A large number of distributed applications requires continuous and timely processing of
information as it flows from the periphery to the center of the system. Examples include …

Well adapted to the loosely coupled nature of distributed interaction in large-scale
applications, the publish/subscribe communication paradigm has recently received …

Abstract Video Question Answering (QA) is an important task in understanding video
temporal structure. We observe that there are three unique attributes of video QA compared …

Software systems dealing with distributed applications in changing environments normally
require human supervision to continue operation in all conditions. These (re-) configuring …

The concept of event processing is established as a generic computational paradigm in
various application fields. Events report on state changes of a system and its environment …

Learn all you need to know about wireless sensor networks! Protocols and Architectures for
Wireless Sensor Networks provides a thorough description of the nuts and bolts of wireless …

Grid technologies enable large-scale sharing of resources within formal or informal
consortia of individuals and/or institutions: what are sometimes called virtual organizations …

Digital Technology is constantly improving as information becomes wireless. These
advances demand more wearable and mobile form factors for products that access …

Scalable management and self-organizational capabilities are emerging as central
requirements for a generation of large-scale, highly dynamic, distributed applications. We …

Autonomic communications seek to improve the ability of network and services to cope with
unpredicted change, including changes in topology, load, task, the physical and logical …