George Markowsky, Crowdsourcing, Big Data and Homeland Security, Proc. 2013 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security(HST2013), Waltham, Massachusetts, USA, pp. 772-778, November 12-14, 2013. Abstract: This paper discusses ways that crowdsourcing can help homeland security. It reviews some successes in this area, suggests some directions and points out some obstacles.

George Markowsky, Was the 2006 Debian SSL Debacle a System Accident?, Proc. 7th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Data Acquisition and Advanced Computer Systems, pp. 624-629, Sept. 12, 2013. Abstract: In this paper we examine in detail the Debian OpenSSL Debacle from the perspectives of a system accident, a concept derived from the work of Charles Perrow […]

Published: Jan 1, 2013 Author(s): Markowsky, George, Markowsky, Linda Abstract: The old adage “a picture is worth a 1,000 words” is relevant to cybersecurity because professionals must deal with large amounts of data in a very short period. It is also relevant to cybersecurity educators who must convey the complexity of cybersecurity events to students and to members of […]

G. Markowsky, D. Johnson, A. Moody, R. Soucy, and W. Stackpole, The 2013 NECCDC – Lessons Learned, Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Security & Management, pp. 433 -439 http://sam.udmercy.edu/sam13/index.html, 2013. Abstract: After having run the 2010 NECCDC at the University of Maine, we had an opportunity to run the 2013 NECCDC at the University of Maine. In […]

George Markowsky, The Sad History of Random Bits, Special Issue of Cyber Security and Mobility dedicated to Cyber Security and Software, 2013. Abstract: In this paper we examine the history of using random numbers in computer programs. Unfortunately, this history is sad because it is replete with disasters ranging from one of the first pseudo-random number generators, RANDU, […]

Yiqi Lin, Linda Markowsky, Shuanxi Liu, George Markowsky, Adapting American ERP Systems for China: Cross-Cultural Issues and a Case Study, Proc. 7th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Data Acquisition and Advanced Computer Systems, pp. 572-577, Sept. 12, 2013. Abstract: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems currently used by American businesses are unsuitable for adoption by small and medium […]

Published: Jan 1, 2013 Author(s): Dube, Matthew P., Egenhofer, Max J., Lewis, Joshua A. Abstract: Spatial scenes are abstractions of some geographic reality, focusing on the spatial objects identified and their spatial relations. Such qualitative models of space enable spatial querying, computational comparisons for similarity, and the generation of verbal descriptions. A specific strength of spatial scenes is that […]

Published: Jan 1, 2013 Author(s): Caballero, Rodrigo, Ebert, Karin, Fastook, James L., Kleman, Johan, Nilsson, Johan Abstract: We here reconstruct the paleotopography of Northern Hemisphere ice sheets during the glacial maxima of marine isotope stages (MIS) 5b and 4.We employ a com- bined approach, blending geologically based reconstruction and numerical modeling, to arrive at probable ice sheet ex- tents and topographies […]

S. J. Kadish, J. W. Head, J. L. Fastook, and D. R. Marchant. Middle to Late Amazonian tropical mountain glaciers on Mars: The ages of the Tharsis Montes fan-shaped deposits. Planetary and Space Science, 91:52–59, doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2013.12.005, 2013. Abstract: Fan-shaped deposits (FSDs) extending to the northwest of the Tharsis Montes on Mars are the remnants of Amazonian-aged, cold-based, tropical […]

T. Hahmann, B. Brodaric: Kinds of full physical containment, Spatial Information Theory (COSIT-2013), Sept. 2013, 20 pages, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 8116, Scarborough, UK, Sept. 2013 Abstract: Full physical containment is the relation in which one physical entity is completely inside another. It is central to the description of natural resources held in reservoirs above […]