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  • DDDAS - Dynamic Data Driven Application Systems

    From the desk of Samy,

    What is DDDAS? It is a new paradigm, where computer programs act in a more intelligent way. Their outputs depend on their inputs, which are updated values in the real world, used for optimizing the minimum damage/etc of important problems such as natural catastrophes. The other day, Dra. Frederica Darema came to UAB [...]

    HCS12, CODEWarrior and HD44780U

    From the desk of Samy,

    I’ve been studying Computers Structure this course, and the last laboratory project was to create a soccer scoreboard (CODE at the end).

    We have to show “Hola mundo”, using an LCD, all the time, and when a interruption occurs, we have to show “GoooL” 12 times, and then, show the current scores [...]

    SQL Injection

    From the desk of Samy,

    I didn’t want to post anything more today until next week… But this is almost compulsory! My fucking god, sometimes there are websites that make me freak out… How the hell can a so popular website have such a vulnerability?

    Talking about SQL Injection is in my blog list now.

    What do you [...]

    Bruce Schneier’s speech: IT’s impact on the world economy

    From the desk of Samy,

    Fortunately, the other day I had the opportunity to attend another conference (I’m getting used to it): Bruce Schneier came to ETSE (my faculty, in UAB) in April, 24. A brief introduction about who Bruce is:

    Bruce Schneier (born 15 January 1963) is an American cryptographer, computer security specialist, and writer. He is the [...]

    Richard Stallman’s speech about GNU and Free software

    From the desk of samy,

    On April/4/2008, Richard Stallman came to UAB to give a conference about GNU. You can view the WHOLE conference in Spanish at the end of this post (and some pictures as well). I strongly recommend you to view the video as it’s quite interesting.

    A brief introduction to who Richard Stallman is:

    Richard [...]

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