GMU Software Engineering Seminar Series
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Date: Monday, 04/28/2008
Time: 1:00 – 2:00 PM
Location: 430A ST2
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Title: A Survey of Trust Management Systems
Speaker:
Dalal Al-Arayed
Abstract:
Trust Management first appears in literature in 1996. Since then,
trust models have evolved from mostly certificate-based engines for PKI
environments to reputation-based models where entities autonomously reason about
trust in an ad-hoc mobile setting. This presentation covers the definition of
trust and trust management, and the evolution of trust management models mainly
in the domain of service provision.
Bio:
Dalal Al-Arayed is a student in the PHD of IT program. She has her BS in
Computer Science with a minor in Business Administration from Coastal Carolina
University, and her MS in IT from the University of North Carolina at
Charlotte. She is an international student from Bahrain.
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Title:
Software Self-Adaptation: A study of the field
Speaker:
Nikolaos Abatzis
Abstract: System complexity, proliferation of embedded systems and mobility are some of the driving factors for the need of software systems that can adapt. In this presentation we will be looking at runtime software adaptation. Adaptation is not something new and influence comes from other disciplines such as process control theory, biology and microeconomics, to name a few. Self-adaptation models and mechanisms are surveyed that deal with the causes of change and in turn effect change themselves.
Bio: Nikolaos is a part-time student, nearing completion, in the Masters of Software Engineering program. Full-time he works for a government consulting company as a Software Architect serving the federal government. His interests lie with Software Architectures that can accommodate runtime change. Specifically his focus is on Self-Adapting systems and a subset thereof, Mobile (Ubiquitous) Computing. Nikolaos already holds a Masters of Science in Knowledge-Based Systems from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland.