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- A. Bedig, A. Couch, and M. Piasecki, "Faceted Search for
Hydrologic Data Discovery," to appear in Proc. 10th International
Conference on Hydroinformatics, Hamburg, Germany, Jul 14-18,
2012.
- I. Zaslavsky, D. Valentine, R. Hooper, M. Piasecki, A.
Couch, and A. Bedig, "Community Practices for Naming and Managing
Hydrologic Variables", to appear in Proc. AWRA 2012 Spring
Specialty Conference, March 26-28, 2012, New Orleans, Louisiana.
- A. Bedig and A. Couch, "Informing Hydrologic Data Discovery
Design by Visualizing Faceted Hydrologic Search," American
Geophysical Union Fall 2011 Session, Poster Session IN21B-1431.
- A. Bedig and A. Couch, "Faceted Search for Hydrologic Data
Discovery," Proc. CUAHSI Conference on Hydrologic Data and
Information Systems, June 22-24, 2011.
- Siri Fagernes and Alva L. Couch, "Coordination and information exchange among resource management agents," Integrated Network Management 2011, pp. 422-429.
- Mark Burgess and Alva Couch,
"On system rollback and totalised fields: an algebraic approach
to system change,"
Journal of Logic and Algebraic Programming 80 (2011), pp. 427-443.
- Siri Fagernes and Alva Couch, "On Alternation and Information
Sharing among Cooperating Autonomous Management Agents", Proc.
2nd International Symposium on Multidisciplinary Emerging Networks and
Systems, at ATC 2010, Xi'an, China, October 26, 2010.
- Alva Couch and Mark Burgess, "Troubleshooting with
human-readable automated reasoning", Proc. LISA 2010, San
Jose, CA, November 11, 2010.
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- Siri Fagernes and Alva Couch, "On the combined behavior of autonomous
resource management agents", Proc.
2010 Autonomous Infrastructure Management and Security,
Zurich, Switzerland. June 2010.
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- Alva Couch, "Programming with technological ritual and alchemy,",
;login: the USENIX Magazine, 35(3), USENIX Association, June 2010.
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- Alva Couch, "Re-engineering the value proposition for classroom
attendance in the digital age," Proc. Northeast ASEE Regional
Conference, Boston, MA, May 8, 2010.
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- Alva Couch and Mark Burgess, "Human-understandable inference of
causal relationships", Invited paper, Proc. 1st
International Workshop on Knowledge Management for Future Services and
Networks, , Osaka, Japan, April 23, 2010.
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- Alva Couch, Distinguished Expert Panel position statement,
"Management shamanism and emergent simplicity", NOMS 2010,
April 22, 2010, Osaka, Japan.
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- Alva Couch, "From tasks to assurances: redefining system administration,"
;login: the USENIX Magazine, 35(2), USENIX Association, April 2010.
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- Alva Couch, "Configuration management phenomenology," ;login: the USENIX Magazine, 35(1), USENIX Association, February 2010.
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- Alva L. Couch, Keynote address, MMNS/MACE 2009,
"Management of the Unknowable"
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- Alva Couch and Marc Chiarini, "Combining learned and
highly-reactive management", Proc.
Managing Autonomous Communications Environments (MACE) 2009,
Venice, Italy, Oct 27, 2009.
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- Alva Couch, Mark Burgess, and Marc Chiarini, "Management without
(detailed) models", invited paper, Proc. Autonomic and Trusted
Computing 2009, Brisbane, Australia, July 7-9, 2009.
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- Alva Couch and Marc Chiarini, "Dynamics of resource closure
operators", Proc. Autonomous Infrastructure
Management and Security 2009, Twente, The Netherlands, June
30-July 2, 2009.
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- Alva Couch, "Is it easy being green?," ;login: the USENIX
Magazine, 34(3), pp. 7-11, USENIX Association, June 2009.
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- Marc Chiarini and Alva Couch, "Dynamic dependencies and
performance improvement", Proc. Large Installation System
Administration 2008, pages 9-21, USENIX Association, Nov. 2008.
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- Alva Couch, "System administration thermodynamics," ;login:
the USENIX Magazine, 33(5), pp. 24-30, USENIX
Association, October 2008.
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- Alva Couch, "'Standard deviations' of the average system
administrator", ;login: the USENIX Magazine, 33(4),
pp. 53-58, USENIX Association, August 2008.
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- Alva Couch and Marc Chiarini, "Dynamic consistency analysis for
convergent operators," in David Hausheer and Jurgen Schonwalder, Eds,
Resilient Networks and Services (Proc. Autonomous Infrastructure,
Management and Security 2008), Lecture Notes in Computer Science
5127, pp. 148-161, Springer, Bremen, Germany, July 2008. Awarded
best paper of AIMS 2008.
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- Alva Couch and Marc Chiarini, "A theory of closure operators," in
David Hausheer and Jurgen Schonwalder, Eds, Resilient Networks and
Services (Proc. Autonomous Infrastructure Management and Security
2008), Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5127, pp. 162-171,
Springer, Bremen, Germany, July 2008.
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- Ning Wu and Alva Couch, Statistical behavior of stable
marriage transition planning, in David Hausheer and Jurgen
Schonwalder, Eds, Resilient Networks and Services (Proc.
Autonomous Infrastructure Management and Security 2008), Lecture
Notes in Computer Science 5127, pp. 79-91, Springer, Bremen, Germany,
July 2008.
- Alva Couch, "From x=1 to (setf x 1): what does configuration
management mean?," ;login: the USENIX Magazine,
33(1), pp. 12-18, USENIX Association, February 2008.
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- Alva Couch, "Configuration Management," chapter in Elsivier
System Management Handbook, Mark Burgess and Jan Bergstra,
Editors, Elsivier, Inc., December 2007.
- Yizhan Sun and Alva Couch, "Complexity of System Configuration
Management," chapter in Elsivier System Management Handbook,
Mark Burgess and Jan Bergstra, Editors, Elsivier, Inc., December 2007.
- Ning Wu and Alva Couch, "Transition planning via matchings and
marriages," Proceedings of the Second IEEE Workshop on Modeling
Autonomous Communications Environments (MACE-2007), Multicon
Lecture Notes 6, October 2007.
- Alva Couch, "Should the root prompt require a road test?," ;login: the USENIX Magazine, 32(1), pp.
14-19, USENIX Association, August 2007.
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- Alva Couch, Marc Chiarini, and Hengky Susanto, "Modeling change
without breaking promises," in Arosha Bandara and Mark Burgess, Eds.,
Inter-Domain Management (Proc. Autonomous Infrastructure,
Management, and Security 2007), Lecture Notes in Computer Science
4543, pp. 97-108, Springer, Oslo, Norway, June 2007.
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- Alva Couch, Marc Chiarini, and Hengky Susanto, "Estimating
reliability of conditional promises," in Arosha Bandara and Mark
Burgess, Eds., Inter-Domain Management (Proc. Autonomous
Infrastructure, Management, and Security 2007), Lecture Notes in
Computer Science 4543, pp. 85-96, Springer, Oslo, Norway, June 2007.
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- A. Cavallo, A. Couch, M. Bers , "Design-based research on
virtual forum theatre," Proc. Computer Assisted Learning
2007, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, March 2007.
- Mark Burgess and Alva Couch, "Autonomic computing approximated by
fixed-point promises," Proc. of the first IEEE workshop on
Management of Autonomic Computing Environments (MACE), Dublin,
Ireland, October 2006.
- Mark Burgess and Alva Couch, "Modeling next-generation
configuration management tools," Proc. Large Installation System
Administration 2006, pp. 131-147, USENIX Association, Washington
DC, Dec. 2006.
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- Ning Wu and Alva Couch, "Experience implementing an IP address
closure," Proc. Large Installation System Administration
2006, pp. 119-130, USENIX Association, Washington DC, Dec.
2006.
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- Alva Couch, Ning Wu, and Hengky Susanto, "Toward a cost model for
system administration," Proc. Large Installation System
Administration 2005, pp. 125-141, USENIX Association, San Diego,
CA, October 2005. Awarded best paper of LISA 2005.
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- A. Cavallo, A. Couch, M. Chow, and M. Horn "Virtual Forum
Theatre: a CSCL environment for scenario generation and rehearsal for
change," Proc. Computer Assisted Learning 2005, University
of Bristol, UK, 2005.
- A. Cavallo and A. Couch, "Virtual Forum Theater: a CSCL for
underprivileged children," Proc. SEMISH XXXI - Integrated Seminar
of Software and Hardware, Salvador, Brazil. Aug. 2004.
- Steven Schwartzberg and Alva Couch, "Experience in implementing a web service closure", Proc. Large Installation System Administration 2004,
USENIX Assoc, San Diego, CA, November 2004.
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- Alva Couch and Yizhan Sun, "On observed reproducibility in network
configuration management", Science of Computer Programming Special Issue on
System Administration, 53, Elsivier, Inc, 2004, pp. 215-253.
- A. Cavallo and A. Couch, "Researching and designing learning environments with internet technology," Proc. International Conference on Multimedia and ICTs in Education, Badajoz, Spain, Dec. 2003.
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Alva Couch and Yizhan Sun, "On the Algebraic Structure of Convergence",
Proc. 14th IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on Distributed
Systems: Operations and Management, Heidelberg, Germany, Springer-Verlag, Inc, pp. 28-40.
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A. Couch, J. Hart, E. Idhaw, and D. Kallas, "Seeking closure in an open world:
a behavioral agent approach to configuration management", Proc. Large Ins
tallation System Administration 2003, USENIX Assoc., San Diego, CA, Oct 29, 2003, pp. 125-148.
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Eric Anderson, Mark Burgess, and Alva Couch, Eds,
Selected Papers in Network and System Administration,
Wiley, Inc, 2002.
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Alva L. Couch and Noah Daniels, "The maelstrom: network service debugging via "ineffective procedures"", Proceedings of the 2001
Large Installation System Administration Conference(LISA01), San Diego,
CA, USENIX Association, Dec 3-7, 2001.
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Yizhan Sun and Alva L. Couch, "Global analysis of dynamic library dependencies", Proceedings of the 2001
Large Installation System Administration Conference(LISA01), San Diego,
CA, USENIX Association, Dec 3-7, 2001.
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Alva L. Couch, "An Expectant Chat about Script Maturity",
Proceedings of the 2000 Large Installation System
Administration Conference (LISA00), New Orleans, LA, USENIX Association,
Dec 6-8, 2000.
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Michael Gilfix and Alva L. Couch, "Peep (the Network Auralizer):
Monitoring Your Network With Sound"
Proceedings of the 2000 Large Installation System
Administration Conference (LISA00), New Orleans, LA, USENIX Association,
Dec 6-8, 2000. Voted best student paper of LISA 2000.
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Alva L. Couch and Michael Gilfix, "It's Elementary, Dear Watson:
Applying Logic Programming to Convergent System Management Processes",
Proceedings of the 1999 Large Installation System Administration
Conference (LISA99), Seattle, WA, USENIX Association, 1999.
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Alva L. Couch, "Chaos Out of Order: A Simple, Scalable File Distribution
Facility for 'Intentionally Heterogeneous' Networks", Proceedings
of the 1997 Large Installation System Administration Conference
(LISA97), San Diego, CA, pp 169-178, USENIX Association, 1997.
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Alva L. Couch,
"SLINK: Simple, Effective Filesystem Maintenance Abstractions for
Community-Based Administration", Proceedings of the 1996 Large
Installation System Administration Conference (LISA96), Oct 2-5, 1996.
Voted best paper of LISA 1996.
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Alva L. Couch,
"Visualizing Huge Tracefiles with XSCAL",
Proceedings of the Large Installation
System Administration Conference (LISA96), Oct 2-5, 1996.
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Alva L. Couch and Greg Owen,
"Maintaining Large Software Repositories with SLINK",
Proceedings of the 1995 Conference on
System Administration, Networking, and Security, April 23-29, 1995.
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Alva L. Couch.
"Massively parallel performance analysis", invited paper
in the Proceedings of the IEEE special issue on
Performance Evaluation, Vol. 81, No. 8, pp. 1116-1125, August 1993.
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Alva L. Couch.
"Categories and context in scalable execution visualization",
invited paper in Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing special
issue on Visualization, Vol. 18, pp. 195-204, June-July 1993.
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Alva L. Couch and David W. Krumme,
"Portable execution traces for parallel program debugging and performance
visualization", Proc. 1992 Scalable High Performance Computing Conference, Williamsburg, VA (April 1992).
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Alva L. Couch and David W. Krumme.
"An integrated debugging, analysis, and visualization environment for
large-scale multiprocessors".
December, 1991.
In informal proceedings of the Supercomputer Debugging Workshop,
Albuquerque, NM.
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Alva L. Couch and David W. Krumme.
"Multidimensional spreadsheets in a graphical symbolic debugger for the NCUBE."
April, 1991.
In Proceedings of the Sixth Distributed Memory Computing Conference,
Portland, OR.
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Alva L. Couch and David W. Krumme.
"Monitoring parallel executions in real time."
April, 1990.
In Proceedings of the Fifth Distributed Memory Computing Conference,
Charleston SC.
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David W. Krumme, Alva L. Couch, Barton R. House, and Jon Cox.
The Triplex Tool Set for the NCUBE Multiprocessor.
Tufts University Department of Computer Science,
June 27th, 1989.
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Alva L. Couch.
"Problems of scale in displaying performance data
for loosely coupled multiprocessors."
March, 1989.
In Proceedings of the Fourth Conference on Hypercubes,
Concurrent Computers, and Applications.
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David W. Krumme, Alva L. Couch, and George Cybenko.
"Debugging support for parallel programs." 1988.
In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on
Vector and Parallel Computing, Tromso, Norway.
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Alva L. Couch.
Seecube User's Manual,
Tufts University Department of Computer Science,
December 1987.
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George Cybenko, David W. Krumme, K. N. Venkataraman, and A. Couch.
"Heterogeneous processes on homogeneous processors." 1986.
In Medium Scale Multiprocessors, SIAM, Philadelphia, PA.
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Alva Couch, Thomas Gantz, Clayton Lusk, and Claude Lechene.
Automation of electron-probe microanalysis with the use of
microprocessor control.
In Roy H. Geiss, editor, Microbeam Analysis, pages 49--52,
Microbeam Analysis Society, San Francisco Press, San
Francisco CA, 1981.
Student Publications (where faculty could not be co-author)
- Michael Gilfix, "Holistic Quota Management: The Natural Path to a Better, More Efficient Quota System", Proc. LISA 2002, USENIX Assoc., 2002.
Read at usenix.org.
- John Hart and Jeffrey D'Amelia, "An analysis of RPM validation drift",
Proc. LISA 2002, USENIX Assoc., 2002.
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Alva L. Couch
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