Technological Developments in Networking, Education and Automation

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Education in the Clouds: How Colleges and Universities are Leveraging Cloud Computing....Pages 1-6
Weak Orderings of Knowledge States....Pages 7-12
Problem Based Learning: Obtaining Enzyme Kinetics Parameters Integrating Linear Algebra, Computer Programming and Biochemistry Curriculum....Pages 13-18
Adaptive Assessments using Open Standards....Pages 19-24
Online Academic Advising Support....Pages 25-29
Using Computer Game to Share knowledge....Pages 31-35
Following the Paper Trail: Measuring the Economic and Environmental Impact of Digital Content Delivery....Pages 37-41
Context Driven Personalized e-Learning Environment Provided as a State Service....Pages 43-48
Exploring Teachers’ Beliefs about Digital Citizenship and Responsibility....Pages 49-54
Faculty Driven Assessment of Critical Thinking: National Dissemination of the CAT Instrument....Pages 55-58
Enhancing the Instruction of Introductory Electric Circuit Courses using MATLAB....Pages 59-63
Istopolis: Design Issues and Evaluation’ Results of an Integrated Web-Based Educational Application....Pages 65-70
TEAC 2 H-RI: Educational Robotic Platform for Improving Teaching-Learning Processes of Technology in Developing Countries....Pages 71-76
Selecting Patterns for the Evaluation of Systems....Pages 77-82
Effectiveness of Collaborative Learning in Teaching Information Systems....Pages 83-88
Implementation of a Curriculum Management System at a Faculty of Medicine – Lessons Learned from a Pilot Project....Pages 89-95
Use of Ontology for Reusing Web Repositories for eLearning....Pages 97-101
Actual and Future Trends of the E-education and Its Costs Specification in the Czech Republic....Pages 103-108
Modern Improvements in the Digital Logic Laboratory....Pages 109-114
e-Cheating and Calculator-Technology....Pages 115-119
Perspectives on Critical Thinking through Online Discussion Forums in Engineering Mathematics....Pages 121-126
Digital System Description Knowledge Assessment....Pages 127-132
Wikibooks as Tools for Promoting Constructivist Learning in Higher Education: Findings from a Case Study....Pages 133-138
The Impact of the Context of an Information System on Strategic Information Quality - The Institute of Technology Sector in Ireland....Pages 139-143
Can Mobile Computing Help Reverse the Decline in Informatics Studies?....Pages 145-150
Towards an Academic Social Network for Bologna Process....Pages 151-156
Supporting knowledge Discovery in an eLearning Environment Having Social Components....Pages 157-162
Computer Numerical Control, Mass Customization and Architectural Education in an Emergent Economy....Pages 163-167
Application of Project Based Study in the Learning Process: A Case Study....Pages 169-173
Interdisciplinary Automation and Control in a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) Laboratory....Pages 175-180
Stereo Spectral Imaging System for Plant Health Characterization....Pages 181-186
Transition Network for Automation Modeling: A Case Study....Pages 187-192
Computational Modeling and Simulation of a New Energy-Saving Sealing Unit in Industrial Applications....Pages 193-195
Design of An Intelligent Solar Tracking System Using PIC18F452 Micro Controller....Pages 197-201
Adaptive Two Layers Neural Network Frequency Controller for Isolated Thermal Power System....Pages 203-207
Optimal Controller Comparison Using Pareto Fronts....Pages 209-214
Interaction with Objects in Virtual Environments....Pages 215-217
One Approach for Training of Recurrent Neural Network Model of IIR Digital Filter....Pages 219-224
Classification of the Power Transformers using Dissolved Gas Analysis....Pages 225-229
Modelling Control of Pore Number and Radii Distribution in Single-Cell Electroporation....Pages 231-236
Single Allocation P-Hub Median Problem to Monitor Land Borders by Using Unmanned Aircraft....Pages 237-241
LPT to RS232 communication converter....Pages 243-246
Simulation Model of Coremaking Plant....Pages 247-251
Depth Calculation using Computer Vision and Sift....Pages 253-256
Dynamic of New Technologies in Switching Power Devices IGBTs....Pages 257-262
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....Pages 263-268
Predicting Trading Signals of Sri Lankan Stock Market Using Genetic Algorithms and Neural Networks....Pages 269-273
An Automatic Measurement Algorithm for the Diameters of Carbon Nanotubes by Using Image Processing....Pages 275-280
Object Detection in Foveated Images....Pages 281-285
Digital Semi-Controlled Rectifier using a Microcontroller....Pages 287-290
Generalized Minimum Variance Controller with Dynamic Pole Assignment to Improve Performance in Industrial Applications....Pages 291-296
Automated Detection of Sunspots and Sunspot Groups in Full-Disk Solar Images....Pages 297-301
Stochastic Model Based Approach for Biometric Identification....Pages 303-308
A New Stochastic Model Based Approach for Object Identification and Segmentation in Textured Color Image....Pages 309-314
An Unsupervised Stochastic Model for Detection and Identification of Objects in Textured Color Images Using Segmentation Technique....Pages 315-320
Automated Classification of Sunspot Groups with Support Vector Machines....Pages 321-325
A Novel Ballistics Imaging System for Firearm Identification....Pages 327-331
Color Seal Segmentation and Identification....Pages 333-338
Efficient SOPC-Based Multicore System Design using NOC....Pages 339-344
Architecture and Initial Performance Indicators of New OPCUA Automation Protocol Stack Java Implementation....Pages 345-350
Automatic Segmentation of Cardiac Cavity Images Using Collinear and Triangle Equation....Pages 351-355
Both Side More-Output Transmission with Harmonic Gear....Pages 357-360
Intelligent Plasma Monitoring Systems Based on Optical Methods and Chromatic Modulation....Pages 361-366
A Neoteric Chaotic & Adaptive Watermarking Scheme for Colored Images....Pages 367-372
Rotary Transducer....Pages 373-376
Regression Analysis about Humidity Elimination from Diesel Fuel Via Bioorganic Compounds to Increase Antifouling Action....Pages 377-379
Optimal Threshold for Locating Targets Within a Surveillance Region Using a Binary Sensor Network....Pages 381-386
A Proposal of a Nonlinear Observer Applied to the Heat Exchange Phenomena in a Double Pipe Heat Exchanger....Pages 387-391
Vibration Signal Processing by Deconvolution Method....Pages 393-398
An IT Change Management Tool to Optimize Scheduling and Planning....Pages 399-403
A Low-Power Content-Addressable Memory (CAM) using Pipelined Search Scheme....Pages 405-410
Design and Optimization of Piezoelectric Dual-Mode Micro-Mirror....Pages 411-416
Device for Measurement of Clamped Joints Friction Torque....Pages 417-419
Self-Optimization for Dynamic Scheduling in Manufacturing Systems....Pages 421-426
A Decomposition Method in Modeling Queuing Systems....Pages 427-432
Modular Design and Structure for a Mobile Sensory Platform....Pages 433-441
wradvs: A Didactic Server for IPv6 Stateless Autoconfiguration....Pages 443-448
Securing P2P Wireless Communications by Deploying Honeytokens in a Cooperative Maritime Network....Pages 449-454
Integrating Information Security into Quality Management Systems....Pages 455-460
Evaluation of Asynchronous Event Mechanisms for Browser-based Real-time Communication Integration....Pages 461-466
An Ontology-based Intrusion Detection for RFID Systems....Pages 467-472
A New Algorithm and its Implementations for RC Filters....Pages 473-477
A Computationally Dynamic Resource Management for Multicarrier Communications in Downlink for OFDMA Systems....Pages 479-485
A General Method for Synthesis of Families of Orthogonal Complementary Codes....Pages 487-492
E-Speed Start- A Window Based Additive Increase, Multiplicative Decrease Network Congestion Control Technique....Pages 493-498
Common-Wavelengths Design Scheme for Efficient Management of Spare Resources in WDM Networks....Pages 499-502
ICMP Covert Channel Resiliency....Pages 503-506
Chip-to-chip Free-space Optical Interconnection Using Liquid-crystal-over-silicon Spatial light modulator....Pages 507-510
GA based Neural Network Retraining using Adaptive Genetic Operations....Pages 511-515
Decision Support for IP Uplink and Routing Choice....Pages 517-522
Differential Cryptanalysis of Blow-CAST-Fish....Pages 523-528
A Keyless Polyalphabetic Cipher....Pages 529-532
Vertical Handover between WiFi Network and WiMAX Network According to IEEE 802.21 Standard....Pages 533-537
Study on the Impact of Node Density and Sink Location in WSN....Pages 539-542
An Algorithm for Synthesis of Families of Generalized Orthogonal Complementary Pairs....Pages 543-548
Low Message Overhead Clustering Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 549-554
On the Design of SOHO Networks....Pages 555-560
Study of UMTS Handover Scenarios....Pages 561-566
Reduction of Energy Consumption in WSN using an Approach Geocast....Pages 567-572
Conflicts in Online Social Network Privacy Policy....Pages 573-578
Developing a Feedback Model for Managing Congestion in Packet Switched Wide Area Networks....Pages 579-584
Voice Gateway to IP-PSTN Integration and NGN Architecture....Pages 585-589
An Algorithm for Route Selection on Multi-sink Wireless Sensor Network Using Fuzzy Logic....Pages 591-596
Mining Mobile Sequential Patterns in Wireless Cellular Networks....Pages 597-602
Agile Software Development Methods and its Advantages....Pages 603-607
Toward a High Performance Grid Site RO-14-ITIM and the Contribution to WLCG....Pages 609-613
A MFI4OR-based Approach of Semantic Annotation for Web Service....Pages 615-620
Ethernet Node for Serial Communications....Pages 621-626
EvalTool for Evaluate the Partitioning Scheme of Distributed Databases....Pages 627-632
Automatic Creation of Daily News Digests from Internet News Sites....Pages 633-637
Back Matter....Pages 639-643