Some argue that biologically inspired algorithms are the future of solving difficult problems in computer science. Others strongly believe that the future lies in the exploration of mathematical foundations of problems at hand. The field of computer security tends to accept the latter view as a more appropriate approach due to its more workable validation and verification possibilities. The lac...

In the context of hybrid instruction, this study was designed to explore whether gender has an influence on learners’ preferences for synchronous or asynchronous modes of computer-mediated communication, and whether this decision impacts learners’ self-efficacy (SE) towards knowledge acquisition. The participants were 180 teacher-education students (151 females and 29 males) enrolled in a hybri...

The problem of protecting computer systems can be viewed generally as the problem of learning to distinguish self from other. We describe a method for change detection which is based on the generation of T cells in the immune system. Mathematical analysis reveals computational costs of the system, and preliminary experiments illustrate how the method might be applied to the problem of computer ...

We present the prototype tool CADS* for the computeraided development of an important class of self-* systems, namely systems whose components can be modelled as Markov chains. Given a Markov chain representation of the IT components to be included into a self-* system, CADS* automates or aids (a) the development of the artifacts necessary to build the self-* system; and (b) their integration i...

The main objective of this study is to identify the antecedents as well as the effects of computer self-efficacy on information systems acceptance and use. The study is conducted in the context of social networking sites adoption. 255 respondents from Bangkok, Thailand participated in this research. Structural equation modeling techniques have been employed to analyze the data collected. Result...

Decoupled computer architectures provide an e ective means of exploiting instruction level parallelism Self timed micropipeline systems are inherently decoupled due to the elastic nature of the basic FIFO structure and may be ideally suited for constructing decoupled computer architectures Fred is a self timed decoupled pipelined computer architecture based on micropipelines We present the arch...