Knowing the past to understand the present - issues in the contracting for cloud based services

This article builds on our previous introductory article to cloud computing ([2009] 25 CLSR 270-274) and seeks to explain how cloud computing has evolved. We then discuss how this evolution impacts on key contractual and legal considerations and how the treatment of these considerations might differ from their treatment in traditional IT supply agreements.     

企事业单位如何实现会计电算化

我国加入WTO以后,企业面临的竞争日趋激烈.在市场经济条件下,企业迫切要求建立健全信息系统,为其经营预决策提供必要的会计信息.会计电算化既能满足企业决策层的需要,又能为核算型会计向管理型会计过渡提供必备的条件,同时也为企业实现现代化管理奠定基础.可见,实现基层单位会计电算化势在必行.基层单位应做好会计电算化的各项准备工作,并且要有计划、分步骤地进行,以期达到顺利实现会计电算化的目的.     

The trouble with ‘women in computing’: a critical examination of the deployment of research on the gender gap in computer science

The pessimistic scenario for ‘women in information communications technology’ and for ‘women in technology’ generally is even more paradoxical and insidious with respect to ‘women in computing’. Studies within this field not only report insignificant improvement in the proportion of women in Western countries’ computing fields but also alert us of a declining trend. Moreover, that decline has been accompanied – or even preceded – by years of research and programs that have specifically focused on increasing women’s participation in computing; however, they have not had the expected effect. More surprisingly, there has been a significant increase in the representation of women in all other science-related fields and professions. Our aim is to provide some clues to fight the feeling of inexorability that may be entailed by the research on women in computing. We will argue that part of the problem is related to the static nature of the research deployed around the problem of ‘women in computing’, primarily, the research constructed around the ‘leaky pipeline’ metaphor. We provide a synthesis of the critiques this research has received in recent decades and highlight research trends that render other landscapes visible when studying ‘women in computing’. These trends help us question how we are conducting research within this field and urge us to problematise assumptions about computing and gender that we may paradoxically continue to reproduce even while denouncing the paucity of women in computing and studying the reasons for this state of affairs. In short, we present the need for different researchers’ eyes that allow different landscapes of women and computing to be seen and produced.     

云计算在电子政务中的应用研究

针对传统电子政务底层硬件资源得不到综合利用,各级政府数据库分散且不规范,很难进行综合利用和统一管理的问题,云计算无疑给出了更好的解决方法。本文提出了向云电子政务过渡的过渡模型,以及云电子政务的部署方案,旨在建设更为成熟的云服务平台。     

Simulation-based reconstruction of traffic incidents from moving vehicle mono-camera

Video recordings from digital cameras implemented in road vehicles present a valuable source of data concerning various dangerous traffic situations, i.e., road accidents or near-miss incidents. This data is readily available and numerous methods for forensic reconstruction of traffic situations from vehicle video were presented in the past. New alternative method for reconstruction of traffic situations from vehicle video is presented in this article. The method is based on the fusion of kinetic vehicle trajectory simulation within 3D laser scanner point cloud, projective geometry, and processing of video footage from moving vehicle camera. The method offers accurate reconstruction of general vehicle motion within relevant time domain whereby in-depth technical information about traffic incident can be quantitatively extracted from video footage. The result is physics-based 3D projection of simulated vehicle motion on the motion of real vehicle recorded by moving monocular camera. The method was validated within performed experimental test runs with respect to vehicle speed, distance travelled, acceleration/deceleration and directional quantities (yaw rate, yaw angle). The method was further applied in the reconstruction of real-world traffic events.     

高校数据云存储的实践

随着"数字校园"建设的深入,许多学校都已经建立或正在筹建自己的校园信息系统。但是,仅仅拥有一流的硬件设备和先进的管理软件肯定是不够的,还需要大量的教育信息资源。这就需要大容量的存储设备。而随着"云计算"所带来的信息化革命,高校将逐步建立各自的"私有云",在学校内部实现"云存储"。     

云计算技术在高职高专教育中的应用

云计算基于传统的分布式技术、虚拟技术、并行计算等,是当前IT技术发展的热门之一。本文通过对云计算技术的介绍,探讨了这项技术在高职高专教育课程改革与设置、网络教学和管理以及实训室建设方面的应用。在高职高专教育中使用云计算技术可以解决一些实际问题,有助于高职高专教学管理和人才培养的进一步发展。     

Data protection in cloud computing – The Swedish perspective

This article describes and analyses three recent decisions by the Swedish Data Inspection Board (Datainspektionen) directly focused on cloud computing. All three decisions were published on 28 September 2011 as part of a supervisory project seeking to clarify what demands the Data Protection Act places on organisations utilising cloud computing. As such, and due to the fact that similar concerns arise in the three matters, there is considerable overlap between the three decisions. Indeed, large parts of text are identical in the three decisions. To avoid repetition, I discuss the first decision in most detail, and limit the discussion of overlapping issues in the context of the other two decisions.     

Trust in the clouds

The “cloud” is not new, and its roots go back to the original plans for computing from the 1950s. Now that computing is moving back to the original cloud-based models that were envisioned more than 60 years ago, with it, consumers are realizing the increases in security and safety that accompany the move to centralized servers. Yet the perception of “trust” in this context is often still formed by views that people have from their use of computers over the past two decades, which is localized in nature (“if I can see it, I can control it”). This view is based on perception more than fact. Our paper discusses different views of trust in other contexts (such as banking and travel) and concludes that users of cloud computing should recast their view of trust in a similar way that consumers of banking and travel have changed their perceptions of trust in the last 100 years.     

The Coming of The Cloud

正A new type of computing service has taken off in China,showing enormous growth potential In China cloud computing technology is becoming a larger and larger part of people’s lives, often without the knowledge of their users.Cloud computing enables people to access systems using a Web browser regardless of their location or the devices they use. Meanwhile,