Computing

When thinking of a thief, the stereotypical picture of a man wearing all black, donning a ski mask, and toting a revolver comes to mind. The thief usually hangs out in the bad parts of town and only strikes at night. In modern times this is no longer the case. Many of today’s criminals cannot be picked out of a crowd. They are cyber criminals that can anonymously attack anyone from behind a computer (Vigoroso). These criminals can do anything from stealing some quick cash to stealing someone’s…

esteemed university. I have been fascinated by computers since I first touched them in class 4. So, naturally I took up graduation in engineering in Computer Science. I nuture high hopes of practical research in computer science and contribute to the computing field and society at large. In graduation 1st year, I was associated with a networking…

When I first came to the University of Texas, I entered as a second-year transfer student. I wasn’t entirely sure of what I would major in, so I decided to transfer into the the school of undergraduate studies. In this school, I received very little help through advising and was left to figure out my path alone. This was hard at first, especially because I had to adjust to a new school, while also stressed and concerned about where I would end up. It is known that after two years in the school…

her career as a teacher at Hampton’s King Street Community Center. "Sometimes they are not aware of the number of black scientists, and don't even know of the career opportunities until it is too late," (Mary Jackson) After two years in the computing pool of Nasa, Mary Jackson got an offer to work for engineer Kazimierz Czarnecki in the Supersonic Pressure Tunnel, a 60,000 horsepower wind tunnel capable of blasting models with winds…

INTRODUCTION Interactive learning is a learning system that combines together the effect of social networking and urban computing within the same curriculum. Interactive learning has become dominant from a round 2000 and this is due to the increase in the number of people involved in the digital technology and virtual communication. It is a system where the boundary between the educator and the learner means completely nothing and the educators can no longer be regarded as the keeper of…

required textbooks are listed and available for download on the course Syllabus. Information Security for Non-Technical Managers, E. Gelbstein (2013), pp. 12-71. Internet and Technology Law: A U.S. Perspective, K. G. Kustron (2015), pp. 25-53. Law for Computing Students, G. Sampson (2009), pp. 79-101. Select three examples of where a company’s data security was breached from the outside. What do your examples have in common? What important lessons can the e-business community learn from these…

Swarm behavior is one of the main characteristics of different colonies of social insects (bees, wasps, ants, termites). This type of behavior is first and foremost characterized by autonomy, distributed functioning and self-organizing. Swarm Intelligence, SI, is considered to be the area of Artificial Intelligence that is based on studying actions of individuals in various decentralized systems~\cite{bonabeau1999}. However, there is still today big discrepancy between two schools of thought in…

Information privacy is the major issue in the current generation. People are more concerned about their convenience along with security. For example if the car breaks downs, one can push a button and the On-star operator will provide help by tracking the location of the car. This situation explains how conveniently one get the service immediately. On the other hand, we are not sure who is tracking our car location and is there any harm caused by that person. Caftori and Steve (2002) conducted…

the Internet, you realize that websites are vulnerable to all kinds of attacks and malicious acts by online criminals. Large corporations are paranoid for a reason. They realize that online security for their website is a major problem. Even cloud computing has major security issues. CipherCloud Protectes online websites from vicious attacks and malicious criminal invasion on their site that is determined to steal data or compromise the site. Website Protection CipherCloud is a leading…

The computer is a relatively new technology; it is widely almost anywhere you go. It is one of the most important inventions in recent history, It has paved the way for the achievements that otherwise would not have been possible without it. For example, making it to the moon or gives us the ability to create advanced weaponry. Society has had a major part in the devilment and the adoption of the computer over time. The history of computers gives validity to the perspective, social construction…