Discussions on the Internet are usually conducted in isolation on a single platform, although there are many discussions on the same topic going on simultaneously all over the Internet. We argue that it is possible to connect similar discussions by reusing arguments, thus gaining a connected network of statements, supports and counterarguments which helps eradicate redundant and repetitive part...

How to tackle the first challenge can be illustrated by how D-SIMSPAIR, D-SIMLAB’s flagship product for planning and optimisation of spare parts logistics networks in the aviation industry, evolved: The original intention was to develop this system using a Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) simulation package as the backbone. However, it turned out that such a simulation software comprises a lot o...

Universal access to the WWW has made security a top issue. New problems have arisen in areas such as legally mandated privacy policies and protecting intellectual property. Collaborative arrangements need to be created and ended, rapidly. Systems architectures have become far more complex, so data requires protection in documents, messaging systems, and application servers. Most crucially, ther...

Rapid developments in information and communication technologies (ICT) have resulted in the widespread use of the Internet as an important medium for commercial activity. Such activity commonly referred to as electronic commerce, or e-commerce has facilitated new business models in many different commercial endeavours including pharmaceutical and medical practice. This paper investigates the gr...

Plasma particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations model the interactions of charged particles with the surrounding fields. This application has been recognized as one of the grand challenge problems facing the high-performance computing community due to its huge computational requirements. Recently, with the explosive development of Internet, Java is receiving increasing attention and is thought as a p...

We discuss the challenges of implementing an Internet-based platform for creating collaborative supply chains using a case study in the retail sector. The case presents how an Internet-based collaboration platform was implemented to address the strategic issue of increasing shelf availability and customer service in grocery retailing, an issue that has emerged as one of the major confrontations...

Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) is one of the most notable applications of internet. Some other well known terms used for VOIP in literature include IP telephony or Internet telephony. It can be a better replacement for the traditional telephone systems because of its high resource utilization as well as low cost. Beside this, wireless LAN Network (WLAN) has emerged as a robust networking t...

The Berlin Open Wireless Lab (BOWL) project at Technische Universität Berlin (TUB) maintains an outdoor WiFi network which is used both for Internet access and as a testbed for wireless research. From the very beginning of the BOWL project, we experienced several development and operations challenges to keep Internet users and researchers happy. Development challenges included allowing multiple...

The rapid growth of small Internet connected devices, known as the Internet of Things (IoT), is creating a new set of challenges to create secure, private infrastructures. The purpose of this paper is to review the current literature on the challenges and approaches to security and privacy in the Internet of Things, with an especial focus on how these aspects are handled in IoT middleware. We f...

This article defines the origin of an internet-centered language assessment (ICLA), how ICLAs are different from the other traditional computer-oriented tests, and what uses and functions ICLAs have in different taxonomies of language testing. After a very short review of computer- oriented testing, ICLAs are defined and categorized in low-tech or high tech categories. Since low-tech tests are ...