We introduce a novel method for visual homing. Using this method a robot can be sent to
desired positions and orientations in 3D space specified by single images taken from these …

Current Grid enabling technologies consist of stand-alone architectures. A typical
architecture provides middleware access to various services at different hierarchical levels …

Distributed Computing projects such as SETI@ home or distributed. net have demonstrated
how supercomputer performance can be achieved by the use of thousands of linked …

WebCom-G is a fledgling Grid Operating System, designed to provide independent service
access through interoperability with existing middlewares. It offers an expressive …

Functional enhancements to the WebCom metacomputer are described which give rise to
dynamic reconfigurability and extendability of the computer platform. Component modules …

Implementation details of the Nectere distributed computing platform are presented, focusing
in particular on the benefits gained through the use of XML for exoressing, executing and …

WebCom is a metacomputer based on the Condensed Graphs model of computing. Within
this model, applications are represented as directed acyclic graphs with the nodes …

This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction High Performance Computing with Cluster
Computing Reconfigurable Computing with EPGAs DRMC: A Distributed Reconfigurable …

In an ever-increasing digital world, the need for secure communications over unsecured
channels like Internet has exploded. To meet the different security requirements …

The addition of reconfigurable hardware (FPGAs) to the nodes of Beowulf-style clusters has
the potential to accelerate a variety of parallel applications through a combination of parallel …