By broad consensus, Open Data presents great value. However, beyond that simple statement, there are a number of complex, and sometimes contentious, issues that the science community must address. In this review, we examine the current state of the core issues of Open Data with the unique perspective and use...
Electrocardiogram (ECG) data are stored and analyzed in different formats,
devices, and computer platforms. There is a need to have an independent platform
to support ECG processes among different resources for the purposes of improving
the quality of health care and proliferating the results from research. Currently,
ECG devices are...
A final report on activities related to a professional development activity titled, "Professional development in data curation". The Lundeen Award enabled me to attend the ICPSR workshop "Curating and Managing Research Data for Re-Use." The objective was to build professional capacity within OSUL&P that would empower us to achieve our...
Traditional database management systems have been deemed unsuitable for use in the Computer Aided Engineering environment Object-oriented data models with project management features have been proposed as an alternative. The Distributed Hypothetical Storage System is intended to serve as the underlying storage mechanism for an object-oriented data model. The storage...
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is one of the secret key algorithms used in Cryptography. It is applied in a variety of applications including smart cards, internet web servers, automated teller machines (ATMs), etc. Both hardware and software implementations are taken into consideration while addressing AES algorithms. In addition to reaching...
First, we study hard real-time scheduling problems where each task is defined by a four tuple (r, c, p, d): r being its release time, c computation time, p period, and d deadline. The question is whether all tasks can meet their deadlines on one processor. If not, how many...
In an attempt to provide a practical means to measure the information
processing capacity of a real-time digital processing system a
theoretical framework, the Real-Time Schemata, whose basis is a
schematic description and a measure of "useful information," is presented.
The description applies to processes that would typically be
implemented...
In process control systems where an entire process
is being controlled by a computer, the component tasks of
the system have to be monitored. An efficient message
oriented environment could be an important factor in the
optimization of such systems. In this paper we discuss
the design of a real...
An advanced laboratory interfacing capability was developed
for the Real-Time Digital Computer Laboratory in the Chemical
Engineering Department. A stationary interfacing unit located
beside the computer mainframe and two small remote units were
designed, developed and thoroughly tested. These interfacing
units permit experiments with a wide variety of analog and...