Technological Developments in Networking, Education and Automation [electronic resource] /
Elleithy, Khaled.editor.
Sobh, Tarek.editor.
Iskander, Magued.editor.
Kapila, Vikram.editor.
Karim, Mohammad A.editor.
Mahmood, Ausif.editor.
Technological Developments in Networking, Education and Automation includes a set of rigorously reviewed world-class manuscripts addressing and detailing state-of-the-art research projects in the following areas: Computer Networks: Access Technologies, Medium Access Control, Network architectures and Equipment, Optical Networks and Switching, Telecommunication Technology, and Ultra Wideband Communications. Engineering Education and Online Learning: including development of courses and systems for engineering, technical and liberal studies programs; online laboratories; intelligent testing using fuzzy logic; taxonomy of e-courses; and evaluation of online courses. Pedagogy: including benchmarking; group-learning; active learning; teaching of multiple subjects together; ontology; and knowledge management. Instruction Technology: including internet textbooks; virtual reality labs, instructional design, virtual models, pedagogy-oriented markup languages; graphic design possibilities; open source classroom management software; automatic email response systems; tablet-pcs; personalization using web mining technology; intelligent digital chalkboards; virtual room concepts for cooperative scientific work; and network technologies, management, and architecture. Coding and Modulation: Modeling and Simulation, OFDM technology , Space-time Coding, Spread Spectrum and CDMA Systems. Wireless technologies: Bluetooth , Cellular Wireless Networks, Cordless Systems and Wireless Local Loop, HIPERLAN, IEEE 802.11, Mobile Network Layer, Mobile Transport Layer, and Spread Spectrum. Network Security and applications: Authentication Applications, Block Ciphers Design Principles, Block Ciphers Modes of Operation, Electronic Mail Security, Encryption & Message Confidentiality, Firewalls, IP Security, Key Cryptography & Message Authentication, and Web Security. Robotics, Control Systems and Automation: Distributed Control Systems, Automation, Expert Systems, Robotics, Factory Automation, Intelligent Control Systems, Man Machine Interaction, Manufacturing Information System, Motion Control, and Process Automation. Vision Systems: for human action sensing, face recognition, and image processing algorithms for smoothing of high speed motion. Electronics and Power Systems: Actuators, Electro-Mechanical Systems, High Frequency Converters, Industrial Electronics, Motors and Drives, Power Converters, Power Devices and Components, and Power Electronics.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Education in the Clouds: How Colleges and Universities are Leveraging Cloud Computing -- Weak Orderings of Knowledge States -- Problem Based Learning: Obtaining Enzyme Kinetics Parameters Integrating Linear Algebra, Computer Programming and Biochemistry Curriculum -- Adaptive Assessments using Open Standards -- Online Academic Advising Support -- Using Computer Game to Share knowledge -- Following the Paper Trail: Measuring the Economic and Environmental Impact of Digital Content Delivery -- Context Driven Personalized e-Learning Environment Provided as a State Service -- Exploring Teachers’ Beliefs about Digital Citizenship and Responsibility -- Faculty Driven Assessment of Critical Thinking: National Dissemination of the CAT Instrument -- Enhancing the Instruction of Introductory Electric Circuit Courses using MATLAB -- Istopolis: Design Issues and Evaluation’ Results of an Integrated Web-Based Educational Application -- TEAC2H-RI: Educational Robotic Platform for Improving Teaching-Learning Processes of Technology in Developing Countries -- Selecting Patterns for the Evaluation of Systems -- Effectiveness of Collaborative Learning in Teaching Information Systems -- Implementation of a Curriculum Management System at a Faculty of Medicine – Lessons Learned from a Pilot Project -- Use of Ontology for Reusing Web Repositories for eLearning -- Actual and Future Trends of the E-education and Its Costs Specification in the Czech Republic -- Modern Improvements in the Digital Logic Laboratory -- e-Cheating and Calculator-Technology -- Perspectives on Critical Thinking through Online Discussion Forums in Engineering Mathematics -- Digital System Description Knowledge Assessment -- Wikibooks as Tools for Promoting Constructivist Learning in Higher Education: Findings from a Case Study -- The Impact of the Context of an Information System on Strategic Information Quality - The Institute of Technology Sector in Ireland -- Can Mobile Computing Help Reverse the Decline in Informatics Studies? -- Towards an Academic Social Network for Bologna Process -- Supporting knowledge Discovery in an eLearning Environment Having Social Components -- Computer Numerical Control, Mass Customization and Architectural Education in an Emergent Economy -- Application of Project Based Study in the Learning Process: A Case Study -- Interdisciplinary Automation and Control in a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) Laboratory -- Stereo Spectral Imaging System for Plant Health Characterization -- Transition Network for Automation Modeling: A Case Study -- Computational Modeling and Simulation of a New Energy-Saving Sealing Unit in Industrial Applications -- Design of An Intelligent Solar Tracking System Using PIC18F452 Micro Controller -- Adaptive Two Layers Neural Network Frequency Controller for Isolated Thermal Power System -- Optimal Controller Comparison Using Pareto Fronts -- Interaction with Objects in Virtual Environments -- One Approach for Training of Recurrent Neural Network Model of IIR Digital Filter -- Classification of the Power Transformers using Dissolved Gas Analysis -- Modelling Control of Pore Number and Radii Distribution in Single-Cell Electroporation -- Single Allocation P-Hub Median Problem to Monitor Land Borders by Using Unmanned Aircraft -- LPT to RS232 communication converter -- Simulation Model of Coremaking Plant -- Depth Calculation using Computer Vision and Sift -- Dynamic of New Technologies in Switching Power Devices IGBTs -- Anisotropic Percolating Pathways in the Thin Films of Polymeric PEDT/PSS Complex and their Relation to the Electrical Conductivity as Revealed by the Mesoscale Simulation -- Predicting Trading Signals of Sri Lankan Stock Market Using Genetic Algorithms and Neural Networks -- An Automatic Measurement Algorithm for the Diameters of Carbon Nanotubes by Using Image Processing -- Object Detection in Foveated Images -- Digital Semi-Controlled Rectifier using a Microcontroller -- Generalized Minimum Variance Controller with Dynamic Pole Assignment to Improve Performance in Industrial Applications -- Automated Detection of Sunspots and Sunspot Groups in Full-Disk Solar Images -- Stochastic Model Based Approach for Biometric Identification -- A New Stochastic Model Based Approach for Object Identification and Segmentation in Textured Color Image -- An Unsupervised Stochastic Model for Detection and Identification of Objects in Textured Color Images Using Segmentation Technique -- Automated Classification of Sunspot Groups with Support Vector Machines -- A Novel Ballistics Imaging System for Firearm Identification -- Color Seal Segmentation and Identification -- Efficient SOPC-Based Multicore System Design using NOC -- Architecture and Initial Performance Indicators of New OPCUA Automation Protocol Stack Java Implementation -- Automatic Segmentation of Cardiac Cavity Images Using Collinear and Triangle Equation -- Both Side More-Output Transmission with Harmonic Gear -- Intelligent Plasma Monitoring Systems Based on Optical Methods and Chromatic Modulation -- A Neoteric Chaotic & Adaptive Watermarking Scheme for Colored Images -- Rotary Transducer -- Regression Analysis about Humidity Elimination from Diesel Fuel Via Bioorganic Compounds to Increase Antifouling Action -- Optimal Threshold for Locating Targets Within a Surveillance Region Using a Binary Sensor Network -- A Proposal of a Nonlinear Observer Applied to the Heat Exchange Phenomena in a Double Pipe Heat Exchanger -- Vibration Signal Processing by Deconvolution Method -- An IT Change Management Tool to Optimize Scheduling and Planning -- A Low-Power Content-Addressable Memory (CAM) using Pipelined Search Scheme -- Design and Optimization of Piezoelectric Dual-Mode Micro-Mirror -- Device for Measurement of Clamped Joints Friction Torque -- Self-Optimization for Dynamic Scheduling in Manufacturing Systems -- A Decomposition Method in Modeling Queuing Systems -- Modular Design and Structure for a Mobile Sensory Platform -- wradvs: A Didactic Server for IPv6 Stateless Autoconfiguration -- Securing P2P Wireless Communications by Deploying Honeytokens in a Cooperative Maritime Network -- Integrating Information Security into Quality Management Systems -- Evaluation of Asynchronous Event Mechanisms for Browser-based Real-time Communication Integration -- An Ontology-based Intrusion Detection for RFID Systems -- A New Algorithm and its Implementations for RC Filters -- A Computationally Dynamic Resource Management for Multicarrier Communications in Downlink for OFDMA Systems -- A General Method for Synthesis of Families of Orthogonal Complementary Codes -- E-Speed Start- A Window Based Additive Increase, Multiplicative Decrease Network Congestion Control Technique -- Common-Wavelengths Design Scheme for Efficient Management of Spare Resources in WDM Networks -- ICMP Covert Channel Resiliency -- Chip-to-chip Free-space Optical Interconnection Using Liquid-crystal-over-silicon Spatial light modulator -- GA based Neural Network Retraining using Adaptive Genetic Operations -- Decision Support for IP Uplink and Routing Choice -- Differential Cryptanalysis of Blow-CAST-Fish -- A Keyless Polyalphabetic Cipher -- Vertical Handover between WiFi Network and WiMAX Network According to IEEE 802.21 Standard -- Study on the Impact of Node Density and Sink Location in WSN -- An Algorithm for Synthesis of Families of Generalized Orthogonal Complementary Pairs -- Low Message Overhead Clustering Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks -- On the Design of SOHO Networks -- Study of UMTS Handover Scenarios -- Reduction of Energy Consumption in WSN using an Approach Geocast -- Conflicts in Online Social Network Privacy Policy -- Developing a Feedback Model for Managing Congestion in Packet Switched Wide Area Networks -- Voice Gateway to IP-PSTN Integration and NGN Architecture -- An Algorithm for Route Selection on Multi-sink Wireless Sensor Network Using Fuzzy Logic -- Mining Mobile Sequential Patterns in Wireless Cellular Networks -- Agile Software Development Methods and its Advantages -- Toward a High Performance Grid Site RO-14-ITIM and the Contribution to WLCG -- A MFI4OR-based Approach of Semantic Annotation for Web Service -- Ethernet Node for Serial Communications -- EvalTool for Evaluate the Partitioning Scheme of Distributed Databases -- Automatic Creation of Daily News Digests from Internet News Sites.
Technological Developments in Networking, Education and Automation includes a set of rigorously reviewed world-class manuscripts addressing and detailing state-of-the-art research projects in the following areas: Computer Networks: Access Technologies, Medium Access Control, Network architectures and Equipment, Optical Networks and Switching, Telecommunication Technology, and Ultra Wideband Communications. Engineering Education and Online Learning: including development of courses and systems for engineering, technical and liberal studies programs; online laboratories; intelligent testing using fuzzy logic; taxonomy of e-courses; and evaluation of online courses. Pedagogy: including benchmarking; group-learning; active learning; teaching of multiple subjects together; ontology; and knowledge management. Instruction Technology: including internet textbooks; virtual reality labs, instructional design, virtual models, pedagogy-oriented markup languages; graphic design possibilities; open source classroom management software; automatic email response systems; tablet-pcs; personalization using web mining technology; intelligent digital chalkboards; virtual room concepts for cooperative scientific work; and network technologies, management, and architecture. Coding and Modulation: Modeling and Simulation, OFDM technology , Space-time Coding, Spread Spectrum and CDMA Systems. Wireless technologies: Bluetooth , Cellular Wireless Networks, Cordless Systems and Wireless Local Loop, HIPERLAN, IEEE 802.11, Mobile Network Layer, Mobile Transport Layer, and Spread Spectrum. Network Security and applications: Authentication Applications, Block Ciphers Design Principles, Block Ciphers Modes of Operation, Electronic Mail Security, Encryption & Message Confidentiality, Firewalls, IP Security, Key Cryptography & Message Authentication, and Web Security. Robotics, Control Systems and Automation: Distributed Control Systems, Automation, Expert Systems, Robotics, Factory Automation, Intelligent Control Systems, Man Machine Interaction, Manufacturing Information System, Motion Control, and Process Automation. Vision Systems: for human action sensing, face recognition, and image processing algorithms for smoothing of high speed motion. Electronics and Power Systems: Actuators, Electro-Mechanical Systems, High Frequency Converters, Industrial Electronics, Motors and Drives, Power Converters, Power Devices and Components, and Power Electronics.
Electrical engineering.
Communications Engineering, Networks.