This paper discusses the concept of Information Communication Technology (ICT) supported education at the university level, focusing on Moscow State University (MSU). The technology and functions of the high performance network of the Physics Department at MSU are first described. The information block development concept for implementing open distributed learning (ODL) is reported, and softwar...

The Maui High Performance Computing Center (MHPCC) in Kihei, Maui can play an important role in Pacific Basin High performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) activities. MHPCC can be a catalyst for HPCC activities linking Asia Pacific to the Americas. With its affiriation with the University of New Mexico, the MHPCC has active collaboration with the Asian Technology Information Program (A ...

Information Technology (IT) projects are always accompanied by various risks and because of high rate of failure in such projects, managing risks in order to neutralize or at least decrease their effects on the success of the project is strongly essential. In this paper, fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP) is exploited as a means of risk evaluation methodology to prioritize and organize r...

In this paper, we develop two models for the valuation of information technology (IT) investment projects using the real options approach. The IT investment projects discussed in this paper are categorized into development and acquisition projects, depending upon the time it takes to start benefiting from the IT asset once the decision to invest has been taken. The models account for uncertaint...

Discussing the state of the art of current limitation in medium voltage range shows the limits and drawbacks of today's current limiting techniques. Focusing on up-to-date research projects in the field, the major part of this paper explains various kinds of current limitation by means of super conducting materials. The two major principles, resistive and inductive limiters, are introduced as w...

Introduction In this paper, we present SciTech, the summer international research program for talented high school students, organized in the Technion—Israel Institute of Technology. Our major thesis is that while taking part in scientific projects under supervision by the Technion research stuff, the high school participants in SciTech are given the opportunity to work as researchers, and not ...

Parallel processing is the key to fulfill the high demands on computational resources in scientific computing. This has further pushed researches in High Performance Computing into the mainstream. Numerous powerful computer systems are then born. Especially, low-cost powerful clusters, which are set up by connecting many personal computers/workstations in a high speed network, were developed ra...

real options applied to technology projects, and quantifying the business value of information technology initiatives. He has more than 30 publications in scientific and technology journals, and three book chapters including a chapter on ROI analysis for e-business projects in the 2003 Wiley Encyclopedia of the Internet. Prof. Jeffery has also developed 14 original case studies that are used in...