Computer Science Theses and Dissertations

Theses and Dissertations for the Computer Science department.

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Description:: Data processing frameworks provide application programmers an interface to manipulate and analyze data. This thesis studies a novel parallel stream processing model, designed for workflow-based …
Year:: 2013
Contributor:: Backman, Nathan John (creator); Cetintemel, Ugur (Director); Fonseca, Rodrigo (Reader); Zdonik, Stanley (Reader); Brown University. Computer Science (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Stream processing; distributed computing; Streamflow--Data processing; Electronic data processing--Distributed processing
Language:: English
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Description:: In this thesis we investigate distinct techniques to avoid the impact of miscellaneous failures derived from hostile attacks in a message-passing distributed computing environment. Our …
Year:: 2008
Contributor:: Penso, Lucia Draque (creator); Herlihy, Maurice (director); Freiling, Felix (director); Lysyanskaya, Anna (reader); Brown University. Computer Science (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: IT-Security; Distributed Computing; Fault-Tolerance; Optimization; Electronic data processing--Distributed processing; Fault tolerance (Engineering)
Language:: English
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Description:: Combinatorial and algebraic topology have both provided useful mathematical tools to the field of distributed computing, giving researchers a rigorous mathematical model in which one …
Year:: 2019
Contributor:: Saraph, Vikram (creator); Herlihy, Maurice (Advisor); Lysyanskaya, Anna (Reader); Rajsbaum, Sergio (Reader); Brown University. Department of Computer Science (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Fault-tolerant computing; Electronic data processing--Distributed processing; Algebraic topology
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Description:: WebMesh is a browser-based computational framework for serverless applications. Unlike existing serverless frameworks which run in managed datacenters, WebMesh nodes run in browser tabs, using …
Year:: 2019
Contributor:: Romano, Joseph (creator); Fonseca, Rodrigo (thesis advisor); Doeppner, Thomas (reader); Brown University. Computer Science (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Distributed operating systems (Computers); JavaScript (Computer program language); Assembly languages (Electronic computers); MapReduce (Computer file); C++; Client/server computing; Web servers; Web services; Electronic data processing--Distributed processing; Peer-to-peer architecture (Computer networks)
Language:: English
Collection:: Computer Science; Theses and Dissertations

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