Software tools [Technology 1998 analysis and forecast]

The most exciting and rapidly developing tools in modern society are not mechanical implements for doing physical work but software (particularly for personal computers) and communications (particularly as related to the Internet). Much of this ferment flows from the rapidly growing memory capacity and speed of computers-enhancements that permit them to run ever-larger programs. For many users, the most meaningful development in technical software has been the power of inexpensive PCs to run programs that formerly ran only on mainframes or workstations. Engineers have also benefited from the huge market for PCs and the resulting need to write software that is usable by non-techies. This requirement has promoted such software innovations as graphical user interfaces (GUIs), the ready exchange of data between applications running simultaneously and the ability to swap data with other users across the Internet. Both trends-the growing power and size of technical software for PCs and its greater ease of use-were much in evidence in 1997, and will continue into the foreseeable future     

基于代理的程序挖掘系统的设计与实现

随着Internet和软件复用技术的发展,用户根据自己的计算需求,从网上构件库中搜索构件,并由构件动态生成程序成为可能.针对这种按需计算的需求,本文提出一种在网络环境下进行程序挖掘的方法:采用智能代理分析理解用户的计算需求,从网上构件库中识别、搜索可用构件,并组装链接,形成满足用户要求的可执行程序.文中论述了程序挖掘的基本概念、基于代理的程序挖掘原型系统,并讨论了进一步的研究方向.     

基于MySQL的云数据库分析与设计初探

云计算是在互联网的基础上建立的一种计算方式.通过该方式,软硬件的共享资源和信息都会在对应的设备或是计算机中被提供.而云计算中最主要的商业模式是PaaS.其中DaaS是PaaS平台中的基础功能,它可以利用MySQL数据库技术,进行系统架构和部署设计,以此来实现云数据库的服务.     

Speech and language processing over the web

This article has provided a brief overview of how the marriage of speech and language technologies with the Web is changing the way people communicate and access information. Advances are happening at a rapid pace through improved algorithms, wider penetration of the Web, availability of data, and faster computing. As the Web continues to evolve, research initiatives need to continue to address difficult challenges in areas of information mining of multimedia data, multimodal search of Web and media contents, speaker recognition for reducing Internet fraud, interactive question/answering for Web-based self-service, Web mining for knowledge discovery, two-way language translation, and Web page personalization and ranking. Progress in these areas will help to generate exciting new business opportunities for mobile Internet, secure voice print, ubiquitous multilingual communication, IPTV, globalization of customer care, and information search of massive amounts of data.     

Computing [Technology 2000 analysis and forecast]

The dawning of this millennium coincides with the start of a new epoch-that of Internet-distributed computing-and, as is typical with epochal changes, the entrenched are being uprooted. A new breed of device-the Internet appliance-is dethroning the PC, which has held sway over the computing industry for the last two decades. Microsoft Inc., the Redmond, Wash., software megalith whose Windows operating system has towered over the system software arena for the last decade, must now do battle on two fronts: at the heart of the network-the server-and at the edges, with the new Internet devices. As the number and size of Web publishers mushroom, so does the demand for servers and storage. Sales of server hardware and operating systems are growing rapidly, and Microsoft 2000, formerly known as Windows NT 5.0, must duke it out with established Unix systems and new Linux boxes. With growing reliance on the Internet for all kinds of information, computing is acquiring an unsuspected mobility. Unlike a laptop computer, which requires that the user be stationary (preferably seated) to be of use, Internet appliances free the user to work on the go, in ways not previously possible. Even as information technology reaches the next stage in its evolution, the PC has become something of a dinosaur, a metamorphosis that cannot be stopped even by Microsoft. In fact, while the outcome of its confrontation with the US Department of Justice may be to reshape the company in some way, it is the Internet that is truly restructuring Microsoft     

云计算环境下的软件测试服务分析

作为新型计算机网络服务技术,云计算出现和发展的时间并不长,但它产生了巨大的影响,显著影响了软件测试方法和工具。传统计算机在硬件层面存在众多限制,而云计算则能突破这种限制,充分调用各种硬件资源,提升数据服务能力。在新的环境背景下,如何更准确地把握发展趋势,是互联网企业共同关注的话题。文中对云计算如何应用于软件测试服务进行了分析,希望对相关从业者有所帮助。     

云计算中的群体智能与不确定性知识表示

The lasting evolution of computing environment, software engineering and interaction methods leads to cloud computing. Cloud computing changes the configuration mode of resources on the Internet and all kinds of resources are virtualized and provided as services. Mass participation and online interaction with social annotations become usual in human daily life. People who own similar interests on the Internet may cluster naturally into scalable and boundless communities and collective intelligence will emerge. Human is taken as an intelligent computing factor, and uncertainty becomes a basic property in cloud computing. Virtualization, soft computing and granular computing will become essential features of cloud computing. Compared with the engineering technological problems of IaaS (Infrastructure as a service), PaaS (Platform as a Service) and SaaS (Software as a Service), collective intelligence and uncertain knowledge representation will be more important frontiers in cloud computing for researchers within the community of intelligence science.     

Internet Distance Learning: The Problems, the Pitfalls, and the Future

The Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta is in a unique position of having a campus located in the heart of the Lorraine region of France in the city of Metz. Since the number of faculty at GTL is limited, some courses must be offered in non-traditional formats. Due to the problems involved in shipping video tapes across the Atlantic, the Internet was considered as an alternative delivery vehicle. Initially driven by a very real and pressing need to deliver courses in a timely and effective manner across the Atlantic, Internet course delivery is now finding its way into many other programs at Georgia Tech. In this paper, we describe some of our experiences with Internet course development and delivery, and present a set of tools that we have developed for placing courses on the web easily. We will also present some of the problems and limitations with on-line course production and delivery, and speculate on the future of distance education.     

Tools for schools [mathematical software packages]

The latest math packages for engineering education offer: programming through icons; collaboration over the Internet; electronic textbooks; and free courseware on the Web. Mathematical software tools can be divided into two groups: programs that chiefly perform symbolic manipulations (also called computer algebra programs for their ability to find exact solutions to analytical expressions) and programs used primarily for large numerical calculations. But the line between these tools is blurring, for some leading vendors now produce packages that include both numerical and symbolic capabilities. The author discusses both types of program and describes some of the features and functions of the programs     

面向移动互联网发展的3G Teleco 2.0

面向移动互联网,电信运营商的运营模式必须向Teleco2.0演进。IP多媒体子系统（IMS）将主要用于为企业大客户服务,而面向消费大众的娱乐化网络新媒体业务将基于智能结点重叠网/分布式业务网络（INON/DSN）。核心网将向扁平化演进,从I-HSPA到系统结构演进（SAE）,甚至进一步直接用互联网做核心网。客户端加门户模式配合云计算可以使廉价手机访问基于超文本传输协议（HTTP）的互联网。包月是用户唯一能够接受模式,廉价合理的价格将促进移动互联网大发展。     

An Innovative Master's Program in Distributed Computing

Distributed computing systems and applications are not only changing the face of computing, they're also continually changing the way we live, work, and interact as a society. In recent years, the demand for educational courses in advanced computing and networking has expanded rapidly. This has led to a huge demand for Internet-based distributed computing technologies (such as Web and grid services) and applications that virtualize geographically distributed resources to enable the creation of virtual enterprises, marketplaces, and service-oriented computing industries. Because current academic programs don't yet address the skill set required to meet these demands, we launched a Master of Engineering in distributed computing program at the University of Melbourne     

普适计算环境下无线传感器网络研究

主要对在普适计算(ubiquitous computing or pervasive computing)环境下的无线传感器网络进行了研究。首先,介绍普适计算和无线传感器网络概念;其次,论述在普适计算环境下,无线传感器网络各项技术的研究,包括:面向普适计算的无线传感器网络中间件研究,无线传感器网络与物联网的融合研究和普适环境下无线传感器网络的各项关键性技术研究,如传感器的功耗问题和节点供电问题。最后:无线传感器网络的一些优点能方便人们更好地实现普适计算中的通信、感知、场景识别等功能,在未来,它将会是实现普适计算的主要途径。     

数据采集处理分析研究

计算机技术发展速度一日千里,在多个领域得到了广泛的应用.但从计算机的工作原理角度来说,计算机主要处理的是二进制数据,无论是存储还是计算应用,都是针对二进制数据进行的.那么计算机如何在多个领域产生作用,甚至在物联网、移动互联网络中发挥它的作用,就涉及了一个数据采集的工作环节.将外部的一些信号或者状态转换成计算机能够接收的数据,并进行相应计算处理,并最后转化成人们日常生活中需要的数据或者状态,这就是数据采集与数据处理发挥的作用.本文就数据采集、数据处理进行了相关的介绍与说明.     

Design and implementation of a distributed evolutionary computing software

Although evolutionary algorithm is a powerful optimization tool, its computation cost involved in terms of time and hardware resources increases as the size or complexity of the problem increases. One promising approach to overcome this limitation is to exploit the inherent parallelism of evolutionary algorithms by creating an infrastructure necessary to support distributed evolutionary computing using existing Internet and hardware resources. This paper presents a Java-based distributed evolutionary computing software (Paladin-DEC), which enhances the concurrent processing and performance of evolutionary algorithms by allowing inter-communications of subpopulations among various computers over the Internet. Such a distributed system enables individuals to migrate among multiple subpopulations according to some patterns to induce diversity of elite individuals periodically, in a way that simulates the species evolve in natural environment. The Paladin-DEC software is capable of keeping data integrity throughout the computation, and is incorporated with the features of robustness, security, fault tolerance, and work balancing. The effectiveness and advantages of the Paladin-DEC are illustrated upon two case studies of drug scheduling in cancer chemotherapy and searching probe sets of yeast genome.     

云计算环境下基于大数据的物联网信息化建设

云计算以及大数据技术的支持,能够为物联网的信息化建设奠定基础。云计算技术的应用优势较为显著,其廉价、安全且科学的计算与存储能力,能够突出技术应用优势。依靠大数据与云计算的相互协调,能够建立起更优质的物联网信息管理系统,分析计算物联网网络环境,调整分布式技术应用方案,展现大数据的属性。在构建信息化框架期间,建立起大数据感知层做好重点环节的设计,能够更好地满足物联网信息化的发展需要,完成系统功能与实体模块的配合。技术融合的效率增强,能够有效提升物联网信息化建设水平,文中将结合实践深入探索其工作要点。     

一种云计算操作系统TransOS:基于透明计算的设计与实现

云计算正成为计算机研究和应用的热点.在云计算研究的许多问题中,云计算操作系统的研究受到了广泛重视.但是,至今为止,人们对什么是云计算操作系统?怎样研制云计算操作系统?以及为什么要有云计算操作系统等问题并没有给出答案,也没有看到成功的云计算操作系统实例.本文从透明计算,也就是用户控制的云计算(Customer Contr...     

云计算、物联网、智慧地球及其相关法律问题

本文分别简单介绍云计算、物联网和智慧球三者的概念及发展状况,并对三者可能涉及的法律问题展开讨论。云计算虽处于发展初期,但已有一定规模的应用;物联网技术相对比较成熟,电子标签已得到广泛应用;智慧地球是一种建立在云计算和物联网基础之上的未来地球发展的战略模式。云计算、物联网和智慧地球因其自身的技术牦羔,存在隐私、安全等方面的隐患。解决这些问题除了依靠技术手段,相关的法律制定尤为重要。     

大数据技术在物联网服务平台中的应用

物联网的出现及发展标志着大数据时代已经来临,大数据已渗透到我们生活的各个领域,引领并且改变着我们现有的生活方式.大数据不断地从多样化的物联网传感设备和应用系统中产生,并且将会以更多、更复杂、更多样化的方式持续增长.大数据的复杂化和格式多样化,决定了物联网服务平台中针对大数据的服务场景和类型的多样化,从而要求物联网服务平台必须融合大数据技术来应对.     

Time to forge ahead: The Internet of Things for healthcare

Situated at the intersection of technology and medicine, the Internet of Things (IoT) holds the promise of addressing some of healthcare's most pressing challenges, from medical error, to chronic drug shortages, to overburdened hospital systems, to dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. However, despite considerable recent technological advances, the pace of successful implementation of promising IoT healthcare initiatives has been slow. To inspire more productive collaboration, we present here a simple—but surprisingly underrated—problem-oriented approach to developing healthcare technologies. To further assist in this effort, we reviewed the various commercial, regulatory, social/cultural, and technological factors in the development of the IoT. We propose that fog computing—a technological paradigm wherein the burden of computing is shifted from a centralized cloud server closer to the data source—offers the greatest promise for building a robust and scalable healthcare IoT ecosystem. To this end, we explore the key enabling technologies that underpin the fog architecture, from the sensing layer all the way up to the cloud. It is our hope that ongoing advances in sensing, communications, cryptography, storage, machine learning, and artificial intelligence will be leveraged in meaningful ways to generate unprecedented medical intelligence and thus drive improvements in the health of many people.     

An Internet vision: the invisible global infrastructure

This paper takes us on a short journey from traditional desktop computing to the three emerging dimensions of: Nomadicity (the system support needed to provide a rich set of computing and communication capabilities and services to nomads as they move from place to place in a way that is transparent, integrated, convenient and adaptive); embeddedness (small intelligent devices embedded in the physical world and connected to the Internet); and ubiquity (Internet service availability wherever the nomad travels on a global basis). These three dimensions give us a powerful system that supports global access for mobile users interacting with smart spaces. When we add intelligence distributed across this global infrastructure, we form a new “space”, which is the basis of a vision I articulated for the Internet in 1969 and which has yet to be achieved. In that vision, I foresee that the Internet will essentially be an invisible global infrastructure serving as a global nervous system for the peoples and processes of this planet.