The infrastructure elements are often recognized when their continuity stops, although security is a topic that concerning only cyber protection, not the physical one. There many examples in world where prevention of taken seriously and handled properly. These recommendations guidance could be easily adapted anywhere. aim this paper to show some existing ways, tools, techniques protecting (crit...

Very Large Research Infrastructures (VLRIs) are unique, complex undertakings with a strong international dimension that play critical role in frontier research most scientific domains. VLRIs require considerable care their construction and operation, as well very substantial investments technological innovations. Recent evolutions the political, socio-economic context challenging established pl...

This document presents the final report on the research investigations and outcomes of our AFOSR DDDAS project titled Stochastic Hybrid Systems Modeling and Middleware-enabled DDDAS for Next-generation US Air Force Systems. It summarizes our contributions to the various facets of the DDDAS paradigm when applied to provide dynamic resource management in cloud computing platforms so that they can...

This paper offers an empirical study of the role of technology in an organisational change and learning process. My focus is on the learning that occurred as the workers decided how to integrate the technology in question (a digital patient record system) into a department’s work practices. In particular I examine how the characteristics of the technology contributed to shaping and organising t...

Openness has a long genealogy in education. Whether through the use of post, radio, television and digital technologies, extending learning opportunities to more and a wider range of people has been a significant aspect of educational history. Transcending barriers to learning has been promoted as the means of opening educational opportunities in highly normative ways, focusing on the media thr...

Not long ago, the IT profession was concerned with integrating islands of information. Then the focus shifted to integration of applications to form enterprise systems. A major challenge of the new millennia is the integration of IT infrastructures that have emerged as technology rapidly advanced during the past couple of decades. This holistic view is similar to many ideas found in Stafford Be...