This paper proposes a modelling of information security policies in the framework of possibilistic logic. Our modelling is based on the concept of roles associated with users. Access control rules, guaranteeing the properties of confidentiality and integrity, are encoded in terms of stratified knowledges bases. The stratification reflects the hierarchy between roles and is very useful for deali...

Abstract This paper highlights the need and opportunities for constructively combining different types of (analogue data-driven) knowledges in evidence-informed policy decision-making future smart cities. Problematizing assumed universality objectivity data-driven knowledge, we call attention to notions “positionality” “situatedness” knowledge production relating urban present possible futures....

As intellectual practice, architecture embodies unique ways of knowing. We use many terms to describe the creation of new architectural knowledge, among them research, scholarship and creative practice. Sometimes these terms are used interchangeably and without precision. As we confront real world crises, and changing expectations for research production within universities, it is important to ...