This work presents a faster method of simulating exactly from a distribution known as a Vervaat perpetuity. A parameter of the Vervaat perpetuity is β ∈ (0,∞). An earlier method for simulating from this distributon ran in time O((2.23β)β). This earlier method utilized dominated coupling from the past that bounded a stochastic process for perpetuities from above. By extending to non-Markovian up...

background: researchers have been investigating similarities of and differences between homosexuals and heterosexuals for past few decades. several studies have shown that in the particular domain (e.g., spatial ability), male homosexuals would resemble female heterosexuals better than male heterosexuals. executive function, however, has received more attention than social cognition in this lin...

Over the past decade or so, a number of software environments have been created to support students engaged in collaborative investigations in science (e.g., Belvedere, CoVis, CSILE, SenseMaker, and WebCamile). These environments have used a variety of representations for recording information such as alternate hypotheses, empirical observations, and evidential relations (e.g., node-link graphs...

The norm of the 21 century has been decentralization as competition in the marketplace has increased significantly. Organizations commonly freelance or outsource work to other professionals or manufacturers where it can be performed at lower cost. Thus, due to the changing nature of work, there is a need to reconsider the ETHICS of the past. Based upon the new work order, changes in ETHICS are ...

This paper addresses a re-reading of the Farroupilha War (1835-1845) at IHGB from the 1920’s to the celebration of the conflict centenary in 1935, which ended up integrating it into the national historical memory. In this process, discursive and institutional strategies were triggered, regarding the political use of the past, the historiographical tradition of IHGB and the constructed intellect...

In 2008 we are celebrating the 10-th anniversary of CHES and the 30-th anniversary of the publication of the RSA paper at CACM. In this talk I will survey some of the major RSA-related papers published at CHES during the last 10 years, describe my own research on security and implementation issues, introduce some new attacks, and make predictions about the future of RSA.