1. Blueprint for a Computer Immune System
by Jeffrey O. Kephart, Gregory B. Sorkin, Morton Swimmer, and Steve R. White
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
P.O. Box 704, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
Its a fact, that no matter what we do, our computer will never become a virus-free computer especially
when it has an internet connection. Because even if we have an updated anti-virus, the viruses
aslo has its updates. Even if some anti-virus companies offers automatic updates on their products,
updating our anti-virus requires a lot of time and sometimes money.
This study discussed the possible way on dealing with this threat by developing
an immune system for computers that senses the presence of a previously unknown pathogen,
and within minutes automatically derives and deploys a prescription for detecting and removing
it.
By reading the study, I can say that having this idea is a big help not only for the computer
users, but also for the anti-virus companies because it saves them time in making their updates
when ever they detected a new strain of virus. But there’s a question i wanted to ask.
If this immune system would exist, what would be now the purpose of some anti-virus companies?
If our anti-virus now has its mind of his own to decide how it can destroy the virus, will there
also come a time that the viruses will also have that kind of capability?
Reference link:
http://www.research.ibm.com/antivirus/SciPapers/Kephart/VB97/index.html
2. A Computer-Mediated Scientific Writing Program
Roy Bowers
Center for Biological Research
La Paz, Mexico
Computer-Mediated Scientific Writing Program is a program composed of people who accepts manuscripts and works, and corrects errors. Since not all people masters English which the central language of people all over the world, this people took advantage of that weakness and made use of their learning and knowledge. As expected, it boomed because of its usefulness especially to the scientists of CIB, since they are from a country not using English as their language. CIB found a simple way to correct glitches of their works and make it comprehensible and more concise sentences.
Of course, this is a very beneficial program because it is helpful not only to the CIB group but also to other researchers, scientists, teachers, students and to all the people in the world. It makes the paper work easy to do, globally competitive because it has no spelling or grammatical errors, and it is not shameful to post in the internet or publish because your paper work will surely have the most concise and errorless sentences.
This has also been a very good idea, imagine you are earning money while just sitting and also learning and having fun on the job you are doing. This is not a bad idea after all because they are just going to invest their time and knowledge. Both are benefited, the correctors and the clients who wants their work will be corrected. This is how Information Technology works, very helpful and beneficial.
Reference link:
http://tesl-ej.org/ej03/a3.html
3. A Neural Network Model for Classifying Duck Eggs Using Computer Vision
A.L. Zarsuela and J.P. PABICO. 7th ISSAAS (International Society for Southeast
Asian Agricultural Sciences) Philippine National Convention and Annual Meeting, SEARCA, College, Laguna, 25-26 October 2007.
Best Scientific Paper Award in the Livestock and Feeds Theme
Computers are not only use in Information and Communications Technology, it is also used in the agriculture/poultry businesses.
Balut preparation is not an easy thing to do, there are so many processes and things to undergo. Not all the duck eggs are expected to be accepted, some might encounter breakage or rejected because errors in the preparation are unavoidable. There are so many factors why glitches are happening, one factor is the person preparing it himself. Since the preparation is not that fun, he/she might feel bored or tired.
Experts used red, green and blue (RGB) spectral pattern of digital images that will determine if the eggs are rejects or accepted. This plays a very important role because it lessens waste of time and producers and sellers will avoid encountering loss if they have balut business..
Reference link:
http://www.ics.uplb.edu.ph/node/254
