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DKEM: Secure and efficient distributed key establishment protocol for wireless mesh networks
(Article)In this paper, we propose an efficient and secure key establishment protocol that is tailored for Wireless Mesh Networks. The protocol is based on identity-based key establishment, but without the utilization of a trusted ... -
Security of distance-bounding: A survey
(Article)Distance-bounding protocols allow a verifier to both authenticate a prover and evaluate whether the latter is located in his vicinity. These protocols are of particular interest in contactless systems, e.g., electronic ... -
Practiceopolis: Stories from the Architectural Profession
(Book)With the increasing specialisation in the process of contemporary building production, the value and the role of architects have come into question in construction discourse. From literature about architects losing leadership ... -
Diversity in European Political Science.
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Cooperative and distributed decision-making in a multi-agent perception system for improvised land mines detection
(Article)This work presents a novel intelligent system designed using a multi-agent hardware platform to detect improvised explosive devices concealed in the ground. Each agent is equipped with a different sensor, (i.e. a ... -
Like 9/11 on steroids: AI in the age of Coronavirus
(Article)Abstract: The Covid-19 pandemic of 2020 is not the first such public health crisis we have faced, nor indeed the most lethal; however, it has occurred at the perfect time to foreground a number of key issues central to the ... -
Optimal control and simulation for production planning of network failure-prone manufacturing systems with perishable goods
(Article)The problem of controlling the production rates of failure prone manufacturing systems has stochastic features that make it more complex and challenging. In this study, we consider a network of manufacturing machines based ... -
Is European Data Protection Regulation sufficient to deal with emerging data concerns relating to neurotechnology?
(Article)Research-driven technology development in the fields of the neurosciences presents interesting and potentially complicated issues around data in general, and brain data specifically. The data produced from brain recordings ... -
An exploration of the categories associated with ICT project sustainability in rural areas of developing countries: a case study of the Dwesa project
(Conference)Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) play a significant role in enhancing rural development in developing countries. However, rural ICT projects are confronted with challenges that result in projects that are not ... -
Project Management Practice for Rural ICT Project Sustainability in Developing Countries
(Conference)Poverty alleviation by means of rural development has become a priority among developing countries. In turn, rural development may be significantly enhanced and supported by Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), ... -
The Practice and Need for Rural ICT for Development Evaluation: An Experience of the Siyakhula Living Lab Baseline Study
(Conference)Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have been identified as essential tools in supporting rural development as information and knowledge are key strategic resources for social and economic development. A ... -
Assessing ICT4D Project Design: A Programme Theory Assessment of the Siyakhula Living Lab
(Conference)The evaluation of rural ICT for development projects is crucial to understanding the impact of such projects in developing countries. A comprehensive evaluation framework called the Rural ICT Comprehensive Evaluation ... -
Ethical and Social Aspects of Neurorobotics
(Article)The interdisciplinary field of neurorobotics looks to neuroscience to overcome the limitations of modern robotics technology, to robotics to advance our understanding of the neural system’s inner workings, and to information ... -
Towards a Needs-ICTD Strategy Alignment Framework
(Conference)Access to ICTD projects has increased over the years; however, it has not significantly changed the lives of the communities they are involved in. The cause of this discrepancy is the gap that exists between the reality ... -
Learning to be Sustainable in ICT for Development: A Citizen Engagement Initiative in South Africa
(Conference)The uncertainty and complexity of ICT4D projects call into question the suitability of conventional approaches to project management that are imposed exogenously, particularly in relation to the challenge of supporting ... -
Building Foundations before Technology: An Operation Model for Digital Citizen Engagement in Resource Constrained Contexts
(Conference)Citizen engagement in developing countries is seen as a ‘game changer’ for development, as citizens can play a key role in contributing to service delivery decisions that hold government accountable for their actions. ... -
Biologically infallible? Men’s views on male age‐related fertility decline and sperm freezing
(Article)Trends in people having children later in life and increasing evidence of male age‐related fertility decline (ARFD) has led some to propose sperm freezing as a suitable response. However, little consideration has been given ... -
Rethinking ICT4D Impact Assessments: Reflections from the Siyakhula Living Lab in South Africa
(Conference)The approach to outcome and impact assessments of ICTD has often relied solely on identifying project effects in relation to project baseline data; however, such an approach limits the potential learning that could be ...