This chapter provides an accessible introduction for point processes, and especially Hawkes
processes, for modeling discrete, inter-dependent events over continuous time. We start by …

Today's digital contents are inherently multimedia: text, audio, image, video, and so on.
Video, in particular, has become a new way of communication between Internet users with …

(57) ABSTRACT A method for writing data to a storage device including a processor, a
volatile memory, and a non-volatile memory, the storage device being in communication …

With the start of Industry 4.0 in 2011, new concepts and technologies have entered the IT
literature. Some of these technologies are virtualization, modularity, big data and …

Owing to the highly distributed nature of the cloud storage system, it is one of the
challenging tasks to incorporate a higher degree of security towards the vulnerable data …

Multimedia computing technology, as one of the most effective and pervasive technologies
in modern society, plays irreplaceable roles in bridging user needs with vast amounts of …

Storage consumption is increasing significantly these days, with consumers trying to find an
effective approach to safe storage space. In these situations, a deduplication in cloud …

Digital data is growing at immense rates day by day and finding efficient storage and
security mechanisms is a challenge. Cloud storage has already gained popularity because …

Abstract Cloud Storage Providers generally maintain a single copy of the identical data
received from multiple sources to optimize the space. They cannot deduplicate the identical …

Cloud gaming refers to a new way to deliver computer games to users via networks, where
computationally complex games are executed on cloud servers, the rendered game scenes …