Traditionally, statistical signal processing algorithms are developed from probabilistic models for data. The design of the algorithms and their ultimate perfomance depend upon these assumed models. In certain situations, collecting or processing all available measurements may be inefficient

) the power to initiate projects and direct subordi-nates to take certain actions; ii) the power to exact obedience; iii) the power to ratify and enforce agreements, and iv) the duty to moni-tor subordinates and the ability to reward them for good perfomance. Some of the central questions concerning authority

Abstract — Medical applications are among the most impactful areas of microrobotics. The ultimate goal of medical microrobots is to reach currently inaccessible areas of the human body and carry out a host of complex operations such as minimally invasive surgery (MIS), highly localized drug

of the collider. The first intervention (Phase I) concerns a replacement of the pixel system, the rest of the tracker being untouched. A second major upgrade (Phase II) consists of a full replacement of the entire silicon tracker to cope with the foreseen ultimate SLHC luminosity (10 35 cm −2 s −1

Flash-based solid-state drives have revolutionized stor-age with their high performance. Their sophisticated in-ternal mechanisms have led to a plethora of research on how to optimize applications, file systems, and internal SSD designs. Due to the closed nature of commercial de-vices though, most research on the internals of an SSD, such as enhanced flash-translation layers, is performed using simulation or emulation. Without implementation in real devices, it can be difficult to judge the true benefit of the proposed designs. In this paper, we describe our efforts to implement two new SSD designs that change both the internal workings of the device and its interface to the host operating sys-tem. Using the OpenSSD Jasmine board, we develop a prototype of FlashTier’s Solid State Cache (SSC) and of the Nameless Write SSD. While the flash-translation layer changes were straightforward, we discovered un-expected complexities in implementing extensions to the storage interface. We describe our implementation process and extract a set of lessons applicable to other SSD prototypes. With our prototype we validate the performance claims of FlashTier and show a 45-52 % performance improvement over caching with an SSD and a 90 % reduction in erases. 1