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Bulletin of Applied Computing and Information Technology |
Bulletin of Applied Computing and Information Technology.
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Students are often asked “What is Quality?” Academically, Quality can be defined in many ways: “conformance to requirements”, “degree of excellence”, or “of superior grade”. Quality can even be measured using simple metrics like the number of software defects per line of code. But does this really tell us what Quality is? No. Yet each and every one ...
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Setting and maintaining an effective research agendaJohn Hosking (j.hosking@auckland.ac.nz) |
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I find myself regularly in the position of advising young academics on how to develop their research careers. I was therefore delighted to have been invited to address the same issue at a recent conference of Auckland University of Technology postgraduate students embarking on their academic careers as it allowed me the opportunity to reflect on my own research career. This viewpoint article is the end result.
Refereed Articles| Parikshit Basrur and David Parry (dparry@aut.ac.nz) |
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“Assisted living” refers to technologies and techniques that support elderly or disabled people in their homes. The economic and social importance of such systems increases as the percentage of elderly people in the population grows. A common experience of aging is the difficulty of remembering where household objects are located.
| Snjezana Soltic (ssoltic@manukau.ac.nz) Lora Peacock (lora.peacock@maf.govt.nz) |
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The purpose of this investigation is to assess the applicability of transductive reasoning for building predictive models in environmental studies. We used inductive and transductive reasoning to prepare predictive models to assess the establishment potential of Aspidiella hartii (Cockerell), an insect pest of potential economic importance in New Zealand.
| Simei Gomes Wysoski (swysoski@aut.ac.nz) Lubica Benuskova (lbenusko@aut.ac.nz) |
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A review of the basic concepts of biologically realistic neural networks when applied to visual pattern recognition, and a new and simple model for visual pattern recognition that adaptively learns by example through synaptic plasticity and changes in structure. The event driven approach optimizes processing speed in order to simulate networks with large number of neurons.
| Peter Karlsson and Judith Symonds (judith.symonds@aut.ac.nz) |
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RFID technology is new to the public domain. It was initially developed in the 1930s by the British during World War II. RFID technology gained little interest in the business arena and as a result further development of the technology progressed at a slow pace. Because of this, RFID has been associated with high costs and is still considered a relatively immature technology.
| Richard Collecutt, Robert Douglas, Don Mardle and Kay Fielden (kfielden@unitec.ac.nz) |
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For this literature review 35 instructional technology research articles publishd in 2001-2006 were selected and then classified using the research method adopted, the education sector, and the topic domain within instructional technology. The majority of papers reviewed were from the tertiary sector, with 27 reporting on completed research.
Book Review| Rowena Sinclair (rsinclai@aut.ac.nz) | |
This textbook was written to be used in undergraduate courses on information technology and e-business security. The authors address the business aspects and implications of information security rather than approach the topic from an in-depth techncial perspective. The book covers security technology and systems, risk management, legal and regulatory requirements, and other topics.
Extended Editorial Board| Editor | Krassie Petrova, AUT University, New Zealand |
| Web Editor | Michael Verhaart, Eastern Institute of Technology, New Zealand |
| Guest Editors | Dr Andy Connor, AUT University, New Zealand Dr Judith Symonds, AUT University, New Zealand |
| Members | Tony Clear, AUT University, New Zealand Dr Donald Joyce, UNITEC, New Zealand |
| Copy Editor | Catriona Carruthers, AUT University, New Zealand |
| Reviewers | Dr David Parry, AUT University, New Zealand Gwyn Claxton, AUT University, New Zealand Dr Michael Defoin-Platel, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, France Dr Gordon Hunter, University of Lethbridge, Canada Kathryn McCallum, UUNZ Institute of Business, New Zealand Mike Lopez, Manukau University of Technology, New Zealand Dr Sue Worner, Lincoln University, New Zealand Dr Trevor Craig, Wollongong University College, New Zealand |
Copyright © 2006 NACCQ. Krassie Petrova, Michael Verhaart, Andy Connor and Judith Symonds (Eds.). An Open Access Journal, DOAJ # 11764120. Individual authors retain their intellectual property rights.
