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  • 1. AAl Abdulsalam, Abdulrahman
    et al.
    Velupillai, Sumithra
    KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), Datavetenskap, Teoretisk datalogi, TCS. King's College, London.
    Meystre, Stephane
    UtahBMI at SemEval-2016 Task 12: Extracting Temporal Information from Clinical Text2016Inngår i: Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Semantic Evaluation (SemEval-2016), Association for Computational Linguistics , 2016, s. 1256-1262Konferansepaper (Fagfellevurdert)
    Abstract [en]

    The 2016 Clinical TempEval continued the 2015 shared task on temporal information extraction with a new evaluation test set. Our team, UtahBMI, participated in all subtasks using machine learning approaches with ClearTK (LIBLINEAR), CRF++ and CRFsuite packages. Our experiments show that CRF-based classifiers yield, in general, higher recall for multi-word spans, while SVM-based classifiers are better at predicting correct attributes of TIMEX3. In addition, we show that an ensemble-based approach for TIMEX3 could yield improved results. Our team achieved competitive results in each subtask with an F1 75.4% for TIMEX3, F1 89.2% for EVENT, F1 84.4% for event relations with document time (DocTimeRel), and F1 51.1% for narrative container (CONTAINS) relations.

  • 2.
    Aalto, Erik
    KTH, Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC).
    Learning Playlist Representations for Automatic Playlist Generation2015Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 poäng / 30 hpOppgave
    Abstract [en]

    Spotify is currently the worlds leading music streaming ser-vice. As the leader in music streaming the task of providing listeners with music recommendations is vital for Spotify. Listening to playlists is a popular way of consuming music, but traditional recommender systems tend to fo-cus on suggesting songs, albums or artists rather than pro-viding consumers with playlists generated for their needs.

    This thesis presents a scalable and generalizeable approach to music recommendation that performs song selection for the problem of playlist generation. The approach selects tracks related to a playlist theme by finding the charac-terizing variance for a seed playlist and projects candidate songs into the corresponding subspace. Quantitative re-sults shows that the model outperforms a baseline which is taking the full variance into account. By qualitative results the model is also shown to outperform professionally curated playlists in some cases.

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  • 3.
    Aarno, Daniel
    KTH, Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC), Numerisk Analys och Datalogi, NADA.
    Intention recognition in human machine collaborative systems2007Licentiatavhandling, monografi (Annet vitenskapelig)
    Abstract [sv]

    Robotsystem har använts flitigt under de senaste årtiondena för att skapa automationslösningar i ett flertal områden. De flesta nuvarande automationslösningarna är begränsade av att uppgifterna de kan lösa måste vara repetitiva och förutsägbara. En av anledningarna till detta är att dagens robotsystem saknar förmåga att förstå och resonera om omvärlden. På grund av detta har forskare inom robotik och artificiell intelligens försökt att skapa intelligentare maskiner. Trots att stora framsteg har gjorts då det gäller att skapa robotar som kan fungera och interagera i en mänsklig miljö så finns det för nuvarande inget system som kommer i närheten av den mänskliga förmågan att resonera om omvärlden.

    För att förenkla problemet har vissa forskare föreslagit en alternativ lösning till helt självständiga robotar som verkar i mänskliga miljöer. Alternativet är att kombinera människors och maskiners förmågor. Exempelvis så kan en person verka på en avlägsen plats, som kanske inte är tillgänglig för personen i fråga på grund av olika orsaker, genom att använda fjärrstyrning. Vid fjärrstyrning skickar operatören kommandon till en robot som verkar som en förlängning av operatörens egen kropp.

    Segmentering och identifiering av rörelser skapade av en operatör kan användas för att tillhandahålla korrekt assistans vid fjärrstyrning eller samarbete mellan människa och maskin. Assistansen sker ofta inom ramen för virtuella fixturer där eftergivenheten hos fixturen kan justeras under exekveringen för att tillhandahålla ökad prestanda i form av ökad precision och minskad tid för att utföra uppgiften.

    Den här avhandlingen fokuserar på två aspekter av samarbete mellan människa och maskin. Klassificering av en operatörs rörelser till ett på förhand specificerat tillstånd under en manipuleringsuppgift och assistans under manipuleringsuppgiften baserat på virtuella fixturer. Den specifika tillämpningen som behandlas är manipuleringsuppgifter där en mänsklig operatör styr en robotmanipulator i ett fjärrstyrt eller samarbetande system.

    En metod för att följa förloppet av en uppgift medan den utförs genom att använda virtuella fixturer presenteras. Istället för att följa en på förhand specificerad plan så har operatören möjlighet att undvika oväntade hinder och avvika från modellen. För att möjliggöra detta estimeras kontinuerligt sannolikheten att operatören följer en viss trajektorie (deluppgift). Estimatet används sedan för att justera eftergivenheten hos den virtuella fixturen så att ett beslut om hur rörelsen ska fixeras kan tas medan uppgiften utförs.

    En flerlagers dold Markovmodell (eng. layered hidden Markov model) används för att modellera mänskliga färdigheter. En gestemklassificerare som klassificerar en operatörs rörelser till olika grundläggande handlingsprimitiver, eller gestemer, evalueras. Gestemklassificerarna används sedan i en flerlagers dold Markovmodell för att modellera en simulerad fjärrstyrd manipuleringsuppgift. Klassificeringsprestandan utvärderas med avseende på brus, antalet gestemer, typen på den dolda Markovmodellen och antalet tillgängliga träningssekvenser. Den flerlagers dolda Markovmodellen tillämpas sedan på data från en trajektorieföljningsuppgift i 2D och 3D med en robotmanipulator för att ge både kvalitativa och kvantitativa resultat. Resultaten tyder på att den flerlagers dolda Markovmodellen är väl lämpad för att modellera trajektorieföljningsuppgifter och att den flerlagers dolda Markovmodellen är robust med avseende på felklassificeringar i de underliggande gestemklassificerarna.

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  • 4.
    Aarno, Daniel
    et al.
    KTH, Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC), Datorseende och robotik, CVAP. KTH, Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC), Centra, Centrum för Autonoma System, CAS.
    Sommerfeld, Johan
    KTH, Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC), Datorseende och robotik, CVAP. KTH, Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC), Centra, Centrum för Autonoma System, CAS.
    Kragic, Danica
    KTH, Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC), Datorseende och robotik, CVAP. KTH, Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC), Centra, Centrum för Autonoma System, CAS.
    Pugeault, Nicolas
    Kalkan, Sinan
    Woergoetter, Florentin
    Krüger, Norbert
    Early reactive grasping with second order 3D feature relations2008Inngår i: Recent Progress In Robotics: Viable Robotic Service To Human / [ed] Lee, S; Suh, IH; Kim, MS, 2008, Vol. 370, s. 91-105Konferansepaper (Fagfellevurdert)
    Abstract [en]

    One of the main challenges in the field of robotics is to make robots ubiquitous. To intelligently interact with the world, such robots need to understand the environment and situations around them and react appropriately, they need context-awareness. But how to equip robots with capabilities of gathering and interpreting the necessary information for novel tasks through interaction with the environment and by providing some minimal knowledge in advance? This has been a longterm question and one of the main drives in the field of cognitive system development. The main idea behind the work presented in this paper is that the robot should, like a human infant, learn about objects by interacting with them, forming representations of the objects and their categories that are grounded in its embodiment. For this purpose, we study an early learning of object grasping process where the agent, based on a set of innate reflexes and knowledge about its embodiment. We stress out that this is not the work on grasping, it is a system that interacts with the environment based on relations of 3D visual features generated trough a stereo vision system. We show how geometry, appearance and spatial relations between the features can guide early reactive grasping which can later on be used in a more purposive manner when interacting with the environment.

  • 5.
    Aasberg, Freddy
    KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS).
    HypervisorLang: Attack Simulations of the OpenStack Nova Compute Node2021Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 poäng / 30 hpOppgave
    Abstract [en]

    Cloud services are growing in popularity and the global public cloud services are forecasted to increase by 17% in 2020[1]. The popularity of cloud services is due to the improved resource allocation for providers and simplicity of use for the customer. Due to the increasing popularity of cloud services and its increased use by companies, the security assessment of the services is strategically becoming more critical. Assessing the security of a cloud system can be problematic because of its complexity since the systems are composed of many different technologies. One way of simplifying the security assessment is attack simulations, covering cyberattacks of the investigated system. This thesis will make use of Meta Attack language (MAL) to create the Domain- Specific Language (DLS) HypervisorLang that models the virtualisation layer in an OpenStack Nova setup. The result of this thesis is a proposed DSL HypervisorLang which uses attack simulation to model hostile usage of the service and defences to evade those. The hostile usage covers attacks such as a denial of services, buffer overflows and out-of-bound-read and are sourced via known vulnerabilities. To implement the main components of the Nova module into HypervisorLang, literature studies where performed and included components in Nova together with threat modelling. Evaluating the correctness of HypervisorLang was performed by implementing test cases to display the different attack steps included in the model. However, the results also show that some limitations of the evaluations have been found and are proposed for further research. 

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  • 6.
    Aasberg Pipirs, Freddy
    et al.
    KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS).
    Svensson, Patrik
    KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS).
    Tenancy Model Selection Guidelines2018Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 poäng / 15 hpOppgave
    Abstract [en]

    Software as a Service (SaaS) is a subset of cloud services where a vendor provides software as a service to customers. The SaaS application is installed on the SaaS provider’s servers, and is often accessed via the web browser. In the context of SaaS, a customer is called tenant, which often is an organization that is accessing the SaaS application, but it could also be a single individual. A SaaS application can be classified into tenancy models. A tenancy model describes how a tenant’s data is mapped to the storage on the server-side of the SaaS application.By doing a research, the authors have drawn the conclusion that there is a lack of guidance for selecting tenancy models. The purpose of this thesis is to provide guidance for selecting tenancy models. The short-term-goal is to create a tenancy selection guide. The long-term-goal is to provide researchers and students with research material. This thesis provides a guidance model for selection of tenancy models. The model is called Tenancy Model Selection Guidelines (TMSG).TMSG was evaluated by interviewing two professionals from the software industry. The criteria used for evaluating TMSG were Interviewee credibility, Syntactic correctness, Semantic correctness, Usefulness and Model flexibility. In the interviews, both of the interviewees said that TMSG was in need of further refinements. Still they were positive to the achieved result.

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  • 7. Aasi, Parisa
    et al.
    Nunes, Ivan
    KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), Data- och systemvetenskap, DSV.
    Rusu, Lazar
    Hodosi, Georg
    Does Organizational Culture Matter in IT Outsourcing Relationships?2015Inngår i: 2015 48TH HAWAII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEM SCIENCES (HICSS), IEEE Computer Society, 2015, s. 4691-4699Konferansepaper (Fagfellevurdert)
    Abstract [en]

    IT Outsourcing (ITO) is used widely by Multinational Companies (MNCs) as a sourcing strategy today. ITO relationship between service buyer and provider then becomes a crucial issue in achieving expected objectives. This research sheds light on the influence of organizational culture (OC) of the buyer company on its ITO relationship with the provider. More specifically, the influence that OC can have on four significant dimensions of trust, cooperation, communication and commitment in ITO is studied through a qualitative analysis. IT managers of six MNCs were interviewed which exposed the connection between OC and ITO relationship factors. An open communication culture, speed of adaption to change, receiving innovative solutions, flat or hierarchical structures and responsibility degree appeared as the most visible differences between OCs of MNCs influencing ITO relationships. The results can be used for improving the ITO by considering the influence of OC to gain more benefits from outsourcing.

  • 8. Abaglo, A. J.
    et al.
    Bonalda, C.
    Pertusa, Emeline
    KTH.
    Environmental Digital Model: Integration of BIM into environmental building simulations2017Inngår i: CISBAT 2017 International ConferenceFuture Buildings & Districts – Energy Efficiency from Nano to Urban Scale, Elsevier, 2017, Vol. 122, s. 1063-1068Konferansepaper (Fagfellevurdert)
    Abstract [en]

    The digital model and the BIM are creating a revolution with a transition from 2D to 3D models. However, environmental professions carry out building simulations with a wide range of software with little or no communication between them. This often leads to the realization of several 3D models and therefore a significant loss of time, as well as possible inconsistencies of geometrical information. Our research aims to use the interoperability potential offered by BIM-friendly software to develop gateways to optimize the modeling phase and improve the restitution of the studies through visual integration in a digital mockup.

  • 9.
    Abbas, Haider
    KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), Elektroniksystem.
    Options-Based Security-Oriented Framework for Addressing Uncerainty Issues in IT Security2010Doktoravhandling, monografi (Annet vitenskapelig)
    Abstract [en]

    Continuous development and innovation in Information Technology introduces novel configuration methods, software development tools and hardware components. This steady state of flux is very desirable as it improves productivity and the overall quality of life in societies. However, the same phenomenon also gives rise to unseen threats, vulnerabilities and security concerns that are becoming more critical with the passage of time. As an implication, technological progress strongly impacts organizations’ existing information security methods, policies and techniques, making obsolete existing security measures and mandating reevaluation, which results in an uncertain IT infrastructure. In order to address these critical concerns, an options-based reasoning borrowed from corporate finance is proposed and adapted for evaluation of security architecture and decision- making to handle them at organizational level. Options theory has provided significant guidance for uncertainty management in several domains, such as Oil & Gas, government R&D and IT security investment projects. We have applied options valuation technique in a different context to formalize optimal solutions in uncertain situations for three specific and identified uncertainty issues in IT security. In the research process, we formulated an adaptation model for expressing options theory in terms useful for IT security which provided knowledge to formulate and propose a framework for addressing uncertainty issues in information security. To validate the efficacy of this proposed framework, we have applied this approach to the SHS (Spridnings- och Hämtningssystem) and ESAM (E-Society) systems used in Sweden. As an ultimate objective of this research, we intend to develop a solution that is amenable to automation for the three main problem areas caused by technological uncertainty in information security: i) dynamically changing security requirements, ii) externalities caused by a security system, iii) obsoleteness of evaluation. The framework is general and capable of dealing with other uncertainty management issues and their solutions, but in this work we primarily deal with the three aforementioned uncertainty problems. The thesis presents an in-depth background and analysis study for a proposed options-based security-oriented framework with case studies for SHS and ESAM systems. It has also been assured that the framework formulation follows the guidelines from industry best practices criteria/metrics. We have also proposed how the whole process can be automated as the next step in development.

  • 10.
    Abbas, Haider
    KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), Data- och systemvetenskap, DSV.
    Threats and Security Measures Involved in VoIP-Telephony2006Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 30 poäng / 45 hpOppgave
  • 11.
    Abbas, Haider
    et al.
    KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), Elektroniksystem.
    Magnusson, Christer
    Department of Computer and System Sciences, Stockholm University, Sweden.
    Yngström, Louise
    Department of Computer and System Sciences, Stockholm University, Sweden.
    Hemani, Ahmed
    KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), Elektroniksystem.
    Addressing Dynamic Issues in Information Security Management2011Inngår i: Information Management & Computer Security, ISSN 0968-5227, E-ISSN 1758-5805, Vol. 19, nr 1, s. 5-24Artikkel i tidsskrift (Fagfellevurdert)
    Abstract [en]

    Purpose – The paper addresses three main problems resulting from uncertainty in information securitymanagement: i) dynamically changing security requirements of an organization ii) externalities caused by a securitysystem and iii) obsolete evaluation of security concerns.

    Design/methodology/approach – In order to address these critical concerns, a framework based on optionsreasoning borrowed from corporate finance is proposed and adapted to evaluation of security architecture anddecision-making for handling these issues at organizational level. The adaptation as a methodology is demonstrated by a large case study validating its efficacy.

    Findings – The paper shows through three examples that it is possible to have a coherent methodology, buildingon options theory to deal with uncertainty issues in information security at an organizational level.

    Practical implications – To validate the efficacy of the methodology proposed in this paper, it was applied tothe SHS (Spridnings- och Hämtningssystem: Dissemination and Retrieval System) system. The paper introduces themethodology, presents its application to the SHS system in detail and compares it to the current practice.

    Originality/value – This research is relevant to information security management in organizations, particularlyissues on changing requirements and evaluation in uncertain circumstances created by progress in technology.

  • 12.
    Abbas, Haider
    et al.
    KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), Elektroniksystem.
    Magnusson, Christer
    Department of Computer and System Sciences, Stockholm University, Sweden.
    Yngström, Louise
    Department of Computer and System Sciences, Stockholm University, Sweden.
    Hemani, Ahmed
    KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), Elektroniksystem.
    Architectural Description of an Automated System for Uncertainty Issues Management in Information Security2010Inngår i: International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security, ISSN 1947-5500, Vol. 8, nr 3, s. 89-67Artikkel i tidsskrift (Fagfellevurdert)
  • 13.
    Abbas, Haider
    et al.
    KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), Elektronik- och datorsystem, ECS.
    Magnusson, Christer
    Yngström, Louise
    Hemani, Ahmed
    KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), Elektronik- och datorsystem, ECS.
    A Structured Approach for Internalizing Externalities Caused by IT Security Mechanisms2010Inngår i: IEEE ETCS 2010, Wuhan, China, 2010, s. 149-153Konferansepaper (Fagfellevurdert)
    Abstract [en]

    Organizations relying on Information Technology for their business processes have to employ various Security Mechanisms (Authentication, Authorization, Hashing, Encryption etc) to achieve their organizational security objectives of data confidentiality, integrity and availability. These security mechanisms except from their intended role of increased security level for this organization may also affect other systems outside the organization in a positive or negative manner called externalities. Externalities emerge in several ways i.e. direct cost, direct benefit, indirect cost and indirect benefit. Organizations barely consider positive externalities although they can be beneficial and the negative externalities that could create vulnerabilities are simply ignored. In this paper, we will present an infrastructure to streamline information security externalities that appear dynamically for an organization

  • 14.
    Abbas, Haider
    et al.
    KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), Mikroelektronik och Informationsteknik, IMIT.
    Magnusson, Christer
    KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), Data- och systemvetenskap, DSV.
    Yngström, Louise
    KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), Data- och systemvetenskap, DSV.
    Hemani, Ahmed
    KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), Mikroelektronik och Informationsteknik, IMIT.
    Analyzing IT Security Evaluation needs for Developing Countries2009Inngår i: IPID Annual Workshop 2009, Orebro, Sweden, 2009Konferansepaper (Annet vitenskapelig)
  • 15.
    Abbas, Haider
    et al.
    KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), Elektronik- och datorsystem, ECS.
    Sundkvist, Stefan
    KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT).
    Increasing the Performance of Crab Linux Router Simulation Package Using XEN2006Inngår i: IEEE International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 2006, s. 459-462Konferansepaper (Fagfellevurdert)
    Abstract [en]

    Nowadays hardware components are very expensive, especially if the prime purpose is to perform some routing related lab exercises. Physically connected network resources are required to get the desired results. Configuration of network resources in a lab exercise consumes much time of the students and scientists. The router simulation package Crab(1), based on KnoppW, Quagga' and User Mode Linux (UML) is designed for the students to facilitate them in performing lab exercises on a standalone computer where no real network equipment is needed. In addition to that it provides the facility of connection with the real network equipments. Crab also handles the pre configuration of different parts of the simulated networks like automatic IT addressing etc. This paper will describe the performance enhancing of Crab by replacing User Mode Linux virtual machine with XEN capable of providing ten virtual sessions concurrently using a standalone computer.

  • 16.
    Abbas, Haider
    et al.
    KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), Elektronik- och datorsystem, ECS.
    Yngström, Louise
    Hemani, Ahmed
    KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), Elektronik- och datorsystem, ECS.
    Adaptability Infrastructure for Bridging IT Security Evaluation and Options Theory2009Inngår i: ACM- IEEE SIN 2009 International Conference on Security of Information and Networks, North Cyprus, 2009Konferansepaper (Fagfellevurdert)
    Abstract [en]

    The constantly rising threats in IT infrastructure raise many concerns for an organization, altering security requirements according to dynamically changing environment, need of midcourse decision management and deliberate evaluation of security measures are most striking. Common Criteria for IT security evaluation has long been considered to be victimized by uncertain IT infrastructure and considered resource hungry, complex and time consuming process. Considering this aspect we have continued our research quest for analyzing the opportunities to empower IT security evaluation process using Real Options thinking. The focus of our research is not only the applicability of real options analysis in IT security evaluation but also observing its implications in various domains including IT security investments and risk management. We find it motivating and worth doing to use an established method from corporate finance i.e. real options and utilize its rule of thumb technique as a road map to counter uncertainty issues for evaluation of IT products. We believe employing options theory in security evaluation will provide the intended benefits. i.e. i) manage dynamically changing security requirements ii) accelerating evaluation process iii) midcourse decision management. Having all the capabilities of effective uncertainty management, options theory follows work procedures based on mathematical calculations quite different from information security work processes. In this paper, we will address the diversities between the work processes of security evaluation and real options analysis. We present an adaptability infrastructure to bridge the gap and make them coherent with each other. This liaison will transform real options concepts into a compatible mode that provides grounds to target IT security evaluation and common criteria issues. We will address ESAM system as an example for illustrations and applicability of the concepts.

  • 17.
    Abbas, Haider
    et al.
    KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), Elektroniksystem.
    Yngström, Louise
    Hemani, Ahmed
    KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), Elektroniksystem.
    Empowering Security Evaluation of IT Products with Options Theory2009Inngår i: 30th IEEE Symposium on Security & Privacy, Oakland, USA, 2009Konferansepaper (Fagfellevurdert)
  • 18.
    Abbas, Haider
    et al.
    KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), Elektronik- och datorsystem, ECS.
    Yngström, Louise
    Hemani, Ahmed
    KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), Elektronik- och datorsystem, ECS.
    Option Based Evaluation: Security Evaluation of IT Products Based on Options Theory2009Inngår i: IEEE  ECBS-EERC 2009, New York: IEEE , 2009, s. 134-141Konferansepaper (Fagfellevurdert)
    Abstract [en]

    Reliability of IT systems and infrastructure is a critical need for organizations to trust their business processes. This makes security evaluation of IT systems a prime concern for these organizations. Common Criteria is an elaborate, globally accepted security evaluation process that fulfills this need. However CC rigidly follows the initial specification and security threats and takes too long to evaluate and as such is also very expensive. Rapid development in technology and with it the new security threats further aggravates the long evaluation time problem of CC to the extent that by the time a CC evaluation is done, it may no longer be valid because new security threats have emerged that have not been factored in. To address these problems, we propose a novel Option Based Evaluation methodology for security of IT systems that can also be considered as an enhancement to the CC process. The objective is to address uncertainty issues in IT environment and speed up the slow CC based evaluation processes. OBE will follow incremental evaluation model and address the following main concerns based on options theory i.e. i) managing dynamic security requirement with mid-course decision management ii) devising evaluation as an improvement process iii) reducing cost and time for evaluation of an IT product.

  • 19.
    Abbas, Haider
    et al.
    KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), Elektronik- och datorsystem, ECS.
    Yngström, Louise
    Hemani, Ahmed
    KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), Elektronik- och datorsystem, ECS.
    ROA Based Agile Security Evaluation of IT Products for Developing Countries2009Inngår i: IPID 4th Annual Conference 2009, London, UK, 2009Konferansepaper (Annet vitenskapelig)
  • 20.
    Abbas, Haider
    et al.
    KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), Elektronik- och datorsystem, ECS.
    Yngström, Louise
    KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), Data- och systemvetenskap, DSV.
    Hemani, Ahmed
    KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), Elektronik- och datorsystem, ECS.
    Security Evaluation of IT Products: Bridging the Gap between Common Criteria (CC) and Real Option Thinking2008Inngår i: WCECS 2008: WORLD CONGRESS ON ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE, 2008, s. 530-533Konferansepaper (Fagfellevurdert)
    Abstract [en]

    Information security has long been considered as a key concern for organizations benefiting from the electronic era. Rapid technological developments have been observed in the last decade which has given rise to novel security threats, making IT, an uncertain infrastructure. For this reason, the business organizations have an acute need to evaluate the security aspects of their IT infrastructure. Since many years, CC (Common Criteria) has been widely used and accepted for evaluating the security of IT products. It does not impose predefined security rules that a product should exhibit but a language for security evaluation. CC has certain advantages over ITSEC1, CTCPEC2 and TCSEC3 due to its ability to address all the three dimensions: a) it provides opportunity for users to specify their security requirements, b) an implementation guide for the developers and c) provides comprehensive criteria to evaluate the security requirements. Among the few notable shortcomings of CC is the amount of resources and a lot of time consumption. Another drawback of CC is that the security requirements in this uncertain IT environment must be defined before the project starts. ROA is a well known modern methodology used to make investment decisions for the projects under uncertainty. It is based on options theory that provides not only strategic flexibility but also helps to consider hidden options during uncertainty. ROA comes in two flavors: first for the financial option pricing and second for the more uncertain real world problems where the end results are not deterministic. Information security is one of the core areas under consideration where researchers are employing ROA to take security investment decisions. In this paper, we give a brief introduction of ROA and its use in various domains. We will evaluate the use of Real options based methods to enhance the Common Criteria evaluation methodology to manage the dynamic security requirement specification and reducing required time and resources. We will analyze the possibilities to overcome CC limitations from the perspective of the end user, developer and evaluator. We believe that with the ROA enhanced capabilities will potentially be able to stop and possibly reverse this trend and strengthen the CC usage with a more effective and responsive evaluation methodology.

  • 21.
    Abbas, Sahib
    KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT).
    Lösning till mobilitetsproblem samt tillgänglighet till hemsidan för Iraks ambassad2014Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 10 poäng / 15 hpOppgave
    Abstract [sv]

    Att använda internet nuförtiden har blivit en del av vardagen. Det känns som att Internet har delat världen i många delar där varje del delar med sig information i många olika former som placeras i olika kategorier. Vi delar information på många olika sätt, men det snabbaste och lättaste sättet är att sprida information med internet.

    Tekniken kommer med nya ideer kontinuerligt och vi utvecklar nya metoder som gör det ännu lättare för oss människor att få in information som vi forsöker att nå via internet. Två av de mest kända sätten där man kan dela med sig information är hemsidor och med "native" applikationer.

    Jag utförde exjobbet på lrakiska ambassaden. Det är en statlig irakisk organisation som ligger pa Baldersgatan 6A Stockholm. Huvuduppgift på ambassaden är att hjälpa irakisk- ­och icke irakiska medborgare som är bosatta i Sverige med vissa uppgifter.

    Ambassaden har mycket information som de försöker att dela med sig så mycket som möjligt av via hemsidan så att de minskar av det strulet de har. Hemsidan som ambassaden hade var ostrukturerad, och hade en tråkig design som ledde till att användaren fick svårigbeter med att lätt hitta det man söker.

    Detta examensarbete presenterar min lösning av problemen till ambassaden. Den är att bygga en helt ny hemsida som är mobilanpassad, som har bättre design ocb är mer strukturerad hemsida än den gamla hemsidan de hade. På så sätt så blir det mycket lättare för användaren att använda hemsidan. Samtidigt löser den mobilitetsproblemet, eftersom ambassaden började med att utveckla en native app till Iphone men projektet avbröts halvvägs för att det kostade för mycket och man insåg att det skulle uppstå ännu mer kostnader for att utveckla native appar till android ocb övriga operativ systemen. Detta examensarbete beskriver också hur man skulle kunna utveckla en mobilanpassad hemsida, vilka metoder ocb modeller som jag har använt mig av till utvecklingen av hemsidan, samt resultaten jag hade fått av de metoder som användes till utveckling av detta projekt.

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  • 22.
    Abbas, Zainab
    et al.
    KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), Datavetenskap, Programvaruteknik och datorsystem, SCS.
    Al-Shishtawy, Ahmad
    RISE SICS, Stockholm, Sweden.
    Girdzijauskas, Sarunas
    KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), Datavetenskap, Programvaruteknik och datorsystem, SCS. RISE SICS, Stockholm, Sweden..
    Vlassov, Vladimir
    KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), Datavetenskap, Programvaruteknik och datorsystem, SCS.
    Short-Term Traffic Prediction Using Long Short-Term Memory Neural Networks2018Konferansepaper (Fagfellevurdert)
    Abstract [en]

    Short-term traffic prediction allows Intelligent Transport Systems to proactively respond to events before they happen. With the rapid increase in the amount, quality, and detail of traffic data, new techniques are required that can exploit the information in the data in order to provide better results while being able to scale and cope with increasing amounts of data and growing cities. We propose and compare three models for short-term road traffic density prediction based on Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) neural networks. We have trained the models using real traffic data collected by Motorway Control System in Stockholm that monitors highways and collects flow and speed data per lane every minute from radar sensors. In order to deal with the challenge of scale and to improve prediction accuracy, we propose to partition the road network into road stretches and junctions, and to model each of the partitions with one or more LSTM neural networks. Our evaluation results show that partitioning of roads improves the prediction accuracy by reducing the root mean square error by the factor of 5. We show that we can reduce the complexity of LSTM network by limiting the number of input sensors, on average to 35% of the original number, without compromising the prediction accuracy.

  • 23.
    Abbas, Zainab
    et al.
    KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), Datavetenskap, Programvaruteknik och datorsystem, SCS.
    Kalavri, Vasiliki
    Systems Group, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland.
    Carbone, Paris
    KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), Datavetenskap, Programvaruteknik och datorsystem, SCS.
    Vlassov, Vladimir
    KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), Datavetenskap, Programvaruteknik och datorsystem, SCS.
    Streaming Graph Partitioning: An Experimental Study2018Inngår i: Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment, E-ISSN 2150-8097, Vol. 11, nr 11, s. 1590-1603Artikkel i tidsskrift (Fagfellevurdert)
    Abstract [en]

    Graph partitioning is an essential yet challenging task for massive graph analysis in distributed computing. Common graph partitioning methods scan the complete graph to obtain structural characteristics offline, before partitioning. However, the emerging need for low-latency, continuous graph analysis led to the development of online partitioning methods. Online methods ingest edges or vertices as a stream, making partitioning decisions on the fly based on partial knowledge of the graph. Prior studies have compared offline graph partitioning techniques across different systems. Yet, little effort has been put into investigating the characteristics of online graph partitioning strategies.

    In this work, we describe and categorize online graph partitioning techniques based on their assumptions, objectives and costs. Furthermore, we employ an experimental comparison across different applications and datasets, using a unified distributed runtime based on Apache Flink. Our experimental results showcase that model-dependent online partitioning techniques such as low-cut algorithms offer better performance for communication-intensive applications such as bulk synchronous iterative algorithms, albeit higher partitioning costs. Otherwise, model-agnostic techniques trade off data locality for lower partitioning costs and balanced workloads which is beneficial when executing data-parallel single-pass graph algorithms.

  • 24.
    Abbas, Zainab
    et al.
    KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), Datavetenskap, Programvaruteknik och datorsystem, SCS.
    Sigurdsson, Thorsteinn Thorri
    KTH.
    Al-Shishtawy, Ahmad
    RISE Res Inst Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden..
    Vlassov, Vladimir
    KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), Datavetenskap, Programvaruteknik och datorsystem, SCS.
    Evaluation of the Use of Streaming Graph Processing Algorithms for Road Congestion Detection2018Inngår i: 2018 IEEE INT CONF ON PARALLEL & DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING WITH APPLICATIONS, UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING & COMMUNICATIONS, BIG DATA & CLOUD COMPUTING, SOCIAL COMPUTING & NETWORKING, SUSTAINABLE COMPUTING & COMMUNICATIONS / [ed] Chen, JJ Yang, LT, IEEE COMPUTER SOC , 2018, s. 1017-1025Konferansepaper (Fagfellevurdert)
    Abstract [en]

    Real-time road congestion detection allows improving traffic safety and route planning. In this work, we propose to use streaming graph processing algorithms for road congestion detection and evaluate their accuracy and performance. We represent road infrastructure sensors in the form of a directed weighted graph and adapt the Connected Components algorithm and some existing graph processing algorithms, originally used for community detection in social network graphs, for the task of road congestion detection. In our approach, we detect Connected Components or communities of sensors with similarly weighted edges that reflect different states in the traffic, e.g., free flow or congested state, in regions covered by detected sensor groups. We have adapted and implemented the Connected Components and community detection algorithms for detecting groups in the weighted sensor graphs in batch and streaming manner. We evaluate our approach by building and processing the road infrastructure sensor graph for Stockholm's highways using real-world data from the Motorway Control System operated by the Swedish traffic authority. Our results indicate that the Connected Components and DenGraph community detection algorithms can detect congestion with accuracy up to approximate to 94% for Connected Components and up to approximate to 88% for DenGraph. The Louvain Modularity algorithm for community detection fails to detect congestion regions for sparsely connected graphs, representing roads that we have considered in this study. The Hierarchical Clustering algorithm using speed and density readings is able to detect congestion without details, such as shockwaves.

  • 25.
    Abbas, Zainab
    et al.
    KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), Datavetenskap, Programvaruteknik och datorsystem, SCS.
    Sottovia, Paolo
    Huawei Munich Research Centre, Munich, Germany.
    Hassan, Mohamad Al Hajj
    Huawei Munich Research Centre, Munich, Germany.
    Foroni, Daniele
    Huawei Munich Research Centre, Munich, Germany.
    Bortoli, Stefano
    Huawei Munich Research Centre, Munich, Germany.
    Real-time Traffic Jam Detection and Congestion Reduction Using Streaming Graph Analytics2020Inngår i: 2020 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) , 2020, s. 3109-3118Konferansepaper (Fagfellevurdert)
    Abstract [en]

    Traffic congestion is a problem in day to day life, especially in big cities. Various traffic control infrastructure systems have been deployed to monitor and improve the flow of traffic across cities. Real-time congestion detection can serve for many useful purposes that include sending warnings to drivers approaching the congested area and daily route planning. Most of the existing congestion detection solutions combine historical data with continuous sensor readings and rely on data collected from multiple sensors deployed on the road, measuring the speed of vehicles. While in our work we present a framework that works in a pure streaming setting where historic data is not available before processing. The traffic data streams, possibly unbounded, arrive in real-time. Moreover, the data used in our case is collected only from sensors placed on the intersections of the road. Therefore, we investigate in creating a real-time congestion detection and reduction solution, that works on traffic streams without any prior knowledge. The goal of our work is 1) to detect traffic jams in real-time, and 2) to reduce the congestion in the traffic jam areas.In this work, we present a real-time traffic jam detection and congestion reduction framework: 1) We propose a directed weighted graph representation of the traffic infrastructure network for capturing dependencies between sensor data to measure traffic congestion; 2) We present online traffic jam detection and congestion reduction techniques built on a modern stream processing system, i.e., Apache Flink; 3) We develop dynamic traffic light policies for controlling traffic in congested areas to reduce the travel time of vehicles. Our experimental results indicate that we are able to detect traffic jams in real-time and deploy new traffic light policies which result in 27% less travel time at the best and 8% less travel time on average compared to the travel time with default traffic light policies. Our scalability results show that our system is able to handle high-intensity streaming data with high throughput and low latency.

  • 26. Abbasi, A. G.
    et al.
    Muftic, Sead
    KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), Data- och systemvetenskap, DSV.
    Schmölzer, Gernot
    KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), Data- och systemvetenskap, DSV.
    CryptoNET: Secure federation protocol and authorization policies for SMI2009Inngår i: Post-Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Risks and Security of Internet and Systems, CRiSIS 2009, 2009, s. 19-25Konferansepaper (Fagfellevurdert)
    Abstract [en]

    The paper describes a protocol for Secure E-Mail Infrastructure for establishing trust between different domains in order to protect mail servers from spam messages. The protocol uses messages for trusted interactions between intra and inter E-mail domain components, Secure E-mail (SEM) servers and Secure Mail Infrastructure (SMI) servers. In addition, the protocol validates E-mail addresses thus guaranteeing to the recipient that the E-mail is coming from a trusted domain. We also use XACML-based authorization policies at the sending and receiving servers, enforced by associated Policy Enforcement Point (PEP) servers at SEM servers, in order to provide a complete protection against spam.

  • 27.
    Abbasi, Abdul Ghafoor
    KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), Kommunikationssystem, CoS.
    CryptoNET: Generic Security Framework for Cloud Computing Environments2011Doktoravhandling, monografi (Annet vitenskapelig)
    Abstract [en]

    The area of this research is security in distributed environment such as cloud computing and network applications. Specific focus was design and implementation of high assurance network environment, comprising various secure and security-enhanced applications. “High Assurance” means that

    -               our system is guaranteed to be secure,

    -               it is verifiable to provide the complete set of security services,

    -               we prove that it always functions correctly, and

    -               we justify our claim that it can not be compromised without user neglect and/or consent.

     

    We do not know of any equivalent research results or even commercial security systems with such properties. Based on that, we claim several significant research and also development contributions to the state–of–art of computer networks security.

    In the last two decades there were many activities and contributions to protect data, messages and other resources in computer networks, to provide privacy of users, reliability, availability and integrity of resources, and to provide other security properties for network environments and applications. Governments, international organizations, private companies and individuals are investing a great deal of time, efforts and budgets to install and use various security products and solutions. However, in spite of all these needs, activities, on-going efforts, and all current solutions, it is general belief that the security in today networks and applications is not adequate.

    At the moment there are two general approaches to network application’s security. One approach is to enforce isolation of users, network resources, and applications. In this category we have solutions like firewalls, intrusion–detection systems, port scanners, spam filters, virus detection and elimination tools, etc. The goal is to protect resources and applications by isolation after their installation in the operational environment. The second approach is to apply methodology, tools and security solutions already in the process of creating network applications. This approach includes methodologies for secure software design, ready–made security modules and libraries, rules for software development process, and formal and strict testing procedures. The goal is to create secure applications even before their operational deployment. Current experience clearly shows that both approaches failed to provide an adequate level of security, where users would be guaranteed to deploy and use secure, reliable and trusted network applications.

    Therefore, in the current situation, it is obvious that a new approach and a new thinking towards creating strongly protected and guaranteed secure network environments and applications are needed. Therefore, in our research we have taken an approach completely different from the two mentioned above. Our first principle is to use cryptographic protection of all application resources. Based on this principle, in our system data in local files and database tables are encrypted, messages and control parameters are encrypted, and even software modules are encrypted. The principle is that if all resources of an application are always encrypted, i.e. “enveloped in a cryptographic shield”, then

    -               its software modules are not vulnerable to malware and viruses,

    -               its data are not vulnerable to illegal reading and theft,

    -               all messages exchanged in a networking environment are strongly protected, and

    -               all other resources of an application are also strongly protected.

     

    Thus, we strongly protect applications and their resources before they are installed, after they are deployed, and also all the time during their use.

    Furthermore, our methodology to create such systems and to apply total cryptographic protection was based on the design of security components in the form of generic security objects. First, each of those objects – data object or functional object, is itself encrypted. If an object is a data object, representing a file, database table, communication message, etc., its encryption means that its data are protected all the time. If an object is a functional object, like cryptographic mechanisms, encapsulation module, etc., this principle means that its code cannot be damaged by malware. Protected functional objects are decrypted only on the fly, before being loaded into main memory for execution. Each of our objects is complete in terms of its content (data objects) and its functionality (functional objects), each supports multiple functional alternatives, they all provide transparent handling of security credentials and management of security attributes, and they are easy to integrate with individual applications. In addition, each object is designed and implemented using well-established security standards and technologies, so the complete system, created as a combination of those objects, is itself compliant with security standards and, therefore, interoperable with exiting security systems.

    By applying our methodology, we first designed enabling components for our security system. They are collections of simple and composite objects that also mutually interact in order to provide various security services. The enabling components of our system are:  Security Provider, Security Protocols, Generic Security Server, Security SDKs, and Secure Execution Environment. They are all mainly engine components of our security system and they provide the same set of cryptographic and network security services to all other security–enhanced applications.

    Furthermore, for our individual security objects and also for larger security systems, in order to prove their structural and functional correctness, we applied deductive scheme for verification and validation of security systems. We used the following principle: “if individual objects are verified and proven to be secure, if their instantiation, combination and operations are secure, and if protocols between them are secure, then the complete system, created from such objects, is also verifiably secure”. Data and attributes of each object are protected and secure, and they can only be accessed by authenticated and authorized users in a secure way. This means that structural security properties of objects, upon their installation, can be verified. In addition, each object is maintained and manipulated within our secure environment so each object is protected and secure in all its states, even after its closing state, because the original objects are encrypted and their data and states stored in a database or in files are also protected.

    Formal validation of our approach and our methodology is performed using Threat Model. We analyzed our generic security objects individually and identified various potential threats for their data, attributes, actions, and various states. We also evaluated behavior of each object against potential threats and established that our approach provides better protection than some alternative solutions against various threats mentioned. In addition, we applied threat model to our composite generic security objects and secure network applications and we proved that deductive approach provides better methodology for designing and developing secure network applications. We also quantitatively evaluated the performance of our generic security objects and found that the system developed using our methodology performs cryptographic functions efficiently.

    We have also solved some additional important aspects required for the full scope of security services for network applications and cloud environment: manipulation and management of cryptographic keys, execution of encrypted software, and even secure and controlled collaboration of our encrypted applications in cloud computing environments. During our research we have created the set of development tools and also a development methodology which can be used to create cryptographically protected applications. The same resources and tools are also used as a run–time supporting environment for execution of our secure applications. Such total cryptographic protection system for design, development and run–time of secure network applications we call CryptoNET system. CrytpoNET security system is structured in the form of components categorized in three groups: Integrated Secure Workstation, Secure Application Servers, and Security Management Infrastructure Servers. Furthermore, our enabling components provide the same set of security services to all components of the CryptoNET system.

    Integrated Secure Workstation is designed and implemented in the form of a collaborative secure environment for users. It protects local IT resources, messages and operations for multiple applications. It comprises four most commonly used PC applications as client components: Secure Station Manager (equivalent to Windows Explorer), Secure E-Mail Client, Secure Web Browser, and Secure Documents Manager. These four client components for their security extensions use functions and credentials of the enabling components in order to provide standard security services (authentication, confidentiality, integrity and access control) and also additional, extended security services, such as transparent handling of certificates, use of smart cards, Strong Authentication protocol, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) based Single-Sign-On protocol, secure sessions, and other security functions.

    Secure Application Servers are components of our secure network applications: Secure E-Mail Server, Secure Web Server, Secure Library Server, and Secure Software Distribution Server. These servers provide application-specific services to client components. Some of the common security services provided by Secure Application Servers to client components are Single-Sign-On protocol, secure communication, and user authorization. In our system application servers are installed in a domain but it can be installed in a cloud environment as services. Secure Application Servers are designed and implemented using the concept and implementation of the Generic Security Server. It provides extended security functions using our engine components. So by adopting this approach, the same sets of security services are available to each application server.

    Security Management Infrastructure Servers provide domain level and infrastructure level services to the components of the CryptoNET architecture. They are standard security servers, known as cloud security infrastructure, deployed as services in our domain level could environment.

    CryptoNET system is complete in terms of functions and security services that it provides. It is internally integrated, so that the same cryptographic engines are used by all applications. And finally, it is completely transparent to users – it applies its security services without expecting any special interventions by users. In this thesis, we developed and evaluated secure network applications of our CryptoNET system and applied Threat Model to their validation and analysis. We found that deductive scheme of using our generic security objects is effective for verification and testing of secure, protected and verifiable secure network applications.

    Based on all these theoretical research and practical development results, we believe that our CryptoNET system is completely and verifiably secure and, therefore, represents a significant contribution to the current state-of-the-art of computer network security.

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  • 28.
    Abbasi, Abdul Ghafoor
    et al.
    KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.), Maskinelement.
    Muftic, Sead
    KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), Kommunikationssystem, CoS.
    CryptoNET: Security Management Protocols2010Inngår i: ADVANCES IN DATA NETWORKS, COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTERS / [ed] Mastorakis, NE; Mladenov, V, ATHENS: WORLD SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING ACAD AND SOC , 2010, s. 15-20Konferansepaper (Fagfellevurdert)
    Abstract [en]

    In this paper we describe several network security protocols used by various components of CryptoNET architecture. The protocols are based on the concept of generic security objects and on well-established security standards and technologies. Distinctive features of our security protocols are: (1) they are complete in terms of their functionality, (2) they are easy to integrate with applications, (3) they transparently handle security credentials and protocol-specific attributes using FIPS 201 (PIV) smart cards, and (4) they are based on generic security objects. These protocols are: remote user authentication protocol, single-sign-on protocol, SAML authorization protocol, and secure sessions protocol. Security protocols use our Security Provider as a collection of cryptographic engines implemented either in software or using FIPS 201 (NV) smart cards. It also manages protocols' attributes using security applets stored in Ply smart card.

  • 29.
    Abbasi, Abdul Ghafoor
    et al.
    KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), Kommunikation: Infrastruktur och tjänster, Kommunikationssystem, CoS.
    Muftic, Sead
    KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), Kommunikation: Infrastruktur och tjänster, Kommunikationssystem, CoS.
    Hotamov, I.
    Web contents protection, secure execution and authorized distribution2010Inngår i: Proceedings - 5th International Multi-Conference on Computing in the Global Information Technology, ICCGI 2010, 2010, s. 157-162Konferansepaper (Fagfellevurdert)
    Abstract [en]

    This paper describes the design and implementation of a comprehensive system for protection of Web contents. In this design, new security components and extended security features are introduced in order to protect Web contents ageist various Web attacks. Components and extended security features are: protection of Web pages using strong encryption techniques, encapsulation of Web contents and resources in PKCS#7, extended secure execution environment for Java Web Server, eXtensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML) based authorization policies, and secure Web proxy. Design and implementation of our system is based on the concepts of generic security objects and component-based architecture that makes it compatible with exiting Web infrastructures without any modification.

  • 30.
    Abbasi, Azad Ismail
    KTH, Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC).
    Coffeepot for Masochists: A Study in User-Centered System Design2015Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 poäng / 30 hpOppgave
    Abstract [en]

    This master thesis is carried out in the field of “Human-Computer interaction”, more specifically the area “User-centered system design”. The focus has been on “usability” and useful graphical user interfaces. Current theories and definitions in the field have been considered. Literature studies contain well known authors and organisations in domains mentioned above; Jakob Nielsen, Donald A Norman and International Organization for Standardization ISO to mention some.

     Another source for this work from which the theories and way of working have been used is the book “User-Centered System Design” written by Jan Gulliksen and Bengt Göransson.

     The work started with a literature study followed by looking at methods to use. The next step was to do task and user analysis which followed by the development phase. The user has been given a central role in this project and, just as recommended, also been involved through the whole cycle. A useful method to get feedback from users, in addition to interviews and workshops, has been the “Heuristic Evaluation”.

     The final result and conclusion shows that the user-centered system design is a powerful tool to adapt when designing and developing interactive user interface.

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  • 31. Abbaszadeh Shahri, A.
    et al.
    Larsson, Stefan
    KTH, Skolan för arkitektur och samhällsbyggnad (ABE), Byggvetenskap, Jord- och bergmekanik.
    Renkel, C.
    Artificial intelligence models to generate visualized bedrock level: a case study in Sweden2020Inngår i: Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, ISSN 2363-6203, E-ISSN 2363-6211, Vol. 6, nr 3, s. 1509-1528Artikkel i tidsskrift (Fagfellevurdert)
    Abstract [en]

    Assessment of the spatial distribution of bedrock level (BL) as the lower boundary of soil layers is associated with many uncertainties. Increasing our knowledge about the spatial variability of BL through high resolution and more accurate predictive models is an important challenge for the design of safe and economical geostructures. In this paper, the efficiency and predictability of different artificial intelligence (AI)-based models in generating improved 3D spatial distributions of the BL for an area in Stockholm, Sweden, were explored. Multilayer percepterons, generalized feed-forward neural network (GFFN), radial based function, and support vector regression (SVR) were developed and compared to ordinary kriging geostatistical technique. Analysis of the improvement in progress using confusion matrixes showed that the GFFN and SVR provided closer results to realities. The ranking of performance accuracy using different statistical errors and precision/recall curves also demonstrated the superiority and robustness of the GFFN and SVR compared to the other models. The results indicated that in the absence of measured data the AI models are flexible and efficient tools in creating more accurate spatial 3D models. Analyses of confidence intervals and prediction intervals confirmed that the developed AI models can overcome the associated uncertainties and provide appropriate prediction at any point in the subsurface of the study area. 

  • 32. Abbaszadeh Shahri, A.
    et al.
    Shan, Chunling
    KTH, Skolan för arkitektur och samhällsbyggnad (ABE), Byggvetenskap, Jord- och bergmekanik.
    Larsson, Stefan
    KTH, Skolan för arkitektur och samhällsbyggnad (ABE), Byggvetenskap, Jord- och bergmekanik.
    A Novel Approach to Uncertainty Quantification in Groundwater Table Modeling by Automated Predictive Deep Learning2022Inngår i: Natural Resources Research, ISSN 1520-7439, E-ISSN 1573-8981, Vol. 31, nr 3, s. 1351-1373Artikkel i tidsskrift (Fagfellevurdert)
    Abstract [en]

    Uncertainty quantification (UQ) is an important benchmark to assess the performance of artificial intelligence (AI) and particularly deep learning ensembled-based models. However, the ability for UQ using current AI-based methods is not only limited in terms of computational resources but it also requires changes to topology and optimization processes, as well as multiple performances to monitor model instabilities. From both geo-engineering and societal perspectives, a predictive groundwater table (GWT) model presents an important challenge, where a lack of UQ limits the validity of findings and may undermine science-based decisions. To overcome and address these limitations, a novel ensemble, an automated random deactivating connective weights approach (ARDCW), is presented and applied to retrieved geographical locations of GWT data from a geo-engineering project in Stockholm, Sweden. In this approach, the UQ was achieved via a combination of several derived ensembles from a fixed optimum topology subjected to randomly switched off weights, which allow predictability with one forward pass. The process was developed and programmed to provide trackable performance in a specific task and access to a wide variety of different internal characteristics and libraries. A comparison of performance with Monte Carlo dropout and quantile regression using computer vision and control task metrics showed significant progress in the ARDCW. This approach does not require changes in the optimization process and can be applied to already trained topologies in a way that outperforms other models. 

  • 33.
    Abbaszadeh Shahri, Abbas
    KTH, Skolan för arkitektur och samhällsbyggnad (ABE), Byggvetenskap. Islamic Azad University.
    An Optimized Artificial Neural Network Structure to Predict Clay Sensitivity in a High Landslide Prone Area Using Piezocone Penetration Test (CPTu) Data: A Case Study in Southwest of Sweden2016Inngår i: Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, ISSN 0960-3182, E-ISSN 1573-1529, s. 1-14Artikkel i tidsskrift (Fagfellevurdert)
    Abstract [en]

    Application of artificial neural networks (ANN) in various aspects of geotechnical engineering problems such as site characterization due to have difficulty to solve or interrupt through conventional approaches has demonstrated some degree of success. In the current paper a developed and optimized five layer feed-forward back-propagation neural network with 4-4-4-3-1 topology, network error of 0.00201 and R2 = 0.941 under the conjugate gradient descent ANN training algorithm was introduce to predict the clay sensitivity parameter in a specified area in southwest of Sweden. The close relation of this parameter to occurred landslides in Sweden was the main reason why this study is focused on. For this purpose, the information of 70 piezocone penetration test (CPTu) points was used to model the variations of clay sensitivity and the influences of direct or indirect related parameters to CPTu has been taken into account and discussed in detail. Applied operation process to find the optimized ANN model using various training algorithms as well as different activation functions was the main advantage of this paper. The performance and feasibility of proposed optimized model has been examined and evaluated using various statistical and analytical criteria as well as regression analyses and then compared to in situ field tests and laboratory investigation results. The sensitivity analysis of this study showed that the depth and pore pressure are the two most and cone tip resistance is the least effective factor on prediction of clay sensitivity.

  • 34. Abbeloos, W.
    et al.
    Caccamo, Sergio
    KTH, Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC), Robotik, perception och lärande, RPL.
    Ataer-Cansizoglu, E.
    Taguchi, Y.
    Feng, C.
    Lee, T. -Y
    Detecting and Grouping Identical Objects for Region Proposal and Classification2017Inngår i: 2017 IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops, IEEE Computer Society, 2017, Vol. 2017, s. 501-502, artikkel-id 8014810Konferansepaper (Fagfellevurdert)
    Abstract [en]

    Often multiple instances of an object occur in the same scene, for example in a warehouse. Unsupervised multi-instance object discovery algorithms are able to detect and identify such objects. We use such an algorithm to provide object proposals to a convolutional neural network (CNN) based classifier. This results in fewer regions to evaluate, compared to traditional region proposal algorithms. Additionally, it enables using the joint probability of multiple instances of an object, resulting in improved classification accuracy. The proposed technique can also split a single class into multiple sub-classes corresponding to the different object types, enabling hierarchical classification.

  • 35.
    Abd Alwaheb, Sofia
    KTH, Skolan för kemi, bioteknologi och hälsa (CBH), Medicinteknik och hälsosystem, Hälsoinformatik och logistik.
    Implementering DevSecOps metodik vid systemutveckling för hälso och sjukvård2023Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 poäng / 15 hpOppgave
    Abstract [sv]

    Inom hälso- och sjukvården är IT-säkerhet avgörande för att skydda både personlig information och patientsäkerheten. För närvarande genomförs implementering av säkerhetsåtgärder och tester efter mjukvaruutvecklingen, vilket kan minska effektiviteten och utgöra en potentiell risk för patienternas integritet. Detta arbete undersökte implementeringen av DevSecOps-metodiken inom hälso- och sjukvården med fokus på utvecklingsfasen. Genom att intervjua anställda och använda säkerhetsverktyg som SAST, kodgranskning, penetrationstestning och DAST identifierades fördelar och utmaningar. Utmaningarna inkluderade brist på säkerhetskunskap och svårighet att integrera verktyg kostnadsfritt. Trots detta visade resultatet på möjligheten att förbättra säkerheten, effektivisera arbetet och spara pengar genom att använda gratis verktyg och implementera säkerhet redan i utvecklingsfasen. Utbildning och anställning av säkerhetskompetent personal betonades också som viktigt för att upprätthålla höga säkerhetsstandarder

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  • 36. Abd El Ghany, M. A.
    et al.
    El-Moursy, M. A.
    Ismail, Mohammed
    KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT), Elektroniksystem. Ohio State University, Columbus, United States .
    High throughput architecture for high performance NoC2009Inngår i: ISCAS: 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, IEEE , 2009, s. 2241-2244Konferansepaper (Fagfellevurdert)
    Abstract [en]

    High Throughput Butterfly Fat Tree (HTBFT) architecture to achieve high performance Networks on Chip (NoC) is proposed. The architecture increases the throughput of the network by 38% while preserving the average latency. The area of HTBFT switch is decreased by 18% as compared to Butterfly Fat Tree switch. The total metal resources required to implement HTBFT design is increased by 5% as compared to the total metal resources required to implement BFT design. The extra power consumption required to achieve the proposed architecture is 3% of the total power consumption of the BFT architecture.

  • 37.
    Abdallah Hussein Mohammed, Ahmed
    KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS).
    Analyzing common structures in Enterprise Architecture modeling notations2022Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 poäng / 30 hpOppgave
    Abstract [en]

    Over the past few decades, the field of Enterprise Architecture has attracted researchers, and many Enterprise Architecture modeling frameworks have been proposed. However, in order to support the different needs, the different frameworks offer many different elements types that can be used to create an Enterprise Architecture. This abundance of elements can make it difficult for the end-user to differentiate between the usages of all the various elements in order to identify what elements they actually need. Therefore, this research analyzes existing Enterprise Architecture modeling frameworks and extract the common properties that exists in the different Enterprise Architecture modeling notations. In this study, we performed a Systematic Literature Review that aims at finding the most commonly used Enterprise Architecture modeling frameworks in the Enterprise Architecture literature. Additionally, the elements defined in these frameworks are used to create a taxonomy based on the similarities between the different Enterprise Architecture Frameworks. Our results showed that TOGAF, ArchiMate, DoDAF, and IAF are the most used modeling frameworks. Also, we managed to identify the common elements that are available in the different Enterprise Architecture Frameworks mentioned above and represent the common elements in a multilevel model. The findings of this study can make it easier for the end-user to pick the appropriate elements for their use cases, as it highlights the core elements of Enterprise Architecture modeling. Additionally, we showed how our model can be extended to support the needs of different domains. This thesis also forms the foundation for the development of an Enterprise Architecture modeling framework that can be customized and extended so that only the relevant elements are presented to the end-user.

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  • 38.
    ABDALMAHMOODABADI, MAHBOOBEH
    KTH, Skolan för informations- och kommunikationsteknik (ICT).
    The value of downstream information sharing in two-level supply chain: AN APPROACH TO AGENT-BASED MODELING2015Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 poäng / 30 hpOppgave
    Abstract [en]

    Many supply chain firms have taken initiatives to facilitate demand information sharing between downstream and upstream entities. Information sharing is a key factor of collaboration in supply chain management (SCM). In the last decades, many efforts have been made to model supply chain mathematically. Mathematical models are incapable of capturing the dynamic nature of the system. It is necessary to study multidimensional supply chain model in which not only there is communication between supplier and retailer but also communication among retailers must be considered. Mathematical models can be seen as a simple decision making optimization between two entities in which the effect of cooperation of other entities is completely ignored. These models are far from real world systems. The purpose of this thesis is to create an agent-based model, as a substitute to mathematical modeling, to appraise the importance of sharing information on supplier side when there is relation among retailers by means of stock sharing. The conceptual model of two-echelon supply chain is designed and implemented in Java using Repast suit. The model includes four types of agents namely supply chain, supplier, retailer and mediator agents that interact with each other in a discrete event based simulation. Multi level factorial design is used to evaluate performance of supply chain, in terms of total cost saving, under different demand patterns. The significant difference between experimental settings is tested statistically using ANOVA, Pairwise, and Univariate tests. Data analysis indicates that the significance of information sharing can be rather high, in particular when end customers' demands are considerably correlated. Such cost saving that is achieved by sharing information is due to reducing stock level and at the expense of increasing the amount of backorder.

  • 39.
    Abdelgalil, Mohammed Saqr
    et al.
    KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), Människocentrerad teknologi, Medieteknik och interaktionsdesign, MID.
    Lopez-Pernas, Sonsoles
    Idiographic Learning Analytics:A single student (N=1) approach using psychological networks2021Konferansepaper (Fagfellevurdert)
    Abstract [en]

    Recent findings in the field of learning analytics have brought to our attention that conclusions drawn from cross-sectional group-level data may not capture the dynamic processes that unfold within each individual learner. In this light, idiographic methods have started to gain grounds in many fields as a possible solution to examine students’ behavior at the individual level by using several data points from each learner to create person-specific insights. In this study, we introduce such novel methods to the learning analytics field by exploring the possible potentials that one can gain from zooming in on the fine-grained dynamics of a single student. Specifically, we make use of Gaussian Graphical Models —an emerging trend in network science— to analyze a single student's dispositions and devise insights specific to him/her. The results of our study revealed that the student under examination may be in need to learn better self-regulation techniques regarding reflection and planning.

  • 40.
    Abdelgalil, Mohammed Saqr
    et al.
    KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), Människocentrerad teknologi, Medieteknik och interaktionsdesign, MID. University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland.
    López-Pernas, S.
    Idiographic learning analytics: A single student (N=1) approach using psychological networks2021Inngår i: CEUR Workshop Proceedings, CEUR-WS , 2021, s. 16-22Konferansepaper (Fagfellevurdert)
    Abstract [en]

    Recent findings in the field of learning analytics have brought to our attention that conclusions drawn from cross-sectional group-level data may not capture the dynamic processes that unfold within each individual learner. In this light, idiographic methods have started to gain grounds in many fields as a possible solution to examine students' behavior at the individual level by using several data points from each learner to create person-specific insights. In this study, we introduce such novel methods to the learning analytics field by exploring the possible potentials that one can gain from zooming in on the fine-grained dynamics of a single student. Specifically, we make use of Gaussian Graphical Models -an emerging trend in network science- to analyze a single student's dispositions and devise insights specific to him/her. The results of our study revealed that the student under examination may be in need to learn better self-regulation techniques regarding reflection and planning. 

  • 41.
    Abdelmassih, Christian
    KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS).
    Container Orchestration in Security Demanding Environments at the Swedish Police Authority2018Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 poäng / 30 hpOppgave
    Abstract [en]

    The adoption of containers and container orchestration in cloud computing is motivated by many aspects, from technical and organizational to economic gains. In this climate, even security demanding organizations are interested in such technologies but need reassurance that their requirements can be satisfied. The purpose of this thesis was to investigate how separation of applications could be achieved with Docker and Kubernetes such that it may satisfy the demands of the Swedish Police Authority.

    The investigation consisted of a literature study of research papers and official documentation as well as a technical study of iterative creation of Kubernetes clusters with various changes. A model was defined to represent the requirements for the ideal separation. In addition, a system was introduced to classify the separation requirements of the applications.

    The result of this thesis consists of three architectural proposals for achieving segmentation of Kubernetes cluster networking, two proposed systems to realize the segmentation, and one strategy for providing host-based separation between containers. Each proposal was evaluated and discussed with regard to suitability and risks for the Authority and parties with similar demands. The thesis concludes that a versatile application isolation can be achieved in Docker and Kubernetes. Therefore, the technologies can provide a sufficient degree of separation to be used in security demanding environments.

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  • 42.
    Abdelmassih, Christian
    et al.
    KTH, Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC).
    Hultman, Axel
    KTH, Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC).
    Förutspå golfresultat med hjälp av sentimentanalys på Twitter2016Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 poäng / 15 hpOppgave
    Abstract [sv]

    Denna studie undersöker möjligheten att med hjälp av sentimentanalys av golfspelares twitterkonton kunna förutsäga deras kommande resultat. Studien baserades på två dataset: 155 professionella golfares resultat och 112 101 tweets insamlade från två säsonger på PGA­touren. Vår studie kan vara av intresse för till exempel spelbolag, spelare, tränare och fans.

    Det känslor golfspelarna uttryckt i sina tweets kvantifierades till ett siffervärde med hjälp av den lexikala sentimentsanalysmetoden AFINN. Resultaten av vår studie visar på mycket låg korrelation mellan de insamlade dataseten och att sentimentvärdena innehar en låg grad av prediktiv förmåga. Dessa resultat står i kontrast mot liknande forskning utförd på annan sport. Vår rekommendation för framtida studier är att basera modellen på fler variabler utöver sentimentvärde för att tydligare klargöra hur de känslor golfspelare uttrycker på twitter kan användas för att förutspå deras kommande resultat.

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  • 43.
    Abdelnour, Jerome
    et al.
    NECOTIS Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sherbrooke University, Canada.
    Rouat, Jean
    NECOTIS Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sherbrooke University, Canada.
    Salvi, Giampiero
    KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), Intelligenta system, Tal, musik och hörsel, TMH. Department of Electronic Systems, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway.
    NAAQA: A Neural Architecture for Acoustic Question Answering2022Inngår i: IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, ISSN 0162-8828, E-ISSN 1939-3539, s. 1-12Artikkel i tidsskrift (Fagfellevurdert)
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  • 44.
    Abdi Dahir, Najiib
    et al.
    KTH, Skolan för kemi, bioteknologi och hälsa (CBH), Medicinteknik och hälsosystem, Hälsoinformatik och logistik.
    Dahir Ali, Ikran
    KTH, Skolan för kemi, bioteknologi och hälsa (CBH), Medicinteknik och hälsosystem, Hälsoinformatik och logistik.
    Privacy preserving data access mechanism for health data2023Independent thesis Basic level (university diploma), 10 poäng / 15 hpOppgave
    Abstract [en]

    Due to the rise of digitalization and the growing amount of data, ensuring the integrity and security of patient data has become increasingly vital within the healthcare industry, which has traditionally managed substantial quantities of sensitive patient and personal information. This bachelor's thesis focused on designing and implementing a secure data sharing infrastructure to protect the integrity and confidentiality of patient data. Synthetic data was used to enable access for researchers and students in regulated environments without compromising patient privacy. The project successfully achieved its goals by evaluating different privacy-preserving mechanisms and developing a machine learning-based application to demonstrate the functionality of the secure data sharing infrastructure. Despite some challenges, the chosen algorithms showed promising results in terms of privacy preservation and statistical similarity. Ultimately, the use of synthetic data can promote fair decision-making processes and contribute to secure data sharing practices in the healthcare industry.

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  • 45.
    Abdihakim, Ali
    KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS).
    Characterizing Feature Influence and Predicting Video Popularity on YouTube2021Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 poäng / 30 hpOppgave
    Abstract [en]

    YouTube is an online video sharing platform where users can distribute and consume video and other types of content. The rapid technological advancement along with the proliferation och technological gadgets has led to the phenomenon of viral videos where videos and content garner hundreds of thousands if not million of views in a short span of time. This thesis looked at the reason for these viral content, more specifically as it pertains to videos on YouTube. This was done by building a predictor model using two different approaches and extracting important features that causes video popularity. The thesis further observed how the subsequent features impact video popularity via partial dependency plots. The knn model outperformed logistic regression model. The thesis showed, among other things that YouTube channel and title were the most important features followed by comment count, age and video category. Much research have been done pertaining to popularity prediction, but less on deriving important features and evaluating their impact on popularity. Further research has to be conduced on feature influence, which is paramount to comprehend the causes for content going viral. 

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  • 46.
    Abdinur Iusuf, Joakim
    et al.
    KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS).
    Nordling, Edvin
    KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS).
    Easing the transition from block-based programming in education: Comparing two ways of transitioning from block-based to text-based programming and an alternative way to solve the transition problem2023Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 poäng / 15 hpOppgave
    Abstract [en]

    Many learners find the transition from block-based programming to text-based programming difficult. Consequently, research has investigated how block-based languages support learners when making the transition to text-based programming. It categorized the way in which block-based languages support the transition into one-way transition, dual-modality and hybrid environments. This research investigates how one-way transition environments compare to dual-modality environments with regards to learning a text-based language, and how the two modalities differ with regards to the motivational factors satisfaction, enjoyment and easiness. The results show that dual-modality environments could be a better alternative than one-way transition environment when learners make the transition from block-based to text-based programming. The results also show that solving a problem in dual-modality environments could be easier than solving them in one-way transition environments, which could potentially mean that learners experience more motivation when making the transition in a dual-modality environment. This study also investigated if there is an alternative to one-way transition, dual-modality and hybrid environments when helping learners transition from block-based to text-based programming, and what a learning activity in this alternative solution could look like. It found that Blockly Games is an alternative, and describes a learning activity built in Blockly Games. Future research should aim at gaining a deeper understanding of the differences between one-way transition, dual-modality and hybrid environments, and investigate if the approach taken by Blockly Games is a better alternative.

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  • 47.
    Abdlwafa, Alan
    et al.
    KTH, Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC).
    Edman, Henrik
    KTH, Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC).
    Distributed Graph Mining: A study of performance advantages in distributed data mining paradigms when processing graphs using PageRank on a single node cluster2015Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 poäng / 15 hpOppgave
    Abstract [en]

    Distributed data mining is a relatively new area within computer science that is steadily growing, emerging from the demands of being able to gather and process various distributed data by utilising clusters. This report presents the properties of graph structured data and what paradigms to use for efficiently processing the data type, based on comprehensive theoretical studies applied on practical tests performed on a single node cluster. The results in the study showcase the various performance aspects of processing graph data, using different open source paradigm frameworks and amount of shards used on input. A conclusion to be drawn from this study is that there are no real performance advantages to using distributed data mining paradigms specifically developed for graph data on single machines. 

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  • 48.
    Abdollahi, Meisam
    et al.
    Iran Univ Sci & Technol, Tehran, Iran..
    Baharloo, Mohammad
    Inst Res Fundamental Sci IPM, Tehran, Iran..
    Shokouhinia, Fateme
    Amirkabir Univ Technol, Tehran, Iran..
    Ebrahimi, Masoumeh
    KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), Elektroteknik, Elektronik och inbyggda system, Elektronik och inbyggda system.
    RAP-NoC: Reliability Assessment of Photonic Network-on-Chips, A simulator2021Inngår i: Proceedings of the 8th ACM international conference on nanoscale computing and communication (ACM NANOCOM 2021), Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) , 2021Konferansepaper (Fagfellevurdert)
    Abstract [en]

    Nowadays, optical network-on-chip is accepted as a promising alternative solution for traditional electrical interconnects due to lower transmission delay and power consumption as well as considerable high data bandwidth. However, silicon photonics struggles with some particular challenges that threaten the reliability of the data transmission process.The most important challenges can be considered as temperature fluctuation, process variation, aging, crosstalk noise, and insertion loss. Although several attempts have been made to investigate the effect of these issues on the reliability of optical network-on-chip, none of them modeled the reliability of photonic network-on-chip in a system-level approach based on basic element failure rate. In this paper, an analytical model-based simulator, called Reliability Assessment of Photonic Network-on-Chips (RAP-NoC), is proposed to evaluate the reliability of different 2D optical network-on-chip architectures and data traffic. The experimental results show that, in general, Mesh topology is more reliable than Torus considering the same size. Increasing the reliability of Microring Resonator (MR) has a more significant impact on the reliability of an optical router rather than a network.

  • 49.
    Abdul Khader, Shahbaz
    et al.
    KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), Intelligenta system, Robotik, perception och lärande, RPL. ABB Future Labs, CH-5405 Baden, Switzerland..
    Yin, Hang
    KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), Intelligenta system, Robotik, perception och lärande, RPL.
    Falco, Pietro
    ABB Corp Res, S-72178 Västerås, Sweden..
    Kragic, Danica
    KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), Intelligenta system, Robotik, perception och lärande, RPL.
    Data-Efficient Model Learning and Prediction for Contact-Rich Manipulation Tasks2020Inngår i: IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, E-ISSN 2377-3766, Vol. 5, nr 3, s. 4321-4328Artikkel i tidsskrift (Fagfellevurdert)
    Abstract [en]

    In this letter, we investigate learning forward dynamics models and multi-step prediction of state variables (long-term prediction) for contact-rich manipulation. The problems are formulated in the context of model-based reinforcement learning (MBRL). We focus on two aspects-discontinuous dynamics and data-efficiency-both of which are important in the identified scope and pose significant challenges to State-of-the-Art methods. We contribute to closing this gap by proposing a method that explicitly adopts a specific hybrid structure for the model while leveraging the uncertainty representation and data-efficiency of Gaussian process. Our experiments on an illustrative moving block task and a 7-DOF robot demonstrate a clear advantage when compared to popular baselines in low data regimes.

  • 50.
    Abdulaziz Ali Haseeb, Mohamed
    KTH, Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC), Robotik, perception och lärande, RPL.
    Passive gesture recognition on unmodified smartphones using Wi-Fi RSSI2017Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 poäng / 30 hpOppgave
    Abstract [en]

    The smartphone is becoming a common device carried by hundreds of millions of individual humans worldwide, and is used to accomplish a multitude of different tasks like basic communication, internet browsing, online shopping and fitness tracking. Limited by its small size and tight energy storage, the human-smartphone interface is largely bound to the smartphones small screens and simple keypads. This prohibits introducing new rich ways of interaction with smartphones.

     

    The industry and research community are working extensively to find ways to enrich the human-smartphone interface by either seizing the existing smartphones resources like microphones, cameras and inertia sensors, or by introducing new specialized sensing capabilities into the smartphones like compact gesture sensing radar devices.

     

    The prevalence of Radio Frequency (RF) signals and their limited power needs, led us towards investigating using RF signals received by smartphones to recognize gestures and activities around smartphones. This thesis introduces a solution for recognizing touch-less dynamic hand gestures from the Wi-Fi Received Signal Strength (RSS) received by the smartphone using a recurrent neural network (RNN) based probabilistic model. Unlike other Wi-Fi based gesture recognition solutions, the one introduced in this thesis does not require a change to the smartphone hardware or operating system, and performs the hand gesture recognition without interfering with the normal operation of other smartphone applications.

     

    The developed hand gesture recognition solution achieved a mean accuracy of 78% detecting and classifying three hand gestures in an online setting involving different spatial and traffic scenarios between the smartphone and Wi-Fi access points (AP). Furthermore the characteristics of the developed solution were studied, and a set of improvements have been suggested for further future work.

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