Science Curriculum
Presenter: Michelle Datoc (Virginia
Polytechnic Institute)
Technology has become an indispensable
tool for enriching early education.
MyVICE strives to deliver an engaging curriculum
to guide children in creating animated
shorts while learning basic programming
concepts. Some children dismiss technical
fields because it is not seen as “cool.” By
exposing children in early education to the
curriculum, MyVICE hopes children choose
their future careers for the right reasons
instead of basing their decisions on what is
“cool.”
Enhancing Trust in Grid Computing
Environments
Presenter: Shashi Bhanwar (Thapar
University)
Grid computing scenario throws challenges
for unknown users to utilize
services from service providers not known
in advance. Therefore, trust and reputation
models play a significant role in such
open markets. In this paper TUX-TMS: an
extensible reputation based Trust Management
System is presented for enhancing
trust in grid systems, wherein trust is build
by utilizing community based feedback
about past experiences with a domain which
further, helps in making recommendation
and judgment.
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