Ancient Byzantium

Technology and Autonomous Mechanisms in the Mediterranean: From Ancient Greece to Byzantium

The paper aims at presenting technology and automation advances in the ancient Greek World, offering evidence that feedback control as a discipline dates back more than twenty five centuries.

Holistic Healing in Byzantium Epistemologies and Methodologies

The tradition of healing in Orthodox Christianity emphasizes the human being as a psychosomatic unity. In Western society, however, the practice of healing is often separated into disciplines that independently address the body, the mind, and the soul. Orthodox Christian physicians, psychologists, and religious leaders trained in Western institutions may therefore find a conflict between modern...

(Sailing to) Byzantium: the Kantian Sublime

Byzantium in Bing: Live Virtual Acoustics Employing Free Software

A Linux-based system for live auralization is described, and its use in recreating the reverberant acoustics of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, for a Byzantine chant concert in the recently inaugurated Bing Concert Hall is detailed. The system employed 24 QSC full range loudspeakers and six subwoofers strategically placed about the hall, and used Countryman B2D hypercardioid microphones affixed to the ...

Byzantium: Byzantine-Fault-Tolerant Database Replication Providing Snapshot Isolation

Database systems are a key component behind many of today’s computer systems. As a consequence, it is crucial that database systems provide correct and continuous service despite unpredictable circumstances, such as software bugs or attacks. This paper presents the design of Byzantium, a Byzantine fault-tolerant database replication middleware that provides snapshot isolation (SI) semantics. SI...