Multi-tasking, managed runtime environments (MREs) for modern type-safe, object-oriented programming languages enable isolated, concurrent execution of multiple applications within a single operating system process. Multi-tasking MREs can potentially extract high-performance on modern desktop and hand-held systems through aggressive sharing of classes and compiled code, and by exploiting high-l...

Multi-tasking optimization can usually achieve better performance than traditional single-tasking through knowledge transfer between tasks. However, current multi-tasking algorithms have some deficiencies. For high similarity problems, the that accelerate convergence rate of tasks has not been fully taken advantages of. low probability generating negative is high, which may result in degradatio...

We investigate the problem of large-scale mobile crowdtasking, where a large pool of citizen crowd-workers are used to perform a variety of location-specific urban logistics tasks. Current approaches to such mobile crowd-tasking are very decentralized: a crowd-tasking platform usually provides each worker a set of available tasks close to the worker’s current location; each worker then independ...

Modern computing systems comprise heterogeneous designs which combine multiple and diverse architectures on a single system. These designs provide potentials for high performance under reduced power requirements but require advanced resource management and workload scheduling across the available processors. Programmability frameworks, such as OpenCL and CUDA, enable resource management and wor...

This paper presents the research work on multicore microcontrollers using parallel, and time critical programming for the embedded systems. Due to the high complexity and limitations, it is very hard to work on the application development phase on such architectures. The experimental results mentioned in the paper are based on xCORE multicore microcontroller form XMOS ® . The paper also imitate...

In recent years, approaches to control performance and resource optimization for embedded control systems have been receiving increased attention. Most of them focus on theory, whereas practical aspects are omitted. Theoretical advances demand flexible real-time kernel support for multi-tasking and pre-emption, thus requiring more sophisticated and expensive software/hardware solutions. On the ...

The present study examined the relationship between personality and individual differences in multi-tasking ability. Participants enrolled at the University of Utah completed measures of multi-tasking activity, perceived multi-tasking ability, impulsivity, and sensation seeking. In addition, they performed the Operation Span in order to assess their executive control and actual multi-tasking ab...

Abstract Skin cancer is one of the most common types and, with its increasing incidence, accurate early diagnosis crucial to improve prognosis patients. In process visual inspection, dermatologists follow specific dermoscopic algorithms and identify important features provide a diagnosis. This can be automated as such characteristics extracted by computer vision techniques. Although deep neural...