computer forensic workshop~wee~

:: In The Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful ::

INSTRUCTOR: *MR. ALI DEHGHANTANHA*

have a visit to his blog ~ http://dehghantanha.blogspot.com/

scopus

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Scopus Scopus is the largest multi-disciplinary abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, quality web sources and patent results with smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research. Scopus brings you the broadest available coverage of scientific, technical, medical and social sciences literature from almost 5,000 international publishers. Users can set up search & citation alerts for their research purpose by creating a personal profile and login. Should you require more details, you can always visit http://www.info.scopus.com

Quantitative & Qualitative Research

There are numerous differences between qualitative research and quantitative measurement. Though both are valuable research methods, each has specific application in assessing and improving organizational communications effectiveness.

Quantitative Research

By definition, measurement must be objective, quantitative and statistically valid. Simply put, it’s about numbers, objective hard data. A scientifically calculated sample of people from a population is asked a set of questions on a survey to determine the frequency and percentage of their responses. For example: 240 people, 79%, of a sample population, said they are more confident of their personal future today than they were a year ago. Because the sample size is statistically valid, the 79% finding can be projected to the entire population from which the sample was selected. Simply put, this is quantitative research.

The sample size for a survey is calculated by statisticians using formulas to determine how large a sample size will be needed from a given population in order to achieve findings with an acceptable degree of accuracy. Generally, researchers seek sample sizes which will yield findings with at least a 95% confidence level (which means that if you repeated the survey 100 times, 95 times out of a hundred, you would get the same response) and a plus/minus 5 percentage points margin of error. Many survey samples are designed to produce smaller margins of error.

Survey sample and structure designs, survey question writing and testing, criteria for selecting appropriate methods and technologies for collecting information from various kinds of survey respondents, survey administration and statistical analysis and reporting are all services provided by GuideStar Communications. However, due to their technical nature, these topics are not covered in this brief.

Qualitative Research

Qualitative research, is much more subjective than quantitative research and uses very different methods of collecting information, mainly individual, in-depth interviews and focus groups. The nature of this type of research is exploratory and open-ended. Small numbers of people are interviewed in-depth and/or a relatively small number of focus groups are conducted.

Participants are asked to respond to general questions, and the interviewer or group moderator probes and explores their responses to identify and define peoples’ perceptions, opinions and feelings about the topic or idea being discussed and to determine the degree of agreement that exists in the group. The quality of the findings from qualitative research is directly dependent upon the skill, experience and sensitivity of the interviewer or group moderator.

This type of research is often less costly than surveys and is extremely effective in acquiring information about peoples’ communications needs and their responses to and views about specific communications. It is often the method of choice in instances where quantitative measurement is not required.

Confidentiality

An essential key to success in organizational communications research with people is confidentiality. Survey respondents and participants in in-depth interviews and focus groups are often asked to give open, honest personal responses about sensitive issues, concerns, perceptions and opinions on a variety of topics.

To acquire the truth from people, researchers must be able to not only assure, but to absolutely guarantee, that a participant’s identity will be kept confidential and fully protected. Confidentiality is one of the primary reasons, in addition to their specialized qualifications, that corporations turn to independent consultants to conduct organizational communications research and measurement.

Media, Channels and Networks

In addition to research involving people and the produced communications media, activities and management communications they interact with, there are other important aspects of organizational communications to study for a fully dimensional understanding of how an organization communicates and what is working and what isn’t. These include examination of the usage patterns of electronic communications systems such as e-mail, Voice-Mail, Intranets, etc., analysis of communication flow patterns in networks, feedback systems and informal communications such as memos.

Research in these areas is often conducted by technology systems personnel and communication audit professionals like GuideStar.

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seminar by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Hakan Karaata

Dear all,

All are cordially invited to a seminar by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Hakan Karaata from Kuwait University.

Date    : 13 December 2010 (Monday)
Time    : 10.00am
Venue    : Seminar Room, Block C
Title     :“Stabilizing Distributed Systems”

Everyone is cordially invited to the seminar:
Attandance is compulsory for GRF/GRA/SGRA student
Do come and share the knowledge.

Best regards,

Graduate Studies Unit
Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology

as i thought ~ i hate working last minute~

:: In The Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful ::

 

Always be prepared!

This phrase always be my tag line in doing any jobs. I hate doing work in last minute call. But, sometimes we working with other people we have to be prepare to any unpredictable things.

As I though, there will be a mistake in my thesis because yesterday, I am quite rushing finishing my thesis. Even many times I had go through checking. no wonder I have a terrible feeling …

The research dean had send back my thesis with un sign thesis submittion form and with a very curious notes ” see me!  ” huhu~ His PA told me to see Prof next morning because he is busy till the evening …

Keep wondering which part in my thesis is not complete. His PA told me to meet him because he did not check anything and did not sign anything.  Hmmm.. what could it  be ?

Getting back to my office, rechecking thesis.. the final part, the references.. he has circle certain list of journals..( a typo error in formating)  =(

owh dear~ what could it be…?

the thesis is stuck at the last stage to submit to GSO. today is 10 December ~ owh dear me…

I hate doing work last minute.. but this is the best limit of forcing my self !

Insyaallah… He always with you.. Insyaallah…!

system development [part 1]

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lipse vs NetBeans …On which side are you on? Let us know which IDE you think is better and why.

Think of Java IDEs and two names that will come up are Eclipse and NetBeans. I have been using NetBeans for many years now and Eclipse has been a more recent addition to my Java armory. I have enjoyed working with both tools and as such don’t have a clear favorite. I prefer NetBeans a little more than Eclipse as I have been using it longer and am more comfortable with it.

The thing I am most surprised about is how rapidly Eclipse has grown and how it has well and truly eclipsed NetBeans over the past year or so.

In the article: Migrating to Eclipse: A developer’s guide to evaluating Eclipse vs. Netbeans, the author shows the differences between the two IDEs.

Just Eclipse or Eclipse in its WSAD avatar or MyEclipseIDE avatar is definitely good but hey..is it so good that nobody wants to be talk of NetBeans these days??? I haven’t as yet tried out the new NetBeans 4 Beta 2 but I do hope it is very good. So that the competition between Eclipse and NetBeans stays fierce and there is no clear winner.

The end user gets two very good IDEs.

ISG workshop : digital forensic

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Attend for  g Digital Forensics Workshops =) but at the same time I am working? huhu~

me: Salam Dr, saya nak minta izin untuk hadiri workshop ini pada 27-30 disember boleh?

KJ :Yes, you may dengan syarat jika Alifah diperlukan pada masa tersebut, Alifah kena berikan prioriti ke Jabatan dahulu.

me: Ok, Tq Dr =)

Alhamdulillah! weeee~ I love~ getting new knowledge here…~ subhanallah !

Distinguished Speaker Seminar

:: In The Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful ::

Dear all,

Assalamu’alaikum and good day.

On behalf of the Dept. of Computer Science (DCS), it is my pleasure to invite all faculty members to a seminar by a distinguished speaker, Prof. Dr. Graham Kendall, from the University of Nottingham, UK.
Date: 10 Dec 2010 (Friday)
Time:  10 am
Venue: Main Lecture Hall (Dewan Kuliah Utama), FSKTM

Title: Scheduling English Football Fixtures: Progress to Date and Future Research Directions

Please extend this invitation to your postgraduate students.

Many thanks and hope to see you there.

Best regards,

Izura
DCS Seminar Coordinator

–
Dr. Nur Izura Udzir

All praises to Allah

:: In The Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful ::

Al-Quran Surah : al-Inshirah(The Expansion)

1 Have We not caused thy bosom to dilate,
2 And eased thee of the burden
3 Which weighed down thy back;
4 And exalted thy fame ?
5 But lo! with hardship goeth ease,
6 Lo! with hardship goeth ease;
7 So when thou art relieved, still toil
8 And strive to please thy Lord.

~*~*~*~

Alhamdulillah =) I had submit my thesis to faculty research dean, insyaallah by this afternoon I will received back the form and I have to make a move to GSO (Graduate School Office) to submit my 5 copies of thesis…

Recently I found two conference date need to be alert. Insyaallah I want to present my paper in these conferences. My first try writing a journal, the draft  is still at my supervisor. Insyaallah by next week I will receive and for sure there will be a lot of correction

So, whats NEXT?

Insyaallah 3 month after submitting the thesis I will sitting for Viva examination. Viva is an examination conducted by spoken communication = oral examination.

So I have to be prepared for my Viva =)

Alhamdulillah, I had sorting and recollecting all the related journal. I have to read and analyze it then, I have to write something related with my studies.

pending TASK

• submit thesis Alhamdulillah! done =)
  
• paper/journals publishing:

1. 1st paper – done! alhamdulillah [pending in checking phase]
   
2. 2nd paper – drafting (Text Steganography)
   
3. 3rd paper- drafting (Capacity in Text Steganography)

• Slide preparation : VIVA – Next meet with supervisor = next week
  
• IELTS preparation – 20 Disember – book shopping at kinokuniya =)

Insyaallah,  I will use this blog to present all the information related with my studies…

Whoa! a lots of things is dancing in my mind for my further studies in phD level ! Whoa~!