Computer Sciences Commons^™

Analiza Forenzike E Regjistrit Të Windows-It, Avdush Jashari

Theses and Dissertations

Kjo temë do të prezantoj data bazën e Windows Regjistrit dhe do të shpjegojë se sa është e rëndësishme në ekzaminimet forenzike kjo data bazë për ekzaminuesit e fushës së forenzikës digjitale. Në esencë tema do të diskutoj disa lloje të ndryshme të gjurmëve të regjistrit dhe do të hulumtojmë se çfarë informacione të rëndësishme mund të marrim duke bërë një ekzaminim forenzik.

Gjithashtu do të diskutohet edhe për shumë çelësa të regjistrit (Registry KEY) të cilët janë shumë të domosdoshëm në një ekzaminim. Forenzika Kompjuterike (Forenzika Digjitale) është aplikimi i teknikave të hetimit dhe analizimit për të mbledhur dhe …

Përmbledhje E Teknologjive Për Mbrojtjen E Privatësisë Online, Driton Tahiri

Theses and Dissertations

Me zhvillimin e hovshëm teknologjik, gjithnjë e më shumë është shtuar përdorimi i shërbimeve të ndryshme online. Me këtë, edhe shpërndarja e të dhënave personale të shfrytëzuesve tek ofrues të ndryshëm të shërbimeve ka bërë që shfrytëzuesit të humbin gjithnjë e me shume kontrollin ndaj të dhënave të tyre personale, shpesh edhe pa dituri të mjaftueshme. Në këtë mënyrë, privatësia e shfrytëzuesve është vënë në rrezik gjithnjë e më të madh.

Për këtë arsye, në këtë punim të bachelor, kam vendosur që të sjell një përmbledhje të teknologjive që kanë për synim vënien e të dhënave personale në kontroll të …

Implementimi I Gps Sistemit Në Pajisje Mobile, Emin Hyseni

Theses and Dissertations

Në dekadën e fundit popullariteti i përdorimit të GPS në pajisjet mobile është në rritjen eksponenciale të numrit të përdoruesve anë e banë botës. Ky numër kaq i madh i pajisjeve mobile e bën më të përdoshëm GPS në të gjitha sferat e jetes. E tëra kjo është si pasojë e zhvillimit të madh të teknologjis së telefonave mobil. Java si gjuhë e lartë programuese mundëson lidhshmërinë në mes të pajisjeve haduerike(hardware) të telefonave të mençur me aplikacionet e sistemit operativ. Java është gjuha e vetme e që është shkruar sistemi operativ ANDROID. Njëhiherit edhe aplikacionet e tjera duhet të …

Siguria E Aplikacioneve, Fatjon Shala

Theses and Dissertations

Me lindjen e internetit dhe rritja gjithnjë më e madhe e kompleksitetit të softverit dhe sistemeve, nevoja për aplikacjone të sigurta është bërë urgjente. Megjithate organizatat përballen me sfida të ndryshme për ti mbajtur programet e tyre të sigurta edhe pse kërcenimet evoluojn kohë pas kohë. Pra interneti ofron mundësi të shumta për një sulmues (haker) për tu lidhur me aplikacjon e për ta shkelur sigurin e ti. Pavarsisht nga shqetësimi në rritje rreth kërkesave për aplikacjone të sigurta me personele të përfshir si zhvillues, administrator planifikues të projekteve etj. megjithate e kanë të vështir të gjejn mënyra për të …

Rrjetet Sociale Si Mundësi Për Të Bërë Marketing, Valon Rexhepi

Theses and Dissertations

Në vitin 2003, dy rrjete sociale u lansuan që më vonë do ta ndryshonin përgjithmonë mënyrën që ne komunikojm me njëri tjetrin: Facebook dhe MySpace. Në atë kohë askush nuk do të mund ta imagjinonte sa sa produktive dhe influencuese do të bëheshin këto rrjete sociale.

Megjithatë, gjatë dy viteve në vazhdim dy shërbime tjera do të lansoheshin që do ta zgjeronin edhe më shumë arritjen dhe rëndësin e rrjeteve sociale: Youtube (2005) dhe Twitter (2006). Me këto dy zbulime të reja, përdouresit tani më do të mund të kalonin në një fazë tjetër, e cila e kalon komunikimim me …

Vpn- Virtual Private Network, Dallandyshe Gutaj

Theses and Dissertations

In my thesis there is about Companies which I`m working, Bechtel- Enka GP uses VPN, Cloud Computing, and Data which are used Qos and Security. The Virtual Private Network which uses Bechtel-Enka is between a Venture Joint in Kosovo not between their selves. Because the station of servers and network is in Camp Zhur all other links are used by via Kukes VPN, Prishtina Office VPN to Camp Zhur and via Suhareke to Camp Zhur. There is in use just a Server for all these relationship. Outlook is used by all workers which share data for whole company. Phones also …

Quality Of Service Control In Wireless Local Area Networks, Adelina Hasanmetaj

Theses and Dissertations

Today wireless internet access, especially the IEEE 802.11 family WLANs, has become widely available. Public hotspots emerge everywhere, from hotels to airports. In addition, private usage also grows rapidly due to the offered convenience.

The current WLAN standard 802.11b does not offer service differentiation. Therefore the quality of an offered service is often not guaranteed. However, a new standard 802.11e has been proposed to improve the quality of service provisioning. This new standard introduces different Traffic Classes for different services and can prioritize the traffic accordingly.

This report covers both the 802.11b and the 802.11e WLANs. In the first place …

Privaciteti Në Internet, Bujar Morina

Theses and Dissertations

Duke e marr parasysh se internet ka qenë si synim i krijimtarisë së një bote të lirë të të dhënave, që në fillim nuk është parashikuar ndonjë metodë për mbrojtjen e informacioneve, mirpo tani kjo është njëra prej qështjeve më shqetësuese e përdoruesve të internetit. Në këtë punim është trajtuar tema mbi privacitetin në internet dhe mundësitë e surfimit anonim për arsye të mbrojtjes së të dhënave shumë personale të shfrytëzuesve të internetit. Së pari janë cekur mundësitë e marrjes së informacioneve personale nëpërmjet internetit, ku shfrytëzuesit i lënë ato nga veprimtaritë e ndryshme në internet. Pastaj është bërë një …

Evuluimi I Telefonisë Mobile, Përfshirë Rastin E Kosovës, Lorik Fetahu

Theses and Dissertations

Teknlogjit mobile ndryshe të njohura si teknologjit për komunikime mobile, janë teknologjitë me zhvillimin më të shpejtë në botën e telekomunikacionit. Secila teknologji siguron të jetë me e shpejte, më e sigurt, më e qendrueshme dhe me kosto më efektive se teknologjitë paraprake. Evoluimi i telefonisë mobile del të jetë mjaft konkuruese ndaj rrjetit tradicional të telefonisë fikse dhe kapciteteve te internetin qe ofronen tek shfrytezuesit e fundit me një çmimë mjaft të lart. Fokus i këtij punimi do të jetë evoluimi i gjeneratave të telefonisë mobile duke theksuar dallimin në mes tyre dhe shtrirjen e tyre në vende të …

Sensor-Driven Hierarchical Path Planning For Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Using Canonical Tasks And Sensors, Spencer James Clark

Theses and Dissertations

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly becoming economical platforms for carrying a variety of sensors. Building flight plans that place sensors properly, temporally and spatially, is difficult. The goal of sensor-driven planning is to automatically generate flight plans based on desired sensor placement and temporal constraints. We propose a simple taxonomy of UAV-enabled sensors, identify a set of generic sensor tasks, and argue that many real-world tasks can be represented by the taxonomy. We present a hierarchical sensor-driven flight planning system capable of generating 2D flights that satisfy desired sensor placement and complex timing and dependency constraints. The system makes …

Human-Swarm Interaction: Effects On Operator Workload, Scale, And Swarm Topology, Brian O. Pendleton

Theses and Dissertations

Robots, including UAVs, have found increasing use in helping humans with dangerous and difficult tasks. The number of robots in use is increasing and is likely to continue increasing in the future. As the number of robots increases, human operators will need to coordinate and control the actions of large teams of robots. While multi-robot supervisory control has been widely studied, it requires that an operator divide his or her attention between robots. Consequently, the use of multi-robot supervisory control is limited by the number of robots that a human or team of humans can reasonably control. Swarm robotics -- …

Distributed Agent Cloud-Sourced Malware Reporting Framework, Kellie Elizabeth Kercher

Theses and Dissertations

Malware is a fast growing threat that consists of a malicious script or piece of software that is used to disrupt the integrity of a user's experience. Antivirus software can help protect a user against these threats and there are numerous vendors users can choose from for their antivirus protection. However, each vendor has their own set of virus definitions varying in resources and capabilities in recognizing new threats. Currently, a persistent system is not in place that measures and displays data on the performance of antivirus vendors in responding to new malware over a continuous period of time. There …

Euroby Management Suite, Ahmet Murati

Theses and Dissertations

This paper is written to summarize the project I worked for Bachelor Thesis. This project included a study and the knowledge grasped from my personal experience while Euroby 2008 till 2011. The aim of this project is to manage championships that multiple teams do compete in various leagues. The project was developed into several study cases and it is based also on a paper that was delivered in Subject “Lab Programming”. The knowledge I grasped through this period while I was working in the project is valuable asset for pursuing further education in field of IT.

The software is implemented …

Gps Programi Në Pajisjet Mobile: Trajtim Krahasues Në Mes Java Për Android Dhe Phonegap, Lavdim Menxhiqi

Theses and Dissertations

Siq e dimë, suksesi jonë n’varet nga informimi, aplikacionet mobile janë rruga më e shpejtë dhe më e lehtë. Përmes tyre, informohemi përderisa jemi në levizje, marrim produktivitet maksimal në më pak kohë të humbur. Pa marrë parasysh çfar tipi të telefonit të mençur kemi, egziston numër i madh i aplikacioneve që mund ti shkarkojm. Në ditët e sotme egzistojn telefona të mençur, me shumë sisteme operative mobile, ku disa prej tyre jane:  iOS  Android  Windows Phone  BlackBerry  WebOS  Symbian Varësisht prej numrit të përdorusve që ka secili sistem operativ mobil, zhvilluesit zgjedhin se …

Graphstore: A Distributed Graph Storage System For Big Data Networks, Venkataswamy Martha

Theses and Dissertations

Networks, such as social networks, are a universal solution for modeling complex problems in real time, especially in the Big Data community. While previous studies have attempted to enhance network processing algorithms, none have paved a path for the development of a persistent storage system. The proposed solution, Graphstore, provides an efficient and scalable graph management system for giant networks using Hadoop, a widely accepted distributed big data processing framework. Unlike the existing graph processing systems on Hadoop, the GraphStore offers a persistency through which query processing modules can be implemented. There arise several challenges with this study, such as …

Dynamical System Approach To System Call Analysis For Host Based Intrusion Detection, Nitin Vishwanath Kanaskar

Theses and Dissertations

Worms and remote intrusions often utilize code injection to be successful. Execution of the injected code is crucial to exploit a vulnerability in an application. This proposal introduces a different approach than the previous approaches to system call analysis. System call layer reflects significant behavioral semantics of an application as it signifies change of application privileges to kernel mode. We introduce some of the well-established techniques and formalisms of Dynamical System Theory into analysis of application behavior via system calls analysis. We accept a program as a blackbox dynamical system whose internals are not known but whose output - system …

Low-Profile Wake-Up Radio Mechanism For Resource-Constrained Wireless Devices, Ali Al-Uraiby

Theses and Dissertations

Achieving low power consumption, size reduction, and space optimization are all challenges in resource constrained wireless devices such as Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) nodes. WSN nodes use duty cycle to improve their power efficiency, and wake-up radio (WUR) is used as a control channel to wake them up. A field-programmable gate array (FPGA) is one of the attractive candidates for WSN devices implementation. A low-profile WUR scheme is proposed and implemented using FPGA to address the challenge of power consumption for resource-constrained wireless devices. First, a new design to partition WUR from the remaining main radio component and data processing …

Practical Cost-Conscious Active Learning For Data Annotation In Annotator-Initiated Environments, Robbie A. Haertel

Theses and Dissertations

Many projects exist whose purpose is to augment raw data with annotations that increase the usefulness of the data. The number of these projects is rapidly growing and in the age of “big data” the amount of data to be annotated is likewise growing within each project. One common use of such data is in supervised machine learning, which requires labeled data to train a predictive model. Annotation is often a very expensive proposition, particularly for structured data. The purpose of this dissertation is to explore methods of reducing the cost of creating such data sets, including annotated text corpora.We …

Interactive Techniques Between Collaborative Handheld Devices And Wall Displays, Daniel Leon Schulte

Theses and Dissertations

Handheld device users want to work collaboratively on large wall-sized displays with other handheld device users. However, no software frameworks exist to support this type of collaborative activity. This thesis introduces a collaborative application framework that allows users to collaborate with each other across handheld devices and large wall displays. The framework is comprised of a data storage system and a set of generic interactive techniques that can be utilized by applications. The data synchronization system allows data to be synchronized across multiple handheld devices and wall displays. The interactive techniques enable users to create data items and to form …

User Experience Engineering Adoption And Practice: A Longitudinal Case Study, Brady Edwin Redfearn

Theses and Dissertations

User Experience Engineering (UxE) incorporates subject areas like usability, HCI, interaction experience, interaction design, "human factors", ergonomics", cognitive psychology", behavioral psychology and psychometrics", systems engineering", [and] "computer science," (Hartson, 1998). It has been suggested that UxE will be the main success factor in organizations as we enter the "loyalty decade" of software development, where the repeat usage of a product by a single customer will be the metric of product success (Alghamdi, 2010; Law & van Schaik, 2010, p. 313; Nielsen, 2008; Van Schaik & Ling, 2011). What is relatively unknown in the current academic literature is whether existing UxE …

Dynamic Near Field Communication Pairing For Wireless Sensor Networks, Steven Charles Cook

Theses and Dissertations

Wireless sensor network (WSN) nodes communicate securely using pre-installed cryptographic keys. Although key pre-installation makes nodes less expensive, the technical process of installing keys prevents average users from deploying and controlling their own WSNs. Wireless pairing enables users to set up WSNs without pre-installing keys, but current pairing techniques introduce numerous concerns regarding security, hardware expense, and usability. This thesis introduces dynamic Near Field Communication (NFC) pairing, a new pairing technique designed for WSNs. This pairing overcomes the limitations of both key pre-installation and current pairing techniques. Dynamic NFC pairing is as secure as using pre-installed keys, requires only inexpensive …

Assessment And Prediction Of Cardiovascular Status During Cardiac Arrest Through Machine Learning And Dynamical Time-Series Analysis, Sharad Shandilya

Theses and Dissertations

In this work, new methods of feature extraction, feature selection, stochastic data characterization/modeling, variance reduction and measures for parametric discrimination are proposed. These methods have implications for data mining, machine learning, and information theory. A novel decision-support system is developed in order to guide intervention during cardiac arrest. The models are built upon knowledge extracted with signal-processing, non-linear dynamic and machine-learning methods. The proposed ECG characterization, combined with information extracted from PetCO2 signals, shows viability for decision-support in clinical settings. The approach, which focuses on integration of multiple features through machine learning techniques, suits well to inclusion of multiple physiologic …

Implementimi I Voice Over Ip (Voip) Në Ministrinë E Arsimit, Ibrahim Tolaj

Theses and Dissertations

Voice over IP, ndryshe i njohur si IP Telephony, deri tani është konsideruar si një teknologji e nënstandardizuar. Megjithatë, sot është teknologjia me zhvillimin më të shpejtë në botën e telekomunikacionit, Voice over IP po shfaqet si një konkurues i fuqishëm ndaj rrjetit tradicional të telefonisë. Për të zhvilluar këtë teknologji, si mekanizëm është integrimi i saj në rrjetin tradicional të telefonise. Në këtë temë të diplomës përshkruajmë implementimin e Voice over IP në Ministrinë e Arsimit të Kosovës dhe shpërndarjen e tij në të gjitha qytetet e saj, duke ofruar kualitet e shërbimeve n♪7 nivel të lartë dhe siguri …

Analiza Ndërmjet Mysql Dhe Postgresql, Festim Shyti

Theses and Dissertations

Synimi i kësaj teme është që të bëj krahasimin e funksionaliteteve në veglat e sistemit të menaxhimit të bazës së të dhënave në dy programet me famë botërore: PostgreSQL dhe MySQL duke i marrë në shqyrtim aspektet teknike dhe pikëpamjet se të dy aplikacionet janë komerciale. Për arsye se të dy programet së bashku kanë zënë një rol të rëndësishëm në fushën e sistemit për menaxhimin e bazës së të dhënave, prandaj, krahasimi i plotë (përgjithshëm) i kritereve të përzgjedhura nga të dy programet është bërë me kujdes të madh nga shfrytëzues të ndryshëm. Sipas tregut komercial të analizuar dhe …

Motion Artifact Reduction In Impedance Plethysmography Signal, Sardar Ansari

Theses and Dissertations

The research related to designing portable monitoring devices for physiological signals has been at its peak in the last decade or two. One of the main obstacles in building such devices is the effect of the subject's movements on the quality of the signal. There have been numerous studies addressing the problem of removing motion artifact from the electrocardiogram (ECG) and photoplethysmography (PPG) signals in the past few years. However, no such study exists for the Impedance Plethysmography (IP) signal. The IP signal can be used to monitor respiration in mobile devices. However, it is very susceptible to motion artifact. …

Inverted Sequence Identification In Diploid Genomic Scaffold Assembly Via Weighted Max-Cut Reduction, Paul Mark Bodily

Theses and Dissertations

Virtually all genome assemblers to date are designed for use with data from haploid or homozygous diploid genomes. Their use on heterozygous genomic datasets generally results in highly-fragmented, error-prone assemblies, owing to the violation of assumptions during both the contigging and scaffolding phases. Of the two phases, scaffolding is more particularly impacted and algorithms to facilitate the scaffolding of heterozygous data are lacking. We present a stand-alone scaffolding algorithm, ScaffoldScaffolder, designed specifically for scaffolding diploid genomes. A fundamental step in the scaffolding phase is the assignment of sequence orientations to contigs within scaffolds. Deciding such an assignment in the presence …

Interactive Depth-Aware Effects For Stereo Image Editing, Joshua E. Abbott

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis introduces methods for adding user-guided depth-aware effects to images captured with a consumer-grade stereo camera with minimal user interaction. In particular, we present methods for highlighted depth-of-field, haze, depth-of-field, and image relighting. Unlike many prior methods for adding such effects, we do not assume prior scene models or require extensive user guidance to create such models, nor do we assume multiple input images. We also do not require specialized camera rigs or other equipment such as light-field camera arrays, active lighting, etc. Instead, we use only an easily portable and affordable consumer-grade stereo camera. The depth is calculated …

Patchmatch-Based Content Completion Of 3d Images, Joel Arthur Howard

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis presents a method for completing target regions ("hole filling") in RGB stereo pairs. It builds upon the state of the art for completing single images by matching to and then blending source patches drawn from the rest of the image. A method is introduced for first completing the respective disparity maps using a coupled partial differential equation based on that of Bertalmio, et al. extended to create mutual disparity consistency. Estimated disparities are then used to guide completion of the missing color image texture. An extension to the coherence-based objective function introduced by Wexler, et al. is then …

Computational Techniques For Public Health Surveillance, Scott H. Burton

Theses and Dissertations

Public health surveillance is a critical part of understanding, and ultimately influencing, health behaviors. Traditional methods, such as questionnaires and focus groups have significant limitations including cost, delay, and size. Online social media data has the potential to overcome many of the challenges of traditional methods, but its exploitation is not trivial. We develop and apply computational techniques to enable public health surveillance in novel ways and on a larger scale than currently performed.In this regard, we present techniques for mining the who, what, and where of public health surveillance in social media. We show how computational methods can identify …

The Dynamic Multi-Objective Multi-Vehicle Covering Tour Problem, Joshua S. Ziegler

Theses and Dissertations

This work introduces a new routing problem called the Dynamic Multi-Objective Multi-vehicle Covering Tour Problem (DMOMCTP). The DMOMCTPs is a combinatorial optimization problem that represents the problem of routing multiple vehicles to survey an area in which unpredictable target nodes may appear during execution. The formulation includes multiple objectives that include minimizing the cost of the combined tour cost, minimizing the longest tour cost, minimizing the distance to nodes to be covered and maximizing the distance to hazardous nodes. This study adapts several existing algorithms to the problem with several operator and solution encoding variations. The efficacy of this set …