Grid computing is widely regarded as a technology of immense potential in both industry
and academia. Yet many enterprises are still hesitant about the implementation of an …

In this paper, we introduce a framework for providing incentives for honest participation in
global-scale distributed trust management infrastructures. Our system can improve the …

This paper describes XenoTrust, the trust management architecture used in the XenoServer
Open Platform: a public infrastructure for wide-area computing, capable of hosting tasks that …

In recent years we have observed a huge evolution of services deployed over the Internet, in
particular by the World Wide Web; the development of Web Services has enabled Business …

This paper presents the design of the XenoServer Open Platform: a public infrastructure for
wide-area computing, capable of hosting tasks that span the full spectrum of distributed …

Network identity management system, in theory, is conceived as the solution to many identity-
related issues burgeoning day-to-day. These issues, which need to be addressed, range …

Global public computing platforms, such as PlanetLab, grid computing systems, and
XenoServers, require facilities for managing trust to allow their participants to interact …

In this paper we present the design, implementation, and evaluation of Jiminy: a framework
for explicitly rewarding users who participate in reputation management systems by …

The migration of processing of computational jobs from centralized systems to open
distributed systems have resulted in many communication channels and transactions. These …

Rapid technological advancements capitalising on the convergence of information
(middleware) and communication (network) technologies now enable open application-to …