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- Acevedo Peña, Carlos Gonzalo
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Developing Inclusive Innovation Processes and Co-Evolutionary Approaches in Bolivia
- 2015
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Licentiatavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The concept of National Innovation Systems (NIS) has been widely adopted in developing countries, particularly in Latin American countries, for the last two decades. The concept is used mainly as an ex-ante framework to organize and increase the dynamics of those institutions linked to science, technology and innovation, for catching-up processes of development. In the particular case of Bolivia, and after several decades of social and economic crisis, the promise of a national innovation system reconciles a framework for collaboration between the university, the government and the socio-productive sectors. Dynamics of collaboration generated within NIS can be a useful tool for the pursuit of inclusive development ambitions. This thesis is focused on inclusive innovation processes and the generation of co-evolutionary processes between university, government and socio-productive sectors. This is the result of 8 years of participatory action research influenced by Mode 2 knowledge-production and Technoscientific approaches. The study explores the policy paths the Bolivian government has followed in the last three decades in order to organize science, technology and innovation. It reveals that Bolivia has an emerging national innovation system, where its demand-pulled innovation model presents an inclusive approach. Innovation policy efforts in Bolivia are led by the Vice-Ministry of Science and Technology (VCyT). Moreover, NIS involves relational and collaborative approaches between institutions, which imply structural and organizational challenges, particularly for public universities, as they concentrate most of the research capabilities in the country. These universities are challenged to participate in NIS within contexts of weak demanding sectors. This research focuses on the early empirical approaches and transformations at Universidad Mayor de San Simón (UMSS) in Cochabamba. The aim to strengthen internal innovation capabilities of the university and enhance the relevance of research activities in society by supporting socio-economic development in the framework of innovation systems is led by the Technology Transfer Unit (UTT) at UMSS. UTT has become a recognized innovation facilitator unit, inside and outside the university, by proposing pro-active initiatives to support emerging innovation systems. Because of its complexity, the study focuses particularly on cluster development promoted by UTT. Open clusters are based on linking mechanisms between the university research capabilities, the socio-productive actors and government. Cluster development has shown to be a practical mechanism for the university to meet the demanding sector (government and socio-productive actors) and to develop trust-based inclusive innovation processes. The experiences from cluster activities have inspired the development of new research policies at UMSS, with a strong orientation to foster research activities towards an increased focus on socio-economic development. The experiences gained at UMSS are discussed and presented as a “developmental university” approach. Inclusive innovation processes with co-evolutionary approaches seem to constitute an alternative path supporting achievement of inclusive development ambitions in Bolivia.
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- Acs, Zoltan J., et al.
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Philippe Aghion : recipient of the 2016 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research
- 2017
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Ingår i: Small Business Economics. - : Springer. - 0921-898X .- 1573-0913. ; 48:1, s. 1-8
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Professor Philippe Aghion is the 2016 recipient of the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research, consisting of 100,000 Euros and a statuette designed by the internationally renowned Swedish sculptor Carl Milles. He is one of the most influential researchers worldwide in economics in the last couple of decades. His research has advanced our understanding of the relationship between firm-level innovation, entry and exit on the one hand, and productivity and growth on the other. Aghion has thus accomplished to bridge theoretical macroeconomic growth models with a more complete and consistent microeconomic setting. He is one of the founding fathers of the pioneering and original contribution referred to as Schumpeterian growth theory. Philippe Aghion has not only contributed with more sophisticated theoretical models, but also provided empirical evidence regarding the importance of entrepreneurial endeavours for societal prosperity, thereby initiating a more nuanced policy discussion concerning the interdependencies between entrepreneurship, competition, wealth and growth.
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- Adamov, Alexander, et al.
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A Sandboxing Method to Protect Cloud Cyberspace
- 2015
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Ingår i: PROCEEDINGS OF 2015 IEEE EAST-WEST DESIGN & TEST SYMPOSIUM (EWDTS). - : IEEE Communications Society. - 9781467377768
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper addresses the problem of protecting cloud environments against targeted attacks, which have become a popular mean of gaining access to organization's confidential information and resources of cloud providers. Only in 2015 eleven targeted attacks have been discovered by Kaspersky Lab. One of them - Duqu2 - successfully attacked the Lab itself. In this context, security researchers show rising concern about protecting corporate networks and cloud infrastructure used by large organizations against such type of attacks. This article describes a possibility to apply a sandboxing method within a cloud environment to enforce security perimeter of the cloud.
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- Adamov, Alexander, et al.
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An analysis of lockergoga ransomware
- 2019
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Ingår i: 2019 IEEE East-West Design and Test Symposium, EWDTS 2019. - : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. - 9781728110035
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper contains an analysis of the LockerGoga ransomware that was used in the range of targeted cyberattacks in the first half of 2019 against Norsk Hydra-A world top 5 aluminum manufacturer, as well as the US chemical enterprises Hexion, and Momentive-Those companies are only the tip of the iceberg that reported the attack to the public. The ransomware was executed by attackers from inside a corporate network to encrypt the data on enterprise servers and, thus, taking down the information control systems. The intruders asked for a ransom to release a master key and decryption tool that can be used to decrypt the affected files. The purpose of the analysis is to find out tactics and techniques used by the LockerGoga ransomware during the cryptolocker attack as well as an encryption model to answer the question if the encrypted files can be decrypted with or without paying a ransom. The scientific novelty of the paper lies in an analysis methodology that is based on various reverse engineering techniques such as multi-process debugging and using open source code of a cryptographic library to find out a ransomware encryption model. © 2019 IEEE.
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- Adamov, Alexander, et al.
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Cloud incident response model
- 2016
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Ingår i: Proceedings of 2016 IEEE East-West Design and Test Symposium, EWDTS 2016. - : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). - 9781509006939
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper addresses the problem of incident response in clouds. A conventional incident response model is formulated to be used as a basement for the cloud incident response model. Minimization of incident handling time is considered as a key criterion of the proposed cloud incident response model that can be done at the expense of embedding infrastructure redundancy into the cloud infrastructure represented by Network and Security Controllers and introducing Security Domain for threat analysis and cloud forensics. These architectural changes are discussed and applied within the cloud incident response model. © 2016 IEEE.
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- Adamov, Alexander, et al.
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Reinforcement Learning for Anti-Ransomware Testing
- 2020
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Ingår i: 2020 IEEE East-West Design and Test Symposium, EWDTS 2020 - Proceedings. - : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. - 9781728198996
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this paper, we are going to verify the possibility to create a ransomware simulation that will use an arbitrary combination of known tactics and techniques to bypass an anti-malware defense. To verify this hypothesis, we conducted an experiment in which an agent was trained with the help of reinforcement learning to run the ransomware simulator in a way that can bypass anti-ransomware solution and encrypt the target files. The novelty of the proposed method lies in applying reinforcement learning to anti-ransomware testing that may help to identify weaknesses in the anti-ransomware defense and fix them before a real attack happens. © 2020 IEEE.
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- Adamov, Alexander, et al.
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The state of ransomware : Trends and mitigation techniques
- 2017
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Ingår i: Proceedings of 2017 IEEE East-West Design and Test Symposium, EWDTS 2017. - : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. - 9781538632994
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper contains an analysis of the payload of the popular ransomware for Windows, Android, Linux, and MacOSX platforms. Namely, VaultCrypt (CrypVault), TeslaCrypt, NanoLocker, Trojan-Ransom.Linux.Cryptor, Android Simplelocker, OSX/KeRanger-A, WannaCry, Petya, NotPetya, Cerber, Spora, Serpent ransomware were put under the microscope. A set of characteristics was proposed to be used for the analysis. The purpose of the analysis is generalization of the collected data that describes behavior and design trends of modern ransomware. The objective is to suggest ransomware threat mitigation techniques based on the obtained information. The novelty of the paper is the analysis methodology based on the chosen set of 13 key characteristics that helps to determine similarities and differences thorough the list of ransomware put under analysis. Most of the ransomware samples presented were manually analyzed by the authors eliminating contradictions in descriptions of ransomware behavior published by different malware research laboratories through verification of the payload of the latest versions of ransomware. © 2017 IEEE.
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- Adams, Liz, et al.
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What It's Like to Participate in an ITiCSE Working Group
- 2011
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Ingår i: ACM SIGCSE Bulletin. - : ACM Press. - 0097-8418. ; 43:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Have you ever participated in a working group at ITiCSE? No? Then you have missed a great opportunity to meet and work with a group of like-minded educators on a topic of common interest. The actual meeting at ITiCSE translates to hard work, but also a lot of fun.
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- Adams, Robin, et al.
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What is the word for 'Engineering' in Swedish : Swedish students conceptions of their discipline
- 2007
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Engineering education in Sweden – as in the rest of the world – is experiencing a decline in student interest. There are concerns about the ways in which students think about engineering education, why they join an academic programme in engineering, and why they persist in their studies. In this context the aims of the Nationellt ämnesdidaktiskt Centrum för Teknikutbildning i Studenternas Sammanhang project (CeTUSS) is to investigate the student experience and to identify and support a continuing network of interested researchers, as well as in building capacity for disciplinary pedagogic investigation. The Stepping Stones project brings together these interests in a multi-researcher, multi-institutional study that investigates how tudents and academic staff perceive engineering in Sweden and in Swedish education. The first results of that project are reported here. As this study is situated uniquely in Swedish education, it allows for exploration of “a Swedish perspective” on conceptions of engineering. The Stepping Stones project was based on a model of research capacity-building previously instantiated in the USA and Australia (Fincher & Tenenberg, 2006).
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