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Contextual Augmentation In Artificial Intelligence, Emmanuel Joshua Balogun

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Contextual understanding is a significant challenge of Large Language Models (LLMs), which are typically trained on general-purpose datasets. Due to this, LLMs fail to capture nuanced or domain-specific information and may struggle to interpret user queries accurately. Consequently, prompt engineering can become complex in automating, and LLMs are prone to “hallucinating”—generating random or irrelevant texts—when they lack sufficient context. This undermines their ability to provide focused, accurate responses. Accordingly, this thesis seeks to enhance the contextual understanding capabilities of Artificial Intelligence systems to facilitate more precise and relevant answer generation. Study A looks into a new approach to combating misinformation …

Exploring Rust’S Performance In A Serverless Environment, Saoirse Mullen, Gary Clynch

Academic Poster Collection

Exploring Rust’s Performance in a Serverless Environment

Ai-Based Predictive Analytics For Network Operations, Timur Nikisin, David White

Academic Poster Collection

AI-Based Predictive Analytics for Network Operations

A Comparison Of Aks And K3s On Vmss, Craig Dillon, Omar Portillo

Academic Poster Collection

A Comparison of AKS and K3s on VMSS

Nomad Vs. Kubernetes, Alexandru Constantin Cardas, Omar Portillo

Academic Poster Collection

Nomad vs. Kubernetes

Investigation Into Finops Techniques To Optimise Cost In Aws Cloud Deployments, Denis Parker, Kevin Bayliss

Academic Poster Collection

Investigation Into FinOps Techniques To Optimise Cost in AWS Cloud Deployments

An Evaluation Of Zero Trust Principles In Modern Software Development, Cezar Vararu, David White

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An evaluation of Zero Trust Principles in modern software development

Cost Optimization In Open Telemetry, Niksa Jadric, Cormac Keogh

Academic Poster Collection

Cost Optimization in Open Telemetry

Funkcjonowanie Doręczeń Elektronicznych W Ujęciu Technicznym, Michał Tabor

internetowy Kwartalnik Antymonopolowy i Regulacyjny (internet Quarterly on Antitrust and Regulation)

The article provides a legal-technical and market analysis of electronic delivery in Poland, concluding that while the system complies with the basic requirements of the eIDAS Regulation, it needs significant organizational and technical improvements. The author reviews the National Electronic Delivery System, the role of the designated operator and qualified trust service providers, and highlights issues with interoperability, address registration and portability, delivery mailboxes, and the hybrid delivery service. Recommended legal reforms include granting the public delivery service qualified status, enabling multiple delivery addresses for public and complex organizations, partly opening the market to commercial qualified providers, and moving supervision …

Insider Threat Agent: A Behavioral Based Zero Trust Access Control Using Machine Learning Agent, Michael Fojude

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Hybrid work, cloud adoption, and freely available AI‑enabled attack tools have exposed critical weaknesses in perimeter‑centric security. Current breach reports attribute more than one‑third of incidents to insider misuse or credential compromise, yet many organizations still depend on static Role‑ or Attribute‑Based Access Control that neither verifies intent continuously nor adapts to subtle behavioral change. This research addresses that gap by designing and validating a behavioral based Zero Trust Access Control (ZTAC) Agent. A five‑year enterprise log Dataset was extracted and cleansed to establish a high‑fidelity baseline of normal user behavior. Feature engineering captured temporal regularity (login sequence, session duration), …

Real-Time Congestion Control And Load Optimization In Cloud-Manets Using Predictive Algorithms, Preeti Rani, Mohammed Hussien Falaah

NJF Intelligent Engineering Journal

Cloud-MANET environments require a system to balance load and control congestion. As a result of integrating real-time network metrics with predictive traffic algorithms, the proposed model optimizes the management of dynamic topologies, network bandwidth constraints, and fluctuating traffic loads. In addition to energy-aware multi-path routing, the framework incorporates adaptive congestion control mechanisms to ensure data transmission is efficient and stable. This algorithm provides higher packet delivery ratios, reduces end-to-end delays, and increases throughput over existing algorithms, according to the evaluation results. Hybrid Cloud-MANET systems can benefit from this approach by optimizing resource utilization and network performance.

Fail-Safe Logic Design Strategies Within Modern Fpga Architectures, Priya A. Bhakta

Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs

Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are vulnerable to radiation-induced single event upsets (SEUs) and fault injection attacks, requiring the use of redundancy techniques such as fail-safe computing. Fail-safe computing refers to computing systems that revert to a non-operational safe state when a fault occurs. This work investigates circuit-level techniques and implements fail-safe computing processes as mitigation for SEUs and fault injection attacks on FPGAs. The analysis reveals vulnerabilities that exist in FPGAs over those in application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC); thus, requiring a more elaborate network of redundant circuits and checking logic. The reconfiguration capability of FPGAs adds complexity to fail-safe …

Combining Project Management Methods For Faster Software Delivery, Subhradeep Biswas

Harrisburg University Dissertations and Theses

The impact of the hybrid project management technique combined with lean principles in software organization is the main topic of the proposed thesis. The instability inherent in software projects has led to the rise in popularity of the agile approach. However, according to specialists in project management, an agile approach alone won't guarantee a project's success. When executing software projects, almost all project managers combine the agile approach with the waterfall methodology. Nevertheless, a number of investigations discovered that the hybrid strategy is frequently not failsafe. In this field of study, combining lean and hybrid project management is a topic …

The Role Of Qa Automation In Eliminating Waste In Project Teams, Ejiro Esiri

Harrisburg University Dissertations and Theses

This study explores the impact of Quality Assurance (QA) automation on reducing waste in Search Engine Optimization (SEO) projects within enterprise organizations. Manual QA processes often result in bugs and defects that negatively affect project quality and business outcomes. Although automated QA testing promises improved accuracy and fewer errors, its implementation and effectiveness in SEO projects have yet to be thoroughly researched. This study uses qualitative research methods, including surveys of SEO professionals, QA specialists, and project managers in enterprise organizations, to examine how automated QA testing influences the performance and outcomes of SEO projects. The results show that companies …

Exploring Smart Thermostat, Don P. Dang

2024 Fall Honors Capstone Projects - Archive

This study examines the security, privacy, and compatibility challenges associated with smart thermostats in smart home systems. Smart thermostats, as part of the growing Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem, face vulnerabilities such as unauthorized access, data breaches, and inconsistent security protocols. Using a mixed-methods approach, this research evaluates encryption techniques, communication protocols (Zigbee, Z-Wave, Wi Fi), and user behaviors that impact system security and efficiency. Key findings indicate that 35% of users are concerned about hacking risks, while 25% express data privacy concerns. Many users lack awareness of security measures, such as firmware updates and password management, which increases vulnerabilities. …

Project Tracking With Mobile Devices, Mike Son

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

This innovative project tracking with mobile devices provides comprehensive access to project information, modernized communication, and effective work management from any device. Through a simple interface, it enables real-time collaboration, work delegation, and progress monitoring, making project management simpler everywhere. A standout feature of this application is its provision of a dedicated API (Web Programming Interface) for mobile devices, enabling seamless integration and synchronization between the web application and mobile platform apps. This guarantees a consistent and integrated user experience across all devices, allowing for quick task updates, and information sharing. The web application emphasizes security, with secure encryption and …

Leveraging P4 Programmable-Hardware Switches For In-Network Pmu Packet Recovery, Evan Michael Bonar

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Undergraduate Honors Theses

Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU) systems are essential for real-time power grid monitor- ing but often face data loss due to network delays, equipment malfunctions, or transmis- sion errors. Traditional centralized recovery solutions introduce significant latency and scalability challenges. This thesis presents a P4-based in-network recovery mechanism that embeds detection and recovery directly into the data plane of P4-enabled programmable switches, significantly reducing recovery time and infrastructure complexity. Using the Aurora 610 switch, the system detects missing packets via sequence number analysis and recovers magnitudes with an efficient register-based algorithm.

Evaluation demonstrates high accuracy and low latency, achieving a mean absolute …

Bonsai Merkle Tree Streams: Bulk Memory Verification Unit For Trusted Program Verification System, Richard J. Rios

Master's Theses

Today, all modern computing systems are undoubtedly vulnerable to numerous types of attacks that could be targeted toward any layer of the system from dedicated hardware to highly abstracted software. Unfortunately, many devices and systems naturally contain inadequately protected components or software modules that un- dermine their security as a whole. Additionally, security is heavily variable system to system, and has a huge dependence on adequate implementation and ongoing support from device and software manufacturers. To address these various security issues in a very general way, TrustGuard, a containment security system utilizing an external device called the Sentry that would …

Enhancing Home Energy Efficiency: Web And Cloud Integration For Sustainable Electricity Monitoring, Kyle Aaron Coloma, King Harold A. Recto

Electronics, Computer, and Communications Engineering Faculty Publications

This paper demonstrates how sustainability can be integrated to technology by developing a cloud-based web application that monitors the use of energy in a residential setting. In the development of the minimum viable product (MVP), frontend tools were utilized to ensure that the platform runs on most types of devices. Moreover, backend tools were also used to ascertain efficient handling of data while maintaining security for the users. The project which has guaranteed fundamental functionality and a measure of security has been deployed successfully for early users. For future improvements, it is recommended to prioritize the optimization of user interface …

Work-Stealing Scheduler For Parallel Cache-Adaptive Algorithms, Chuqi Jiang

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

Modern computing systems with hierarchical memory structures, such as multiple cache levels, main memory, and external storage, pose significant challenges in optimizing memory usage for algorithm efficiency. Traditional models like the Disk Access Model (DAM) and advancements such as cache-oblivious algorithms have focused on minimizing memory transfers without requiring explicit knowledge of memory hierarchy parameters. However, these approaches assume fixed memory sizes and exclusive cache access, limiting their applicability in real-world, shared-memory environments where memory allocations fluctuate. To address these limitations, cache-adaptive algorithms were developed to dynamically adjust to changing memory profiles, enabling near-optimal performance even in multi-process systems. While …