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    Factory environment networking :

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    Computer Graphics. Volume 2 - an Annotated Bibliography to the NASA-MSFC Digital Computer Graphics Program

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    Annotated bibliography on digital computer graphic

    A basic web-based distance education model

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    Thesis (Master)--Izmir Institute of Technology, Computer Engineering, Izmir, 2005Includes bibliographical references (leaves: 147)Text in English; Abstract: Turkish and Englishxv, 201 leavesDuring the recent years, the rapid growth of the Web and multimedia technologies urged a shift of Computer-Based Educational Technology towards the Web. In the leading universities of the developed countries, studies on Web-Based Education have started and in an increasing manner are going strong. In the last few years, the leading universities of Turkey are also greatly interested in Web-Based Education and have started their re-structuring accordingly.The goal of this study is to design a basic model to be utilized by a university aiming to offer web-based distance education. In achieving this; by the use of system approach, a model comprising of three subsystems, namely system analysis, system design and evaluation&control, working in coordination with each other, has been tried to be proposed. There may be only one missing point of this study, that is; since preparing a lesson or program according to this model was not foreseen in this thesis, the effectiveness evaluations suggested in the evaluation&control subsystem could not be realized. It is recommended to realize such an evaluation in a further study to make it possible to reveal the effectiveness of web-based education by preparing a lesson or program according to this model.On the other hand, a survey has been conducted in Turkey in some of the universities either offering web-based education or are interested in studies in this field.The aim of this survey is to analyze from system design point of view the studies carried out in our universities on this matter and to get a picture of the existing situation.The directed questions aiming this were prepared by taking into consideration of the three stages of system design subsystem, i.e. administrative design, educational design, and technological design. It is intended for the result of this survey to shed light to the new-coming institutions in this field. As a matter of fact, each stage of this subsystem is a survey item itself and should be researched one by one in other studies.Furthermore, for individuals interested in distance education and web-based distance education and for people newly involved in this matter, this thesis is intended to be a reference material and to serve this purpose the sections are prepared containing the basic information accordingly. Nevertheless, since most of the information regarding system design are prepared without taking into consideration the disabled people, the relevant information are not complete. In another study, the offering of the web-based education to the disabled people, especially for deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired, and blind students, has to be investigated.Finally, in this thesis the proposed model for the Web-Based Distance Education, as being a basic and conceptual model, has a flexible structure; i.e., suitable for all the institutions and establishments intending to offer the web-based education.What is important here, is to exploit the potential sources within the institution that will display the required systematic approach

    Personal Privacy in the Computer Age: The Challenge of a New Technology in an Information-Oriented Society

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    The purpose of this Article is to survey the new technology\u27s implications for personal privacy and to evaluate the contemporary common-law and statutory pattern relating to data-handling. In the course of this examination, it will appraise the existing framework\u27s capacity to deal with the problems created by society\u27s growing awareness of the primordial character of information. The Article is intended to be suggestive; any attempt at definitiveness would be premature. Avowedly, it was written with the bias of one who believes that the new information technology has enormous long-range societal implications and who is concerned about the consequences of the notion that man shapes his tools and then they shape him. The assumption throughout is that the computer is not simply a sophisticated indexing machine, a miniaturized library, or an electronic abacus; it is the keystone of a new communications medium that eventually will have global dimensions. Thus, it would be overly simplistic to examine the computer-privacy issue from the perspective of a particular machine or group of machines operating in a federal office building, in the headquarters of one of the nation\u27s major industrial complexes, or in the recesses of a great university. Indeed, the analogy between the forces that gave rise to the multifaceted regulation of the airlines, railroads, radio, and television and the problems that already are generating pressure for the regulation of computer transmissions and facilities seems obvious. It is against the template of the potential need for a comprehensive regulatory scheme embracing some uses of the technology in both the public and private sectors that the question of protecting individual privacy in the computer age must be placed

    ICL Technical Journal 4(4): CAFS-ISP

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    The special issue of the ICL Technical Journal on CAFS-ISP. This closely followed the award to ICL of the Queen's Award for Technology in April, 1985. The contents include the history of the hardware and software, its status and future, perspectives from leading developers and users, and a list of related patents

    Workshop proceedings: Information Systems for Space Astrophysics in the 21st Century, volume 1

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    The Astrophysical Information Systems Workshop was one of the three Integrated Technology Planning workshops. Its objectives were to develop an understanding of future mission requirements for information systems, the potential role of technology in meeting these requirements, and the areas in which NASA investment might have the greatest impact. Workshop participants were briefed on the astrophysical mission set with an emphasis on those missions that drive information systems technology, the existing NASA space-science operations infrastructure, and the ongoing and planned NASA information systems technology programs. Program plans and recommendations were prepared in five technical areas: Mission Planning and Operations; Space-Borne Data Processing; Space-to-Earth Communications; Science Data Systems; and Data Analysis, Integration, and Visualization

    Analysis and design of a geographic information system for the OGX process Oil exploration

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    In these days, the oil exploration activity is mainly based on the integration and multidisciplinary analysis of data from different sources: Multipurpose cadastre, land use, aerial photos and separate satellite images such as topographic, geomorphological, geological, geophysical, land and air, and so on. In addition, organizations guarantors for oil exploration establish relationships with a large number of other entities, from which it takes or have to share the information handled. All of this process has significant benefits as it puts the information right in the hands of an end user, but it also results in problems like fractured databases, lack of synchronization, data duplication, loss of data and ultimately loss of productivity and accuracy. Unorganized growth also leads to proliferation of systems with attendant interoperability and compatibility problems. Here an enterprise Oil 1GIS as the answer to that kind of problems. Such a system designed to provide an integrated and interoperable environment in which the different departments and functionaries of an enterprise can make, access, view, and analyze data relevant to their tasks. This information can incorporate spatial as well as non-spatial datasets. Applications could range from complex spatial models to delivery of services encompassing government, business and citizens. The processing of information by means of data collecting, storage and manipulation does sometimes not have a clear and logical structure that allows decisions makers doing effectively in the oil business. Firstly, we have the definition and basic theoretical concepts of environment, secondly a review stepper of the philosophy which was conceived with the geographic information system, ending with the results and analysis of the same Web viewer.En estos días, la actividad de exploración petrolera se basa principalmente en la integración y el análisis multidisciplinario de datos de diferentes fuentes: Multipropósito, catastro, uso del suelo, fotografías aéreas e imágenes de satélite, separados como topográficos, geomorfológicos, geológicos, geofísicos de la tierra y el aire, y así sucesivamente. Además, las organizaciones garantes para la exploración petrolera deben establecer relaciones con un gran número de otras entidades, de las que toma o comparte la información manejada. El procesamiento de la información por medio de la recopilación de datos, el almacenamiento y la manipulación a veces no tienen una estructura clara y lógica que permita a los tomadores de decisiones haciendo efectivamente en el negocio del petróleo. En primer lugar, se tiene la definición y los conceptos teóricos básicos de medio ambiente, en segundo lugar una revisión paso a paso de la filosofía que nace con el sistema de información geográfica, para terminar con los resultados y análisis del visor web
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