| Kurzbeschreibung |
"Technological Developments in Networking, Education and Automation"" includes a set of rigorously reviewed world-class manuscripts addressing and detailing state-of-the-art research projects in the following areas: Computer Networks: Access Technologies, Medium Access Control, Network architectures and Equipment, Optical Networks and Switching, Telecommunication Technology, and Ultra Wideband Communications. Engineering Education and Online Learning: including development of courses and systems for engineering, technical and liberal studies programs, online laboratories, intelligent testing using fuzzy logic, taxonomy of e-courses, and evaluation of online courses. Pedagogy: including benchmarking, group-learning, active learning, teaching of multiple subjects together, ontology, and knowledge management. Instruction Technology: including internet textbooks, virtual reality labs, instructional design, virtual models, pedagogy-oriented markup languages, graphic design possibilities, open source classroom management software, automatic email response systems, tablet-pcs, personalization using web mining technology, intelligent digital chalkboards, virtual room concepts for cooperative scientific work, and network technologies, management, and architecture. Coding and Modulation: Modeling and Simulation, OFDM technology , Space-time Coding, Spread Spectrum and CDMA Systems. Wireless technologies: Bluetooth , Cellular Wireless Networks, Cordless Systems and Wireless Local Loop, HIPERLAN, IEEE 802.11, Mobile Network Layer, Mobile Transport Layer, and Spread Spectrum. Network Security and applications: Authentication Applications, Block Ciphers Design Principles, Block Ciphers Modes of Operation, Electronic Mail Security, Encryption Message Confidentiality, Firewalls, IP Security, Key Cryptography Message Authentication, and Web Security. Robotics, Control Systems and Automation: Distributed Control Systems, Automation, Expert Systems, Robotics, Factory Automation, Intelligent Control Systems, Man Machine Interaction, Manufacturing Information System, Motion Control, and Process Automation. Vision Systems: for human action sensing, face recognition, and image processing algorithms for smoothing of high speed motion. Electronics and Power Systems: Actuators, Electro-Mechanical Systems, High Frequency Converters, Industrial Electronics, Motors and Drives, Power Converters, Power Devices and Components, and Power Electronics." |
