Technological Developments in Networking, Education and Automation

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.... Mehr