The availability of real-life data sets is of crucial importance for algorithm and application development, as these often require insight into the specific properties of the data. Often, however, such data are not released because of their proprietary and confidential nature. We propose to solve this …

For a successful public value strategy, the elements “public values/strategic goals”, authorizing environment” and “operational capability” should be coherently aligned. In this paper, we discuss how we have aligned these elements in the context of Open Data. We focus on the relationships between …

Het idee om overheidsdata vrij beschikbaar te stellen aan de samenleving is relatief nieuw en heeft een groot innovatief potentieel. Rotterdam speelt in op internationale bewegingen om informatie uit de publieke sector vrij te geven als open data. Om dit proces in gang te zetten en te bespoedigen heeft …

ING, KLM, SNS. Ze waren slachtoffer van Ddos-aanvallen. Soms dagenlang. Wat is daar tegen te doen, vroeg Profielen aan Sunil Choenni, lector bij het kenniscentrum Human Centered ICT en expert op het gebied van cybercrime.

De kwaliteit van afstudeerscripties moet verbeterd worden, dat betekent hoge{re) kwalitatieve eisen stellen aan afgestudeerde studenten. Zij moeten zelfstandig kunnen werken en denken, en inzichten methodisch kunnen vertalen. Dat betekent in de praktijk: streven naar ingenieurs met een goede onderzoekshouding. …

Cyber crime increases with the advent of new online Internet services (e.g., entertainment, commerce, payment, pubic administration, social networking services). Not only do cyber criminals target governmental or public institutions, they increasingly victimize individuals and smaller organizations. …

Many people are concerned about how information systems deal with human values such as privacy and trust. In this paper, we discuss the role of human values in the design of information systems. We elaborate on the nature of human values and discuss various approaches on how to address human values, …

The use of cameras is growing: not only personal computers and laptops are standard equipped with a camera, but also the public domain is increasingly equipped with cameras. Today's camera is not merely a pair of eyes. A surveillance camera can see much more than a single person can do. The rapid proliferation …

This chapter discusses the concept of sensitive environments. Sensitive environments are essentially spatial and public areas like streets or school that are provided with an intelligent infrastructure that collects sensory information of users while they move and interact. Such sensitive environments …