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The Influence Of An Electronic Attendance Monitoring System On Undergraduate Academic Success, Charles Childress

Dissertations

Investing in human capital development increases education levels, workplace skills, and boost individual abilities. Undergraduate students who attend class and perform well are more likely to get jobs, due to their development of workplace skills. State governments, as the funding bodies for public universities, are finding it beneficial to increase the number of college graduates because a citizenry that is prepared for the job market is ultimately good for the state. States recognize that an increase in education can produce job opportunities for citizens. University administrators can employ tactics to increase graduation rates, one of which is monitoring students’ class …

Experience And Signaling Value In Technology Licensing Contract Payment Structures, Reddi Kotha, Pascale Crama, Phillip H. Kim

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Whencommercializing technology, the lack of proven results and a reluctance toinvest upfront resources hamper efforts by firms to work jointly with inventorsto bring new discoveries to market. An effective contract payment structure – amix of upfront and royalty payments – can help overcome these hurdles. Weconduct our research in university technology licensing, where licensingmanagers act as intermediaries to unite inventors and licensee firms. Rather than leveraging their experience to bargainfor maximum payments, highly experienced managers offer contractual paymentstructures that trade lower upfront payments for higher royalty payments inorder to signal value. The signal instills confidence in the value of the …

Experiential Learning Builds Cybersecurity Self-Efficacy In K-12 Students, Abdullah Konak

Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice

In recent years, there have been increased efforts to recruit talented K-12 students into cybersecurity fields. These efforts led to many K-12 extracurricular programs organized by higher education institutions. In this paper, we first introduce a weeklong K-12 program focusing on critical thinking, problem-solving, and igniting interest in information security through hands-on activities performed in a state-of-the-art virtual computer laboratory. Then, we present an inquiry-based approach to design hands-on activities to achieve these goals. We claim that hands-on activities designed based on this inquiry-based framework improve K-12 students’ self-efficacy in cybersecurity as well as their problem-solving skills. The evaluation of …

Student Misconceptions About Cybersecurity Concepts: Analysis Of Think-Aloud Interviews, Julia D. Thompson, Geoffrey L. Herman, Travis Scheponik, Linda Oliva, Alan Sherman, Ennis Golaszewski, Dhananjay Phatak, Kostantinos Patsourakos

Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice

We conducted an observational study to document student misconceptions about cybersecurity using thematic analysis of 25 think-aloud interviews. By understanding patterns in student misconceptions, we provide a basis for developing rigorous evidence-based recommendations for improving teaching and assessment methods in cybersecurity and inform future research. This study is the first to explore student cognition and reasoning about cybersecurity. We interviewed students from three diverse institutions. During these interviews, students grappled with security scenarios designed to probe their understanding of cybersecurity, especially adversarial thinking. We analyzed student statements using a structured qualitative method, novice-led paired thematic analysis, to document patterns in …

"Think Before You Click. Post. Type." Lessons Learned From Our University Cyber Security Awareness Campaign, Rachael L. Innocenzi, Kaylee Brown, Peggy Liggit, Samir Tout, Andrea Tanner, Theodore Coutilish, Rocky J. Jenkins

Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice

This article discusses the lessons learned after implementing a successful university-wide cyber security campaign. The Cyber Security Awareness Committee (CyberSAC), a group comprised of diverse units across campus, collaborated together on resources, talent, people, equipment, technology, and assessment practices to meet strategic goals for cyber safety and education. The project involves assessing student learning and behavior changes after participating in a Cyber Security Password Awareness event that was run as a year-long campaign targeting undergraduate students. The results have implications for planning and implementing university-wide initiatives in the field of cyber security, and more broadly, higher education at large.

Voice Hacking: Using Smartphones To Spread Ransomware To Traditional Pcs, Bryson R. Payne, Leonardo I. Mazuran, Tamirat Abegaz

Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice

This paper presents a voice hacking proof of concept that demonstrates the ability to deploy a sequence of hacks, triggered by speaking a smartphone command, to launch ransomware and other destructive attacks against vulnerable Windows computers on any wireless network the phone connects to after the voice command is issued. Specifically, a spoken, broadcast, or pre-recorded voice command directs vulnerable Android smartphones or tablets to a malicious download page that compromises the Android device and uses it as a proxy to run software designed to scan the Android device’s local area network for Windows computers vulnerable to the EternalBlue exploit, …

A Case Study In The Implementation Of A Human-Centric Higher Education Cybersecurity Program, John W. Coffey, Melanie Haveard, Geissler Golding

Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice

This article contains a description of the implementation of a comprehensive cyber security program at a regional comprehensive university. The program was designed to create an effective cyber security management infrastructure and to train end users and other categories of security management personnel in data protection and cyber security. This work addresses the impetus for the program, the rather extensive planning and development that went into the program, its implementation, and insights gleaned from the experience. The paper concludes with a summary of the strengths and weaknesses of the initiative.

Telling Your Story: Using Metrics To Display Your Value (H2), Wendy E. Moore, Thomas J. Striepe, Steve Lastres, Joy Shoemaker

Presentations

The American Bar Association, academic institutions, law firms, and governments are demanding more and more outcome-based performance. However, displaying these outcomes is difficult for law libraries. Law libraries possess an abundance of data, but determining which metrics will showcase your law library’s value and performance is difficult. Speakers from a law school, law firm, and court library will explain the different metrics they use to display their value to their stakeholders. After these short presentations, a “fishbowl” discussion will provide participants the chance to share and learn about different metrics and tools law libraries are using to best tell their …

From The Editors, Michael E. Whitman, Herbert J. Mattord, Carole L. Hollingsworth

Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research and Practice

Welcome to the Spring 2018 issue of the Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research, and Practice (JCERP). On behalf of the editorial team, we thank you for taking the time to read this issue and strongly encourage you to submit an article for consideration in an upcoming edition.

A Technological Hug

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

Hugus is a new interactive device designed by HKDI students Heung Oi Lam, Fung Lim Chi, Hung Shun Wai, Ho Sin Yi, Tam Kai Fung, Wong Lap Wing and Yu Chi Yin. The device, designed to help connect people to their family when far from home, received multiple accolades at the 1st ACG+Capital Awards......

Feeling Ai

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

We all develop emotional connections to the devices we use; the smartphone that is a constant companion or the office printer that is a constant source of frustration. Soon, these machines might be able to respond in kind

Being Human

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

To mark the conclusion of SIGNED Magazine's exploration of the intersection of technology and design, we spoke to two leaders in their fields about how technology can make us more human, not less

Me2b

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

Fixing the internet's biggest flaw

Home Ex Data, The Natural Of The Artificial

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

Technology has become second nature to humankind. The Homo Ex Data exhibition at HKDI Gallery explored how we can no longer survive without it

Virtually Yours

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

New and old cultural institutions are building online worlds for the sharing of ideas and culture; 3D scanning is allowing established institutions to renew their online presence and new forms of digital-only museum are springing up. Most excitingly of all, 3D scanning and VR allow for ancient and modern artefacts to be experienced from the comfort of our own homes

App-Titude Test: Reviewing Productivity-Boosting And Anxiety-Busting Apps, Nurin Nazifa Binte Mohd Yusoff

Social Space

Self-improvement apps have been on the market for a while, but judging from the general lack of reviews, not many have been put to the test. For this edition ofThe Short List, I downloaded five mobile applicationsclaiming to enhance productivity and lower anxiety levels, and tried them out over the course of a few weeks. Am I now more productive and relaxed? Maybe.But were they app-solutely essential? Read on to find out.

Silver Generation, Golden Age: Vanessa Keng, Nurin Nazifa Binte Mohd Yusoff

Social Space

Meet Vanessa Keng, 30, co-founder of The Golden Concepts,1 an e-tailer of innovative eldercare products designed to keep seniors independent and safe. Offering a wide catalogue of items sourced frominternational suppliers, you will find everything from wheelchairs and walking canes, to car accessories and doorknob grips. NURiN NaZiFa BiNTe MoHD YUSoFF catches up with Vanessa to learn more about “heart ware”, and her mission to leverage technology for social good.

The Technology Tide: Has It Hit The Shores Of Social Innovation?, Andrew Koh

Social Space

“We want a nice colour and it must look modern.”

That was the feedback some villagers gave during a design-thinking exercise regarding sanitation facilities. Although this took place several years ago, as part of my previous work in the international development sector, I remember the experience vividly. It struck me that most people—village-dwellers or Singaporeans alike—have similar aspirations for a better quality of living.

Standing Out In The Digital Economy, Singapore Management University

Perspectives@SMU

The pace of digital transformation is accelerating. How do we remain competitive and develop new skills for the ever-changing career market?

Safe And Secure? Not Without Digital Hygiene, Kunaciilan Nallappan

Social Space

A generation ago, one would scoff at the thought of renting clothes or carpooling with strangers. These days, however, it seems like the sharing economy has taken the world by storm. From ride-sharing to lodging, consumers are now looking at alternatives to traditional services and businesses.

Waste Not, Want Not: Rayner Loi, Mike Ross Carroll

Social Space

Meet Rayner loi, 23. He’s the founder of Good For Food, an IoT startup that tackles the food wastage problem in Singapore. He speaks to MiKe RoSS caRRoll about his mission to direct all food to hungry stomachs instead of full bins.

Tech To The Future: Is It Time To Curb The Tech Bandwagon?, Chris Oestereich

Social Space

Technology is a broad concept. We tend to think of it in terms of theflashy new devices, but it’s so muchmore than that. Generally speaking, it’s a lever through which we applyknowledge to gain benefits. Majoradvances throughout human history are obvious reminders of the things tech has enabled. From the time when ploughs pulled humanity from hunting and gathering, to the era in which cars congested our cities, tech has continually pressed forward.

Easy Does It: Blockchain-Based Solutions For The Future, David Wong, Freddy Setiawan, Alvin Yong

Social Space

y now, most people are aware of Bitcoin and its meteoric rise in value. What is less known, however, is its underpinning technology, blockchain. Blockchain is a distributed ledger that records virtually all types of transactions.This distributed nature is reflected in itsphysical architecture, and is one of the main reasons for its strong resistance to hacking and its immutable nature.

All Systems Go: Building An Internet For Good, Sylvia Cadena

Social Space

The Internet has supercharged our ability to achieve development targets. Digital solutions, from both the public and private sectors, can facilitate unprecedented access to government and social services, banking andfinance, telehealth and well-being,education and training, employment opportunities, as well as create business opportunities.

The Economic Impact Of Olympic Games: Effects Of Host Country Announcements On Stock Market Returns, Bryan Engelhardt, Victor Matheson, Alex Yen, Max Chisholm

Economics Department Working Papers

Roughly seven years before an Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) accepts bids from countries to host an Olympics. Subsequently, the IOC determines and announces to the world who has won (and lost) the right to host. Contrary to prior evidence, we find the announcements do not affect the bidding countries’ stock markets. We complement prior studies by including additional, more recent, years of announcements, by investigating whether there are effects prior to the announcement, and by testing for an effect both parametrically and non-parametrically.

Mine-Craft: Can Technology Take Us Towards A Mine-Free World?, Roshni Kapur

Social Space

Social enterprises are gradually changing the world with game-changing innovations that address global problems. But when it comes to the safe removal of unexploded ordnance—also known as landmines—will technology be the lasting solution?

Striving To Earn More: A Survey Of Work Strategies And Tool Use Among Crowd Workers, Toni Kaplan, Susumu Saito, Kotaro Hara, Jeffrey P. Bigham

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Earning money is a primary motivation for workers on Amazon Mechanical Turk, but earning a good wage is difficult because work that pays well is not easily identified and can be time-consuming to find. We explored the strategies that both low- and high-earning workers use to find and complete tasks via a survey of 360 workers. Nearly all workers surveyed had earning money as their primary goal, and workers used many of the same tools (browser extensions and scripts) and strategies in an attempt to earn more money, regardless of earning level. However, high-earning workers used more tools, were more …

Lincoln Area Skills Gap Report: Final Report, Eric Thompson

Bureau of Business Research Publications

In recent months, the Nebraska Departments of Labor and Economic Development have led efforts to conduct two surveys regarding the skills of workers and skill needs of employers in the Lincoln area. The surveys were conducted during late 2017 and early 2018. The Lincoln area includes the two counties of the Lincoln Metropolitan Area (Lancaster and Seward), all or most of five surrounding southeast Nebraska counties (Gage, Jefferson, Saline, Saunders, and York) and a portions of 4 other adjacent counties (Butler, Cass, Fillmore, and Otoe). The two surveys are the Lincoln Area Labor Availability Survey and the Lincoln Area Survey …

Nic To House Nebraska's First Self-Driving Shuttle, Scott Schrage

Nebraska Innovation Campus Materials

Nebraska Innovation Campus is living up to its name. The university’s epicenter of forward-thinking initiatives will temporarily house the state’s first self-driving shuttle, which was announced June 20 at Nebraska Innovation Studio. The City of Lincoln, which won a $100,000 grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies to test the autonomous system, plans to release a public riding schedule for the shuttle within the next two weeks. Expected to remain in Lincoln through at least mid-July, the electric-powered shuttle will be monitored by an onboard operator. It carries up to 15 passengers. With the announcement, Nebraska becomes one of the first Big Ten …

Assessment Of Policy Alternatives For Mitigation Of Barriers To Ev Adoption, Bilgehan Yildiz

Dissertations and Theses

Electric Vehicle (EV) has become an increasingly important topic in recent years due to energy and environmental concerns. Governments started to focus on remedies to the upcoming climate change threat and seek solutions through policies and regulations. The negative impact of carbon emissions along with pressure from governmental and social organizations force automotive manufacturers to shift to alternative energy sources. However, EV transition is a complex problem because its stakeholders are very diverse including governments, policy makers, EV manufacturers, and Non-Government Organizations (NGOs). Consequently, the barriers to EV adoption are not only consumer oriented, rather exist under many categories. The …