Formalizing group blind signatures and practical constructions without random oracles

Group blind signatures combine anonymity properties of both group signatures and blind signatures and offer privacy for both the message to be signed and the signer. The primitive has been introduced with only informal definitions for its required security properties. In this paper, we offer two main contributions: first, we provide foundations for the primitive and present formal security definitions. In the process, we identify and address some subtle issues which were not considered by previous constructions and (informal) security definitions. Our second main contribution is a generic construction that yields practical schemes with a round-optimal signing protocol and constant-size signatures. Our constructions permit dynamic and concurrent enrollment of new members and satisfy strong security requirements. To the best of our knowledge, our schemes are the first provably secure constructions in the standard model. In addition, we introduce some new building blocks which may be of independent interest. © 2013 Springer-Verlag

Design of Experiments for Screening

The aim of this paper is to review methods of designing screening experiments, ranging from designs originally developed for physical experiments to those especially tailored to experiments on numerical models. The strengths and weaknesses of the various designs for screening variables in numerical models are discussed. First, classes of factorial designs for experiments to estimate main effects and interactions through a linear statistical model are described, specifically regular and nonregular fractional factorial designs, supersaturated designs and systematic fractional replicate designs. Generic issues of aliasing, bias and cancellation of factorial effects are discussed. Second, group screening experiments are considered including factorial group screening and sequential bifurcation. Third, random sampling plans are discussed including Latin hypercube sampling and sampling plans to estimate elementary effects. Fourth, a variety of modelling methods commonly employed with screening designs are briefly described. Finally, a novel study demonstrates six screening methods on two frequently-used exemplars, and their performances are compared

A behavior-based malware spreading model for vehicle-to-vehicle communications in VANET networks

Network attacking using malware has become very popular on the Internet and in many other networks, namely Vehicular Ad-hoc Network (VANET) networks. It is required to have the model describing the malware spreading based on factors, which directly affect this process to limit its influences. In this paper, we propose a mathematical model called SEIR-S (Susceptible– Exposed–Infectious–Recovered–Susceptible) based on the characteristics of the VANET network and the well-known disease-spreading model SIR (Susceptible–Infectious–Recovered). We take into account possible behaviors of malware and provide the corresponding states to vehicles: Susceptible (S), Exposed (E), Infectious (I), Recovered (R). We evaluate the basic reproduction number R0 of the model and perform a stability analysis of the proposed model. The results show that, when R0 < 1, the malware spreading will gradually decrease, and, when R0 > 1, that spreading cannot be extinguished. We also point out the condition that we can control the endemic in the VANET network. In addition, the correctness of the proposed model is verified using both numerical analysis and agent-based simulation on NetLogo. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland

High efficiency green/yellow and red InGaN/AlGaN nanowire light-emitting diodes grown by molecular beam epitaxy

We report on the achievement of high efficiency green, yellow, and red InGaN/AlGaN dot-in-a-wire nanowire light-emitting diodes grown on Si(111) by molecular beam epitaxy. The peak emission wavelengths were altered by varying the growth conditions, including the substrate temperature, and In/Ga flux ratio. The devices demonstrate relatively high (>40%) internal quantum efficiency at room temperature, relative to that measured at 5 K. Moreover, negligible blue-shift in peak emission spectrum associated with no efficiency droop was measured when injection current was driven up to 556 A/cm2

Green Growth Action Plan for Lam Dong Province for the Period of 2021 – 2030, Vision to 2050

The provincial Green Growth Action Plan in Viet Nam has so far focused on low-emission development, reduced greenhouse-gas emission, green production, green lifestyle, and sustainable consumption. However, there is a need for more integrated and environment-sensitive Green Growth Action Plans which can link the production, consumption, and market components of Green Growth with the safeguard of natural resources and maintenance of ecosystem services, including biodiversity, in addition to low greenhouse-gas emission. Development of such Green Growth Action Plan will be a novel initiative in Viet Nam which can ensure more sustainable economic growth within sustainable environment

Blind ring signatures secure under the chosen target CDH Assumption

Blind signatures are a useful ingredient to design secure sophisticated systems like electronic voting or sensitive applications like e-cash. Multi-users signature schemes, like ring or group signatures, are also a useful tool to provide to such systems some properties like scalability, anonymity, (dynamic) group structure, revocation facilities... We propose in this article a simple blind ring signature scheme based on pairings on algebraic curves. We formally prove the security (anonymity, blindness and unforgeability) of our scheme in the random oracle model, under quite standard assumptions