Nearly all present-day commercial intrusion detection systems are based on a hierarchical architecture. Nodes at the bottom of the hierarchy collect information, which is passed t...
As the complexity of computing systems steadily increases, self-managing systems – as Autonomic Computing Systems (ACS) proposed by IBM – are an adequate approach to minimize ...
This paper discusses the challenges of putting Apple Macintosh OSX into open access and computer lab environments. Categories and Subject Descriptors K.6.4 [Management of Computin...
This paper proposes design concepts that allow the conception, understanding and development of complex technical structures for open distributed systems. The proposed concepts ar...
While participatory design makes end-users part of the design process, we might also want the resulting system to be open for interpretation, appropriation and change over time to...