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    • An architecture and algorithm for context-aware resource allocation for Digital Teaching Platforms 

      Koch, F. L.; Assunção, Marcos D.; Cardonha, Carlos; Netto, Marco A. S.; Primo, Tiago Thompsen
      2015-12
      Digital teaching platforms (DTPs) are aimed to support personalization of classroom education to help optimize the learning process. A trend for research and development exists regarding methods to analyze multimodal data, ...
    • Exploiting user patience for scaling resource capacity in cloud services 

      Cunha, Renato L. F.; Assunção, Marcos D.; Cardonha, Carlos; Stelmar Netto, Marco Aurelio
      2014
      An important feature of cloud computing is its elasticity, that is, the ability to have resource capacity dynamically modified according to the current system load. Auto-scaling is challenging because it must account for ...
    • Patience-aware scheduling for cloud services: freeing users from the chains of boredom 

      Cardonha, Carlos; Assunção, Marcos D.; Stelmar Netto, Marco Aurelio; Cunha, Renato L. F.; Queiroz, Carlos
      2013
      Scheduling of service requests in Cloud computing has traditionally focused on the reduction of pre-service wait, generally termed as waiting time. Under certain conditions such as peak load, however, it is not always ...
    • Toward a platform to support vocational training of people with disabilities 

      Cardonha, Carlos; Guimarães, Rodrigo Laiola; Mattos, Andrea Britto; Nogima, Julio; Avegliano, P.; Gallo, D.; Herrmann, R.; Borger, S.
      2015-12
      Vocational training can bring significant benefits for people with disabilities (PwD), particularly in terms of self-esteem and autonomy. Nevertheless, only a small fraction of Brazilians with disabilities actually work, ...