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| | George Pallis is a Marie Curie Fellow in the Computer Science Department at the University of Cyprus. He is a member of the High-Performance Computing Systems Laboratory (http://grid.ucy.ac.cy). George’s research activities focus on Web technologies. In particular, he has worked in the areas of Web data caching, content distribution networks, information retrieval, and Web data clustering. George has published several papers in international journals and conferences. Recently, he has become more interested in the concepts of cloud computing, grid, and vehicular ad-hoc networks. He is co-editor of the book Web Data Management Practices: Emerging Techniques and Technologies, published by Idea Group Publishing, and co-guest editor of a special issue of IEEE Internet Computing on cloud computing (Sept./Oct. 2009). George received his BSc and PhD degrees from the Department of Informatics at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece). More information about George and his work can be found at http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~gpallis. --Read our Q&A with George Pallis here. |
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Gelling, and melting, large graphs by edge manipulation
Tong H., Prakash B., Eliassi-Rad T., Faloutsos M., Faloutsos C. CIKM 2012 (Proc. of the 21st ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management, Maui, HI, Oct 29-Nov 2, 2012) 245-254, 2012. Type: Proceedings
The authors of this paper start their text with a challenging problem in the area of graph mining with applications in various disciplines: Given a large graph, which edges should be deleted or added so as to affect the propagation of ...
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 Programming the World Wide Web 2009
Sebesta R., Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Boston, MA, 2009. 800 pp. Type: Book (978-0-136076-63-6)
Updated with new content, the fifth edition of this book provides a comprehensive introduction to a variety of current technologies and programming tools that build and maintain Web applications....
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Web 2.0 architectures: what entrepreneurs and information architects need to know
Governor J., Hinchcliffe D., Nickull D., O’Reilly Media, Inc., Sebastopol, CA, 2009. 271 pp. Type: Book (9780596514433)
What is Web 2.0 and how is it different from the traditional Web? This book describes Web 2.0, from a software architect’s perspective. Governor, Hinchcliffe, and Nickull present an abstract Web 2.0 model, a Web 2.0 reference...
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Nov 11 2009 |
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SOA design patterns
Erl T., Prentice Hall PTR, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2009. 800 pp. Type: Book (9780136135166)
Service-oriented architecture (SOA) is a very hot topic. This book offers a comprehensive and well-presented catalog of patterns to successfully realize SOA solutions. Written in collaboration with experts and practitioners in the fiel...
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Aug 18 2009 |
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Search engines: information retrieval in practice
Croft B., Metzler D., Strohman T., Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 2009. 552 pp. Type: Book (9780136072249)
Information retrieval is an increasingly important and rapidly growing area of computer science. This book gives a complete picture of how search engines are built, modified, and evaluated....
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May 21 2009 |
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Query-sets: using implicit feedback and query patterns to organize Web documents
Poblete B., Baeza-Yates R. WWW 2008 (Proceeding of the 17th International Conference on the World Wide Web, Beijing, China, Apr 21-25, 2008) 41-50, 2008. Type: Proceedings
As the Web continues to grow, more and more scalable techniques are needed to analyze, handle, and present information. This paper addresses one central question: How can user queries be used to organize Web documents?...
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May 20 2009 |
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Database systems: the complete book
Garcia-Molina H., Ullman J., Widom J., Prentice Hall Press, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2008. 1248 pp. Type: Book, Reviews: (2 of 2)
Although much has changed since the first edition of this book [1] was published, the need for database systems remains. This second edition continues to be an essential resource for database practitioners and researchers, providing a ...
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May 15 2009 |
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A programming language for service-oriented computing with mobile agents
Paulino H., Lopes L. Software--Practice & Experience 38(7): 705-734, 2008. Type: Article
Paulino and Lopes present “a service-oriented scripting language for programming mobile agents in distributed systems,” called Mob [1]. “The main novelty of this language is the integration of the service-...
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Mar 23 2009 |
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Web 2.0: a strategy guide: business thinking and strategies behind successful Web 2.0 implementations
Shuen A., O’Reilly Media, Inc., 2008. 266 pp. Type: Book (9780596529963)
Web 2.0 is the popular name of a new generation of Web applications, sites, and companies that emphasize openness, community, and interaction. Examples of Web 2.0 include technologies such as blogs and wikis, and popular systems such a...
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Sep 29 2008 |
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Introduction to information retrieval
Manning C., Raghavan P., Schütze H., Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, 2008. 496 pp. Type: Book (9780521865715), Reviews: (1 of 2)
Since Gutenberg’s era, there hasn’t been an invention providing individuals with the capability to access information that is more powerful and far reaching than Google. This invention, however, relied on advances i...
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