Papers

papers we've written

Experimental Bounds on the Usefulness of Personalized and Topic-Sensitive PageRank

This paper by Sinan and Greg examines how useful personalizing PageRank can be. It is published in the proceedings of the IEEE/ACM web intelligence 07

Middleware Services for DRM

This paper covers a prototype design, rationale for, and detail of specific digital rights management middleware services.

The Problem with Rights Expression Languages

Rights expression languages are vital in describing and constraining DRM problems, but they haven't been widely used thus far in DRM arenas. There's a variety of solutions to these problems.

The Role of Architecture in DRM Vendor Economics

Despite the growth in the need for DRM systems, DRM technologies haven't progressed much past copy protection. Frameworks can help lead the way.

DRM Interoperability Analysis from the Perspective of a Layered Framework

Here, Professor Heileman and Pramod discuss and demonstrate the need for DRM interoperability and the utility of open architectures in the study of DRM interactions.

DRM as a Layered System

DRM systems as a whole mirror telecommunication systems from the early 1980s. As such, they are characterized by vertically oriented, vendor developed and controlled systems. This may be the status quo, but this need not be the future.