493 research outputs found
The protect mobile user data in Russia
This paper studies the issue the information security for smartphone users in Russia. The report analyses the regulations the state uses to prevent undeclared functionality and malicious programs in mobile phones in Russia; the law enforcement practice in this area; the responsibility of legal entities, officials and persons for non-compliance with the requirements for standardization, ensuring information security and violation of declaration of conformity. The paper develops proposals to improve state regulation of undeclared functionality of mobile devices providing the collection of information, including confidential data. The report discusses specific ethical issues related to privacy, including matters relating to compensation for damage resulting from the leakage of personal information and develops proposals for legal ensuring the information security of mobile phone users. The report first outlines the main actors, terms and concepts used in the report. Second the standards for mobile phone developers, although there is no guarantee of complete information security. In this case, the peculiarity of Russia is that standards used in the field of information security are voluntary. Third how law enforcement agencies protect the user community. In this case there is a potential danger that this may entail uncontrolled access of government agencies to confidential data
Indicators of sustainable development: contemporary trends and challenges
Indicators that characterize social processes are based on statistical data,
and used in assessment the efficiency of activity, identification of causal
relationships in the decision- making process. The beginning of sustainability
measuring practice was marked by the appeal of the United Nations Conference on
the Human Environment, 1971, to prepare periodic international, regional, and subregional
reports on ―the state of, and outlook for, the environment‖ (UNEP, 1972)
Activity-Based Recommendations for Demand Response in Smart Sustainable Buildings
The energy consumption of private households amounts to approximately 30% of
the total global energy consumption, causing a large share of the CO2 emissions
through energy production. An intelligent demand response via load shifting
increases the energy efficiency of residential buildings by nudging residents
to change their energy consumption behavior. This paper introduces an activity
prediction-based framework for the utility-based context-aware multi-agent
recommendation system that generates an activity shifting schedule for a
24-hour time horizon to either focus on CO2 emissions or energy cost savings.
In particular, we design and implement an Activity Agent that uses hourly
energy consumption data. It does not require further sensorial data or activity
labels which reduces implementation costs and the need for extensive user
input. Moreover, the system enhances the utility option of saving energy costs
by saving CO2 emissions and provides the possibility to focus on both
dimensions. The empirical results show that while setting the focus on CO2
emissions savings, the system provides an average of 12% of emissions savings
and 7% of cost savings. When focusing on energy cost savings, 20% of energy
costs and 6% of emissions savings are possible for the studied households in
case of accepting all recommendations. Recommending an activity schedule, the
system uses the same terms residents describe their domestic life. Therefore,
recommendations can be more easily integrated into daily life supporting the
acceptance of the system in a long-term perspective
Transmission properties of left-handed band-gap structures
We analyze transmission of electromagnetic waves through a periodic band-gap
structure consisting of slabs of a left-handed metamaterial and air. Using the
effective parameters of the metamaterial derived from its microscopic
structure, we study, with the help of the transfer-matrix approach and by means
of the finite-difference-time-domain numerical simulations, the transmission
properties of such a left-handed photonic crystals in a novel type of band gap
associated with the zero averaged refractive index. We demonstrate that the
transmission can be made tunable by introducing defects, which allow to access
selectively two different types of band gaps.Comment: 5 pages, 8 figure
Subwavelength imaging with opaque left-handed nonlinear lens
We introduce the concept of subwavelength imaging with an opaque nonlinear
left-handed lens by generating the second-harmonic field. We consider a slab of
composite left-handed metamaterial with quadratic nonlinear response and show
that such a flat lens can form, under certain conditions, an image of the
second-harmonic field of the source being opaque at the fundamental frequency.Comment: 3 pages, 3 figure
Understanding User Perception and Intention to Use Smart Homes for Energy Efficiency: A Survey
The positive impact of Smart Homes on energy efficiency is heavily dependent
on how consumers use the system after adoption. While the technical aspects of
Smart Home systems and their potential to reduce energy usage is a focus of
various studies, there is a limited consideration of behavioral psychology
while designing systems for energy management. To investigate users' perception
and intention to use Smart Homes to support energy efficiency, we design a
research model by combining a theory of planned behavior and the norm
activation model. We design a questionnaire and conduct a survey targeting
current smart home users (over 350 responses). To analyze the survey results,
we extend the partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) by a
random forest algorithm. The findings suggest that personal norms have the
strongest influence on behavioral intention to use Smart Homes for energy
efficiency, followed by the ascription of responsibility. Furthermore, the
results support the effects of attitudes, subjective norms, awareness of
consequences, as well as the moderating effect of past behavior on the
relationship between personal norms and behavioral intentions
State regulation of the IoT in the Russian Federation: Fundamentals and challenges
The purpose of this section is to study the problems with implementing technical and legal regulations for the development of public administration functions in the Russian Federation when using the internet of things (IoT). The introduction is based on an analysis of regulatory legal acts and presents the main strategic directions for the development of public administration functions in the Russian federation when using IoT. State reports, scientific literature, a system of technical and legal regulation are analyzed, and the main problems of implementing the IoT that impede the achievement of effective public administration are studied. The Russian practice of using IoT in various economic areas is investigated. Based on an analysis of the mechanisms for ensuring data safety of information technology users in the Russian federation, problems were investigated, such as the collecting data through IoT, including publicly available personal data in order to profile human activities, and creating of a digital twin of a person. The social constraints for introducing distributed registry technologies are users' distrust in the field of data privacy protection and mathematical algorithms that are used to establish trust in a digital environment instead of trusted centralized intermediaries; these problems were also analyzed. The Russian approach was analyzed in comparison to European experience in this field. To ensure information security and the possibility of its distribution, the IoT is revealed
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