Customized trapping of magnetic particles

This paper presents an efficient technique for trapping of magnetic particles in confined spatial locations using customized designs of micro-coils (MCs). Large magnetic field gradients of up to 20 T/mm and large magnetic forces in the range of 10⁻⁸ Newton on magnetic particles with diameter of 1 μm have been achieved using MCs with several planar geometrical configurations. A large magnetic field gradient is generated and enhanced by two structural parameters: the small width and high aspect ratio of each single conductor and the ferromagnetic pillars positioned at high-flux density locations. This arrangement creates very steep magnetic potential wells, in particular at the vicinity of the pillars. The system allowed capturing of suspended magnetic particles as far as 1,000 μm from the center of the device. Magnetic particles/cells have been trapped and confined in single and in arrays of deep magnetic potential wells corresponding to the MCs configuration.     

Denial of service attacks and defenses in decentralized trust management

Trust management is an approach to scalable and flexible access control in decentralized systems. In trust management, a server often needs to evaluate a chain of credentials submitted by a client; this requires the server to perform multiple expensive digital signature verifications. In this paper, we study low-bandwidth Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks that exploit the existence of trust management systems to deplete server resources. Although the threat of DoS attacks has been studied for some application-level protocols such as authentication protocols, we show that it is especially destructive for trust management systems. Exploiting the delegation feature in trust management languages, an attacker can forge a long credential chain to force a server to consume a large amount of computing resource. Using game theory as an analytic tool, we demonstrate that unprotected trust management servers will easily fall prey to a witty attacker who moves smartly. We report our empirical study of existing trust management systems, which manifests the gravity of this threat. We also propose a defense technique using credential caching, and show that it is effective in the presence of intelligent attackers. A preliminary version of this paper was presented at the Second IEEE International Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks, Baltimore, MD, USA, August 2006.     

Strategic reasoning about business models: a conceptual modeling approach

Strategic reasoning about business models is an integral part of service design. In fast moving markets, businesses must be able to recognize and respond strategically to disruptive change. They have to answer questions such as: what are the threats and opportunities in emerging technologies and innovations? How should they target customer groups? Who are their real competitors? How will competitive battles take shape? In this paper we define a strategic modeling framework to help understand and analyze the goals, intentions, roles, and the rationale behind the strategic actions in a business environment. This understanding is necessary in order to improve existing or design new services. The key component of the framework is a strategic business model ontology for representing and analyzing business models and strategies, using the i* agent and goal oriented methodology as a basis. The ontology introduces a strategy layer which reasons about alternative strategies that are realized in the operational layer. The framework is evaluated using a retroactive example of disruptive technology in the telecommunication services sector from the literature.     

量子保密通信探悉

量子通信是经典通信和量子力学相结合的一门新兴交叉学科,它是目前科学界公认的惟一能实现无条件安全的通信方式.本文分析了现有密码系统存在的安全问题,介绍了量子密码术概念,深入剖析了最典型的量子密钥分发协议--BB84协议的全过程,并分析了它的安全性.     

基于WSNs的脉搏血氧饱和度中央监护系统设计

设计了基于无线传感器网络(WSNs)的脉搏血氧饱和度中央监护系统;系统利用WSNs的各节点位置随机分布,自组织网络等特性,结合脉搏血氧饱和度监测仪,应用无线的方式完成了病人脉搏血氧饱和度监测的任务;其中一个传感器节点与血氧仪相连进行数据采集;其它的节点组成多跳路由通讯网络,把血氧仪采集到的数据传到中央监控站(host computer)里;最后通过一个友好的图形用户界面来接收和显示所有的监测患者的实时监测数据,并经分析、处理后实现自动报警,自动记录;试验结果表明具有很高的测量精确度,且在设备的实用性、方便性、可管理性等方面有了极大提高。     

基于时间放大的光盘抖晃测试系统设计

利用TIA(时序分析仪)或其它模拟方法来测量光盘的抖晃存在成本高、灵活性差、稳定性低等不足,而在实际的光盘生产测试过程中,更需要一种升级扩展方便、性价比高的测试设备。在粗糙脉宽检测方法的基础上,引入时间放大电路,成功地设计出一套以FPGA为核心,基于PCI Express总线的抖晃测试系统;实验表明,该系统具有结构简单、精度高、设计灵活、成本低等特点,在光盘测试和抖晃特性研究方面具有较好的应用价值和一定的市场前景。     

The cost of approximate controllability for semilinear heat equations

We consider the semilinear heat equation with globally Lipschitz non-linearity involving gradient terms in a bounded domain of R^n. In this paper, we obtain explicit bounds of the cost of approximate controllability, i.e., of the minimal norm of a control needed to control the system approximately. The methods we used combine global Carleman estimates, the variational approach to approximate controllability and Schauder＇s fixed point theorem.     

基于C/S架构的徐州市绿地信息系统设计与实现

在确立绿地信息分类和组织原则的基础上构建了徐州市绿地信息数据库,结合该数据库在VB开发环境下利用SuperMap Objects组件开发了徐州市绿地地理信息系统,该系统不仅具有缓冲分析、属性查询、模糊查询等地理信息系统功能,还具有界面简单、易于操作、可视化强的特点。系统的使用为提高徐州市绿地管理的信息化水平,城市绿地的规划、建设和管理提供了可视化的支撑工具。     

D-S证据理论在移动机器人信息融合中的应用

移动机器人的自动能力中实时避障和导航是一个很关键的技术,研究中主要的问题是：机器人在运动时需要充分的环境信息,而且处理这些信息的速度要快,同时也要满足实时性的要求。详细介绍了将D-S证据理论应用于移动机器人对未知环境的探索、感知过程,并通过仿真结果对D-S证据融合方法的性能进行研究与改进,确定了D-S证据融合方案的具体实现步骤,并完成了一个简化的仿真算例,得出了相关结论。     

基于Flex的RIA技术在教学软件中的应用

RIA技术是Web应用程序的一个发展方向。文章介绍并分析了RIA技术及其特点,对RIA的开发技术Flex做了阐述,通过对比传统的教学软件和基于Flex技术开发的教学软件,以及介绍应用实例的方法,体现了基于Flex的RIA技术在开发教学软件方面所具有的优势以及带给师生的全新体验。