Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate elements of socio-academic-related sustainabi... more Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate elements of socio-academic-related sustainability in educational institutes and propose a structure of an advising system that can aid the most critical stakeholders in such educational institutes, i.e the student. Hence, after reviewing the contemporary University Social Responsibility (USR) Venn diagram, the paper focuses on the need to develop a social and academic responsibility advisor (SARA) system as a catalyst toward fulfilling social responsibility to the most important stakeholder and alternatively leads to enhanced sustainability of such educational institutes. Design/methodology/approach A combination of research methods used in this paper, defined as by identifying the need for SARA from a literature survey. By distributing a questionnaire to students investigating their desire of an academic advisor system and by establishing a focus group to study the academic and social aspects and its implications to students’ “qua...
Purpose The university social responsibility (USR) is still in embryonic stage compared to corpor... more Purpose The university social responsibility (USR) is still in embryonic stage compared to corporate social responsibility (CSR) which is still debatable by researchers. The purpose of this paper is to propose the contemporary dimension (on top of teaching and research dimensions) of USR in most educational institutes. Based on this new definition, a proposal of a mechanism to quantify USR sustainability was presented. Design/methodology/approach Based on a review of the theme of the CSR with the inter-related recent research on USR with researchers perspectives, characteristics of USR were identified and incorporated in the proposed newly definition of USR. The new definition takes into account the interrelationship of university–corporate communication and create shared value (CSV) principle, as well as the knowledgeability and sustainability. Findings Based on the review of most active research in the USR development and the concluded contemporary definition of USR, this paper pr...
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to classify and categorize the vulnerability types emerged... more Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to classify and categorize the vulnerability types emerged with time as information technology (IT) systems evolved. This comparative study aims to compare the seriousness of the old well-known vulnerabilities that may still exist with lower possibility of happening with that of new technologies like cloud computing with Mobility access. Cloud computing is a new structure of IT that is becoming the main part of the new model of business environment. However, issues regarding such new hype of technology do not come without obstacles. These issues have to be addressed before full acceptability of cloud services in a globalized business environment. Businesses need to be aware of issues of concerns before joining the cloud services. This paper also highlights these issues and shows the comparison table to help businesses with appropriate decision-making when joining the cloud. Design/methodology/approach – A historical review of emerged vulnerabil...
ABSTRACT This paper proposes a generic Fuzzy Inference Engine (FIE) tool that can be used by eith... more ABSTRACT This paper proposes a generic Fuzzy Inference Engine (FIE) tool that can be used by either researchers or managers to aid them in the decision making process. Originality/value – The paper suggests a generic inference engine based on genetic-fuzzy mechanism as a tool that can be used to aid a decision maker (manager, analyst, Researcher…etc) to fulfill his/her objective. The same principle (FIE tool/mechanism) may also be used as an inference engine for a specific software packages like CRM, SCM, production management…etc. FIE is designed to be user friendly and no knowledge of the mechanism of fuzzy logic is required. The user is simply required to provide the number of inputs/outputs and input/output relationship (system behavior knowledge) to infer a final output. Design/Methodology/approach – FIE design was based on two concepts, the fuzzimetric arcs which is a method of definition and selection of fuzzy variable and the second concept is based on a simplified approach ...
This paper proposes a mechanism for the development of a Genetic Fuzzi- metric Technique (GFT) ba... more This paper proposes a mechanism for the development of a Genetic Fuzzi- metric Technique (GFT) based on the principle of Fuzzimetric Arcs. The objective is to standardize the GFS by applying this concept to select and optimize the performance of the system. The paper also describes the process of utilizing the technique for achieving optimum performance in a multivariable system.
Difficulties are encountered in applying multivariable fuzzy systems to industrial processes main... more Difficulties are encountered in applying multivariable fuzzy systems to industrial processes mainly due to the complexity of the multidimensional fuzzy relation that is to be developed and as a consequence memory overload of most industrial computers results. This paper describes a new technique that is simple in structure and has the ability to avoid memory overloading in industrial computers. A welding application is considered to describe the implementation of such a technique where the cavity width and depth are the inputs and the robot arm speed is the output of the system
amplified recently with mobility access. Managing and maintain security of cloud computing enviro... more amplified recently with mobility access. Managing and maintain security of cloud computing environment is not only dependent on technological solution but also heavily dependent on ethical behavior of IT professionals working in the Cloud Computing environment as well as the good manageability of data protection procedures. This paper identifies ten different criteria with recommended instructions for effective management of cloud computing environment. The proposed “Commandments” stems from the interdependence of security, protection and Ethics where a survey conducted on these three pillars of cloud management and it shows that ethics and protection as well as ethics and security are highly correlated with 1% significance. Appropriate management of cloud computing environment is like a three legged stool where the three legs represents the three pillars of security, protection and ethics while the surface of the stool represents the IT governance and management of these three crit...
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate elements of socio-academic-related sustainabi... more Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate elements of socio-academic-related sustainability in educational institutes and propose a structure of an advising system that can aid the most critical stakeholders in such educational institutes, i.e the student. Hence, after reviewing the contemporary University Social Responsibility (USR) Venn diagram, the paper focuses on the need to develop a social and academic responsibility advisor (SARA) system as a catalyst toward fulfilling social responsibility to the most important stakeholder and alternatively leads to enhanced sustainability of such educational institutes. Design/methodology/approach A combination of research methods used in this paper, defined as by identifying the need for SARA from a literature survey. By distributing a questionnaire to students investigating their desire of an academic advisor system and by establishing a focus group to study the academic and social aspects and its implications to students’ “qua...
Purpose The university social responsibility (USR) is still in embryonic stage compared to corpor... more Purpose The university social responsibility (USR) is still in embryonic stage compared to corporate social responsibility (CSR) which is still debatable by researchers. The purpose of this paper is to propose the contemporary dimension (on top of teaching and research dimensions) of USR in most educational institutes. Based on this new definition, a proposal of a mechanism to quantify USR sustainability was presented. Design/methodology/approach Based on a review of the theme of the CSR with the inter-related recent research on USR with researchers perspectives, characteristics of USR were identified and incorporated in the proposed newly definition of USR. The new definition takes into account the interrelationship of university–corporate communication and create shared value (CSV) principle, as well as the knowledgeability and sustainability. Findings Based on the review of most active research in the USR development and the concluded contemporary definition of USR, this paper pr...
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to classify and categorize the vulnerability types emerged... more Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to classify and categorize the vulnerability types emerged with time as information technology (IT) systems evolved. This comparative study aims to compare the seriousness of the old well-known vulnerabilities that may still exist with lower possibility of happening with that of new technologies like cloud computing with Mobility access. Cloud computing is a new structure of IT that is becoming the main part of the new model of business environment. However, issues regarding such new hype of technology do not come without obstacles. These issues have to be addressed before full acceptability of cloud services in a globalized business environment. Businesses need to be aware of issues of concerns before joining the cloud services. This paper also highlights these issues and shows the comparison table to help businesses with appropriate decision-making when joining the cloud. Design/methodology/approach – A historical review of emerged vulnerabil...
ABSTRACT This paper proposes a generic Fuzzy Inference Engine (FIE) tool that can be used by eith... more ABSTRACT This paper proposes a generic Fuzzy Inference Engine (FIE) tool that can be used by either researchers or managers to aid them in the decision making process. Originality/value – The paper suggests a generic inference engine based on genetic-fuzzy mechanism as a tool that can be used to aid a decision maker (manager, analyst, Researcher…etc) to fulfill his/her objective. The same principle (FIE tool/mechanism) may also be used as an inference engine for a specific software packages like CRM, SCM, production management…etc. FIE is designed to be user friendly and no knowledge of the mechanism of fuzzy logic is required. The user is simply required to provide the number of inputs/outputs and input/output relationship (system behavior knowledge) to infer a final output. Design/Methodology/approach – FIE design was based on two concepts, the fuzzimetric arcs which is a method of definition and selection of fuzzy variable and the second concept is based on a simplified approach ...
This paper proposes a mechanism for the development of a Genetic Fuzzi- metric Technique (GFT) ba... more This paper proposes a mechanism for the development of a Genetic Fuzzi- metric Technique (GFT) based on the principle of Fuzzimetric Arcs. The objective is to standardize the GFS by applying this concept to select and optimize the performance of the system. The paper also describes the process of utilizing the technique for achieving optimum performance in a multivariable system.
Difficulties are encountered in applying multivariable fuzzy systems to industrial processes main... more Difficulties are encountered in applying multivariable fuzzy systems to industrial processes mainly due to the complexity of the multidimensional fuzzy relation that is to be developed and as a consequence memory overload of most industrial computers results. This paper describes a new technique that is simple in structure and has the ability to avoid memory overloading in industrial computers. A welding application is considered to describe the implementation of such a technique where the cavity width and depth are the inputs and the robot arm speed is the output of the system
amplified recently with mobility access. Managing and maintain security of cloud computing enviro... more amplified recently with mobility access. Managing and maintain security of cloud computing environment is not only dependent on technological solution but also heavily dependent on ethical behavior of IT professionals working in the Cloud Computing environment as well as the good manageability of data protection procedures. This paper identifies ten different criteria with recommended instructions for effective management of cloud computing environment. The proposed “Commandments” stems from the interdependence of security, protection and Ethics where a survey conducted on these three pillars of cloud management and it shows that ethics and protection as well as ethics and security are highly correlated with 1% significance. Appropriate management of cloud computing environment is like a three legged stool where the three legs represents the three pillars of security, protection and ethics while the surface of the stool represents the IT governance and management of these three crit...
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