A DLT-based framework for secure IoT infrastructure in smart communities

In the field of smart communities, significant progress has been made in recent years. The objective of constructing smart communities is to improve the quality of life of their inhabitants. To accomplish this objective, technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) were deployed. The data gathered and processed by IoT devices, particularly those with centralized control, are however susceptible to availability, integrity, and privacy risks. Due to its inherent properties of transparency, immutability, and underlying secure-by-design architecture, Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and Smart Contracts enable distributed, decentralized, automated workflows that can be incorporated to automate the management of the next generation of IoT networks. Using a potential use case, a conceptual architecture for securing smart communities with DLT is developed and explained. In this paper, a framework for IoT eco-systems is proposed that provides seamless integration between IoT and DLT to create a decentralized trusted architecture that ensures the trustworthiness of IoT eco-systems at design time and a trust reputation model based on the architecture to protect it at run-time. In addition, the initial implementation steps are described for this framework.     

Influence of alumina nanoparticles additives into biofuel (water hyacinth)-diesel mixture on diesel engine performance and emissions

The using diesel and biodiesel blends as a fuel has been a recent field of study especially with nanoparticles additives. The addition of alumina nanoparticles to biodiesel was verified to reduce emissions, while engine performance was not given great attention to evaluate the effect of blending alumina nanoparticles with the diesel and biodiesel mixture on the performance characteristics of the diesel engine. Then performance and emission tests were carried out by using different fuel samples in a single cylinder diesel engine. The brake thermal efficiency for the alumina nanoparticles (50 ppm, 100 ppm) and biodiesel blends were lower than that of biofuel (D80B20) blends, it was decreased by 2.5 %, 6.05 % respectively as compared to the blend (D80B20). The rate of carbon monoxide emissions for the two biodiesel and alumina blends were lower than that of the biodiesel blend (D80B20) and the best reduction was for the blend (D80B20N50) and was 76.3 % as compared with the biodiesel blend (D80B20). Also, the nitrogen oxides emissions for all the blends with nanoparticles were lower than that of the blend D80B20 due to shortened ignition delay and less fuel was added during the combustion which lead to reduction in nitrogen oxides emissions.     

关于高校开展科技信息开发的探讨

阐述了高校开展科技信息服务的实践和开发渠道,对如何更好地发挥文献资源在教学、科研等方面的作用进行了探讨。     

面向21世纪工程测量的发展趋势与对策

分析了90年代以来我国工程测量的现状.介绍了测绘新技术在工程测量中的应用;指出了工程测量的发展趋势,认为工程测量是信息产业的一部分,应当大力培养现代测绘人才,运用现代测绘技术为国民经济建设服务.     

测试技术中的数学方法

将测试技术中常用的数学方法归纳在一起,重点阐述其发展过程及横向联系,把原来分布于各处的条状、纵向的知识,综合起来,形成网状的知识结构,有利于人们发挥创造性思维,去开拓新的领域。     

面皮快餐食品工业化生产的调查及工艺研究

通过对面皮传统手工制作工艺的调查分析,提出了面皮工业化生产的工艺和方法,进而对面皮作为方便快餐食品的开发进行了论述。利用先前开发的面皮机和小麦淀粉厂的有关设备,进行了中试试验,在此基础上提出了有关工艺和经济技术指标。     

产品形态设计的思考

产品形态设计怎样才能顺应时代的发展？根据我国国情,从国际流行趋势、功能、性能优化、人本性、新技术以及产品周期六个方面进行了探讨。     

The optimal control approach to generalized multiprocessor scheduling

In this paper we present several new results in the theory of homogeneous multiprocessor scheduling. We start with some assumptions about the behavior of tasks, with associated precedence constraints, as processor power is applied. We assume that as more processors are applied to a task, the time taken to compute it decreases, yielding some speedup. Because of communication, synchronization, and task scheduling overhead, this speedup increases less than linearly with the number of processors applied. We also assume that the number of processors which can be assigned to a task is a continuous variable, with a view to exploiting continuous mathematics. The optimal scheduling problem is to determine the number of processors assigned to each task, and task sequencing, to minimize the finishing time.These assumptions allow us to recast the optimal scheduling problem in a form which can be addressed by optimal control theory. Various theorems can be proven which characterize the optimal scheduling solution. Most importantly, for the special case where the speedup function of each task isp , wherep is the amount of processing power applied to the task, we can directly solve our equations for the optimal solution. In this case, for task graphs formed from parallel and series connections, the solution can be derived by inspection. The solution can also be shown to be shortest path from the initial to the final state, as measured by anl _1/ distance metric, subject to obstacle constraints imposed by the precedence constraints.This research has been funded in part by the Advanced Research Project Agency monitored by ONR under Grant No. N00014-89-J-1489, in part by Draper Laboratory, in part by DARPA Contract No. N00014-87-K-0825, and in part by NSF Grant No. MIP-9012773. The first author is now with AT&T Bell Laboratories and the second author is with BBN Incorporated.     

高职院校网络安全防护技术课程的内容开发探索

通过对网络管理类岗位人才需要规格的分析,从而正确定位网络安全防护技术课程的在课程体系中的位置.按照"安全防护策略化、教学模式任务化"的设计理念开发课程,依据网络安全工程师的工作过程和学生的认知规律序化教学内容.开发过程体现了将安全防护技术策略化,科学设计<网络安全防护技术>课程内容的特色.     

密码技术在当前信息安全领域中的应用研究

密码技术在信息安全中有着举足轻重的作用。文章介绍了密码技术的相关理论及应用现状,并以应用比较广泛的单向散列函数MD5为例介绍了单向散列函数在当前的应用,特别以网页设计中用户认证为例,对单向散列函数MD5所起的作用进行了比较。