Smart Technologies and Innovation for a Sustainable Future : Proceedings of the 1st American University in the Emirates International Research Conference {u2014} Dubai, UAE 2017

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-based crowdfunding, 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. Front Matter ....Pages i-xi A Case Study of Pakistani News Channels: Media Education and Journalists’ Training (Asad Ullah Khalid)....Pages 1-9 A Cooperative Classification System for Credit Scoring (Dalila Boughaci, Abdullah A. K. Alkhawaldeh)....Pages 11-20 A Critical Evaluation of the Effects of Advertisements Targeted to Children (Tarik Emre Yildirim, Asli Milla)....Pages 21-27 A Gulf College Case Study: Technology Enhanced Students’ Learning Geared with Mobile Devices (Rowena Ocier Sibayan, Alrence S. Halibas, Kenneth Ocier Sibayan)....Pages 29-34 A Review Study on the Accuracy of Conversion Between IFPUG FPA and COSMIC Function Points (Abedallah Zaid Abualkishik)....Pages 35-40 Analyzing the Role of Human Computer Interaction Principles for E-Learning Solution Design (Zahra Al Mahdi, Vikas Rao Naidu, Preethy Kurian)....Pages 41-44 Automatic Detection of Students Learning Style in Learning Management System (T. Sheeba, Reshmy Krishnan)....Pages 45-53 Big Data Security and Privacy Concerns: A Review (Akbar Khanan, Salwani Abdullah, Abdul Hakim H. M. Mohamed, Amjad Mehmood, Khairul Akram Zainol Ariffin)....Pages 55-61 China’s Relations with Arab Gulf States (Golam Mostafa)....Pages 63-72 Citizen-Centric Approach in Delivery of Smart Government Services (Ayman Ahmad Obedait, Mohamed Youssef, Nikolina Ljepava)....Pages 73-80 Cloud Concept for Implementing Multimedia Based Learning in Higher Education (Vikas Rao Naidu, Anjum Zameer Bhat, Baldev Singh)....Pages 81-84 Diplomacy in the Internet Age—Challenges and Opportunities for the UAE (Melissa M. Cyrill, Aftab Kamal Pasha)....Pages 85-93 Enterprise Product Management in the Digital World (Zornitsa Nikolova, Roumiana Antonova)....Pages 95-102 ERP Security, Audit and Process Improvement (Roumiana Antonova, Georgi Georgiev)....Pages 103-110 Evaluating the Strength of Middle Eastern Monarchies and Republics (Khulood Jamal)....Pages 111-114 Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges of Open Source Software and Its Economic Impact on the Cybersecurity Market (Ismail Alsharif, Adel Khelifi)....Pages 115-127 Feasibility Analysis of Blockchain for Donation-Based Crowdfunding of Ethical Projects (Nida Khan, Rachid Ouaich)....Pages 129-139 Foreign Policy of the United Arab Emirates (UAE): Continuity and Change (Mariam Alzaabi)....Pages 141-148 Framing Natural Disaster, Terrorist Attack and Civil Unrest Crises by Egyptian Journalist and Citizen Bloggers (Naheda Makhadmeh, Geri Zeldes)....Pages 149-175 Humanities Scholar Information-Seeking Behavior: Quantitative Approach (Mohammad Khaled Al Shboul, Othman A. Obeidat, Natarajan Sundar)....Pages 177-185 Hybrid Alliances: Efficiency, Business Continuity and Future Foresight in a World of Challenges (Marios Panagiotis Efthymiopoulos)....Pages 187-193 Impact of Corporate E-Learning Systems in Enhancing the Team Performance in Virtual Software Teams (Rajalakshmi Subramaniam, Senthilkumar Nakkeeran)....Pages 195-204 IoT Based Water Usage Monitoring System Using LabVIEW (P. Arun Mozhi Devan, K. Pooventhan, C. Mukesh Kumar, R. Midhun Kumar)....Pages 205-212 Learning Analytics: Developing a Data-Centric Teaching-Research Skill (Alrence S. Halibas, Bobby Sathyaseelan, Muhammad Shahzad)....Pages 213-219 Measuring Ciphertext Randmoness Using Die Hard Randomness Index (Mohammed M. Alani)....Pages 221-228 Medical Grade QoS Improvement Using IEEE802.11e WLAN Protocol (Luae’ A. Al-Tarawneh)....Pages 229-235 Memristor-Based Tunable Analog Filter for Physiological Signal Acquisition for Electrooculography (Juhi Faridi, Mohd. Samar Ansari)....Pages 237-242 Migration from the Arab Spring Countries to Europe: Causes and Consequences (Mohammed T. Bani Salameh)....Pages 243-254 Multi-channel Buffer Enabled Technique for Video Streaming in IEEE 802.15.4 (Razi Iqbal)....Pages 255-262 Multimedia Applications in Education (Smilen Antonov Savov, Rumiana Antonova, Kamen Spassov)....Pages 263-271 Non-invasive Extremist Identification and Asset Maintenance (Vladimir Tomašević, Stanko Bulajić)....Pages 273-278 Open Platform for Network Functions Virtualization in the Digital Era (Stela Ruseva, Rumyana Antonova, Nikola Naidenov)....Pages 279-285 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 PROBSOL: A Web-Based Application to Develop Problem-Solving Skills in Introductory Programming (Sohail I. Malik, Roy Mathew, Maytham M. Hammood)....Pages 295-302 Process Mining of Event Logs from Horde Helpdesk (Radim Dolak, Josef Botlik)....Pages 303-309 Public Library Services to Children in the United Arab Emirates—A Study (Natarajan Sundar, N. Radhakrishnan, Mohammad Khaled Issa Al-Shboul)....Pages 311-316 Security and Privacy in Smart Cities: Issues and Current Solutions (Talal Ashraf Butt, Muhammad Afzaal)....Pages 317-323 Smart City Framework Development: Challenges and Solutions (Ahmed N. AL-Masri, Anthony Ijeh, Manal Nasir)....Pages 325-331 Smart City Transportation Services, Customer Satisfaction and Impact on the Quality of Life (Aleksandar Aleksic, Nikolina Ljepava, Marija Ristic)....Pages 333-338 Smart Classrooms (Zoltan Horvath, Donludee Jaisut)....Pages 339-347 Social Media and Disaster Management in India: Scope and Limitations (Dhanashree Giri, Aman Vats)....Pages 349-356 Strengthening Your Social Media Marketing with Live Streaming Video (Matthew A. Gilbert)....Pages 357-365 The Complexity of Governing Smart Cities—An Integrated Approach (Geetha A. Rubasundram)....Pages 367-377 The Impact of Smart Technology on Advertising: A Case Study of Pepsi-Egypt (Bassant Eyada, Mai El Nawawy)....Pages 379-387 The Onion Router: Is the Onion Network Suitable for Cloud Technologies (Galia Novakova Nedeltcheva, Elior Vila, Marina Marinova)....Pages 389-398 The Role of e-Governance in IoT Semantic Interoperability (Lyubomir Blagoev, Kamen Spassov)....Pages 399-402 The Role of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in the Transformation of Dubai into a Smart City (Hatem Ahmed Adela)....Pages 403-412 The Social Significance of Corporate Security (Dusko Tomic, Eldar Saljic)....Pages 413-420 The Value of Intelligent Cybersecurity Strategies for Dubai Smart City (Khulood Ali Jumah AlJarman AlZaabi)....Pages 421-445 User and Item Preference Learning for Hybrid Recommendation Systems (Kaavya Prakash, Fayiz Asad, Siddhaling Urolagin)....Pages 447-455 Using a Simulation Game to Teach the Concept of ERP (Jennifer Nightingale)....Pages 457-463