In this thesis we present the architecture, design, and prototype implementation details of AppFabric. AppFabric is a next generation application delivery platform for easily creating, managing and controlling massively distributed and very dynamic application deployments that m…
The idea of rent collector is as old as civilization, as collecting rents occurred in ancient Greece, Rome, and Egypt (Evans, 2008, p. 3). The transformation from rent collector to property manager occurred during the difficult economic conditions brought on by the great depress…
This thesis is an investigation into the performance ramifications of making specialized component reservations for machine learning workloads in virtualized environments. The reliance of machine learning on floating-point operations makes graphics processing units an important …
"The relationship of humans to computers can no longer be represented as one person in a chair and one computer on a desk. Today computing finds its way into our pockets, our cars, our appliances; it is ubiquitous -- an inescapable part of our everyday lives. Computing is even e…