Tom Anderson

The ReSIST Resilience Knowledge Base (2007)

Anderson, Tom, Andrews, Zoe, Fitzgerald, John, Randell, Brian, Glaser, Hugh, Millard, Ian

We describe a prototype knowledge base that uses semantic web technologies to provide a service for querying a large and expanding collection of public data about resilience, dependability and...

The ReSIST Resilience Knowledge Base (2007)

Anderson, Tom, Andrews, Zoe, Fitzgerald, John, Randell, Brian, Glaser, Hugh, Millard, Ian

We describe a prototype knowledge base that uses semantic web technologies to provide a service for querying a large and expanding collection of public data about resilience, dependability and...

The ReSIST Resilience Knowledge Base (2007)

Anderson, Tom, Andrews, Zoe, Fitzgerald, John, Randell, Brian, Glaser, Hugh, Millard, Ian

We describe a prototype knowledge base that uses semantic web technologies to provide a service for querying a large and expanding collection of public data about resilience, dependability and...

Receiving the LHA : claimants’ early experiences of the LHA in the nine Pathfinder Areas (2005)

Roberts, Simon, Beckhelling, Jacqueline, Hill, Katherine, Phung, Viet-Hai, Stafford, Bruce, Stratford, Nina, ...

This report is restricted access. The definitive version is available online at: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/housingbenefit/lha/evaluation/2005/lha6-receiving.pdf

Wrapping The Future (2004)

Tom Anderson, Brian R, Er Romanovsky

Enclosing a component within a software "wrapper" is a well-established way of adapting components for use in new environments. This paper presents an overview of an experimental evaluation of the...

Protective Wrapper Development: A Case Study (2004)

Tom Anderson, Mei Feng, Steve Riddle, Er Romanovsky

We have recently proposed a general approach to engineering protective wrappers as a means of detecting errors or unwanted behaviour in systems employing an OTS (Off-The-Shelf) item, and launching...

Copyright 2003, Intel Corporation, All rights reserved. (2004)

Tom Anderson, Timothy Roscoe, David Wetherall

In this paper, we propose a new approach to preventing and constraining denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. Instead of being able to send anything to anyone at any time, in our architecture, nodes must...

Preventing Internet Denial-of-Service with Capabilities (2003)

Tom Anderson, Timothy Roscoe, David Wetherall

In this paper, we propose a new approach to preventing and constraining denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. Instead of being able to send anything to anyone at any time, in our architecture, nodes must...

Scriptroute: A Public Internet Measurement Facility (2003)

Neil Spring, David Wetherall, Tom Anderson

We present Scriptroute, a system that allows ordinary Internet users to conduct network measurements from remote vantage points. We seek to combine the flexibility found in dedicated measurement...

Understanding BGP Misconfiguration (2003)

Ratul Mahajan, David Wetherall, Tom Anderson

It is well-known that simple, accidental BGP configuration errors can disrupt Internet connectivity. Yet little is known about the frequency of misconfiguration or its causes, except for the few...

Robert Grimm (2003)

Robert Grimm, Janet Davis, Eric Lemar, Adam Macbeth, Steven Swanson, Tom Anderson, ...

this paper, we explore how to build applications for pervasive computing environments. Pervasive, or ubiquitous, computing [Weiser 1991] has the potential to radically transform the way people...

Scriptroute: A Public Internet Measurement Facility (2003)

Neil Spring, David Wetherall, Tom Anderson

We present Scriptroute, a system that allows ordinary Internet users to conduct network measurements from remote vantage points. We seek to combine the flexibility found in dedicated measurement...

Copyright 2002, Intel Corporation, All rights reserved. (2002)

Larry Peterson, Tom Anderson, David Culler, Timothy Roscoe

This paper argues that a new class of geographically distributed network services is emerging, and that the most e#ective way to design, evaluate, and deploy these services is by using an...

Protective Wrapper Development: A Case Study (2002)

Tom Anderson, Mei Feng, Steve Riddle, Er Romanovsky

We have recently proposed a general approach to engineering protective wrappers as a means of detecting errors or unwanted behaviour in systems employing an OTS (Off-The-Shelf) item, and launching...

Design Guidelines for Robust Internet Protocols (2002)

Tom Anderson, Scott Shenker, Ion Stoica, David Wetherall

Robustness has long been a central design goal of the Internet. Much of the initial effort towards robustness focused on the 'ail-stop" model, where node failures are complete and easily detectable...

A Blueprint for Introducing Disruptive Technology Into the Internet (2002)

Larry Peterson, Tom Anderson, David Culler, Timothy Roscoe

This paper argues that a new class of geographically distributed network services is emerging, and that the most e#ective way to design, evaluate, and deploy these services is by using an...

Inferring Link Weights using End-to-End Measurements (2002)

Ratul Mahajan, Neil Spring, David Wetherall, Tom Anderson

We describe a novel constraint-based approach to approximate ISP link weights using only end-to-end measurements. Common routing protocols such as OSPF and IS-IS choose least-cost paths using link...

Inferring Link Weights using End-to-End Measurements (2002)

Ratul Mahajan, Neil Spring, David Wetherall, Tom Anderson

We describe a novel constraint-based approach to approximate ISP link weights using only end-to-end measurements. Common routing protocols such as OSPF and IS-IS choose least-cost paths using link...

Systems Directions for Pervasive Computing (2002)

Robert Grimm, Janet Davis, Ben Hendrickson, Eric Lemar, Adam Macbeth, Steven Swanson, ...

Pervasive computing, with its focus on users and their tasks rather than on computing devices and technology, provides an attractive vision for the future of computing. But, while hardware and...

Understanding BGP Misconfiguration (2002)

Ratul Mahajan, David Wetherall, Tom Anderson

It is well-known that simple, accidental BGP configuration errors can disrupt Internet connectivity. Yet little is known about the frequency of misconfiguration or its causes, except for the few...

System-Level Programming Abstractions for Ubiquitous Computing Robert Grimm, Janet Davis, Eric Lemar, Adam MacBeth, Steven Swanson, (2002)

Robert Grimm, Janet Davis, Eric Lemar, Adam Macbeth, Steven Swanson, Steven Gribble, ...

be able to work properly in constantly changing situations. Functions that interact with users and infrastructure must be maintained at tolerable levels even if devices and users are roaming, users...

Systems Directions for Pervasive Computing (2002)

Robert Grimm, Janet Davis, Ben Hendrickson, Eric Lemar, Adam Macbeth, Steven Swanson, ...

Pervasive computing, with its focus on users and their tasks rather than on computing devices and technology, provides an attractive vision for the future of computing. But, while hardware and...

Robust Congestion Signaling (2001)

Neil Spring, David Wetherall, Stefan Savage, Tom Anderson

We present an improved Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) mechanism that enables a router to signal congestion to the sender without trusting the receiver or other network devices along the...

Robust Congestion Signaling (2001)

David Ely, Neil Spring, David Wetherall, Stefan Savage, Tom Anderson

We present an improved Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) mechanism that enables a router to signal congestion to the sender without trusting the receiver or other network devices along the...

TCP Congestion Control with a Misbehaving Receiver (2001)

Stefan Savage, Neal Cardwell, David Wetherall, Tom Anderson

In this paper, we explore the operation of TCP congestion control when the receiver can misbehave, as might occur with a greedy Web client. We first demonstrate that there are simple attacks that...

System-Level Programming Abstractions for Ubiquitous Computing (2001)

Robert Grimm, Janet Davis, Eric Lemar, Adam Macbeth, Steven Swanson, Steven Gribble, ...

The promise of ubiquitous computing is predicated on the ability of programmers to develop applications that will be able to work properly in constantly changing situations. Functions that interact...

Programming for Pervasive Computing Environments (2001)

Robert Grimm, Janet Davis, Eric Lemar, Adam Macbeth, Steven Swanson, Steven Gribble, ...

Pervasive computing provides an attractive vision for the future of computing. Computational power will be available everywhere. Mobile and stationary devices will dynamically connect and coordinate...

Practical Network Support for IP Traceback (2001)

Stefan Savage, David Wetherall, Anna Karlin, Tom Anderson

This paper describes a technique for tracing anonymous packet flooding attacks in the Internet back towards their source. This work is motivated by the increased frequency and sophistication of...

Systems Directions for Pervasive Computing (2001)

Robert Grimm, Janet Davis, Ben Hendrickson, Eric Lemar, Adam Macbeth, Steven Swanson, ...

Pervasive computing, with its focus on users and their tasks rather than on computing devices and technology, provides an attractive vision for the future of computing. But, while hardware and...

Practical Network Support for IP Traceback (2001)

Stefan Savage, David Wetherall, Anna Karlin, Tom Anderson

This paper describes a technique for tracing anonymous packet flooding attacks in the Internet back towards their source. This work is motivated by the increased frequency and sophistication of...

A System Architecture for Pervasive Computing (2000)

Robert Grimm, Tom Anderson, Brian Bershad, David Wetherall

Pervasive computing, with its focus on users and their tasks rather than on computing devices and technology, provides an attractive vision for the future of computing. But, while hardware and...

Practical Network Support for IP Traceback (2000)

Stefan Savage, David Wetherall, Anna Karlin, Tom Anderson

This paper describes a technique for tracing anonymous packet flooding attacks in the Internet back towards their source. This work is motivated by the increased frequency and sophistication of...

Practical Network Support for IP Traceback (2000)

Stefan Savage, David Wetherall, Anna Karlin, Tom Anderson

This paper describes a technique for tracing anonymous attacks in the Internet back to their source. This work is motivated by the increased frequency and sophistication of denial-of-service attacks...

TCP Congestion Control with a Misbehaving Receiver (1999)

Stefan Savage, Neal Cardwell, David Wetherall, Tom Anderson

In this paper, we explore the operation of TCP congestion control when the receiver can misbehave, as might occur with a greedy Web client. We first demonstrate that there are simple attacks that...

TCP Congestion Control with a Misbehaving Receiver (1999)

Stefan Savage, Neal Cardwell, David Wetherall, Tom Anderson

In this paper, we explore the operation of TCP congestion control when the receiver can misbehave, as might occur with a greedy Web client. We first demonstrate that there are simple attacks that...

Next Century Challenges: Data-Centric Networking for Invisible Computing - The Portolano Project at the University of Washington (1999)

Mike Esler, Jerey Hightower, Tom Anderson, Gaetano Borriello

Computing and telecommunications are maturing, and the next century promises a shift away from technology-driven general-purpose devices. Instead, we will focus on the needs of consumers:...

Next Century Challenges: Data-Centric Networking for Invisible Computing - The Portolano Project at the University of Washington (1999)

Mike Esler, Jeffrey Hightower, Tom Anderson, Gaetano Borriello

Computing and telecommunications are maturing, and the next century promises a shift away from technology-driven general-purpose devices. Instead, we will focus on the needs of consumers:...

The Case for Informed Transport Protocols (1999)

Stefan Savage, Neal Cardwell, Tom Anderson

Wide-area distributed applications are frequently limited by the performance of Internet data transfer. We argue that the principle cause of this effect is the poor interaction between host-centric...

The Case for Informed Transport Protocols (1999)

Stefan Savage, Neal Cardwell, Tom Anderson

Wide-area distributed applications are frequently limited by the performance of Internet data transfer. We argue that the principle cause of this effect is the poor interaction between host-centric...

Dynamic Selection of Software Components in the Face of Changing Requirements (1999)

Contact S Merad, Salah Merad, Rogrio De Lemos, Tom Anderson

Software components are characterised by their functional and non-functional properties. It is both difficult and expensive to build a software component that excels in all its nonfunctional...

Reducing Startup Latency in Web and Desktop Applications (1999)

Dennis Lee, Jean-loup Baer, Brian Bershad, Tom Anderson

Application startup latency has become a performance problem for both desktop applications and web applications. In this paper, we show that much of the latency experienced during application startup...

Detour: a Case for Informed Internet Routing and Transport (1999)

Stefan Savage, Tom Anderson, Amit Aggarwal, David Becker, Neal Cardwell, Andy Collins, ...

Despite its obvious success, robustness, and scalability, the Internet suffers from a number of end-to-end performance and availability problems. In this paper, we attempt to quantify the Internet's...

Detour: a Case for Informed Internet Routing and Transport (1999)

Stefan Savage, Tom Anderson, Amit Aggarwal, David Becker, Neal Cardwell, Andy Collins, ...

Despite its obvious success, robustness, and scalability, the Internet suffers from a number of end-to-end performance and availability problems. In this paper, we attempt to quantify the Internet's...

Detour: a Case for Informed Internet Routing and Transport (1998)

Stefan Savage, Tom Anderson, Amit Aggarwal, David Becker, Neal Cardwell, Andy Collins, ...

Despite its obvious success, robustness, and scalability, the Internet suffers from a number of end-to-end performance and availability problems. In this paper, we attempt to quantify the Internet's...

Modeling the Performance of Short TCP Connections (1998)

Neal Cardwell, Stefan Savage, Tom Anderson

Recently researchers have proposed several analytic models of TCP performance. Several of these models accurately describe the steady-state behavior of long TCP connections transferring megabytes of...

Detour: a Case for Informed Internet Routing and Transport (1998)

Stefan Savage, Tom Anderson, Amit Aggarwal, David Becker, Neal Cardwell, Andy Collins, ...

Despite its obvious success, robustness, and scalability, the Internet suffers from a number of end-to-end performance and availability problems. In this paper, we attempt to quantify the Internet's...

Environment (1998)

Anderson, Tom, Chapman, Tom, Chiapello, Thierry, Clark, Mark, Connolly, Jeff, Dipert, Scott, ...

The environment industry is not a traditional national industry. But, in the context of a globalizing world, it is rapidly becoming a vital U.S.-led international industry consisting of...

Detour: a Case for Informed Internet Routing and Transport (1998)

Stefan Savage, Tom Anderson, Amit Aggarwal, David Becker, Neal Cardwell, Andy Collins, ...

Despite its obvious success, robustness, and scalability, the Internet suffers from a number of end-to-end performance and availability problems. In this paper, we attempt to quantify the Internet's...

On the Integration of Requirements Analysis and Safety Analysis (1998)

Rogdrio De Lemos, Amer Saeed, Tom Anderson

Experience has shown that in computer based safety-critical systems, faults introduced during the phase of softwam requirements analysis can and do cause accidents. In this paper; we present an...

The Energy Efficiency of IRAM Architectures (1997)

Richard Fromm, Stylianos Perissakis, Neal Cardwell, Christoforos Kozyrakis, Bruce Mcgaughy, David Patterson, ...

Portable systems demand energy efficiency in order to maximize battery life. IRAM architectures, which combine DRAM and a processor on the same chip in a DRAM process, are more energy efficient than...

The Energy Efficiency of IRAM Architectures (1997)

Richard Fromm, Stylianos Perissakis, Neal Cardwell, Christoforos Kozyrakis, Bruce Mcgaughy, David Patterson, ...

Portable systems demand energy efficiency in order to maximize battery life. IRAM architectures, which combine DRAM and a processor on the same chip in a DRAM process, are more energy efficient than...

Scaling Processors to 1 Billion Transistors and Beyond: IRAM (1997)

Stylianos Perissakis, Christoforos Kozyrakis, Tom Anderson, Neal Cardwell, Richard Fromm, Kimberly Keeton, ...

this paper we introduce an alternative way of using the huge amount of real estate available on such a chip: integrating the processor and the main memory on the same die. We call this architecture...

Investigation of Attenuation and Blockage of Lg in the Vicinity of the Kyrgyz Array, (1996)

Cormier, Vernon F., Anderson, Tom

Synthetic seismograms and ray paths obtained by 3-D dynamic ray tracing are compared with regional seismograms from the KNET array in the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, in the former Soviet Union....

Analysis of Safety Requirements for Process Control Systems (1995)

Tom Anderson, Rogério De Lemos, Amer Saeed

An essential basis for the development of software for safety-critical systems is to establish high-quality requirements specifications. This paper describes an approach to the incremental and...

Scaling Processors to 1 Billion Transistors and Beyond: IRAM (1970)

Stylianos Perissakis, Christoforos Kozyrakis, Tom Anderson, Neal Cardwell, Richard Fromm, Kimberly Keeton, ...

this paper we introduce an alternative way of using the huge amount of real estate available on such a chip: integrating the processor and the main memory on the same die. We call this architecture...

Streptozotocin Diabetes CORRELATION WITH EXTENT OF DEPRESSION OF PANCREATIC ISLET NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE

Anderson, Tom, Schein, Philip S., McMenamin, Mary G., Cooney, David A.

The diabetogenic activity of streptozotocin has been correlated with a reduction in pyridine nucleotide synthesis in the mouse pancreatic islet. To determine the specificity of this reduction for...

Streptozotocin Diabetes CORRELATION WITH EXTENT OF DEPRESSION OF PANCREATIC ISLET NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE

Anderson, Tom, Schein, Philip S., McMenamin, Mary G., Cooney, David A.

The diabetogenic activity of streptozotocin has been correlated with a reduction in pyridine nucleotide synthesis in the mouse pancreatic islet. To determine the specificity of this reduction for...