Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alireza Kavianpour, DeVry University; Ricardo Monterrosa, DeVry University; Rammy Badran, DeVry University

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

pin Socket HeaderAnalog Port – 20 pin Socket HeaderCAN PORT – CAN 0 I/O with 1M Baud TransceiverLCD Module and Keypad PortsEasy Power Connection and Tap points’Back Ground Debug (BDM) Port – 6 Pin standardPower Specifications: 7 to 25VDC input to 5V Power SupplyOperating Power: 60ma @ 5V Page 15.222.6Data Flow Diagrams:This project has at least three processes. The first process is for reading the tag and sendinginformation to the database. The second process is when the tag is located at one of the threereaders. The third process is a GUI allowing a passenger to search his name or tag (Figure 2). Begin

Conference Session

POTPOURRI

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University; Paymon Sanati-Mehrizy, University of Pennsylvania; Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Chad Dean, Utah Valley University

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Information Systems

from it. There is no doubt that it is a great idea toteach a data mining course in computer science curriculum. As you can tell, students taking adata mining course need to have background in quite a few areas to be successful. Not everystudent taking this course may have the background required in all these areas. The question ishow can an instructor remedy the challenge of teaching a group of students with widely-rangingbackgrounds, and at what level should this course be taught. Furthermore, the issue of groupwork arises, specifically as to whether data mining course projects should be accomplishedindividually or as teams.Studies show that many universities are teaching data mining course(s) within their computersscience curriculum. Each

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Thomas Hacker, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Information Systems

, the students are aided in efforts to integrate new knowledge with existing knowledgeand experience. They are expected to build on prior knowledge to solve a sequential series ofproblems involved in designing, building, and operating a commodity-component-based high-performance computing cluster utilizing resources in the lab that mirror the types of resourcesavailable to them in the real world. The courses involve at least one project in which studentsare presented with a problem within the context of a competition to achieve the best possibleperformance. This approach includes components of Problem Based Learning (PBL), whichchallenge students to apply their knowledge and skills as individuals and as a community tosolve a difficult

Conference Session

POTPOURRI

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Afsaneh Minaie, Utah Valley University; Kirk Love, Utah Valley University; Paymon Sanati-Mehrizy, University of Pennsylvania; Reza Sanati-Mehrizy, Utah Valley University

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Information Systems

(EEES)project consists of four content subprograms22: 1. “A program to provide formative assessments in the key courses with follow-on ‘bootstrapping’ tutorials. 2. A supplemental instruction program which is called the PAL (Peer-Assisted Learning) subproject. 3. A program to directly engage engineering faculty with early engineering students. 4. A program to develop and exploit course material from one key course in another.”22Over the last three years they have initiated an aggressive recruitment program that has beensuccessful in recruiting more students to their program. A review of their enrollment andgraduation statistics over the last decade indicates that their most vulnerable period of loss is

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Yi-Cheng Chen, Meiho Institute of Technology; Yi-Chien Lin, Meiho Institute of Technology; Ron Chuen Yeh, Meiho Institute of Technology, Taiwan; Kuo-Hung Tseng, Meiho Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

programs.Statistic data in 1998 from Ministry of Education showed that there were 110 instructors ofprofessional faculty including six professors, 76 associate professors, six assistant professors and22 lecturers from departments of information management and departments of businessmanagement. With completing a phased mission of ten-year production automation project by2000, Taiwan-Ministry of Education made a plan of educational development in integration of e-manufacturing and e-commerce to operate in coordination with a scheme of productionautomation and e-business carried out by The Executive Yuan in order to educate talents forlogistics, cash flow, business flow, service flow, and information flow. Further more, there werethree EC-related graduate

Conference Session

POTPOURRI

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guy Johnson, Rochester Institute of Technology; Brian Tomaszewski, RIT

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Information Systems

while serving in these roles and as the Director of the National Technology Training Center for the K-12 program and pre-engineering program Project Lead The Way.Brian Tomaszewski, RIT Dr. Tomaszewski is a Geographic Information Scientist whose research interests in the domains of Cartorgraphy, Geovisual Analytics, Geographic Information Retrieval, Context Modeling and Representation, Geocollaboration, and Disaster Management are targeted at developing web-based, collaborative geovisual analytic tools and computational procedures for contextualizing disaster situations through diverse forms of information. His relevant experience includes past work as a special consultant for the United Nations

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Susan Miertschin, University of Houston; Cheryl Willis, University of Houston

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Information Systems

considering classroom use of emerging cloud capabilities.History of Cloud ComputingThe concept of cloud computing began in the nineteen-sixties as technologies to connectcomputers to each other and enable them to transfer data back and forth were just beginning toemerge. Even before the first two computers were connected together to exchange data, JosephCarl Robnett Licklider, the director of Behavioral Sciences Command and Control Research forthe Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), envisioned a shared computer network. Hisvision went far beyond what would begin as ARPANET and later evolve into the Internet, and Page 15.150.2his vision also

Conference Session

Information and Network Security

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hetal Jasani, Northern Kentucky University

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Information Systems

, 2010 Mobile and Wireless Networks Course Development with Hands- on LabsAbstractRapid advances in wireless networks technologies present opportunities for innovative educationat undergraduate and graduate level. Wireless networks courses become increasingly popular incolleges (including community colleges) and universities. However, there is a real concern withthe lack of hands-on labs based active learning in computer science, engineering and technologycurriculums. Hands-on project based learning is found to be the best way of learning andteaching wireless networking technologies. These hands-on projects also provide the problembased learning (PBL).In this paper, an undergraduate computer information

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Matthew Verleger, Purdue University; Heidi Diefes-Dux, Purdue University

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Information Systems

timestamps on everything provides anautomatic documentation of when actions occurred.Don’t delete data – flag items as inactiveProper software development says that data should never get deleted, but this recommendationhas more to do with good research technique. By specifying data as active or inactive, you willbe able to reconstruct a more complete sequence of events as they occurred. Much like therecommendation to timestamp everything, it will also help in developing a write-up of theresearch if there is a guarantee that no data is missing.Have a change management planRecognizing that projects evolve and interfaces and questions change throughout the life of aresearch project, having a change management plan in place to prepare for those

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Wey Chen, Southern Taiwan University

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Information Systems

topic, for discussion and have the students respond to the topic withina specified period of time. Similar to being in a chatroom, the instructor will monitor the Page 15.112.10discussion for content and appropriateness. Figure 4. A screen shot of IVHPS displaying the diagnostic reportInternet assignment units: Detailed information presented in this unit can reduce the classroomtime allocated to technical and project support which, in turn, allows greater depth and breadth oftopics to be covered in class.Tutorial unit: The tutorial unit is the realization of van Hiele’s five-levels of thought to learningcomputer programming. The

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Aloundeth Oupraxay, National University, San Diego, USA; Mudasser Wyne, National University, San Diego, USA; Patrick Olson, National University, San Diego, USA

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

Engineering and Technology, National University, San Diego, USA. He is a lead faculty for MSc in Database Administration and MSc in Computer Science programs. Dr. Wyne has a Ph.D. in Computer Science, M.Sc. in Engineering and B.Sc., in Electrical Engineering. He has been in academics for 20+ years and supervised over 50 graduate and undergraduate projects. Dr. Wyne is with the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET), USA for more than 8 years and is currently serving as a program evaluator for Computer Science Program and Information Systems Program. In addition, he is a guest editor for a journal, associate editor and serving on editorial boards for four international journals

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hugh Jack, Grand Valley State University

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Information Systems

method for publishing that could eventually generate rev-enues similar or greater than those for textbook authors without the need to locate a publisher anddo all related activities, such as promotion. It also eliminates the need to maintain page counts oradhere to traditional book formats. In simple terms it allows us to spend our time generating con-tent as academics, share it with people freely, but still generate income from our works. Page 15.67.7References1. Jack, H, “Engineer on a disk”, http://engineeronadisk.com2. MIT Open Course Ware, http://ocw.mit.edu3. Merlot Open Textbook Projects, http://taste.merlot.org/opentextbooks.html4

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

C. Richard Helps

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Information Systems

curriculum development effortsonto the institutionally recognized reward system – typically published research and grants.The goals of this research project and report are more modest. They are to reliably evaluate some Page 15.1109.2current practices, using recognized educational theoretical bases so that the current situation canbe understood in an instructional design context and key indicators of the design process can beidentified and that methods of improvement can be based on a correct understanding of theinfluences at work in the process. A deeper understanding of what is happening will create afoundation upon which future designs or

Conference Session

Curricular Issues in Computer-Oriented Programs

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ashley Banaszek, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Hong Sheng, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Richard Hall, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Ronaldo Luna, Missouri University of Science and Technology; Ghulam Bham, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

module for teachingGeographic Information Systems to civil engineering students within the context of a problemrelated to crash data analysis. This module is one part of a National Science Foundation Course,Curricula, and Laboratory Improvement Project in which GIS modules are being developed forseveral areas of civil engineering. The module was used as a laboratory assignment in atransportation engineering course. Two days later students completed both an objective multiplechoice quiz over the material covered in the lab and a subjective questionnaire. Quantitativeanalysis was carried out on the quiz answers and the Likert scale portion of the questionnaire. Aqualitative grounded-theory open-coding analysis was applied to the open-ended

Conference Session

Emerging Information Technologies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nipul Patel, Purdue University, North Central

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Information Systems

increases with age: Fewer than 10 percent of Americans younger than 44 years oldhave a chronic disease, compared to 23 percent of those between the ages of 44 and 64, 34percent of those from age 65 through 74, and 45 percent of those 75 years or older.2 Caring forpatients with chronic conditions accounts for more than four-fifths of all health careexpenditures, or more than $1.4 trillion annually—an amount that is projected to increase by atleast 25 percent over the next two decades as the baby boomers age.3Many of the wireless applications are designed to improve chronic disease care. Those forremotely monitoring physiological conditions can give clinicians detailed and timelyinformation about a patient’s illness, while other applications can

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Javad Shakib, DeVry University; Mohammad MUQRI

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

instrumental.Without doubt, technology has been the most influential force behind the growth in economy.The Business is placing greater emphasis in information technology. Traces of informationtechnology can be found from sales to marketing, to inventory, and to R&D. An integralcomponent of technology is that it is highly dynamic. Technology changes at a rapid rate and therate of change is increasing.The Java programming language is one such instrumental change that has taken the industry bystorm. Its introduction was followed by a huge growth in the computer industry. It is ironic, thatsuch a success would be caused by a failure. Java was a descendent of a failed project at SunMicrosystems in its attempt to get into the interactive TV business. From one

Conference Session

IT-based Instructional Technologies

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mudasser Wyne, National University, San Diego, USA; Anil Kumar Domakonda, National University, San Diego, USA; Pradeep Goutam, National University, San Diego, USA; Jayanth Kadlur, National University, San Diego, USA

Tagged Divisions

Information Systems

AC 2010-348: WEB ENABLED CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMMudasser Wyne, National University, San Diego, USA Currently serving as a Professor of Computer Science at School of Engineering and Technology, National University, San Diego, USA. He is a lead faculty for MSc in Database Administration and MSc in Computer Science programs. Dr. Wyne has a Ph.D. in Computer Science, M.Sc. in Engineering and B.Sc., in Electrical Engineering. He has been in academics for 20+ years and supervised over 50 graduate and undergraduate projects. Dr. Wyne is with the Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET), USA for more than 8 years and is currently serving as a program evaluator for Computer