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New world, New Worlds: Visual Analysis of Pre-Columbian Pictorial Collections.

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We present an overview of the CODICES project, an interdisciplinary approach for analysis of pre-Columbian collections of pictorial materials – more specifically, of Maya hieroglyphics. We discuss some of the main scientific and technical challenges that w ...

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Model Checking of Distributed Algorithm Implementations

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Wiley-Blackwell2010

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2010

Synchronization and Power Integrity Issues in 3-D ICs

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