To benefit from the large amounts of data, gathered in more and more application domains, analysis techniques like clustering have become a necessity. As their application expands, a lot of unacquainted users come into contact with these techniques. Unfortunately, most clustering approaches are complex and/or scenario specific, which makes clustering a challenging domain to access. In this demo...

This paper presents an interactive educational environment for use over both in situ and distancebased modalities of teaching. Several technological issues relating to the design and development of the distributed virtual learning environment have also been raised. The PROVIDE framework proposed in this paper is a seamless distributed environment for continuous interaction between teaching and ...

This poster paper reports on a specific experiment in the mechatronic program which is set up to provide hands-on experience in the use of the Internet to implement remote monitoring and fault diagnosis for machines from a long distance, using only low cost and easily available components. Both hardware and software configuration will be highlighted.

Effective performance measurement is an important task in the discipline of engineering management. With the support of City University of Hong Kong, a research project was initiated to develop a knowledge-based expert self-assessment (KES) training toolkit on measuring and assessing organisational performance based on the evaluation criteria of a renowned Business Excellence Model—the Malcolm ...

We examine 45 existing case studies of firms with strong corporate environmental performance (CEP) to empirically identify four organizational configurations for successful sustainability. These four configurations represent different combinations of variables describing a firm’s external environment, organizational structure, and its strategy-related activities. More specifically, these config...

An alternative learning approach for destructive testing of structural specimens in civil engineering is explored by using a remote laboratory experimentation method. The remote laboratory approach focuses on overcoming the constraints in the hands-on experimentation without compromising the understanding of the students on the concepts and mechanics of reinforced concrete structures. The goal ...

Preparing students for future information assurance careers is critical for national security. A related challenge is to teach non-CS majors security issues and practical consumer skills. This paper attempts to address these challenges by inspiring the interest of students, preparing students to accede seamlessly into the future high-quality workforce via designing game-like hands-on labs. In a...

Information technology provides a unique challenge to universities to maintain the relevance of their offerings as the rate of technical change far out paces curricular reforms. What is needed for students of information technology are opportunities that provide real world, hands-on experiences for developing necessary skills and understandings in a relatively “safe” environments. This article ...

The advent of global digital networking, chiefly the Internet, broadened access to cultural portals with various remote online education resources, providing a unique behind-thescenes view of knowledge, and therefore re-established the visitor’s own ability of self-learning. Science centers capitalized on that development, as they expanded their mission beyond lab assessments and hands-on inter...

This study describes the use of technology to enhance an experiential adult learning process, which occurred in a participatory organizational climate assessment. In this case, computer software and hardware capabilities enabled greater hands-on involvement by employees, and promoted the self-discovery of knowledge that was then converted into action strategies for organizational improvement. I...