Title: Fashionspace Portal Author: Jindřich Flídr Department: Department of Software and Computer Science Education Supervisor: RNDr. Tomáš Holan, Ph.D. Abstract: The aim of this thesis is to design architecture and implement web application "Fashionspace". This application allows user to create virtual fashion shows based on videos in an interactive environment. The client application is implemented using the Adobe Flash platform and communicates with the CMS Drupal using services. The application is integrated with many technologies, such as online user communication using the XMPP protocol or HD video streaming. The architecture of this application is modular and is built on the principles of MVC. Keywords: web technologies, RIA, Adobe Flex, CMS Drupal, video streaming

Master of Science / Department of Computer Science / Daniel A. Andresen / New to K-State??? No worries!!! This app will be your first friend and help you with everything you may need. Every new incoming student to K-State has to do a set of mandatory activities before they start their classes. Many times they use a pamphlet or word of mouth by students or faculty around, on what to do and whom to visit. But, this information may not be reliable or could have been expired/updated, and students miss on certain crucial things which delays their work. The same follows with various events organized by the college to welcome new students. This app will be a solution for all these problems. It will provide students with all the details they need before they actually become familiar with the school and even after that. Each student gets to see the To-Do's which are a set of mandatory activities, he/she has to do before they enroll for the classes and also, he can know about various events happening around the university. Students can also suggest new events if they are not already updated in the events list. All these activities are monitored and controlled by the Admin.

Today, there are many technologies available for developing cross-platform desktop apps. JavaFX is a software platform based on the Java language. It has a set of features that play a role in its success. On the other hand, Electron is a new framework that allows developers to employ web technologies (JavaScript, HTML, and CSS) to create cross-platform desktop applications. This thesis describes and compares between these two frameworks. The purpose of this report is to provide guidance in choosing the right technique for a particular cross-platform desktop application. Simple cross-platform desktop applications have been developed to compare both approaches as well as find the advantages and disadvantages. The results show that both apps satisfied the functional and nonfunctional requirements. Each framework architecture has its own advantage in building particular apps. Both frameworks have rich APIs as well as rich GUI components for building desktop apps. Electron has good documentation and community help, but it cannot be compared to JavaFX. The Electron app gives faster execution time and less memory usage than JavaFX app. However, the implementation of OOP concepts in Electron using JavaScript has some concerns in terms of encapsulation and inheritance.

The author of this thesis aims to analyze and develop a prototype of a software responsible for showing how the specific web application would be displayed by the concrete device. First, the problem of diversity of devices for accessing the web and of the level of support of modern web technologies is explained to the reader. Then the thesis offers a way how to help developers with testing across web browsers on different hardware. The analytical section describes the methods the author would like to use for accomplishing the goal, and also the set of suitable technologies. The penultimate section shows the manner the author implemented the prototype of the software. The Software is then subjected to tests showing that the prototype meets the requirements.

The goal of this thesis is to create a web service for sharing and easy access to computer vision algorithms. Currently, there is a large number of algorithms and it's beneficial for their authors to simply share them with other people, even from other disciplines. The main part of the thesis consists of creating web service architecture and suggesting a method for request processing to run algorithms. Part of the implemented service is a web interface that allows use of algorithms with its own data, and client library that makes integration into other apps easier.

Bezpečnost publikování prostorových dat na internetu Abstrakt Diplomová práce se věnuje problematice publikování prostorových dat v síti internet. Cílem je popsat soudobé způsoby publikování dat, analyzovat bezpečnostní slabiny z hlediska úniku dat a navrhnout opatření, která by umožnila zabezpečit volně dostupná data proti automatizovanému stahování. V práci je vysvětlena motivace ilegálního získávání prostorových dat, jsou popsány soudobé možnosti publikování dat na internetu (včetně specifik pro data rastrová a vektorová), možnosti ochrany dat proti nelegálnímu získání a jejich slabiny. Výsledkem je navržení a formulování obecné metodiky ve formě doporučení pro publikování různých typů prostorových dat, která automatizované útoky na získání dat významně ztíží. Klíčová slova: prostorová data, internet, mapový server, datová politika, webové technologie Security of publishing spatial data on the Internet Abstract The master's thesis focuses on the topics of security of publishing spatial data on the Internet. The goal of the work is to describe present ways of publishing, to analyze weaknesses from point of view of leaks and to propose measures, that would allow securing publicly accessible data against automated downloads. Readers will get explained the motivation of getting spatial data, description and...

Mathematical models in physiology are useful to formulate and verify hypotheses, to make predictions, to estimate hidden parameters and in education. This thesis deals with modelling in physiology using the ​Modelica language. New methods for model implementation and simulator production were developed. Modelica is an ​open standard equation-based object-oriented language for modelling complex systems. It is highly convenient in physiology modelling due to its ability to describe extensive models in a lucid hierarchical way. The models are described by algebraic, ordinary differential and discrete equations. Partial differential equations are not supported by the Modelica standard yet. The thesis focuses on two main topics: 1) modelling of systems described by partial differential equations in Modelica 2) production of web-based e-learning simulators driven by models implemented in Modelica. A Modelica language extension called PDEModelica1 for 1-dimensional partial differential equations was designed (based on a previous extension). The OpenModelica modelling tool was extended to support PDEModelica1 using the method of lines. A model of countercurrent heat exchange between the artery and vein in a leg of a bird standing in water was implemented using PDEModelica1 to prove its usability. The...

Cultural heritage makes reference to an extremely diverse set of sources. More specifically, historical artifacts as well as intangible elements of a community’s history, pertain to cultural heritage. However, when looking at the conservation, the enrichment, and the divulgation of these elements, the question becomes more complex. Even more so, when a context of nebulous regulation, unequal distribution of resources and funding of cultural heritage institutions, as well as a bureaucratically complex division of competencies between territories, are present. This is the case in Italy, and more specifically, Southern and Central Italy, where all these issues are present, and further hinder the exploration of undiscovered historical material, as well as the organization and divulgation of discovered material.  Following this discrepancy along the lines of legal and practical restrictions, this thesis aims to explore and evaluate how technology can obviate to said issues. For instance, a methodological exercise was endeavored by scanning some ancient texts, in Latin and in Old Italian, and by running an optical character recognition software on the latter.  More specifically, this thesis applies the paradigm of citizen science for crowdsourcing to explore how well optical character recognition software works in terms of accessibility and efficiency. As such, this methodological exercise does not consist primarily of a technological evaluation but aims at opening up new ways for the public to interact with cultural heritage institutions, for exchanging historical information while respecting the legal and practical considerations that were mentioned. In conclusion, by highlighting this issue, it would be possible to further research and enrich the publicly available data on Italian educational history between the 18th and the 19th Century.

Целью работы является разработка фреймворка для создания веб-браузерных расширений. Объектом исследования является класс программных средств для автоматизации и упрощения работы разработчиков с веб-браузерными расширениями. Методы исследования включают: анализ, сравнение и обобщение данных о существующих способах автоматизации разработки веб-браузерных расширений; апробация современных WEB-технологий. Магистерская диссертация содержит 4 главы. В первой главе описаны основные теоретические аспекты предметной области. Вторая глава содержит анализ и описание средств разработки. Третья глава посвящена описанию процесса разработки фреймворка. В четвертой главе представлено описание возможностей фреймворка. Результатом работы является разработанный фреймворк для создания расширений веб-браузера. / The aim of the work is to develop a framework for developing web browser extensions. The object of research is a class of software tools for automating and simplifying the work of developers with web browser extensions. Research methods include analysis, comparison, and generalization of data on existing methods for automating the development of web browser extensions; approbation of modern WEB-technologies. The paper contains 4 chapters. The first chapter describes the main theoretical aspects of the subject area. The second chapter contains an analysis and description of development tools. The third chapter is devoted to describing the framework development process. The fourth chapter presents a description of framework capabilities. The result of the work is the framework for developing web browser extensions.

Darbe nagrinėjamas informacinių technologijų fenomenas dabarties žinių visuomenėje, interneto technologijas siejant su mokymo(si) procesu. Pateikiama mokymosi proceso samprata technologinio kitimo amžiuje. Aptariamas konstruktyvizmu grindžiamo mokymosi aiškinimas (konstrukcionizmo pedagoginė teorija), atskleidžiami esminiai konektyvizmo principai ir užduotys, su kuriomis turi susidurti besimokantysis skaitmeninio amžiaus eroje. Pristatomi matematikos mokymo filosofijos (matematikos filosofijos) keliami klausimai. Galiausiai ieškoma atsakymų į klausimus: kokį vaidmenį kompiuterinės technologijos, pastarojo meto interneto tecnologijos ir paslaugos atlieka matematikos mokymo bei mokymosi proceso metu, kaip jį paliečia, kokias galimybes atveria, kaip keičia šį procesą. / This theme paper analyses the phenomenon of information technologies in relation with the present knowledge-based society and the Web technologies in the process of education. The concept of learning process is discussed in the age of technological change. The constructivism based learning (constructionism learning theory) is presented in this paper too. Besides this, the most essential principles and tasks of connectivism which a learner is supposed to deal with in the digital surroundings are being analysed as well. Moreover, the issues raised by the phylosophy of mathematics education (and the phylosophy of mathematics) are also introduced in this paper. Finally, the reply search to the following issues – what role do computer-based technologies, modern internet technologies and services play in the process of teaching and learning mathematics; how do the above mentioned factors influence a process of education; what are the perspectives of the mentioned processes; how do the discussed issues change the process of teaching and learning mathematics – is analysed in the paper.