Abs t rac t : Most so f tware systems use simple text f i les to represent the cur rent state of an evolv ing design. We propose that layered ne tworks provide a much bet ter medium to represent the design of a so f tware system and its documenta t ion . PIE is an exper imenta l personal in format ion envi ronment wh ich prov ides users w i th descr ip t ive s t ruc tu res for documents and pro...

We are engaged in the deve lopment of systems capable of analyzing short narrat ive messages dealing with a limited domain and extract ing the informat ion conta ined in the narrat ive. These systems are initially being applied to messages describing equ ipmen t failure. This work is a joint e f fo r t of New York Universi ty and the System Deve lopmen t Corp . for the Strategic Computing Progr...

Increasing user encounters with connected devices, IoT, Smart Home and Connected Cars have been motivating designers and HCI researchers need to craft interaction solutions for such scenarios of the future. Designing solutions for scenarios, which we named M3 that involves multiple contexts (Multi-Envi‐ ronment) with users using connected devices (Multi-Device), using natural inter‐ actions (Mu...

The purpose of the present paper to estimate the impact of alterations in urban design on local microclimate in three different locations: a densified area of São Paulo, Brazil, a district in Paris, France and an industrial area in Geneva, Switzerland, which is undergoing urban redevelopment. Computer simulations were run with the program ENVI-met in all cases, including a calibration procedure...

This research paper focuses on the relationship between flow experience and multimodal learning environments. Flow experience has been defined as the state in which an individual feels completely absorbed and fully engaged in an activity. This concentration and complete engagement can lead to optimal learning. Several scholars in the areas of distance learning [2] and game-based learning [3] hi...

This chapter illustrates how student activism, taken in the context of the student voice, can be harnessed as a way of enhancing the quality of educational provision in higher education. Agenda 2063 of the African Commission recognizes equitable access to quality higher education as critical for national development. In the face of an increase in stu‐ dent protests and the resultant destruction...

Correcting satellite imagery for atmospheric effects is a common procedure today. Indeed there are many techniques and software applications that offer atmospheric correction processes. This study compared several techniques (apparent reflectance, dark-object subtraction, Cos(t), and the full cost model) in both Idrisi and ENVI software to determine the level of similarity between resulting ima...

This paper proposes a useful technique for generating an earth resistivity map. Earth resistance is one of essential factors in a broad range of power system analysis and design. Information of earth resistivity is helpful for practical power system engineers in order to establish power system grounding. In this paper, a LANSAT7 image of a tested area of 50 km was used by ENVI program in associ...

The quantum increase in transmission speed of optical bre networks has created a bottleneck in transport protocol processing at host systems In this paper we present a new transport protocol system HTPNET that is designed to overcome this protocol processing bottleneck HTPNET is based on a highly parallel architecture and is designed to exploit the evolving char acteristics of high speed networ...