Privacy and data protection are two very important needs in the modern day Internet. One of the attacks to privacy is eavesdropping, i.e., an outsider or an attacker listens to a private conversation and identifies the ...

As the number of embedded devices continues to grow, attacks that require physical access to the device become more plausible. Two sub-classifications of these attacks, Side-Channel Attacks (SCA) and Fault attacks, necessitate ...

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) provide key infrastructural support for many environmental monitoring and Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications. Given the resource constraints, highly efficient energy management policies ...

Procedure-oriented medical treatments specify processes that embody years of experience, must be followed by care team members and have become standards of care that avoid known care procedure pitfalls. Referred to as ...

In cold regions, temperature acts as a hydrologic and ecological switch. As extended periods of sub-freezing temperatures can constrain various parts of the water cycle by preventing evaporation, infiltration, and runoff ...

Social media platforms can expose influential trends in many aspects of everyday life. However, the trends they represent can represent disinformation. Social bots are one of the significant sources of disinformation in ...

Traditional network protocols employ error control techniques for reliable information dissemination over noisy communication channels. In this dissertation, two main topics are investigated for efficient error controls ...

Diurnal variations observed on satellite beacon experiments were often ascribed to changes in satellite antenna beam pointing due to the satellite not being in a truly geostationary orbit, or to variations in pointing due ...

Software Cost Estimation (SCE) uses labor hours or effort required to conceptualize, develop, integrate, test, field, or maintain program components. Department of Defense (DoD) SCE can use initial software data parameters ...

The importance of a sound Requirements Engineering (RE) process to influence a system’s success or failure cannot be understated. The activities include the elicitation, analysis, modeling, verification / validation, and ...