What We Need Now

We Crashed, Now What?

We present an in-depth analysis of the crash-recovery problem and propose a novel approach to recover from otherwise fatal operating system (OS) crashes. We show how an unconventional, but careful, OS design, aided by automatic compiler-based code instrumentation, offers a practical solution towards the survivability of the entire system. Current results are encouraging and show that our approa...

We Need to Know … Now!

I t's time we complete the risk assessment of participation in contact sports, especially in that cornerstone of American culture: football. There is good research on the incidence, cost, and long-term consequences of anterior cruciate ligament tears, shoulder dislocations, and ankle sprains. However, we are just starting to elucidate these matters for head trauma, concussion, and chronic traum...

Physician scientists: We need to act now.

Networking Languages: What We Need and What We Have Networking Languages: What We Need and What We Have

Widespread availability of network access and networked information systems has created a high demand for new generation multi-protocol aware information browsing and presentation tools. In order to support eecient programming and operation for such tools, new networking languages will need to be employed. This study attempts to identify requirements for these networking languages and their env...

What do we know? What do we need to know?