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Searching for Jim Gray: A Technical Overview

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The Tenacious search and rescue area if viewed from the International Space Station. Credit: http://nuit-blanche.blogspot.com/2007_02_01_archive.html

Joseph M. Hellerstein, David L. Tennenhouse

July 1, 2011

The volunteer search for Jim Gray, lost at sea in 2007, highlights the challenges of computer-aided emergency response.

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