Erez Zadok is an MS candidate and full-time Staff Associate in the Computer Science Department at Columbia University. This paper is a condensation of his Master's thesis. His primary interests include operating systems, file systems, and ways to ease system administration tasks. In May 1991, he received his B.S. in Computer Science from Columbia's School of Engineering and Applied Science. Erez came to the United States six years ago and has lived in New York ``sin'' City ever since. In his rare free time Erez is an amateur photographer, science fiction devotee, and rock-n-roll fan.
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Dan Duchamp is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University. His current research interest is the various issues in mobile computing. For his initial efforts in this area, he was recently named an Office of Naval Research Young Investigator.
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NY 10027. Email address: djd@cs.columbia.edu.