3. NCA 2004: Cambridge, MA, USA

NCA 2004 Long Papers

Session 1: Overlay Networks

• Roie Melamed, Idit Keidar:
  Araneola: A Scalable Reliable Multicast System for Dynamic Environments. 5-14
  
• Li-wei Lehman, Steven Lerman:
  PCoord: Network Position Estimation Using Peer-to-Peer Measurements. 15-24
  
• Shlomi Dolev, Ronen I. Kat:
  HyperTree for Self-Stabilizing Peer-to-Peer Systems. 25-32
  

Session 2: Keynote Speaker

• Yves Deswarte, David Powell:
  Intrusion Tolerance for Internet Applications. 35-36
  

Session 3: Overlap Networks

• Filipe Araújo, Luís Rodrigues:
  GeoPeer: A Location-Aware Peer-to-Peer System. 39-46
  
• Jianming Lv, Xueqi Cheng:
  WonGoo: A Pure Peer-to-Peer Full Text Information Retrieval System Based On Semantic Overlay Networks. 47-54
  

Session 4: Keynote Speaker

• Mark E. Segal:
  Exploring the Network/Software Boundary: A Telecommunications Perspective. 57-
  

Session 5: Web Protocols

• Bin Wu, Ajay D. Kshemkalyani:
  Objective-Greedy Algorithms for Long-Term Web Prefetching. 61-68
  
• Paolo Romano, Francesco Quaglia, Bruno Ciciani:
  A Protocol for Improved User Perceived QoS in Web Transactional Applications. 69-76
  
• Giancarlo Ruffo, Rossano Schifanella, Matteo Sereno, Roberto Politi:
  WALTy: A User Behavior Tailored Tool for Evaluating Web Application Performance. 77-86
  

Session 6: Grid Computing

• Rebecca L. Collins, James S. Plank:
  Downloading Replicated, Wide-Area Files - A Framework and Empirical Evaluation. 89-96
  
• Vishal Iyengar, Sameer Tilak, Michael J. Lewis, Nael B. Abu-Ghazaleh:
  Non-Uniform Information Dissemination for Dynamic Grid Resource Discovery. 97-106
  

Session 7: Keynote Speaker

• André Schiper:
  Group Communication: Where Are We Today and Future Challenges. 109-117
  

Session 8: Protocols and Verification

• Joshua A. Tauber, Nancy A. Lynch, Michael J. Tsai:
  Compiling IOA without Global Synchronization. 121-130
  
• Arnas Kupsys, Stefan Pleisch, André Schiper, Matthias Wiesmann:
  Towards JMS Compliant Group Communication - A Semantic Mapping. 131-140
  
• Vicent Cholvi, Antonio Fernández, Ernesto Jiménez, Michel Raynal:
  A Methodological Construction of an Efficient Sequential Consistency Protocol. 141-148
  

Session 9: Keynote Speaker

• Alan G. Ganek, Cristiane P. Hilkner, John W. Sweitzer, Brent A. Miller, Joseph L. Hellerstein:
  The Response to IT Complexity: Autonomic Computing. 151-157
  

Session 10: Network Security

• Min Qin, Kai Hwang:
  Frequent Episode Rules for Internet Anomaly Detection. 161-168
  
• Patroklos G. Argyroudis, Raja Verma, Hitesh Tewari, Donal O'Mahony:
  Performance Analysis of Cryptographic Protocols on Handheld Devices. 169-174
  

Session 11: System Area Networks/InfiniBand

• Victoria Ungureanu, Benjamin Melamed, Michael N. Katehakis:
  The LC Assignment Policy for Cluster-Based Servers. 177-184
  
• Christian Osendorfer, Jie Tao, Carsten Trinitis, Martin Mairandres:
  ViSMI: Software Distributed Shared Memory for InfiniBand Clusters. 185-191
  
• Ming Zhu, Yang Wang, Meng Ding, Constantine Katsinis:
  Dynamic Key Messaging for Cluster Computing. 192-199
  

Session 12: Keynote Speaker

• Michael Krause:
  Are Processors Free? Impact on RDMA and Protocol Off-Load Technologies. 203-
  

Session 13: Network Processors and Switching Architectures

• Jürgen Foag:
  Speculative Network Processor for Quality-of-Service-Aware Protocol Processing. 207-214
  
• Satyen Sukhtankar, Diana Hecht, Warren Rosen:
  A Novel Switch Architecture for High-Performance Computing and Signal Processing Networks. 215-222
  
• Saad Mneimneh:
  An Iterative Switching Algorithm With (Possibly) One Iteration. 223-231
  

Session 14: Performance Modeling and Analysis

• Imad Antonios, Lester Lipsky:
  On the Relationship Between Packet Size and Router Performance for Heavy-Tailed Traffic. 235-242
  
• Christos Bouras, Kostas Stamos:
  An Adaptive Admission Control Algorithm for Bandwidth Brokers. 243-250
  

Session 15: Mobile Ad-Hoc and Sensors Networks

• Antonio Corradi, Rebecca Montanari, Daniela Tibaldi:
  Context-Based Access Control Management in Ubiquitous Environments. 253-260
  
• Zhengming Shen, Johnson P. Thomas:
  Location-Triggered Routing Protocol in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks. 261-268
  
• Yong Xun, Mieczyslaw M. Kokar, Kenneth Baclawski:
  Using a Task-Specific QoS for Controlling Sensing Requests and Scheduling. 269-276
  

NCA 2004 Short Papers

Session 1: Protocols and Programming for Distributed Systems

• Richard Ekwall, Sergio Mena, Stefan Pleisch, André Schiper:
  Towards Flexible Finite-State-Machine-Based Protocol Composition. 281-286
  
• Ken Mano, Yoshinobu Kawabe:
  The Nepi Network Programming System: A Programming Environment for Distributed Systems. 287-292
  
• Galen S. Swint, Calton Pu, Younggyun Koh, Ling Liu, Wenchang Yan, Charles Consel, Koichi Moriyama, Jonathan Walpole:
  Infopipes: The ISL/ISG Implementation Evaluation. 293-296
  
• Giancarlo Fortino, Carlo Mastroianni, Wilma Russo:
  A Multi-Policy, Cooperative Playback Control Protocol. 297-302
  
• Gabriela Jacques-Silva, Roberto Jung Drebes, Júlio Gerchman, Taisy Silva Weber:
  FIONA: A Fault Injector for Dependability Evaluation of Java-Based Network Applications. 303-308
  

Session 2: System Area Networks

• Vlad Olaru, Walter F. Tichy:
  Request Distribution-Aware Caching in Cluster-Based Web Servers. 311-316
  
• Eiji Kawai, Youki Kadobayashi, Suguru Yamaguchi:
  A Fast Polling I/O Implementation with Real-time Signals. 317-322
  
• Ying Qian, Ahmad Afsahi, Reza Zamani:
  Myrinet Networks: A Performance Study. 323-328
  
• Tariq Omari, Seyed H. Hosseini, K. Vairavan:
  Traveling Token for Dynamic Load Balancing. 329-332
  
• Abdelilah Maach, Gregor von Bochmann, Hussein T. Mouftah:
  Shared Protection for Time Slotted Optical Networks. 333-336
  

Session 3: Routing and Security in MANET

• Dario Bottazzi, Antonio Corradi, Rebecca Montanari:
  Context-Awareness for Impromptu Collaboration in MANETs. 339-342
  
• Afrand Agah, Sajal K. Das, Kalyan Basu, Mehran Asadi:
  Intrusion Detection in Sensor Networks: A Non-Cooperative Game Approach. 343-346
  

NCA 2004 Workshop Papers

Adaptive Grid Computing Workshop

• Stefan Birrer, Fabián E. Bustamante:
  Resilient Peer-to-Peer Multicast from the Ground Up. 351-355
  
• Philip J. Sokolowski, Daniel Grosu:
  Performance of the NAS Parallel Benchmarks on Grid Enabled Clusters. 356-361
  
• Syed Naqvi, Michel Riguidel:
  VIPSEC: Virtualized and Pluggable Security Services Infrastructure for Adaptive Grid Computing. 362-365
  
• SungJin Choi, MaengSoon Baik, Chong-Sun Hwang, Joon-Min Gil, Heon-Chang Yu:
  Volunteer Availability based Fault Tolerant Scheduling Mechanism in Desktop Grid Computing Environment. 366-371
  
• Bei Di Chen, Muthucumaru Maheswaran:
  A Fair Synchronization Protocol with Cheat Proofing for Decentralized Online Multiplayer Games. 372-375
  
• Muthucumaru Maheswaran, Balasubramaneyam Maniymaran, Shah Asaduzzaman, Arindam Mitra:
  Towards a Quality of Service Aware Public Computing Utility. 376-379
  

Trustworthy Network Computing Workshop

• Dan Williams, Emin Gün Sirer:
  Optimal Parameter Selection for Efficient Memory Integrity Verification Using Merkle Hash Trees. 383-388
  
• Julian B. Grizzard, Sven Krasser, Henry L. Owen, Gregory J. Conti, Eric R. Dodson:
  Towards an Approach for Automatically Repairing Compromised Network Systems. 389-392
  
• Anthony T. Chronopoulos, F. Balbi, D. Veljkovic, N. Kolani:
  Implementation of Distributed Key Generation Algorithms using Secure Sockets. 393-398
  
• Dimitris Kamenopoulos, Iosif A. Osman, Panayotis Tsanakas:
  Distance Measurement in Volunteer Computing Networks: A Completely Decentralized Approach. 399-404
  
• Muhammad J. Bohio, Ali Miri:
  Self-Healing in Group Key Distribution Using Subset Difference Method. 405-408
  
• Gustavo A. Santana Torrellas:
  A Framework for Multi-Agent System Engineering using Ontology Domain Modelling for Security Architecture Risk Assessment in E-Commerce Security Services. 409-412