Database Security: An Inventory of Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Security Solutions

x, 59 p. This paper was completed as part of the final research component in the University of Oregon Applied Information Management Master's Degree Program [see htpp://aim.uoregon.edu].Databases are being compromised today at an alarming rate (Britt 2007). This content analysis study provides database administrators and security managers with an inventory of five common threats to and six common vulnerabilities of databases of large corporations when more than 1000 devices require security management (Whitman and Mattord 2004), aligning these threats with potential security solutions. As noted by Vizard (2007), while companies are becoming adept at fighting data breaches, attacks are gaining in sophistication

Keynote \u3cem\u3eUnraveling Complex Problems: Applying Systems Thinking in Data Science\u3c/em\u3e

It would be an understatement to say that our world and its’ problems are as complex as ever. When developing models it is essential that we create some simplified view of a system in order to focus on relevant information, while remaining aware of interdependencies with external systems. While this is somethings we all do to explain events, correlations, or estimate the impact of a decision; how often do you practice this approach of thinking intentionally? As data scientist, we find ourselves increasingly looked to as a primary source for answers and solutions. This task comes with the responsibility to consider perspectives outside our specialization in hopes of gaining understanding around our most urgent problems. In this session, we will explore the importance of understanding complexity in a concise and deliberate way to maximize the net benefit. Invite

Why Should We Study the History of Philosophy?

Assume for the sake of argument that doing philosophy is intrinsically valuable, where ‘doing philosophy’ refers to the practice of forging arguments for and against the truth of theses in the domains of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, etc. The practice of the history of philosophy is devoted instead to discovering arguments for and against the truth of ‘authorial’ propositions, i.e. propositions that state the belief of some historical figure about a philosophical proposition. I explore arguments to think that doing history of philosophy is valuable, specifically, valuable in such a way that its value does not reduce to the value of doing philosophy. Most such arguments proffered by historians of philosophy fail egregiously, as I show. I then offer a proposal about what makes doing history of philosophy uniquely valuable, but it is one that many historians will not find agreeable

Read between the Lines: Considering the Party Agreement When Determining Arbitrability in Bilateral Investment Treaties

This note will discuss the impact party autonomy and limited judicial review of arbitral awards have on the issue of arbitrability, concluding that parties should be held to their agreement despite strict judicial review limitations. It will also discuss the implications of BG Group for the manifest disregard of law doctrine. Furthermore, this note will also attempt to examine the future ramifications this decision may have on other courts and arbitration panels facing a similar issue. It will primarily focus on the role of party autonomy in arbitration and how such party interest analysis should and does supersede other legal issues in arbitration

Estimates of body sizes at maturation and at sex change, and the spawning seasonality and sex ratio of the endemic Hawaiian grouper (Hyporthodus quernus, F. Epinephelidae)

A case study of the reproductive biology of the endemic Hawaiian grouper or hapu’upu’u (Hyporthodus quernus) is presented as a model for comprehensive future studies of economically important epinephelid groupers. Specimens were collected throughout multiple years (1978–81, 1992–93, and 2005–08) from most reefs and banks of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The absence of small males, presence of atretic oocytes and brown bodies in testes of mature males, and both developed ovarian and testicular tissues in the gonads of five transitional fish provided evidence of protogynous hermaphroditism. No small mature males were collected, indicating that Hawaiian grouper are monandrous (all males are sex-changed females). Complementary microscopic criteria also were used to assign reproductive stage and estimate median body sizes (L50) at female sexual maturity and at adult sex change from female to male. The L50 at maturation and at sex change was 580 ±8 (95% confidence interval [CI]) mm total length (TL) and 895 ±20 mm TL, respectively. The adult sex ratio was strongly female biased (6:1). Spawning seasonality was described by using gonadosomatic indices. Females began ripening in the fall and remained ripe through April. A February–June main spawning period that followed peak ripening was deduced from the proportion of females whose ovaries contained hydrated oocytes, postovulatory follicles, or both. Testes weights were not affected by season; average testes weight was only about 0.2% of body weight—an order of magnitude smaller than that for ovaries that peaked at 1–3% of body weight. The species’ reproductive life history is discussed in relation to its management

Impact detection techniques using fibre-optic sensors for aerospace & defence

Impact detection techniques are developed for application in the aerospace and defence industries. Optical fibre sensors hold great promise for structural health monitoring systems and methods of interrogating fibre Bragg gratings (FBG) are investigated given the need for dynamic strain capture and multiplexed sensors. An arrayed waveguide grating based interrogator is developed. The relationships between key performance indicators, such as strain range and linearity of response, and parameters such as the FBG length and spectral width are determined. It was found that the inclusion of a semiconductor optical amplifier could increase the signal-to-noise ratio by ~300% as the system moves to its least sensitive. An alternative interrogator is investigated utilising two wave mixing in erbium-doped fibre in order to create an adaptive system insensitive to quasistatic strain and temperature drifts. Dynamic strain sensing was demonstrated at 200 Hz which remained functional while undergoing a temperature shift of 8.5 °C. In addition, software techniques are investigated for locating impact events on a curved composite structure using both time-of-flight triangulation and neural networks. A feature characteristic of composite damage creation is identified in dynamic signals captured during impact. An algorithm is developed which successfully distinguishes between signals characteristic of a non-damaging impact with those from a damaging impact with a classification accuracy of 93 – 96%. Finally, a demonstrator system is produced to exhibit some of the techniques developed in this thesis

SEX-SPECIFIC GROWTH AND LONGEVITY OF ‘EHU’, Etelis carbunculus (FAMILY LUTJANIDAE), WITHIN THE HAWAIIAN ARCHIPELAGO

M.S.M.S. Thesis. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 201