...monthly grants, or free money to everyone. This is what a universal basic income (UBI) has been called in other names. The notion of a universal basic income has been literally everywhere for a very long period, at least since the aftermath of the world war I. A UBI is an income given without any strings attached to every adult and child (or in some version, only citizens) to provide at least an adequate level of resources. A basic income guarantees each citizen an income sufficient to meet his or her basic needs. The money would be given even regardless of whether the recipients are in the jobs or not. Strikingly for UBI, it is not mean-testing benefits, meaning that no family stuck in poverty traps where benefit withdrawal erodes any increase in earning. Yet, there are many critics of a universal basic income, the most common one is the cost objection. It argues that the cost of providing everyone with an adequate income floor, beneath which no one would fall us out of reach for governments and public finance. Other critics pointed out at some deficiencies that the incentives for people to work would be somewhat eliminated. Yet, what many critics seem to not recognize is that many objections is usually based on inadequate and misleading information, and that the current system of welfare is being implemented obsoletely and ineffectively. In this paper, first, I will demonstrate reasons why the idea of a universal basic income, in terms of feasibility, is financially feasible to be...
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...Cooperative Networks: Theory and Algorithms Abstract Cooperative networking is known to have significant potential in increasing network capacity and transmission reliability. Although there have been extensive studies on applying cooperative networking in multi-hop ad hoc networks, most works are limited to the basic three-node relay scheme and single-antenna systems. These two limitations are interconnected and both are due to a limited theoretical understanding of the optimal power allocation structure in MIMO cooperative networks (MIMO-CN). In this paper, we study the structural properties of the optimal power allocation in MIMO-CN with per-node power constraints. More specifically, we show that the optimal power allocations at the source and each relay follow a matching structure in MIMO-CN. This result generalizes the power allocation result under the basic three-node setting to the multi-relay setting, for which the optimal power allocation structure has been heretofore unknown. We further quantify the performance gain due to cooperative relay and establish a connection between cooperative relay and pure relay. Finally, based on these structural insights, we reduce the MIMO-CN rate maximization problem to an equivalent scalar formulation. We then propose a global optimization method to solve this simplified and equivalent problem. Architecture Existing System In Existing System, the multi-hop ad hoc networks most works are limited to the basic three-node...
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...EECE 350/450 Computer Networks Spring 2013 Course information Catalogue Description A course that outlines data communications; wide area networks; circuit and packet switching; routing; congestion control; local area networks; communications architecture and protocols; internetworking. Pre-requisites By topic: • Programming language (such as C++) • Basic understanding of probability theory and data structures • Basic understanding of the internal operations of computers By course: • STAT 230 Probability and Random Variables, and EECE 330 Data Structures and Algorithms. Instructor Ayman Kayssi Office: 404, Raymond Ghosn Building (RGB) Office Hours: Monday 2 – 3:30 pm and by appointment Extension: 3499 Email: ayman@aub.edu.lb Web: aub.edu/~ayman Messaging: +961 3 965 258 LinkedIn: lb.linkedin.com/in/aymankayssi Twitter: akayssi Facebook: akayssi Course objectives The objectives of this course are to give students: An understanding of the basic principles of computer networking An overview of the main technologies used in computer networks An overview of internetworking principles and how the Internet protocols, routing, and applications operate The basic background in computer networks that will allow them to practice in this field, and that will form the foundation for more advanced courses in networking The basic skills needed to write network applications. Topics covered in this course ...
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...WPA2 Wireless Encryption Security By Charles Miller TS8004: WPA2 Wireless encryption Abstract The purpose of this research paper is to explore technologies best suited for wireless security technologies. The paper in itself will include research into WP2 Technology and how it fits in making best security measures for an organization. When an organization implements wireless technology, the aspect of keeping communications secured from sources that could use this information being transferred wireless to gain financial information, market advantage and personal gain is a concern for security involvement and risk. This literary review explores a security involved in WPA2 wireless encryption technology. Table of Contents Abstract.......................................................................................................................................... 2 Table of Contents........................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction....................................................................................................................................4 Background.................................................................................................................................... 5 Problem Definition......................................................................................................................... 5 Vulnerabilities..............
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...Elective Selection Process. 2 2 2 2 3 3 2. SCHEDULE FOR ADVANCED ELECTIVES OFFERED DURING SEMESTER II 2014/2015. 2.1 MTech SE and KE Students. 2.2 MTech EBAC Students. 5 5 9 3. CURRICULUM. 12 4. DESCRIPTION OF COURSES. 4.1 Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering. 4.2 School of Computing. 4.3 Institute of Systems Science. 4.4 Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering. 4.5 Division of Engineering & Technology Management. 12 15 23 31 32 34 ATA/SE-DIP/TS-11/V1.34 page 1 of 35 Master of Technology in Software /Knowledge Engineering and Enterprise Business Analytics MASTER OF TECHNOLOGY Advanced Electives 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Overview All students that expect to have passed four core courses and eight basic electives after completing the scheduled examinations in November, and also have or expect to pass their project/internship, will be entitled to commence their Advanced Electives in NUS Semester II 2014/2015, which starts on 12 January 2015. However, it should be noted that a student’s registration for the Advanced Electives will be withdrawn if they either: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Fail any elective examination in November. Do not successfully complete their project/internship. For SE/KE Students: Do not achieve a CAP of at least 2.8. For EBAC Students: Do not achieve a CAP of at least 3.0. Do not meet NUS Academic Standing rules. Note that the examination results will only be published in early January 2015. Hence students who do not meet the...
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...hardware/software for telecommunications; asynchronous and synchronous protocols; codes; case studies of current commercial applications; distributed processing; carriers, services and regulatory agencies; standards; error management; reliability; design and tuning of networks; security. Prerequisites: CIS 370 Textbooks and Other Materials Required: Business Data Communications and Networking, Eleventh Edition, by J. FitzGerald and A. Dennis (ISBN: 978-1118-086834) Recommended: Network Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Companion Guide, 1st edition, by Mark Dye, Rick McDonald, Antoon Rufi, Publisher: Cisco Press. ISBN-10: 1-58713-208-7; ISBN-13: 978-1-58713-208-7; Published: Oct 29, 2007. Network Fundamentals, CCNA Exploration Labs and Study Guide, 1st edition, by Antoon Rufi, Priscilla Oppenheimer, Belle Woodward, Gerlinde Brady. Publisher: Cisco Press. ISBN-10: 1-58713-203-6; ISBN-13: 978-1-58713-203-2; Published: Jan 18, 2008 Supplemental Materials: CCNA Exploration Course Materials, provided online. Each student is expected to have access to the Internet. Student Learning Objectives This course provides the basic knowledge and preparation for a network administrator position. The successful student will be able to: • Explain the purpose for the OSI model and the main functions of each year. • Describe the TCP/IP...
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...Objective: This module is designed to provide students to the various principles of computer system and to create an understanding of its various applications. Session Details | | | | |Session |Topic |Session Details | |1 |Introduction to Computing |Introduction to computer and IT. | | | | | | |Computer Generations | | |2-3 | |Generations of computers and type of computers | | | | | | |Computer Hardware | | |4-6 |The Primary Memory |Basic computer organization. The hardware, The CPU, Computer Memory, The Primary memory | | | ...
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...Determining Databases and Data Communications Laura Dowell BIS/320 March 18, 2013 Martin Mueller Determining Databases and Data Communications A manager in today’s business environment must have the skills and knowledge to play a role in a variety of departments. Even if he or she is not an expert in the information technology field, a basic understanding of the tools and terminology is a must-have. This understanding can be useful in clearing out some of the options which are obviously untenable and narrow decisions to a limited number of viable options. The scenarios below demonstrate how a basic knowledge of software application and network design can simplify decisions that would perplex many individuals. SCENARIO 1 In the first scenario a marketing assistant for a consumer electronics company is responsible for managing the displays used at industry trade shows. This person must identify the necessary components and equipment and make sure they get shipped to the trade show in a timely manner. Once the shipment arrives at the trade show, the assistant is responsible for verifying the condition of each item and overseeing the set-up and functionality of the display. At the conclusion of the trade show, the assistant makes sure that each piece ships back to the company and is put back into stock at the warehouse in the same condition as when it originally left. This assistant is also in charge of following up on any problems resulting from shipping damage. There...
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...development and standardizing. The wonders of that result are far overshadowed by the systems that enable them to work. At the most basic level the internet is like a huge mail delivery system. While that is a vast simplification, it gives a framework to understand why and how some of the fundamental rules came into play. Originally there were just 32-bit numbers as IP addresses – no classes or obvious distinction between network and host bits. It was assumed that the first eight bits were the network. This only offered 254 networks. Many organizations didn’t need 16,777,214 host addresses, and over time it was obvious that we needed not only different sizes of networks, but more of them. In 1981 a new way to partition the bits of an IP address was put into use. In order to be able to easily see which bits were network and which were host, a class system was defined. (Sharma, 2011) The IANA has set rules that are followed worldwide to allow international use of the internet and intranets. Using the knowledge that an octet can only show numbers between zero and 255, classes were developed for the numbers that designate a network, which has nodes - or devices - within it. Class A networks are ones that the first octet starts with binary digit zero, so 00000001 to 01111111 or 1 to 127. It is accepted that 127.0.0.0 is not used as an IP network. It is only used within your computer, often as a loopback address to ascertain whether TCP/IP is properly installed and functional...
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...involving networking security. Being someone who works in network security I will need to have an in-depth understanding of how a network works, where the weakest point in a network is potentially and how to respond to a threat to the network. Along with theses, I also need to know what form of security I can put in place to protect the network from attacks. To protect a network I first have to understand a network and the following is a brief description of a basic network. A basic network is 2 or more computers that are all connected to help their users work together. A network connects computers by means of cabling systems, specialized software, and devices that manage data. A network enables users to share files and resources as well as send messages electronically (e-mail) to each other. Now for me as a network security worker, the first step to protecting this basic type of network is having the right form of security software installed on the computers. This software needs to be constantly kept up with to ensure the maximum amount of security is being used. Unfortunately having just one layer of security is never enough because if this one layer goes down then your entire network is open to being damaged or hacked by an outside source. Different forms of “attacks” include viruses, spyware, adware, hackers, and denial of service (DOS) attacks. Most of these threats will come into contact with your network via the internet and tend to be the most common found in today...
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...is to provide students with the fundamental knowledge of IT. • This course will cover the outline and topics which defined as syllabus of the course and upon successful completion of the course, the main outcome for students will be as below: Understanding the basic terminology of computer and IT Getting familiar with programming language - Exploring some ethical and social issues associated with IT Network and growth of Internet The role of IT in system development stages. Erican College – IT App. – Session 01 – 21 Jan 2014 – By: Hosseinpour ASSESSMENT • Assignment 30% • Class participation 10% • Examinations 60% Erican College – IT App. – Session 01 – 21 Jan 2014 – By: Hosseinpour Information Technology Application – IT App. Part I: Computer Hardware Part II: Computer Software Part III: Basic Concepts of Network Part IV: IT and Organization Erican College – IT App. – Session 01 – 21 Jan 2014 – By: Hosseinpour Outline of the Course • Fundamentals of Information Technology (IT) • Fundamentals of Computer Hardware – – – – CPU Peripherals Input / Output Memory • • • • • • • • • • Computer Software The Number System Basic Assembly Coding Programming Languages (Overview) Understanding Operating System Networking Fundamentals Internet (Intranet-LAN-WAN-MAN) Information Technology in Organizations System Development Future Computing Erican College – IT App. – Session 01 – 21 Jan 2014 – By: Hosseinpour Fundamentals of IT Fundamentals...
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...Critically discuss: a) Why Cambridge Hospital Community Health Network embarked on the ABC study? There are two main reasons why the Cambridge Hospital Community Health Network (the Network) embarked on the Activity Based Costing (ABC) study. Firstly, the Network needed to gain a better understanding of its unit-of-service costs, which had been rising at a rate of 10% per year. In fact it had recently been rated the third-highest cost hospital in the state of Massachusetts. Being a high cost provider could make the Network uncompetitive for Medicaid and other public contracts. Secondly, the Network’s new operating budget required a $14 million reduction, which represented 15% of the total hospital network’s operating budget, in expenditures during the next two fiscal years. This was largely due to the downward pressure on hospital revenues by the government reform and managed care forced providers to cope with conditions that were constantly changing, while continuing to provide quality health care services in a time of intense competition. The Network's traditional method of analysing costs is the Medicare step-down costing system. It gave little information about the cost at the unit of service level. It gave only aggregate costing information (i.e. information about the departmental or global costs) but it does not provide the costs at the patient or procedure level that is needed in order to push cost reduction and also price their services competitively...
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...time of open signals where the flow of traffic is huge. This can be implemented with if else statements and saves life of people. Spoken language understanding: Our basic concern in this paper is spoken language understanding in the scenario discussed above. For his purpose we will discuss different architectures for understanding spoken language and try to purpose an architecture that is fast as well as more effective. Problem statement: • V.I.P movement • Moving a prisoner from one place to another. The trend of V.I.P movement is very common in our country. The instructions are given to the robot, the robot will understand the situation by the architecture implemented...
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...SOFTWARE REQUIREMENT SPECIFICATION NET VIGILANT NETWORK MONITOR V1.1 Printed On: 3rd Dec 2007 C:\Washington University\ProjectDocument2.doc Department Of Computer Science & Engineering Washington University in Saint Louis Submitted By Subharthi Paul Madhuri Kulkarni Table of Contents |1 |INTRODUCTION |3 | |1.1 |Abstract____________________________________________________________ |4 | |1.2 |Introduction_________________________________________________________ |5 | |1.3 |Product Overview____________________________________________________ |6 | | | | | |2 |SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS |8 | |2.1 |External Interface Requirements_________________________________________ |9 | | |2.1.1 User Interfaces_________________________________________________ ...
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...Telecommunications and Network Security 3 Credit Hours8 Week CoursePrerequisite(s): None | Table of Contents | Instructor Information | Evaluation Procedures | Course Description | Grading Scale | Course Objectives | Course Outline | Course Delivery Method | Policies | Course Materials | Academic Services | Selected Bibliography | Instructor Information | Instructor: Dr. Elliott S. Lynn (Bio) Email: Elliott.lynn@mycampus.apus.edu Phone: 732.300.5569 Office Hours: By Appointment Only TOC Course Description (Catalog) | Telecommunications networks are a critical component of the global economic and social infrastructures. Securing critical infrastructure is an established priority within Information Security Management. This course examines the field of secure telecommunications networks, including emerging threats, system vulnerability, network evolution, and network defense mechanisms. [3 Semester Hours] TOC Course Objectives | A successful student will fulfill the following learning objectives: * Examine the principles of network security and cellular architecture. * Evaluate emerging threats and system vulnerability. * Assess vulnerabilities in telephony, short messaging service (SMS), cellular data networks, and in Voice...
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