Dotter, Aaron, Sarajedini, Ata, Anderson, Jay, Aparicio, Antonio, Bedin, Luigi R., Chaboyer, Brian, ...
The horizontal branch (HB) morphology of globular clusters (GCs) is most strongly influenced by metallicity. The second parameter phenomenon acknowledges that metallicity alone is not enough to...
Adaptability, Extensibility, and Scalability of the Context Mediation Approach (2009)
Thomas Gannon, Michael Siegel, Marwan Sabbouh, Hongwei Zhu, Mitre Coporation, Thomas Gannon, ...
There is pressing need for effectively integrating information from an ever increasing number of available sources both on the web and in other existing systems. A key difficulty of achieving this...
The ACS Survey of Galactic Globular Clusters. VII. Relative Ages (2008)
Marin-Franch, Antonio, Aparicio, Antonio, Piotto, Giampaolo, Rosenberg, Alfred, Chaboyer, Brian, Sarajedini, Ata, ...
The ACS Survey of Galactic Globular Clusters is a Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Treasury program designed to provide a new large, deep and homogeneous photometric database. Based on observations from...
Richter, Heiko, Semenov, Alexei, Pavlov, Sergei, Mahler, Lukas, Tredicucci, Alessandro, Beere, Harvey E., ...
A liquid cryogen free terahertz (THz) heterodyne receiver in a pulse tube cooler has been realized. The receiver operates at 2.5 THz. It is based on a quantum cascade laser (QCL) as local oscillator...
Richter, Heiko, Pavlov, Sergey, Semenov, Alexei, Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm, Ill'in, Konstantin, Siegel, Michael, ...
COntext INterchange (COIN) System Demonstration (2008)
Aykut Firat, M. Bilal Kaleem, Philip Lee, Stuart Madnick, Allen Moulton, Michael Siegel, ...
Abstract. The Context Interchange (COIN) System provides tools for representing, processing, and reconciling heterogeneous data semantics. In this demonstration we show how COIN can be used to...
British Computer Society On Formal Semantics of Statecharts as Supported by STATEMATE. (2008)
E. Mikk, Y. Lakhnech, C. Petersohn, M. Siegel, Erich Mikk, Yassine Lakhnech, ...
©Copyright in this paper belongs to the author(s) Published in collaboration with the
Improved energy resolution of a superconducting single-photon detector (2008)
Semenov, Alexey, Haas, Philipp, Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm, Ilin, Konstantin, Siegel, Michael, Kirste, Alexander, ...
We demonstrated successful operation of an NbN single photon detector in the temperature range from 6 K to 1.2 K using a 3He sorption refrigerator combined with a pulse-tube mechanical cooler. The...
An ACS Survey of Globular Clusters V: Star Catalog for Each Cluster (2008)
Anderson, Jay, Sarajedini, Ata, Bedin, Luigi R., King, Ivan R., Piotto, Giampaolo, Reid, I. Neill, ...
The ACS Survey of Globular Clusters has used HST's Wide-Field Channel to obtain uniform imaging of 65 of the nearest globular clusters to provide an extensive homogeneous dataset for a broad range of...
Series Professor, C. J. Rijsbergen, D. J. Duke, M. Siegel, Michael Siegel
One of the major development strategies for concurrent systems suggests to start the system development from a socalled functional design of the envisaged system and to distribute/parallelize this...
Current-induced critical state in NbN thin-film structures (2008)
Ilin, Konstantin, Siegel, Michael, Engel, Andreas, Bartolf, Holger, Schilling, Andreas, Semenov, Alexey, ...
The temperature dependence of the critical current of NbN thin-film bridges was experimentally studied. At low temperatures we observed significant enhancement (up to two times at 4 K) of the...
Energy resolution of a superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (2008)
Semenov, Alexey, Haas, Philipp, Günther, Burdhardt, Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm, Ilin, Konstantin, Siegel, Michael
An energy resolution of 0.6 eV was achieved with an NbN superconducting nanowire single-photon detector for near infrared photons in the energy range from 1.2 eV to 0.8 eV. The detector operates at 6...
Vortex-based single-photon response in nanostructured superconducting detectors (2008)
Semenov, Alexey, Haas, Philipp, Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm, Ilin, Konstantin, Siegel, Michael, Kirste, Alexander, ...
In nanostructured superconducting films interaction of magnetic vortices with radiation quanta provides an additional mechanism of radiation detection. Below the Kosterlitz–Thouless topological...
Temperature- and field-dependence of critical currents in NbN microbridges (2008)
Engel, Andreas, Bartolf, Holger, Schilling, Andreas, Ilin, Konstantin, Siegel, Michael, Semenov, Alexei, ...
We report measurements of the critical current of nano- and micrometer-sized NbN bridges as a function of temperature and magnetic eld. The bridges were fabricated from 4 to 10 nm thick, sputtered...
Ultra-thin NbN films on Si: crystalline and superconducting properties (2008)
Ilin, Konstantin, Schneider, R, Gerthsen, D, Engel, Andreas, Bartolf, Holger, Schilling, Andreas, ...
We present results on superconducting and crystalline properties of NbN films with a thickness smaller than 10 nm. The films were deposited using reactive magnetron sputtering on heated silicon...
Michael Siegel, Russel E. Caflisch, Sam Howison
The Muskat, or Muskat-Leibenzon, problem describes the evolution of the interface between two immiscible fluids in a porous medium or Hele-Shaw cell under applied pressure gradients or fluid...
Cheng Hian, Stephane Bressan, Stuart Madnick, Michael Siegel
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Enabling Global Price Comparison through Semantic Integration of Web Data (2008)
Zhu, Hongwei, Siegel, Michael, Madnick, Stuart
“Sell Globally” and “Shop Globally” have been seen as a potential benefit of web-enabled electronic business. One important step toward realizing this benefit is to know how things are...
Enabling Global Price Comparison through Semantic Integration of Web Data (2008)
Zhu, Hongwei, Siegel, Michael, Madnick, Stuart
“Sell Globally” and “Shop Globally” have been seen as a potential benefit of web-enabled electronic business. One important step toward realizing this benefit is to know how things are...
The House of Security: Stakeholder Perceptions of Security Assessment and Importance (2007)
Ang, Wee Horng, Deng, Vicki, Lee, Yang, Madnick, Stuart, Mistree, Dinsha, Siegel, Michael, ...
In this paper we introduce a methodology for analyzing differences regarding security perceptions within and between stakeholders, and the elements which affect these perceptions. We have designed...
Using System Dynamics to Model and Better Understand State Stability (2007)
Choucri, Nazli, Goldsmith, Daniel, Madnick, Stuart E., Mistree, Dinsha, Morrison, J. Bradley, Siegel, Michael
The world can be complex and dangerous - the loss of state stability of countries is of increasing concern. Although every case is unique, there are important common processes. We have developed a...
Using System Dynamics to Model and Better Understand State Stability (2007)
Choucri, Nazli, Goldsmith, Daniel, Madnick, Stuart E., Mistree, Dinsha, Morrison, J. Bradley, Siegel, Michael
The world can be complex and dangerous - the loss of state stability of countries is of increasing concern. Although every case is unique, there are important common processes. We have developed a...
The House of Security: Stakeholder Perceptions of Security Assessment and Importance (2007)
Ang, Wee Horng, Deng, Vicki, Lee, Yang, Madnick, Stuart, Mistree, Dinsha, Siegel, Michael, ...
In this paper we introduce a methodology for analyzing differences regarding security perceptions within and between stakeholders, and the elements which affect these perceptions. We have designed...
Influence of surfactant on rounded and pointed bubbles in 2-D Stokes flow (2007)
A simple plane #ow model is used to examine the e#ects of surfactant on bubbles evolving in slow viscous #ow. General properties of the timedependentevolution as well as exact solutions for the...
Analytical and numerical methods are applied to investigate the e#ect of variable surface tension, induced by the presence of surfactant, on a bubble evolving in 2-D Stokes #ow. The evolution is...
Challenges in Making Context Interchange Part of the Semantic Web (2007)
Michael Siegel, Aykut Firat, Hongwei Zhu
The popularity and growth of the Web have dramatically increased the number of information sources available for use and the opportunity for important new information-intensive applications
Towards efficient model checking Statecharts: (2007)
Statecharts To Promela, A Statecharts, Promela Complier, Erich Mikk, Yassine Lakhnech, Michael Siegel
In terms of compiler construction our semantics definition [MLPS97]maybe seen as a compiling specification where the source is a statechart specification and the target is a finite state machine....
COntext INterchange (COIN) System Demonstration (2007)
Aykut Firat Aykut, M. Bilal Kaleem, Philip Lee, Stuart Madnick, Allen Moulton, Michael Siegel, ...
The Context Interchange (COIN) System provides tools for representing, processing, and reconciling heterogeneous data semantics. In this demonstration we show how COIN can be used to automatically...
Abstract While chronic exposure to secondhand smoke has been well recognized as a cause of heart disease in nonsmokers, there has been recent speculation about the potential acute cardiovascular...
Intermediate Frequency Bandwidth of a Hot-Electron Mixer: Comparison with Bolometric Models (2007)
Semenov, Alexei, Richter, Heiko, Pavlov, Sergey, Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm, Il'in, Konstantin, Siegel, Michael, ...
The gain bandwidth of a superconducting NbN hot-electron mixer quasioptically coupled to radiation was evaluated in different operation conditions and compared to presently known bolometric mixer...
An energy-resolving superconducting nanowire photon counter (2007)
Semenov, Alexey, Haas, Philipp, Günther, Burghardt, Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm, Il'in, Konstantin, Siegel, Michael, ...
We report on the energy-resolving capability of a superconducting NbN nanowire photon counter, which is read out by a superconducting quantum interference device. For counters operated at 6.5 K, a...
Spectral Sensistivity and Spectral Resolution of Superconducting Single-Photon Detectors (2007)
Haas, Philipp Moritz, Semenov, Alexei, Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm, Beyer, Jörn, Kirste, Alexander, Schurig, Thomas, ...
Single photon detectors based on meanders from 5-nm thin B1 niobium nitride nanostrips show moderate spectral resolution along with the spectral cut-off of the quantum efficiency occurring in the...
Energy resolution and sensitivity of a superconducting quantum detector (2007)
Semenov, Alexey, Haas, Philipp, Il'in, Konstantin, Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm, Siegel, Michael, Engel, Andreas, ...
Single-photon detectors from thin niobium nitride nanostrips show moderate energy resolution along with the cut-off of the quantum efficiency in the near-infrared spectral range. To describe the...
Energy resolution and sensitivity of a superconducting quantum detector (2007)
Semenov, Alexey, Haas, Philipp, Ilin, Konstantin, Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm, Siegel, Michael, Engel, Andreas, ...
Single-photon detectors from thin niobium nitride nanostrips show moderate energy resolution along with the cut-off of the quantum efficiency in the near-infrared spectral range. To describe the...
Terahertz performance of integrated lens antennas with a hot-electron bolometer (2007)
Semenov, Alexey, Richter, Heiko, Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm, Günther, Burghardt, Smirnov, Andrey, Ilin, Konstantin, ...
Radiation coupling efficiency and directive properties of integrated lens antennas with log-spiral, log-periodic and double-slot planar feeds coupled to a hot-electron bolometer were experimentally...
Stakeholder Perceptions of Security Assessment and Importance (2007)
Wee Horng Ang, Vicki Deng, Yang Lee, Stuart Madnick, Dinsha Mistree, Michael Siegel, ...
In this paper we introduce a methodology for analyzing differences regarding security perceptions within and between stakeholders, and the elements which affect these perceptions. We have designed...
Engel, Andreas, Semenov, Alexey, Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm, Il'in, Konstantin, Siegel, Michael
Superconducting thin films and micro- and nanostructured superconducting elements have enormous potential for applications in electronics and as highly sensitive detectors. We present recent studies...
Energieauflösung und spektrale Empfindlichkeit supraleitender Einzelphotonenzähler (2006)
Haas, Philipp Moritz, Semenov, Alexei, Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm, Beyer, Jörn, Kirste, Alexander, Schurig, Thomas, ...
Hochempfindliche, ultraschnelle NbN-Einzelphotonenzähler, basierend auf der kurzzeitigen bias-stromunterstützten Ausbildung eines normal leitenden Bereichs (Hot-Spot) durch Photonenabsorption in...
Semenov, Alexey, Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm, Il'in, Konstantin, Siegel, Michael
Auf dem elektronischen Nichtgleichgewicht basierende Detektoren sind wegen ihrer hohen Empfindlichkeit und Schnelligkeit bereits wichtiger Bestandteil vieler Anwendungen in Astronomie und...
Superconducting-normal metal bi-layers for antenna structures of hot-elektron detector (2006)
Stockhausen, Axel, Neuhaus, Manfred, Stassen, Alexander, Il'in, Konstantin, Siegel, Michael, Semenov, Alexey, ...
We have developed a quasi-optical version of a superconducting hot-electron detector (HED) suitable for application in the THz frequency range based on a sub-micron bridge made from ultra-thin...
NbN ultra-thin film Hot-Electron Detector for THZ application: Fabrication issues (2006)
Il'in, Konstantin, Stockhausen, Axel, Neuhaus, Manfred, Wermund, Hans-Jürgen, Siegel, Michael, Semenov, Alexey, ...
Superconducting Hot-Electron Detector (HED) is one of promising devices for a wide range of THz applications: astronomy, spectroscopy, imaging, and security. Actually HED is a rectangular strip of...
Evidence of non-bolometric mixing in the bandwidth of a hot-electron bolometer (2006)
Semenov, Alexey, Il'in, Konstantin, Siegel, Michael, Smirnov, Andrey, Pavlov, Sergey, Richter, Heiko, ...
The gain bandwidth of a superconducting NbN hot-electron mixer was measured at local oscillator (LO) frequencies 2.5 THz, 0.6 THz and 0.3 THz and compared to presently known bolometric mixer models....
Fluctuation effects in superconducting nanostrips (2006)
Engel, Andreas, Semenov, Alexey, Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm, Il'in, Konstantin, Siegel, Michael
Superconducting fluctuations in long and narrow strips made from ultrathin NbN films, have been investigated. For large bias currents close to the critical current fluctuations led to localized,...
Noise Bolometer for Terahertz Waves (2006)
Semenov, Alexey, Richter, Heiko, Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm, Il'in, Konstantin, Siegel, Michael
An advantage of superconducting detectors is a much lower noise in comparison to their semiconductor counterparts. We have studied the magnitude and spectrum of electric noise in thin superconducting...
Passive Terahertz Wave Imaging with a Single Bolometer and with a Bolometer Array (2006)
Semenov, Alexey, Richter, Heiko, Hübers, Heinz-WIlhelm, Zakosarenko, Vjatcheslav, May, Torsten, Anders, Susanne, ...
Detection of concealed threats like guns, knifes or explosives is of prime importance at airports and other public places. Passive millimetre wave (mmW) imagers operating at frequencies up to almost...
Semenov, Alexey, Richter, Heiko, Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm, Zakosarenko, Vjatcheslav, May, Torsten, Anders, Susanne, ...
Detection of concealed threats is of prime importance for public security. In short range applications, passive imagers operating at millimeter wavelengths have been demonstrated to fulfill this...
A preliminary study of peer-to-peer human-robot interaction (2006)
Terrence Fong, Jean Scholtz, Julie A. Shah, Lorenzo Flückiger, Clayton Kunz, David Lees, ...
HRI) project is developing techniques to improve task coordination and collaboration between human and robot partners. Our work is motivated by the need to develop effective human-robot teams for...
A preliminary study of peer-to-peer human-robot interaction (2006)
Terrence Fong, Jean Scholtz, Julie A. Shah, Lorenzo Flückiger, Clayton Kunz, David Lees, ...
HRI) project is developing techniques to improve task coordination and collaboration between human and robot partners. Our work is motivated by the need to develop effective human-robot teams for...
Semenov, Alexey, Engel, Andreas, Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm, Il´in, Konstantin, Siegel, Michael
We have studied supercurrent-assisted formation of the resistive state in nano-structured disordered superconducting Nb(N) films after absorption of a single optical to near-infrared photon. The...
Superconducting noise bolometer for terahertz radiation (2005)
Semenov, Alexey, Richter, Heiko, Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm, Il'in, Konstantin, Siegel, Michael
We present a superconducting noise bolometer that is a bolometric detector sensing radiation via radiation-induced changes of its own microwave noise. The detector represents a nano-strip made from a...
Gannon, Thomas, Madnick, Stuart, Moulton, Allen, Siegel, Michael, Sabbouh, Marwan, Zhu, Hongwei
There is pressing need for effectively integrating information from an ever increasing number of available sources both on the web and in other existing systems. A key difficulty of achieving this...
Gannon, Thomas, Madnick, Stuart, Moulton, Allen, Siegel, Michael, Sabbouh, Marwan, Zhu, Hongwei
There is pressing need for effectively integrating information from an ever increasing number of available sources both on the web and in other existing systems. A key difficulty of achieving this...
Noise of a superconducting photon detector (2005)
Semenov, Alexey, Engel, Andreas, Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm, Il´in, Konstantin, Siegel, Michael
We have studied electrical noise of photon detectors representing long and narrow superconducting strips. For large bias currents close to the critical current fluctuations lead to localized,...
Ultra-thin NBN and TiN films for radiation sensors (2005)
Il´in, Konstantin, Siegel, Michael, Semenov, Alexey, Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm, Hollmann, Evgeny
Ultra-thin superconducting films are widely used for fabrication of modern radiation sensors. The advantages of the superconductor based devices are a low noise level, an outstanding sensitivity and...
Current-noise superconducting bolometer for terahertz waves (2005)
Semenov, Alexey, Richter, Heiko, Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm, Il´in, Konstantin, Siegel, Michael, Engel, Andreas
An advantage of superconducting detectors is a much lower noise in comparison to their semiconductor counterparts. We have studied the magnitude and spectrum of electric noise in thin superconducting...
Terahertz-Heterodynempfänger mit Quantenkaskadenlaser und supraleitendem Mischer (2005)
Semenov, Alexey, Richter, Heiko, Pavlov, Sergey, Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm, Il´in, Konstantin, Siegel, Michael, ...
Die hochauflösende Spektroskopie atomarer und molekularer Emissions- und Absorptionslinien im Terahertz (THz)-Spektralbereich liefert Informationen über den stellaren-interstellaren Lebenszyklus...
Spectral performance of a single-photon detector (2005)
Semenov, Alexey, Engel, Andreas, Hübers, Heinz-WIlhelm, Il´in, Konstantin, Siegel, Michael
We have experimentally studied the supercurrent-assisted formation of the resistive state in nano-structured disordered superconducting Nb(N) films after absorption of a single optical to...
Thomas Gannon, Michael Siegel, Marwan Sabbouh, Hongwei Zhu, Mitre Coporation, Thomas Gannon, ...
There is pressing need for effectively integrating information from an ever increasing number of available sources both on the web and in other existing systems. A key difficulty of achieving this...
Context Mediation Demonstration of (2005)
Stuart E. Madnick, Allen Moulton, Michael D. Siegel, Stuart E. Madnick, Allen Moulton, Michael D. Siegel, ...
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Choucri, Nazli, Madnick, Stuart, Moulton, Allen, Siegel, Michael, Zhu, Hongwei
The National Research Council has noted that although there are many private and public databases that contain information potentially relevant to counterterrorism programs, they lack the necessary...
Effective Data Integration in the Presence of Temporal Semantic Conflicts (2004)
Zhu, Hongwei, Madnick, Stuart, Siegel, Michael
The change in meaning of data over time poses significant challenges for the use of that data. These challenges exist in the use of an individual data source and are further compounded with the...
Global e-Readiness - For What? Readiness for e-Banking (JITD) (2004)
Maugis, V., Choucri, Nazli, Madnick, Stuart, Siegel, Michael, Gillett, Sharon, Haghseta, Farnaz, ...
With the rapid diffusion of the Internet worldwide, there has been considerable interest in the e-potentials of developing countries giving rise to a 1st generation of e-Readiness studies. Moreover,...
Choucri, Nazli, Madnick, Stuart, Siegel, Michael, Wang, Richard
A recent National Research Council study found that: "Although there are many private and public databases that contain information potentially relevant to counter terrorism programs, they lack the...
Choucri, Nazli, Madnick, Stuart, Siegel, Michael, Wang, Richard
A recent National Research Council study found that: "Although there are many private and public databases that contain information potentially relevant to counter terrorism programs, they lack the...
Global e-Readiness - For What? Readiness for e-Banking (JITD) (2004)
Maugis, V., Choucri, Nazli, Madnick, Stuart, Siegel, Michael, Gillett, Sharon, Haghseta, Farnaz, ...
With the rapid diffusion of the Internet worldwide, there has been considerable interest in the e-potentials of developing countries giving rise to a 1st generation of e-Readiness studies. Moreover,...
Effective Data Integration in the Presence of Temporal Semantic Conflicts (2004)
Zhu, Hongwei, Madnick, Stuart, Siegel, Michael
The change in meaning of data over time poses significant challenges for the use of that data. These challenges exist in the use of an individual data source and are further compounded with the...
Choucri, Nazli, Madnick, Stuart, Moulton, Allen, Siegel, Michael, Zhu, Hongwei
The National Research Council has noted that although there are many private and public databases that contain information potentially relevant to counterterrorism programs, they lack the necessary...
Choucri, Nazli, Madnick, Stuart, Siegel, Michael, Wang, Richard
A recent National Research Council study found that: "Although there are many private and public databases that contain information potentially relevant to counter terrorism programs, they lack the...
Choucri, Nazli, Madnick, Stuart, Siegel, Michael, Wang, Richard
A recent National Research Council study found that: "Although there are many private and public databases that contain information potentially relevant to counter terrorism programs, they lack the...
Semenov, Alexei, Engel, Andreas, Hübers, Heinz-Wilhelm, Ilin, Konstantin, Siegel, Michael
We have studied supercurrent-assisted formation of the resistive state in nano-structured Nb and NbN superconducting films after absorption of a single photon. In amorphous narrow NbN strips the...
A Semi-Analytic Approach to Euler Singularities (2004)
Caflisch, Russel E., Siegel, Michael
This paper reviews the efforts to construct (or prove the impossibility of) singular solutions of the Euler equations for three dimensional incompressible flow. A semi-analytic approach to this...
LIGHTS: Laboratory for Information Globalization and Harmonization Technologies and Studies (2004)
Choucri, Nazli, Madnick, Stuart, Siegel, Michael, Wang, Richard
Three important trends - unrelenting globalization, growing worldwide electronic connectivity, and increasing knowledge intensity of economic activity - are creating new opportunities for global...
LIGHTS: Laboratory for Information Globalization and Harmonization Technologies and Studies (2004)
Choucri, Nazli, Madnick, Stuart, Siegel, Michael, Wang, Richard
Three important trends - unrelenting globalization, growing worldwide electronic connectivity, and increasing knowledge intensity of economic activity - are creating new opportunities for global...
Global existence, singular solutions, and ill-posedness for the Muskat problem (2004)
Siegel, Michael, Caflisch, Russell E., Howison, Sam
The Muskat, or Muskat--Leibenzon, problem describes the evolution of the interface between two immiscible fluids in a porous medium or Hele-Shaw cell under applied pressure gradients or fluid...
Global existence, singular solutions, and ill-posedness for the Muskat problem (2004)
Siegel, Michael, Caflisch, Russell E., Howison, Sam
The Muskat, or Muskat--Leibenzon, problem describes the evolution of the interface between two immiscible fluids in a porous medium or Hele-Shaw cell under applied pressure gradients or fluid...
E-Aggregation: The Present and Future of Online Financial Services in Asia-Pacific (2003)
Fujii, Hiroshi, Okano, Taeko, Madnick, Stuart, Siegel, Michael
Many financial institutions have built websites to inform and attract customers. Financial aggregation present an opportunity by which they can build stronger relationships with customers. For...
Siegel, Michael, Moulton, Allen, Madnick, Stuart
We examine semantic interoperability problems in the fixed income securities industry and propose a knowledge representation architecture for context interchange mediation to support dynamic...
Moulton, Allen, Madnick, Stuart, Siegel, Michael
We examine a knowledge representation architecture to support context interchange mediation. For autonomous receivers and sources sharing a common subject domain, the mediator's reasoning engine can...
Global Comparison Aggregation Services (2003)
Zhu, Hongwei, Madnick, Stuart, Siegel, Michael
Web aggregation has been available regionally for several years, but this service has not been offered globally. As an example, using multiple regional comparison aggregators, we analyze the global...
Data Integration using Web Services (2003)
Hansen, Mark, Madnick, Stuart, Siegel, Michael
In this paper we examine the opportunities for data integration in the context of the emerging Web Services systems development paradigm. The paper introduces the programming standards associated...
Data Integration using Web Services (2003)
Hansen, Mark, Madnick, Stuart, Siegel, Michael
In this paper we examine the opportunities for data integration in the context of the emerging Web Services systems development paradigm. The paper introduces the programming standards associated...
Global Comparison Aggregation Services (2003)
Zhu, Hongwei, Madnick, Stuart, Siegel, Michael
Web aggregation has been available regionally for several years, but this service has not been offered globally. As an example, using multiple regional comparison aggregators, we analyze the global...
Moulton, Allen, Madnick, Stuart, Siegel, Michael
We examine a knowledge representation architecture to support context interchange mediation. For autonomous receivers and sources sharing a common subject domain, the mediator's reasoning engine can...
Siegel, Michael, Moulton, Allen, Madnick, Stuart
We examine semantic interoperability problems in the fixed income securities industry and propose a knowledge representation architecture for context interchange mediation to support dynamic...
E-Aggregation: The Present and Future of Online Financial Services in Asia-Pacific (2003)
Fujii, Hiroshi, Okano, Taeko, Madnick, Stuart, Siegel, Michael
Many financial institutions have built websites to inform and attract customers. Financial aggregation present an opportunity by which they can build stronger relationships with customers. For...
The successful adoption of Financial Account Aggregation requires a careful analysis of the business model. The business model must be defined in a way that provides value to both customers and...
The successful adoption of Financial Account Aggregation requires a careful analysis of the business model. The business model must be defined in a way that provides value to both customers and...
IBM PowerNP Network Processor : hardware, software and applications (2003)
Allen, James, Bass, Brian, Basso, Claude, Boivie, Rick, Calvignac, Jean, Davis, Gordon, ...
Deep packet processing is migrating to the edges of service provider networks to simplify and speed up core functions. On the other hand, the cores of such networks are migrating to the switching of...
LIGHTS: Laboratory for Information Globalization and Harmonization Technologies and Studies (2003)
Nazli Choucri, Michael Siegel, Richard Wang
Three important trends – unrelenting globalization, growing worldwide electronic connectivity, and increasing knowledge intensity of economic activity – are creating new opportunities for global...
Global e-Readiness – for what (2003)
Nazli Choucri, Vincent Maugis, Michael Siegel, N. Choucri, V. Maugis, S. Madnick, ...
For more information, please visit our website at
Laboratory for Information Globalization and Harmonization (2002)
Madnick, Stuart, Choucri, Nazli, Siegel, Michael, Haghseta, Farnaz, Moulton, Allen, Zhu, Harry
The convergence of three distinct but interconnected trends - unrelenting globalization, growing worldwide electronic connectivity, and increasing knowledge intensity of economic activity - is...
Seizing the Opportunity: Exploiting Web Aggregation (2002)
Madnick, Stuart, Siegel, Michael
This paper examines the development of web aggregators, entities that collect information from a wide range of sources, with or without prior arrangements, and add value through post-aggregation...
Seizing the Opportunity: Exploiting Web Aggregation (2002)
Madnick, Stuart, Siegel, Michael
This paper examines the development of web aggregators, entities that collect information from a wide range of sources, with or without prior arrangements, and add value through post-aggregation...
Laboratory for Information Globalization and Harmonization (2002)
Madnick, Stuart, Choucri, Nazli, Siegel, Michael, Haghseta, Farnaz, Moulton, Allen, Zhu, Harry
The convergence of three distinct but interconnected trends - unrelenting globalization, growing worldwide electronic connectivity, and increasing knowledge intensity of economic activity - is...
Correctness Conditions for Highly Available Replicated Databases. (2002)
Lynch,Nancy, Blaustein,Barbara, Siegel,Michael
Correctness conditions are given which describe some of the properties exhibited by highly available distributed database systems such as the SHARD (System for Highly Available Replicated Data)...
M.: Process Aggregation Using Web Services (2002)
Mark Hansen, Mark Hansen, Stuart Madnick, Stuart Madnick, Michael Siegel, Michael Siegel
Abstract. This paper examines the opportunities and challenges related to data and process integration architectures in the context of Web Services. A primary goal of most enterprises in today’s...
Nazli Choucri, Stuart Madnick, Michael Siegel, Farnaz Haghseta, Allen Moulton, Harry Zhu
The convergence of three distinct but interconnected trends – unrelenting globalization, growing worldwide electronic connectivity, and increasing knowledge intensity of economic activity – is...
To appear in MISQ Executive. Seizing the Opportunity: Exploiting Web Aggregation (2001)
Stuart Madnick, Michael Siegel
This paper examines the development of web aggregators, entities that collect information from a wide range of sources, with or without prior arrangements, and add value through post-aggregation...
A New Research Initiative (2001)
Nazli Choucri, Michael Siegel, Farnaz Haghseta, Allen Moulten, Harry Zhu, Nazli Choucri, ...
For more information, please visit our website at
doi:10.1006/inco.2002.3175 The Small Model Property: How Small Can It Be? 1 (2001)
Amir Pnueli, Yoav Rodeh, Ofer Strichman, Michael Siegel
Efficient decision procedures for equality logic (quantifier-free predicate calculus + the equality sign) are of major importance when proving logical equivalence between systems. We introduce an...
Context knowledge representation and reasoning (2000)
Stephane Bressan, Cheng Goh, Natalia Levina, Stuart Madnick, Ahmed Shah, Michael Siegel
The Context Interchange Project presents a unique approach to the problem of semantic conflict resolution among multiple heterogeneous data sources. The system presents a semantically meaningful view...
Context knowledge representation and reasoning (2000)
Stephane Bressan, Cheng Goh, Natalia Levina, Stuart Madnick, Ahmed Shah, Michael Siegel
The Context Interchange Project presents a unique approach to the problem of semantic conflict resolution among multiple heterogeneous data sources. The system presents a semantically meaningful view...
The Caméléon Web Wrapper Engine (2000)
Aykut Firat, Stuart Madnick, Michael Siegel
The web is rapidly becoming the universal repository of information. A major challenge is the ability to support the effective flow of information among the sources and services on the web and their...
The literature of exhaustion :--Jorge Luis Borges and William S. Burroughs /--Michael Siegel. (1999)
Senior honors thesis--Brandeis University, 1999.
Information Integration With Attribution Support for Corporate Profiles (1999)
Thomas Lee, Stuart Madnick, Melanie Chams, Robert Nado, Michael Siegel
The proliferation of electronically available data within large organizations as well as publicly available data (e.g. over the World Wide Web) poses challenges for users who wish to efficiently...
Deciding Equality Formulas by Small Domains Instantiations (1999)
Amir Pnueli, Yoav Rodeh, Ofer Shtrichman, Michael Siegel
. We introduce an efficient decision procedure for the theory of equality based on finite instantiations. When using the finite instantiations method, it is a common practice to take a range of...
Cheng Hian Goh, Stephane Bressan, Stuart Madnick, Michael Siegel, Cheng Hian, Goh Stephane, ...
The context INterchange (COIN) strategy presents a novel perspective for mediated data access in which semantic conflicts among heterogeneous systems are not identified a priori, but are detected and...
Information Integration with Attribution Support for Corporate Profiles (1999)
Thomas Lee, Melanie Chams, Robert Nado, Stuart Madnick, Michael Siegel
profiles
Baker, Gregory, Siegel, Michael, Tanveer, Saleh
We present a new numerical method for calculating an evolving 2-D Hele-Shaw interface when surface tension effects are neglected. In the case where the flow is directed from the less viscous fluid...
Context Interchange: Using Knowledge About Data to Integrate Disparate Sources. (1998)
Madnick, Stuart, Siegel, Michael
The Context Interchange Project presents a unique approach to the problem of semantic conflict resolution among multiple heterogeneous data sources. The system presents a semantically meaningful view...
Implementing statecharts in Promela/Spin (1998)
Erich Mikk, Yassine Lakhnech, Michael Siegel
We translate statecharts into PROMELA, the input language of the SPIN verification system, using extended hierarchical automata as an intermediate format We discuss two possible frameworks for this...
The Economic Benefits of International Environmental Investments Establishing a Framework. (1997)
Brown, Douglas M., Siegel, Michael, Dellovade, Denise
The connection between the economy and the environment has generally remained unexplored. The Logistics Management Institute decided to investigate whether the indirect benefits of environmental...
On formal semantics of Statecharts as supported by statemate (1997)
Erich Mikk, Yassine Lakhnech, Carsta Petersohn, Michael Siegel
We formalize the rigorous but informal description of the semantics of statecharts given by Harel and Naamad in [3] which corresponds to the semantics underlying the commercial tool STATEMATE. We...
Breakup: The Breakdown of Universality (1997)
K. J. Friston, C. D. Frith, Hum Brain, D. J. Veltman, S. A. Rombouts, ...
A low-viscosity drop breaking apart inside a viscous fluid is encountered when air bubbles, entrained in thick syrup or honey, rise and break apart. Experiments, simulations, and theory show that the...
Phased design and verification of stabilizing systems / (1996)
Zugl.: Kiel, Univ., Diss., 1996.
Using semantic values to facilitate interoperability among heterogeneous information systems (1994)
Michael Siegel, Michael Siegel, Edward Sciore, Arnon Rosenthal
Large organizations need to exchange information among many separately-developed systems. In order for this exchange to be useful, the individual systems must agree on the meaning of their exchanged...
The Productivity From Information Technology (PROFIT) Initiative was established (1994)
Jacob Lee, Michael D. Siegel, Rm E, Jacob Lee, Michael Siegel
study the use of information technology in both the private and public sectors and to enhance productivity in areas ranging from finance to transportation, and from manufacturing to...
Using semantic values to facilitate interoperability among heterogeneous information systems (1994)
Edward Sciore, Michael Siegel, Arnon Rosenthal
Large organizations need to exchange information among many separately developed systems. In order for this exchange to be useful, the individual systems must agree on the meaning of their exchanged...
RE: "RISK ATTRIBUTION AND TOBACCO-RELATED DEATHS" (1994)
Siegel, Michael, Arday, David R., Merritt, Robert K., Giovino, Gary A.
Context Interchange: Sharing the Meaning of Data (1991)
Previously, users and application developers, through manuals and experience, understood the context of the few systems that served their portion of the enterprise. But the number, types, and...
Michael Siegel, Michael Siegel, Michael Siegel, Stuart Madnick, Stuart Madnick, Stuart Madnick, ...
The Composite Information System/Tool Kit (CIS/TK) is a prototype implementation strategy for accessing and integrating data from multiple disparate database systems. This prototype focuses on data...
A metadata approach to resolving semantic conflicts (1991)
msiegelQsloan.mit.edu In this paper we describe a rule-based ap-proach to semantic specification that can be used to establish semantic agreement be-tween a source and receiver. Query process-ing...
Jena, Univ., Diss. A, 1989 (Nicht f.d. Austausch).
CISL: Composing Answers from Disparate Information systems (1989)
Meryl Alford, Alex Champlin, Francis Gan, Howard Gerber, David Godes, Robert Goldberg, ...
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An analytical and numerical study of singularity formation in the Rayleigh-Taylor problem / (1989)
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Information Integration for Counter Terrorism Activities: The Requirement for Context Mediation
Choucri, Nazli, Madnick, Stuart, Moulton, Allen, Siegel, Michael, Zhu, Hongwei
The National Research Council has noted that although there are many private and public databases that contain information potentially relevant to counterterrorism programs, they lack the necessary...
Effective Data Integration in the Presence of Temporal Semantic Conflicts
Zhu, Hongwei, Madnick, Stuart, Siegel, Michael
The change in meaning of data over time poses significant challenges for the use of that data. These challenges exist in the use of an individual data source and are further compounded with the...
Global e-Readiness - For What? Readiness for e-Banking (JITD)
Maugis, V., Choucri, Nazli, Madnick, Stuart, Siegel, Michael, Gillett, Sharon, Haghseta, Farnaz, ...
With the rapid diffusion of the Internet worldwide, there has been considerable interest in the e-potentials of developing countries giving rise to a 1st generation of e-Readiness studies. Moreover,...
Gannon, Thomas, Madnick, Stuart, Moulton, Allen, Siegel, Michael, Sabbouh, Marwan, Zhu, Hongwei
There is pressing need for effectively integrating information from an ever increasing number of available sources both on the web and in other existing systems. A key difficulty of achieving this...
Skeer, Margie, George, Sarah, Hamilton, William L., Cheng, Debbie M., Siegel, Michael
Objectives. We identified and quantified differences in sociodemographic characteristics of communities relative to the strength of local restaurant smoking regulations in Massachusetts.
Effect of Local Restaurant Smoking Regulations on Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure Among Youths
Siegel, Michael, Albers, Alison B., Cheng, Debbie M., Biener, Lois, Rigotti, Nancy A.
Objectives. We examined the effect of local restaurant smoking regulations on restaurant environmental tobacco smoke exposure among youths.
Albers, Alison B., Siegel, Michael, Cheng, Debbie M., Rigotti, Nancy A., Biener, Lois
Objectives. We examined the association of local restaurant and bar regulations with self-reported exposure to environmental tobacco smoke among adults.
Skeer, Margie, George, Sarah, Hamilton, William L., Cheng, Debbie M., Siegel, Michael
Objectives. We identified and quantified differences in sociodemographic characteristics of communities relative to the strength of local restaurant smoking regulations in Massachusetts.
Effect of Local Restaurant Smoking Regulations on Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure Among Youths
Siegel, Michael, Albers, Alison B., Cheng, Debbie M., Biener, Lois, Rigotti, Nancy A.
Objectives. We examined the effect of local restaurant smoking regulations on restaurant environmental tobacco smoke exposure among youths.
Albers, Alison B., Siegel, Michael, Cheng, Debbie M., Rigotti, Nancy A., Biener, Lois
Objectives. We examined the association of local restaurant and bar regulations with self-reported exposure to environmental tobacco smoke among adults.
While chronic exposure to secondhand smoke has been well recognized as a cause of heart disease in nonsmokers, there has been recent speculation about the potential acute cardiovascular effects of...
Laboratory for Information Globalization and Harmonization
Madnick, Stuart, Choucri, Nazli, Siegel, Michael, Haghseta, Farnaz, Moulton, Allen, Zhu, Harry
The convergence of three distinct but interconnected trends - unrelenting globalization, growing worldwide electronic connectivity, and increasing knowledge intensity of economic activity - is...
Seizing the Opportunity: Exploiting Web Aggregation
Madnick, Stuart, Siegel, Michael
This paper examines the development of web aggregators, entities that collect information from a wide range of sources, with or without prior arrangements, and add value through post-aggregation...
RETURN ON INVESTMENT FROM ONLINE BANKING SERVICES: AN ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL ACCOUNT AGGREGATION
The successful adoption of Financial Account Aggregation requires a careful analysis of the business model. The business model must be defined in a way that provides value to both customers and...
E-Aggregation: The Present and Future of Online Financial Services in Asia-Pacific
Fujii, Hiroshi, Okano, Taeko, Madnick, Stuart, Siegel, Michael
Many financial institutions have built websites to inform and attract customers. Financial aggregation present an opportunity by which they can build stronger relationships with customers. For...
Siegel, Michael, Moulton, Allen, Madnick, Stuart
We examine semantic interoperability problems in the fixed income securities industry and propose a knowledge representation architecture for context interchange mediation to support dynamic...
Moulton, Allen, Madnick, Stuart, Siegel, Michael
We examine a knowledge representation architecture to support context interchange mediation. For autonomous receivers and sources sharing a common subject domain, the mediator's reasoning engine can...
Global Comparison Aggregation Services
Zhu, Hongwei, Madnick, Stuart, Siegel, Michael
Web aggregation has been available regionally for several years, but this service has not been offered globally. As an example, using multiple regional comparison aggregators, we analyze the global...
Data Integration using Web Services
Hansen, Mark, Madnick, Stuart, Siegel, Michael
In this paper we examine the opportunities for data integration in the context of the emerging Web Services systems development paradigm. The paper introduces the programming standards associated...
LIGHTS: Laboratory for Information Globalization and Harmonization Technologies and Studies
Choucri, Nazli, Madnick, Stuart, Siegel, Michael, Wang, Richard
Three important trends - unrelenting globalization, growing worldwide electronic connectivity, and increasing knowledge intensity of economic activity - are creating new opportunities for global...
Choucri, Nazli, Madnick, Stuart, Siegel, Michael, Wang, Richard
A recent National Research Council study found that: "Although there are many private and public databases that contain information potentially relevant to counter terrorism programs, they lack the...
Choucri, Nazli, Madnick, Stuart, Siegel, Michael, Wang, Richard
A recent National Research Council study found that: "Although there are many private and public databases that contain information potentially relevant to counter terrorism programs, they lack the...
The House of Security: Stakeholder Perceptions of Security Assessment and Importance
Ang, Wee Horng, Deng, Vicki, Lee, Yang, Madnick, Stuart, Mistree, Dinsha, Siegel, Michael, ...
In this paper we introduce a methodology for analyzing differences regarding security perceptions within and between stakeholders, and the elements which affect these perceptions. We have designed...
Using System Dynamics to Model and Better Understand State Stability
Choucri, Nazli, Goldsmith, Daniel, Madnick, Stuart E., Mistree, Dinsha, Morrison, J. Bradley, Siegel, Michael
The world can be complex and dangerous - the loss of state stability of countries is of increasing concern. Although every case is unique, there are important common processes. We have developed a...
Enabling Global Price Comparison through Semantic Integration of Web Data
Zhu, Hongwei, Siegel, Michael, Madnick, Stuart
€ܓell GloballyÂ€Ý and €ܓhop GloballyÂ€Ý have been seen as a potential benefit of web-enabled electronic business. One important step toward realizing this benefit is to know...
MICHAEL SIEGEL, CHARLES KING, JOSHUA OSTROFF, CRAIG ROSS, KAREN DIXON, DAVID H. JERNIGAN
"This article investigates the relationship between alcohol advertising in magazines and youth readership, while controlling for a set of magazine and readership variables related to the demand for...
Value at Risk: Implementing a Risk Measurement Standard
Christopher Marshall, Michael Siegel
In the wake of recent failures of risk management, there has been a widespread call for improved quantification of the financial risks facing firms. At the forefront of this clamor has been Value at...
Towards efficient model checking Statecharts: A Statecharts to Promela Complier
Erich Mikk, Yassine Lakhnech, Michael Siegel
the informal description [HN] in [MLPS97]. In [MLPS97] a transition system is associated to each statechart. In terms of compiler construction our semantics definition [MLPS97] may be seen as a...