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Redesigning community colleges for completion: Lessons from research on highperformance organizations (CCRC Working Paper No. 24, Assessment of Evidence Series
, 2011
"... Community colleges have been designed primarily for low-cost access. Thus, compared to more selective institutions, it is not surprising that their rates of completion are relatively low. Now, however, given the growing importance of postsecondary education—both for individuals seeking family-wage j ..."
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will not be able to count on increased funding to help them meet ambitious national college attainment goals. Recent state budget cuts and skyrocketing enrollments have reduced per-student funding for colleges across the country. Instead, community colleges will have to improve productivity—that is, they will need
Self-tuning database systems: A decade of progress
- in VLDB, 2007
"... In this paper we discuss advances in self-tuning database systems over the past decade, based on our experience in the AutoAdmin project at Microsoft Research. This paper primarily focuses on the problem of automated physical database design. We also highlight other areas where research on self-tuni ..."
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Server product group at that time had taken on the ambitious task of redesigning the SQL Server code for their next release (SQL Server 7.0). Ease of use and elimination of knobs was a driving force for their design
Design Erosion: Problems Causes
, 2002
"... Design erosion is a common problem in software engineering. We have found that invariably, no matter how ambitious the intentions of the designers were, software designs tend to erode over time to the point that redesigning from scratch becomes a viable alternative compared to prolonging the life ..."
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Design erosion is a common problem in software engineering. We have found that invariably, no matter how ambitious the intentions of the designers were, software designs tend to erode over time to the point that redesigning from scratch becomes a viable alternative compared to prolonging the life
Logicblox, platform and language: A tutorial
- In Datalog in Academia and Industry
, 2012
"... Abstract. The modern enterprise software stack—a collection of applications supporting bookkeeping, analytics, planning, and forecasting for enterprise data—is in danger of collapsing under its own weight. The task of building and maintaining enterprise software is tedious and laborious; application ..."
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; applications are cumbersome for end-users; and adapting to new computing hardware and infrastructures is difficult. We believe that much of the complexity in today’s architecture is accidental, rather than inherent. This tutorial provides an overview of the LogicBlox platform, a ambitious redesign
Envisioning the E-Quarium: Strategic design planning for the
"... This presentation focuses on the strategic design planning process for the E-Quarium, the online complement to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. More than six months of informed investigation and analysis resulted in an ambitious redesign of the web site, which launched in October 1999. The aquarium and Al ..."
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This presentation focuses on the strategic design planning process for the E-Quarium, the online complement to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. More than six months of informed investigation and analysis resulted in an ambitious redesign of the web site, which launched in October 1999. The aquarium
MSR upgrade for clinical MEG
"... Introduction To accommodate the new Argos 500 MEG instrument [1] a general upgrade of the existing 2+1layer magnetically shielded room at the neurological department was necessary. Due to the innovative technology and the ambitious goal more stringent requirements where set for shielding performan ..."
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Introduction To accommodate the new Argos 500 MEG instrument [1] a general upgrade of the existing 2+1layer magnetically shielded room at the neurological department was necessary. Due to the innovative technology and the ambitious goal more stringent requirements where set for shielding
Planning for ‘drift’: Implementation process of enterprise resource planning systems
- in 36 th Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS), Big Island, HI, USA, 7-10 January, 2003, IEEE Computer Society
, 2003
"... This paper reports the findings of a large-scale case study of implementing Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP) in a long-established multinational company within the telecommunication sector. The company has recently streamlined its operations through an ambitious business process redesign i ..."
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This paper reports the findings of a large-scale case study of implementing Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP) in a long-established multinational company within the telecommunication sector. The company has recently streamlined its operations through an ambitious business process redesign
Hardware/Software Codesign of the Stanford FLASH Multiprocessor
- In Proceedings of the IEEE Special Issue on Hardware/Software Co-design
, 1997
"... Hardware/software codesign is a methodology for solving design problems in systems with processors or embedded controllers where the design requirements mandate a functionality and performance level for the system, independent of the hardware and software boundary. In addition to the challenges of f ..."
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the hardware and software thereby reducing design time while simultaneously ensuring that the design would meet ambitious performance goals. Serializing the hardware and software design would have lengthened the design time and significantly increased the amount of redesign when the tradeoffs between
ERP REVELATIONS: THE DYNAMICS OF CONTEXTUAL FORCES OF ERP IMPLEMENTATION
"... This paper reports the findings of an in-depth case study of implementing Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP) in a long-established multinational company within the telecommunication sector. The company streamlined its operations through an ambitious business process redesign initiative and i ..."
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This paper reports the findings of an in-depth case study of implementing Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP) in a long-established multinational company within the telecommunication sector. The company streamlined its operations through an ambitious business process redesign initiative
Acting Director of Commissioning, Harrow Primary Healthcare Trust, Harrow, UK
"... The redesign of healthcare services in Harrow Primary Care Trust is due to a number of drivers including: centrally imposed targets as outlined in a number of policy documents; shifting the balance of care; service delivery in a challenging financial climate; response to national consultations which ..."
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The redesign of healthcare services in Harrow Primary Care Trust is due to a number of drivers including: centrally imposed targets as outlined in a number of policy documents; shifting the balance of care; service delivery in a challenging financial climate; response to national consultations
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