Traditional computer applications in civil engineering are mainly for analysis, design and construction of buildings and other structures, which are basic components of social infrastructures. No doubt computer technology has been promoting productivities in the engineering aspect, but few successful efforts have been made in solving social and human related problems, such as disaster mitigatio...

1. introduction by the passage of the industrial revolution and entrance to the post-industrial era, the change and variety in the functions of capitalistic powers, ict revolution, and the speeding up of globalization after the 1960s have brought about renewal of the operational, spatial, and managerial structures of cities. in line with the mentioned changes, the structural changes resulted fr...

Foreign imaginaries of surveillance and informatization in China are commonly connected to notions omnipresence, advanced technology, coherent governance. In reality, however, the Chinese government’s efforts at building a digital society permeated by confusion over meaning central edicts, interdepartmental regional fragmentation, overlap between different governance systems. This article inter...

The increasing dependence on computers for critical infrastructures essential for the functioning of a society and its economy has given rise to host of ethical, social, and legal issues. The ability to make sound ethical decisions is thus an important part of Computing and Software engineer’s professional skills. This paper argues for the significance of teaching professional, social and ethic...

The creation of open agent-mediated electronic marketplaces requires new architectures, capable of coping with unreliable computational and network infrastructures, limited trust among independently developed agents, and the possibility of systemic failures. In analogy with civil human societies, open marketplaces will benefit from the introduction of appropriate electronic social institutions,...

Purpose – To overview and discuss the technical, economical, legal, and social reasons why public key infrastructures (PKIs) have failed so far, summarizing the lessons learned, and giving expectations about the future development of the field. Design/methodology/approach – A detailed analysis of the developments in the PKI field, pointing out the achievements so far and the issues that still r...

Introduction A new theme emerging in the information age is critical infrastructure and, in particular, information infrastructure. Infrastructures are indispensable for human welfare, not only because of the important economic, social and other benefits they provide, but also because of the consequences for society-at-large when they fail to meet expected service requirements. Critical infrast...

Today’s economy, production activity, and our life are sustained by social and technological network infrastructures, while new threats of network attacks by destructing loops have been found recently in network science. We inversely take into account the weakness, and propose a new design principle for incrementally growing robust networks. The networks are self-organized by enhancing interwov...