Smart Technologies and Innovation for a Sustainable Future

1. Humanities Scholar Information-Seeking Behavior: Quantitative Approach

   • Mohammad Khaled Al Shboul, Othman A. Obeidat, Natarajan Sundar

   Pages 177-185

2. Hybrid Alliances: Efficiency, Business Continuity and Future Foresight in a World of Challenges

   • Marios Panagiotis Efthymiopoulos

   Pages 187-193

3. Impact of Corporate E-Learning Systems in Enhancing the Team Performance in Virtual Software Teams

   • Rajalakshmi Subramaniam, Senthilkumar Nakkeeran

   Pages 195-204

4. IoT Based Water Usage Monitoring System Using LabVIEW

   • P. Arun Mozhi Devan, K. Pooventhan, C. Mukesh Kumar, R. Midhun Kumar

   Pages 205-212

5. Learning Analytics: Developing a Data-Centric Teaching-Research Skill

   • Alrence S. Halibas, Bobby Sathyaseelan, Muhammad Shahzad

   Pages 213-219

6. Measuring Ciphertext Randmoness Using Die Hard Randomness Index

   • Mohammed M. Alani

   Pages 221-228

7. Medical Grade QoS Improvement Using IEEE802.11e WLAN Protocol

   • Luae’ A. Al-Tarawneh

   Pages 229-235

8. Memristor-Based Tunable Analog Filter for Physiological Signal Acquisition for Electrooculography

   • Juhi Faridi, Mohd. Samar Ansari

   Pages 237-242

9. Migration from the Arab Spring Countries to Europe: Causes and Consequences

   • Mohammed T. Bani Salameh

   Pages 243-254

10. Multi-channel Buffer Enabled Technique for Video Streaming in IEEE 802.15.4

    • Razi Iqbal

    Pages 255-262

11. Multimedia Applications in Education

    • Smilen Antonov Savov, Rumiana Antonova, Kamen Spassov

    Pages 263-271

12. Non-invasive Extremist Identification and Asset Maintenance

    • Vladimir Tomašević, Stanko Bulajić

    Pages 273-278

13. Open Platform for Network Functions Virtualization in the Digital Era

    • Stela Ruseva, Rumyana Antonova, Nikola Naidenov

    Pages 279-285

14. Optimizing Turbo Codes for Secret Key Generation in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks

    • Dhouha Kbaier Ben Ismail, Petros Karadimas, Gregory Epiphaniou, Haider Al-Khateeb

    Pages 287-293

15. PROBSOL: A Web-Based Application to Develop Problem-Solving Skills in Introductory Programming

    • Sohail I. Malik, Roy Mathew, Maytham M. Hammood

    Pages 295-302

16. Process Mining of Event Logs from Horde Helpdesk

    • Radim Dolak, Josef Botlik

    Pages 303-309

17. Public Library Services to Children in the United Arab Emirates—A Study

    • Natarajan Sundar, N. Radhakrishnan, Mohammad Khaled Issa Al-Shboul

    Pages 311-316

18. Security and Privacy in Smart Cities: Issues and Current Solutions

    • Talal Ashraf Butt, Muhammad Afzaal

    Pages 317-323

19. Smart City Framework Development: Challenges and Solutions

    • Ahmed N. AL-Masri, Anthony Ijeh, Manal Nasir

    Pages 325-331

20. Smart City Transportation Services, Customer Satisfaction and Impact on the Quality of Life

    • Aleksandar Aleksic, Nikolina Ljepava, Marija Ristic

    Pages 333-338

The book presents high-quality research papers presented at the 1st AUE International research conference, AUEIRC 2017, organized by the American University in the Emirates, held on November 15th-16th, 2017 in Dubai. The book is broadly divided into three sections: Media and Smart Cities, Creative Technologies and  Innovation, and Security Risks and Strategic Challenges. The areas covered under these sections are cyber-psychology and digital forensics, cloud RAN architecture, networking functions virtualization, e-Governance and IoT semantic interoperability, ERP security, web-based application and problem-solving skills, smart technologies and advertising, smart technologies for smart cities, smart adaptable navigation systems, turbo codes for security key generation, technology advanced student learning and mobile devices, big data security and privacy, multi-channel buffer enabled technique, physiological signal acquisition in electro-oculography, blockchain and donation-basedcrowdfunding, smart city and framework development approach, news channel and media education, UAE foreign policy, China-GCC relations, diplomacy in the Internet age, intelligent cyber-security strategies, industry securities and strategic challenges, hybrid alliances and corporate security, security and privacy in smart cities, human computer interaction and e-learning solution, complexity of smart cities governance. The papers included in this book present insightful information on the most recent and relevant research, theories and practices in the field, which aim for a sustainable future.

• Smart Technology
• Innovation
• Smart Cities
• Intelligent Systems
• Soft Computing

• College of Education, American University in the Emirates, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  Ahmed Al-Masri

• Computer Science Research Institute, Magee Campus, University of Ulster, Londonderry, UK

  Kevin Curran

Dr. Ahmed Al Masri is an Assistant Professor in the College of Education at the American University in the Emirates. He earned his PhD from the University Putra Malaysia. He has over 8 years’ experience in teaching and research in Educational Data Analytics Technologies. He is a regular editor of various journals specializing in educational data analysis. His current research interests include E-Learning, Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning and data mining. Dr. Ahmed is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE).



​Dr. Kevin Curran is a Professor of Cyber Security, Executive Co-Director of the Legal innovation Centre and group leader of the Ambient Intelligence & Virtual Worlds Research Group at Ulster University. He is also a senior member of the IEEE. Prof. Curran is perhaps most well-known for his work on location positioning within indoor environments, blockchain and cyber security evidenced by over 800 published works. His expertise has been acknowledged by invitations to present his work at international conferences, overseas universities and research laboratories. He is a regular contributor on TV & radio and in trade and consumer IT magazines.

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