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VALHALLA — SITE INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE AND SEARCH ENGINE MARKETING
This project includes several subprojects related to information architecture analysis and search engine marketing. All projects will support the Valhalla Research Group. Valhalla is a distributed open source framework that crawls, parses, indexes, and (re)presents code and content. The embedded information retrieval system and search engine are independent from any single point of failure, central hub, server or database and allow the visualization and monitoring of site information architectures across different operating systems.
The distributed Java clients used in the Valhalla framework are capable of communicating and self-organizing, replacing the traditional server based search engines and employing methods and technologies that allow the creation of a highly efficient, speedy, and fault tolerant system. The system consists of many field reprogrammable clients that fulfill different tasks based on system status, client performance, history, connectivity and storage space. Each client coordinates his tasks with other neighboring clients, retrieves the information, stores the result in a local database, and exchanges the pre-processed data and results with corresponding applications.
VALHALLA — DISTRIBUTED FRAMEWORK AND BACKBONE
The project aims towards the development of a distributed, performance optimized framework which creates the backbone of a multithreaded, distributed agent system. The framework will be independent from any operating system and embed routing as well as caching algorithms, distributed databases, replica management, and authentication and authorization functionality. The framework will further provide secure web services and billing/payment functionality.
Resources:
- W3C. Resource Description Framework (RDF). http://www.w3.org/RDF/
- Hyperbee. http://www.hyperbee.com/
- Lucene. http://jakarta.apache.org/lucene/docs/index.html
- Grub. Distributed Web Crawling Project. http://www.grub.org/
- Melnik, Sergey, Sriram Raghavan, Beverly Yang, and Hector Garcia-Molina. Building a Distributed Full-Text Index for the Web. ACM Transactions on Information Systems. July 2001, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp 217-241, Available: http://www-db.stanford.edu/~melnik/pub/melnik_TOIS01.pdf or 10th World Wide Web Conference. July 2000, Published May 1-5, 2001, Hong Kong, Available: http://dbpubs.stanford.edu:8090/pub/2000-29 or http://www-db.stanford.edu/~rsram/pubs/www10/www10paper.pdf
- Sleepycat. Berkeley Database. http://www.sleepycat.com/
VALHALLA — SITE INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE OPTIMIZATION
This project will design an information architecture analysis tool targeted towards webmasters and content providers. The project will provide site and page popularity information as well as analyzing and optimizing site structures, themes, meta tags, comments, keywords and related attributes. The tool will further embed and access Whois services; provide domain name recommendations as well as domain status and expiration alerts; offers event, alerts, and calendar services; analyze search engine rankings and identify related or affiliated sites and competitors; analyze partner and competitor link structures; create competitor lists, partner programs, and marketing campaigns; and maintain a referrer database and reciprocal link manager. The project will offer search engine submission and search engine robot analysis as well as automated sitemap and guidance/cloaking page generation. The tool will further track keywords, themes, and brands across different websites, languages, and platforms; investigate newsgroups, filesharing applications, and shopping portals (Amazon and Ebay); and offer performance tests and optimization as well as code (HTML, XHTML, CSS) validation. Possible implementation will rely on the XPI interface of Firefox and Mozilla.
Resources:
- Cyberalert. BlogSquirrel. http://www.cyberalert.com/blogmonitoring.html
- Search Engine Watch. http://www.searchenginewatch.com/
- Webmaster World. http://www.webmasterworld.com/
- LinkPopularity.com. http://www.linkpopularity.com/
- MarketNet Consulting. http://www.marketnetconsulting.com/
- Internet Marketing Solutions. http://www.imarketingsolutions.com/
- ConAd Marketing. http://www.conad.net/
- Communication Resources Inc. http://www.commresources.net/
- CMarketer. http://www.cmarketer.com/
- Chucke.com. http://www.chucke.com/
- Austin Digital Media Consulting. http://www.chazaustin.com/
- Blue Ray Media, Inc. http://www.cardealerdesign.com/
- BDSI. http://www.bdsi.net/
- AnswerThink. http://www.answerthink.com/
- 2100v. http://www.2100v.com/
- Web Submission Services. http://www.internetmarketingwebsites.com/
- Bruce Clay. http://www.bruceclay.com/
- Online-marketing-services. http://www.online-marketing-services.com/
- HighRankings.com. http://www.highrankings.com/
- Mannix Marketing. http://www.mannixmarketing.com/
- Wordtracker. Keyword Analysis. http://www.wordtracker.com/
- Internet Seer. Monitoring Service. http://www.internetseer.com/
- Googlebar. Mozilla. http://googlebar.mozdev.org/
- PRGooogleBar. Firefox/Mozilla Extension. http://www.prgooglebar.org/
VALHALLA — USABILITY TESTING
This project will add methods and procedures to the Valhalla framework required for the automated testing of usability and accessibility. The application will validate and verify that websites can be accessed at anytime, from everywhere, and by everyone — overcoming potential obstacles. The most successful and functional web accessibility practices will be translated into guidelines, checklists, techniques, and algorithms to enable webmasters and content providers to optimize accessibility and usability across multiple websites, static and dynamic, and to confirm, test and monitor 508/W3C accessibility compliance, searchability and usability. The project will implement and determine W3C validation and usability criteria as well as loading time, necessary plugins, required screen resolution, and similar indicators.
The application will use multiple strategies and technologies to help web designers create a better, more usable web. Usability scenarios will be developed, tested, and verified by comprehensive usability surveys. Problems will be identified and sorted by priority and frequency. Solutions will be developed and tested to achieve optimal customer satisfaction.
The software suite is based on a client server architecture guaranteeing fast and wide-ranging testing scenarios across several platforms; the client utilized by the user monitors and logs user activity (time, keystrokes, mouse movements, mouse clicks, server response); the application server not only validates accessibility and usability criteria, but provides an interface for internet based data collection and evaluation, surveys, and evaluation sessions.
Contacts:
- Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Informationstechnik FIT, Sankt Augustin und Aachen. http://www.fit.fraunhofer.de/
Resources:
- Usable Net. Website Testing Systems. http://www.usablenet.com/
- Usability.gov. Conducting and Using Usability Tests. http://usability.gov/methods/usability_testing.html
- SAP. Automatic Usability Checks. http://www.sapdesignguild.org/resources/auto_check.asp
- Rubin, Jeffrey. "Handbook of Usability Testing: How to Plan, Design, and Conduct Effective Tests." John Wiley & Sons. April 15, 1994, 1 edition, 352 pages, Paperback, ISBN: 0471594032
- Dumas, Joseph S., and Janice C. Redish. "A Practical Guide to Usability Testing." Intellect. October 1, 1999, 416 pages, Paperback, Revised edition, ISBN: 1841500208
- W3C. Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). http://www.w3.org/WAI/
- W3C. Resource Description Framework (RDF). http://www.w3.org/RDF/
- Checky. Plug-in for Mozilla based Browser. http://checky.mozdev.org/
- Uzilla. Software Suite for Web Usability Testing. http://www.uzilla.net/
- Accessibility Watch. http://accessibilitywatch.com/
- Web Compliance Manager. RedDot. http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/57368
VALHALLA — SEMANTIC WEB
The project focuses on distributed information management, object representations, ontology, rule systems, and visualization. The project will design and realize a semantic organizer connecting emails, persons, profiles, addresses, URL's and link structures. The solution will explore methods for the automatic extraction of semantic Meta data from Web objects, customize the crawler/parser of the Valhalla framework and/or extract the information required from the global Valhalla database. Ontology and rules will be developed in order to provide semantic search and visualization functionality including but not limited to profiles, affiliations, neighborhoods, interests, Whois data, addresses, phone numbers, etc.
Power and communication structures will be revealed through patterns of e-mail exchanges. Informal communities that arise when people communicate or collaborate can be uncovered. Groups, leaders, hubs, and authorities, and other hidden patterns of network concentric structures will be visualized. The application will use automated methods including but not limited to popularity ranking and collaborative filtering to explore the frameworks of these living communities. The Semantic Web, a collaborative effort led by W3C, is based on the Resource Description Framework (RDF) and the OWL Web Ontology Language (OWL), which are used to represent information, and to exchange knowledge, and to publish and share sets of terms called ontologies. The project will explore, develop, and exploit automated algorithms to structure and visualized data, patterns, and relationships to provide both users and other applications a better understanding of networks, communities, and relationships.
Resources:
- Competence Center Semantic Web (CCSW) / German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence. http://ccsw.dfki.de/
- Semantic Web. Semantic Web Community Portal. http://www.semanticweb.org/
- W3C. Semantic Web. http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/
- Friend of a Friend (FOAF) Project. http://www.foaf-project.org/
- FOAF Vocabulary Specification. Namespace Document 2 Sept 2004 — FOAF Galway Edition. http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/
- Bowman, Lisa M. "E-mail patterns map corporate structure." CNET News.com. March 24, 2003, Available: http://news.com.com/2100-1032-993897.html
- Kleinberg, Jon. The Structure of Information Networks. Cornell University. Computer Science 685. Fall 2002. Available: http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Courses/cs685/2002fa/
- Soltoff, Paul. "HP Gets It Right. E-Mail Marketing." July 29, 2002, Available: http://www.clickz.com/em_mkt/em_mkt/article.php/1433721
- Dambeck, Holger. "Mundpropaganda. Wie eine Botschaft Millionen erreicht." Spiegel. February 17, 2004, Available: http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/0,1518,286678,00.html
- Oram, Andy. "The Semantic Web: It's Whom You Know." O'Reilly Network.. April 19, 2002, Available: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/04/19/platform.html
- They Rule. http://www.theyrule.net/
- Yu, Clara, John Cuadrado, Maciej Ceglowski and J. Scott Payne. Patterns in Unstructured Data. Discovery, Aggregation, and Visualization. National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education. Presentation to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. 2002, Available: http://javelina.cet.middlebury.edu/lsa/out/cover_page.htm
- Lynn, Regina. "How Long Is Your Digital Trail?" Wired. December 03, 2004, Available: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,65895,00.html
- Virtual Bartender. http://www.virtualbartender.beer.com/beer_usa.htm (Keyword list available at: http://www.virtualbartender.beer.com/Tammy.xml)
- (Commercial) Applications: ZeroDegrees, Friendster, Tribe Networks, CraigsList, Orkut, LinkedIn, Contact Networks, Socialtext, Spoke Software, Ryze, Visible Path and Eliyon.
VALHALLA — SITE ARCHITECTURE VISUALIZATION
The project explores, develops and realizes the methods and algorithms required to visualize site architecture data. The application will visualize patterns and attributes of network concentric structures, including hierarchy, popularity, link structures, and relationships. The application will provide better access to search engines or other information retrieval systems, while uncovering the virtual roads less traveled, visualizing usage patterns, include performance criteria, and indicating missing images, dead links, and other related objects.
Site architectures will be crawled, analyzed, and mapped, providing guidance, navigation, and understanding for site visitors as well as maintenance services for site owners and content providers. The analyses, visual logic, user-centered design, and visualization will fulfill the analytical, narrative, and visual requirements of the user. The application design will respond to the challenge of site architecture visualization and provide an appealing visual explanation of very complex structures, themes, brands, businesses, and identities.
Resources:
- Kartoo. http://www.kartoo.com/
- Mappa Mundi. Map. http://mappa.mundi.net/maps/maps_006/
- Dynamic Diagrams. http://www.dynamicdiagrams.com/
- TouchGraph http://www.touchgraph.com/
- Cyber Geography Research. http://www.cybergeography.org/
- DMASC. Direction Mapping and Sequence Chart. http://www.dmasc.com/
- Links. http://www.dmasc.com/links.cfm
- Ben Fry. Visualization Projects. http://acg.media.mit.edu/people/fry/
- Kahn, Paul and Krzysztof Lenk. Mapping Websites: Digital Media Design. Rotovision. February 2001, 160 pages, Paperback, ISBN: 2880464641
- Dodge, Martin and Rob Kitchin. Mapping Cyberspace. Routledge. November 2000, 260 pages, Paperback, ISBN: 0415198844
- Dodge, Martin and Rob Kitchin. Atlas of Cyberspace. Addison-Wesley Pub Co. January 15, 2002, 288 pages, Hardcover, 1st edition, ISBN: 0201745755
- Anders, Peter. Envisioning Cyberspace: Designing 3D Electronic Spaces. McGraw-Hill Professional. October 30, 1998, 228 pages, Paperback, ISBN: 0070016321
- Barab·si, Albert-L·szlÛ. Linked: The New Science of Networks. Perseus Publishing. May 14, 2002, 256 pages, Hardcover, 1st edition, ISBN: 0738206679
- Durand, David and Paul Kahn. MAPA: A System for Inducing and Visualizing Hierarchy in Websites. Hypertext'98. Proceedings of the Ninth ACM Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia: Links, Objects, Time and Space — Structure in Hypermedia Systems, June 20-24, 1998, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Available: http://www.kahnplus.com/download/pdf/mapaht98.pdf
- Agustin, Lisa and Henry Woodbury. Why Your Web Site Needs Information Architecture. Dynamic Diagrams. White Paper. October 2003, Available: http://www.dynamicdiagrams.com/all_pdfs/dD_information_architecture.pdf
- Woodbury, Henry and Piotr Kaczmarek. Why Your Ideas Need Visual Explanation. Dynamic Diagrams. White Paper. October 2003, Available: http://www.dynamicdiagrams.com/all_pdfs/dD_visual_explanation.pdf
- Technology. Entertainment. Design. http://www.ted.com/info/index.shtml
- Shelton, Brett. The Website Geographic Logfile Visualization Tool. Mapping Portal Page. August 6, 2002. Available: http://www.orthop.washington.edu/mapping/portal/01
- Tufte, Edward. The Work of Edward Tufte. http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/
- Wurman, Richard Saul. Information Architects. Graphis Inc. March 1, 1996, 235 pages, hardcover, ISBN: 0823064557, Available: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0823064557/egs or Watson-Guptill Pubns. October 1, 1997, 240 pages, Paperback, ISBN: 1888001380, Available: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1888001380/egs
- John F. Kennedy Airport. Flight Traffic. http://tracker.flightview.com/htNYNJPA/CurrentTrafficMap.asp?ap=JFK
VALHALLA — LINK AGENT
The project will provide an integrated solution for site maintenance and link management, tracking, and campaigns. The resulting application will not only keep track of external links, but also monitor external partner/referrer links. The application will identify and visualize dead, moved, and expired links. The application will determine potential link partners, link popularity or rank, analyze link structures, evaluate link arrangement and strategy of partners and competitors, and provide automated link campaign and email management solutions for site marketing and site management.
The project will further provide link monitoring services, measurement, assessment, and quality of service analysis. Rankings, logfiles, and related web services, such as "send to friend", "set bookmark", and "inform me about changes" will be used to measure the effectiveness of the link and referral systems.
Resources:
- 1st Monitor. Web Site Monitoring. http://www.1stmonitor.com/
- Absent Brain. Web Site Monitoring. http://www.absentbrain.com/
- Accessibility Watch. http://www.accessibilitywatch.com/
- ACNielsen dMeasure. http://www.acnielsen-dmeasure.com/
- AlarmTILT. Web Site Monitoring. http://www.alarmtilt.com/
- AlertBot. Web Site Monitoring. http://www.alertbot.com/
- AlertMeFirst. Web Site Monitoring. http://www.alertmefirst.com/
- Alertra. Web Site Monitoring. http://www.alertra.com/
- AlertSite. Web Service Monitoring. http://alertsite.com/
- AtWatch. http://www.atwatch.com/
- Internet Seer. http://www.internetseer.com/
- Netcraft Web Server Survey. http://www.netcraft.com/survey
- Netfactual. Web Site Information. http://www.netfactual.com/
- PingALink. Web Service Monitoring. http://www.pingalink.com/
- Webalizer. http://www.mrunix.net/webalizer
- Xenu LinkSleuth. http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html
- Internet Traffic Report. http://www.internettrafficreport.com/main.htm
VALHALLA — LOG FILE ANALYSIS
The project will result in the creation of an application capable of analyzing and visualizing of server log file information. The client component of the software will access server logfiles and determine date, time, client IP address, user name, service name, server name, server ip address, server port, method, URI stem, URI query, protocol status, win32 status, bytes sent, bytes received, time taken, protocol version, host, user agent, cookie, and referrer for each event. The client will further contact web services provided by the server component of the logfile analyzer and compare the individual datasets and summaries with those reported by other clients. The client/server applications create a unique database of access and usage scenarios and provide an overview of global marketing trends. The project will further implement logger and counter services, enabling individual users to analyze their webpages through web services. General developments established by logger and counter services will be integrated in the database and server application.
Resources:
- AWStats. http://awstats.sourceforge.net/
- WebTrends. http://www.netiq.com/webtrends/default.asp
- Sawmill. http://www.sawmill.net/
- Shelton, Brett. The Website Geographic Logfile Visualization Tool. Mapping Portal Page. August ugust 6, 2002. Available: http://www.orthop.washington.edu/mapping/portal/01
VALHALLA — BOT ANALYZER AND DATABASE
This project will allow users to spot (search engine) robots visiting their web sites and to evaluate and visualize (search engine) robot behavior. Individual search engine robots will be identified, the behavior patterns of the crawl will be noted and analyzed, and the time and date stamps of individual accesses, crawls, and sessions will be stored in a database. The application will document IP addresses and User Agents used to access monitored sites; indicate the last visit by individual web crawlers and search engines, and provide (search engine) freshness indicators along with additional information regarding individual robots. The project will further investigate the differences between individual robots and search engines. The analysis of individual (search engine) robot behavior such as Googlebot (Google), IAarchiver (Alexa), Scooter (Altavista), Slurp (Inktomi), and MSNBot (Microsoft MSN) will provide valuable insights into search engine technologies and prove instructive for the development of market shares and trends.
The application will translate IP addresses in domain names, country, and longitude latitude information; provide customized htaccess files and automated updates; and track the activity of certain directories, editors, and link checkers — including but not limited to Dmoz, Yahoo, and LookSmart. The project will provide analysis, interpretation, recommendations, and strategies — including alerts, warning signals, bandwidth consumption indicators, email harvester alerts, honey pots, spider traps and exclusion technologies. The project will explore the robots.txt file as well as the robots nofollow/nocache metatags, which determine if documents can be indexed and whether or not the links can be followed, while documenting the (search engine) robot compliance and code of conduct. The framework will analyze and test the intelligence, capabilities, and sophistication of individual crawlers related to the interpretation of JavaScript, JavaScript links, dynamic links, DHTML, web addresses listed as text only, and various Mime types. The application will further document the (search engine) robot behavior, changes, and evolution; interpret the results; provide web services documenting non-compliant/unfriendly robots and IP addresses; and offer recommendations and guidelines for site information architecture and search engine optimization.
Resources:
- Botspotter. http://botspotter.net/
VALHALLA — DOMAIN EXPLORER
This project will integrate domain research and management features into the Valhalla framework including but not limited to keyword analyzer, domain suggestion, domain tracker, expiration and server status change notices, event calendar and alert system, and domain registration services.
Resources:
- Whois. http://www.whois.sc/
- Dotster. http://www.dotster.com/
- Snapnames. http://www.snapnames.com/
- Network Solutions. http://www.networksolutions.com/
- Checkdomain.com. http://www.checkdomain.com/
- Domainator. http://e-gineer.com/domainator/
VALHALLA — GUARDIAN
The Guardian Project will focus on the weak spots in information retrieval systems and algorithms. The general objective of this project is the development of advanced algorithms which will provide valuable indicators for the next generation of search engines. The project will develop methods, algorithms, and application interfaces optimized to expose search engine manipulation efforts. The project will pay special attention to fast and efficient algorithms to identify duplicate content; expose link farms specifically designed to increase link popularity and keyword association; determine and implement criteria for useful and low quality websites; analyze page, site and link patterns to separate authority websites from bad neighborhoods; and uncover cloaking, spamming, and other manipulation efforts used to influence search engines crawlers and ranking systems.
VALHALLA — FRONTIER
This project aims to explore the mechanisms of current search engine algorithms by aggressively exploiting and exposing their weaknesses. The Frpntier Project will determine testing methods, case scenarios, and techniques to manipulate search engines and search engine results. Although the research concentrates on the unpublished weaknesses of contemporary information retrieval systems, the main purpose of the project is not the manipulation of search engines, but the promotion of search engine algorithms in general.
The project will observe the influence of cloaking, doorway, and sitemap arrangements; install and explore link structures designed to distribute or aggregate link popularity; redesign, frame, and copy external content; study the effects of search engine optimization on keywords, pages, themes, and sites; spam competitors and search engines; design marketing campaigns devised to counter those of external websites; and develop and observe the impact of applications directly effecting the performance of websites and search engines.
VALHALLA — SEARCH ENGINE COVERAGE
The project will provide a comprehensive analysis of search engine technology and search engine coverage. The project will explore the search engine results provided by market leaders, promising prototypes and innovative technologies. The projects will consider criteria as search engine scope and coverage, number of pages indexed, and include response times (minimum/average/maximum), freshness, number of results (minimum/average/maximum), and the quality of search engine results for given data sets. Search engines will certainly include Alltheweb/Yahoo, AltaVista, Google, AOL, HotBot, and Inktomi. The investigation will provide valuable indicators to explore the history and trending for individual search engines and data sets.
Resources:
- MarketLeap. http://www.marketleap.com/
VALHALLA — IP LOCALIZER
This project will provide interfaces and services required for (geo)graphical visualization of IP addresses and domain names. The final product will identify IP addresses, translate IP addresses into domain names, locate domain names, map longitude and latitude information and provide myriad mapping methods, projections and visualization interfaces. The project can be used for identification, domain lookup, verification and (geo)localization depending on IP address, user, language, region, country, or continent. Other options include server log analysis; marketing campaign management, tracking and assessment; location aware content, customs, rules, and variables (design, legal requirements, language and currency preferences, taxes).
A performance optimized web service and interfaces provided will prove useful for who-is-who-where functions within bulletin boards, for logfile, session, and user analysis, as well as for graphical visualization of usage patterns across websites and related applications. A standardized service will further enable content providers to verify user information, filter spam and detect and deter online fraud.
Resources:
- Localizer. http://jan.kneschke.de/projects/localizer/ or http://www.incremental.de/products/localizer/
- Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis http://www.caida.org/
- NetGeo. http://www.netgeo.com/
- Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). http://www.iana.org/cctld/cctld-whois.htm
- Cyber Geography Research. http://www.cybergeography.org/
- Uri Raz. How do I find the geographical location of a host, given its IP address? http://www.private.org.il/IP2geo.html
- Eckehart Röscheisen. IP Intelligence. http://ailab.de/modules/ip-telligence/
- http://www.heise.de/ix/artikel/2002/08/090/
- http://mappa.mundi.net/maps/maps_025/#ref_1
- Geographical Data Resources Online. http://www.geocities.com/marcoschmidt.geo/geo-data.html
- IP to Country Database. http://ip-to-country.webhosting.info/
- Xplanet.
VALHALLA — PRICE AGENT
This project aims to realize a book, CD-Rom and DVD price agent capable of finding the lowest prices of ISBN based products in online bookstores and other shopping portals. The web based price agent will provide convenient search services for new, used, and out-of-print books at several online outlets. The project will further include shipping costs, discounts and coupons, identify the fastest source from ordering to delivery, and provide opportunities for affiliate partnerships. Semantic search options should at least include title, author, keyword, subject, objects of interest, editions, and date of publication.
Resources:
- ISBN.nu http://www.isbn.nu/
- Fetchbook. http://www.fetchbook.info/
- DVD Price Search. http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/
- Techbargains. http://www.techbargains.com/
- Dealtime. http://www.dealtime.com/
- Pricegrabber. http://www.pricegrabber.com/
- Amazon http://www.amazon.com/
- Powell's Books. http://www.powells.com/
- Half.com http://half.ebay.com/index.jsp
- Barnes and Noble. http://www.barnesandnoble.com/
- Alibris. http://www.alibris.com/
- Abebooks.com. http://www.abebooks.com/
- Books-A-Million. http://www.booksamillion.com/
- Strand Book Store. http://www.strandbooks.com/
- Blackwell's. http://www.blackwell.co.uk/
- DVD Price Search. http://www.dvdpricesearch.com/
- Pricewatch. http://www.pricewatch.com/
- Muze. http://www.muze.com/
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SSID WLAN(D)SCAPE
The project started as a research project at the University of Applied Sciences in Kaiserslautern, Germany. The existing Wlan(d)Scape framework collects, stores, visualizes, and maps wireless network information and related data. The software, written in Java, and therefore independent of any operating system, displays several network attributes, signal-strength, signal-level, ISM channel number, WEP (Wired Equivalent Protection), SSID (Select System IDentifier), network name, type (ad-hoc or base station), MAC (Media Access Control) address, status and expansion. Although there are already tools available which offer some functions included in our framework, no program is providing a convenient overview of all wireless networks, positions, and services.
Resources:
- SSID Wlan(D)Scape. http://www.wlandscape.net/
- GreenSpot. http://www.eco.de/servlet/PB/menu/1185128/index.html
- Starbucks. http://www.starbucks.com/retail/wireless.asp
- HotSpotFinder. http://www.yellowmap.de/hotspotfinder/
- NYC Wireless. http://www.nycwireless.net/
- Seattle Wireless. http://www.seattlewireless.net/
- Warchalking. http://www.warchalking.org/
- Free Networks. http://www.freenetworks.org/
- WiFinder. http://www.wifinder.com/
SSID WLAN(D)SCAPE — LOCATION BASED SERVICES, GEO LOCATING, AFFILIATIONS, MARKET RESEARCH
This project will develop the next releases of Wlan(d)Scape including location based and localized services. Wlan(d)Scape will incorporate improved tracking features, geo locating and navigating and cosist of alternate mapping, image and service providers. The project will also explore market opportunities, revenue streams, and strategic partnerships.
SSID WLAN(D)SCAPE — EVERNET
This project will provide an application interface for (commercial) wireless network providers, hardware vendors and third parties. The distributed application will implement features that allow independent, private, and open access point providers to join, form, and promote one unique global virtual private network. One unified billing or compensation solution will not only guarantee unified access across the globe, but eliminate considerable investments in hardware, networks, and personnel. Access point operators will join and support the global network based on the very same utilitarian motives as current webmasters and participants in affiliate networks and banner exchange programs.
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SPAMBLOCKER
This project aims to design and developma distributed, collaborative spam detection and filtering solution that is capable of identifying, reacting, blocking, and eliminating unsolicited emails. The application will conduct pattern and topic based heuristic analysis; check signatures and hash codes; include header analysis and server Whois lookup; identify open relay servers, and create a distributed and continually updated spam database based on IP addresses, email addresses, and patterns. The solution should immediately inform authorities, create black and white lists, and provide plugins, extensions, and interfaces to common mail applications. The application will consider spam deterrence and data protection on different levels: sender, network, server, and mail client. Modules can include spiders and email harvesters, as well as honey pots.
Resources:
- Spam Assasin. Spam Mail Filter. http://www.spamassassin.org/
- Vipul's Razor. Spam Filter Network. http://razor.sourceforge.net/
- Spamcop.net. Spam Reporting Service. http://www.spamcop.net/
- SpamBayes Project. http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/
- Open Relay DataBase. Blacklist. http://www.ordb.org/
- Open Proxies. http://www.openproxies.com/
- Spamhouse Block List. http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/
- Graham, Paul. A Plan for Spam. http://paulgraham.com/spam.html
- UXNSpamCombat. DNS, TraceRoute, Ping, Spamblocker Query http://combat.uxn.com/
- http://www.iplists.com/
- http://www.xoc.net/works/404handler/404xml.asp
- http://www.cluelessmailers.org/
- http://www.mail-abuse.org/
- Sophos. "Sophos outs 'dirty dozen' spam producing countries. Anti-spam specialist maps the spam." Sophos. February February 26, 2004, Available: http://www.sophos.com/spaminfo/articles/dirtydozen.html
- Sophos. White papers about spam. http://sophos.com/spaminfo/whitepapers/
- Heise. "Der meiste Spam kommt aus den USA." Heise Newsticker. March 1, 2004, Available: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/45135
- Heise. "USA bleiben Spam-Land Nummer eins." Heise Newsticker. March 7, 2005, Available: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/58342
SPAM RESEARCH
This project will analyze an already existing, overwhelming collection of spam emails received in the past several months in order to identify and expose patterns concerning source, risk, topic, time, procedures, location, names, emails, open relay server etc.
Resources:
- Sophos. "Sophos outs 'dirty dozen' spam producing countries. Anti-spam specialist maps the spam." Sophos. February 26, 2004, Available: http://www.sophos.com/spaminfo/articles/dirtydozen.html
- Sophos. White papers about spam. http://sophos.com/spaminfo/whitepapers/
- Heise. "Der meiste Spam kommt aus den USA." Heise Newsticker. March 1, 2004, Available: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/45135
- Heise. "USA bleiben Spam-Land Nummer eins." Heise Newsticker. March 7, 2005, Available: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/58342
- Technical University Berlin. Hoax Info Service. http://www.tu-berlin.de/www/software/hoaxlist.shtml
- SpamBayes Project. http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/
- Spamhouse Block List. http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/
- Heise NixSpam Project. Temporary Blackhole List. http://www.heise.de/ix/nixspam/nixspam.blackmatches
SPAM — SPAMTRAP
This project aims to create a distributed spam trap or honey pot which enables the project to conduct an extensive analysis of email harvester sophistication, behavior settings, performance, and relationships. The project will create a diverse set of case studies, link methods, encoding standards, and scripted/dynamic email information. The project will further use optimized methods to determine the source, focus, intention, amount, and topics of spam. Dynamically generated email addresses will allow the tool to trace individual email harvesters and sessions in order to uncover the internal and external distribution channels and usage of email addresses and spam databases.
Resources:
- SpamBayes Project. http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/
- Spamhouse Block List. http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/
- Rehbein, Daniel. Ueber Spam und die Sammler von Mailadressen. http://www.daniel-rehbein.de/spamgift.html
- Rehbein, Daniel. Der konkrete Fall: Teleinfo Map-Scout. http://www.daniel-rehbein.de/teleinfo.html
- Schnucki Project. Spam Analysis. http://koeln.ccc.de/schnucki/ , http://koeln.ccc.de/schnucki/report and http://koeln.ccc.de/prozesse/running/schnucki/index.html User: 23, Password: fnord
- Open Proxies. http://www.openproxies.com/
- 20C3. Chaos Communication Congress. 2003. Audio and Video. Spam Analyse. ftp://ftp.ccc.de/congress/2003
- Sue A Spammer. Spam news and information source. http://www.sueaspammer.com/
- Baard, Mark. "Turning the Tables on Spammers." Wired News. January 25, 2005, Available:
http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,66378,00.html
- Project Honey Pot. http://www.projecthoneypot.org/
- MIT. 2005 Spam Conference. http://www.spamconference.org/
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ELEARNING — CALL FOR PAPERS / CONFERENCE MANAGER
This project aims to the development of a free web based application or paper management system for scholarly conferences, calls for papers, anthologies, and journals. The application will allow registered or otherwise authorized users to add, modify, and delete conferences and calls for papers. The template based application will be database driven and provide submission tracking, paper management, peer review tools, a calendar function, deadline reminder, and search options. The application will further support conference organizers and focus on the tools necessary to promote and manage contacts, submissions, evaluations, and publications. The final application will include mailing lists, bulletin boards, and address and link management of conference e-mail addresses and websites. The software will offer affiliate structures and customized themes, fulfilling the needs of different conference organizers and corporate designs. The ontology or taxonomy of fields will reflect current academic standards, fields, and research interests.
Resources:
- Papersinvited. Commercial Call for Papers Service. http://www.papersinvited.com/
- Eserver. Calls for Papers. http://eserver.org/calls/
- UCL Crypto Group. Call for Papers. http://www.dice.ucl.ac.be/crypto/index.php?page=call4papers&cfp=future#CFP
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EMERGENCY DATABASE / DISASTER RELIEF
This project will provide the framework for an emergency database capable helping relief organizations in case of floods, disasters, draughts, earthquakes, unrests, war, etc. The database will provide the semantic web for people, relationships, places, dates, and affiliations. Web based forms will allow institutions and individuals to add and retrieve disaster related information. The database will rely on scalable and performance optimized retrieval and communication systems specifically designed to help in the event of disaster and catastrophes. Export and import modules will address the need of institutional information providers, such as hospitals, NGOs, and other relief organizations. The database will include images, photographs and other media; provide a multilingual interface; and include lists to hotlines, organizations, and other relevant information providers.
The database will provide search functionality across a wide range of attributes, including last name, first name, middle/nickname, title, birth date, sex, age, and nationality; race, skin complexion, hair style, hair color, beard style, beard color, moustache style, mustache color, eye brows color, eye color, height, weight, blood group, DNA, markings and special features regarding nose, ear, mouth, lip, teeth, chin, neck, forehead, hand, feet, hidden hair, penis, other markings, missing parts of body; national identification/social security number, passport number, driving license, occupation, other documents found, document location; status, location found, and more detailed information about the person; clothes and accessories: shirt style, shirt color, short style, short color, underwear style, underwear color, shoe style, shoe color; watches, rings, necklaces, bracelets, jewelry, as well as other accessories and details.
Resources:
- Friend of a Friend (FOAF) Project. http://www.foaf-project.org/
- FOAF Vocabulary Specification. Namespace Document 2 Sept 2004 — FOAF Galway Edition. http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/
- Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations. http://www.reliefweb.int/telecoms/tampere
- Official Thai Tsunami Information Center. http://csiphuket.i-thai.net/
- Identifizierungskommission, im BKA-Slang Idko
- Asienflut. http://www.asienflut.de/
- Auswaertiges Amt. http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/
- International Red Cross. http://www.icrc.org/
- Fluthilfe Deutschland. http://www.fluthilfe-deutschland.de/
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INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA/ VISUALIZATION/ DESIGN
These multimedia, visualization, and design projects focus on innovation and creative use of media — far beyond web design in its present form. The projects will rely on factual accuracy, research, technical excellence, and brilliant execution. The objectives of these projects are not prototypes but rather the creation of the most complete resource and archive for each given topic. Each project includes several sub-topics, describing history, events, objects or persons. The projects can be prepared in a cooperative, enriching, but competitive team environment. Each individual sub-topic however must be completed independently. Please consider that the projects might be suitable for practical training (Praxissemester), as well as for Project DM or AI, and Diploma, but expectations and requirements will vary. Teams should consider but not limit their ideas to multimedia, sound, collages, layout, design, 3D scenarios, virtual and augmented reality, communities, archives, blogs, Wikipedias, webcams, and audio and video streams.
Contacts:
- Fraunhofer-Institut für Graphische Datenverarbeitung (IGD) in Darmstadt http://www.igd.fhg.de/
Abteilung "Virtuelle und Erweiterte Realität" http://www.igd.fhg.de/igd-a4/index.html
FHG-IGD, Didier Stricker Fraunhofer IGD, Abt. A4, Fraunhoferstr. 5, D-64283 Darmstadt, email: stricker@igd.fhg.de
FHG-IGD, Dirk Reiners Fraunhofer IGD, Abt. A4, Fraunhoferstr. 5, D-64283 Darmstadt, email: reiners@igd.fhg.de
FHG-IGD, Jens Weidenhausen Fraunhofer IGD, Abt. A4, Fraunhoferstr. 5, D-64283 Darmstadt, email: weidenh@igd.fhg.de
[2] Project Arvika http://www.arvika.de/www/index.htm
- Airbus Deutschland GmbH. Bernd, Luehr Airbus Deutschland GmbH, Postfach 95 01 09, D-21111 Hamburg, email: bernd.luehr@airbus.com
- A.R.T. Dr. Konrad Zürl Advanced Realtime Tracking GmbH, Gewerbestr. 17, D-82211 Herrsching, eMail: konrad.zuerl@ar-tracking.de
- Audi. Georg Weissberger AUDI AG, I/FS-2, D-85057 Ingolstadt, eMail: georg2.weissberger@audi.de
- BMW. Human Ramezani BMW AG, Knorrstraße 147, 80788 München, eMail: Human.Ramezani@bmw.de
- DaimlerChrysler. Holger Regenbrecht DaimlerChrysler AG, Research and Technology, Postfach 2360, D-89013 Ulm, eMail: holger.regenbrecht@daimlerchrysler.com
- EADS Deutschland GmbH. Hans Lukasser EADS Deutschlang GmbH, Militärflugzeuge, Postfach 80 11 60, D-81663 München, email: hans.lukasser@m.eads.net
- ART+COM. Kleiststrasse 23-26, 10787 Berlin, Germany, Tel +49.30.21001-0, Fax +49.30.21001-555
Resources:
- "Augmented Reality. Auferstanden Aus Ruinen." Spiegel Online. Available: http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/technologie/0,1518,285043,00.html
- Marriot, Michael. "For New Buildings, Digital Models Offer an Advance Walk-Through." New York Times. March 4, 2004, Available: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/04/technology/circuits/04desi.html
SEVEN WORLD WONDERS
Colossus of Rhodes, Greece
Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt
Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Iraq
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Turkey
Lighthouse of Alexandria, Egypt
Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Greece
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Turkey
Resources:
- Digital Egypt for Universities. http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/
- PBS. Nova Online. Pyramids. The Inside Story. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/
- Art + Com. Antikes Niltal VR (2003). http://www.artcom.de/index.php?option=com_acprojects&page=6&id=4&Itemid=115
- Eternal Egypt. http://www.eternalegypt.org/
- Virtual Egypt. http://www.virtual-egypt.com/
- National Gallery of Art. The Quest For Immortality. Treasures of Ancient Egypt. http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2002/egypt/
- http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/
- Goddio, Frank. Underwater Discovery. Alexandria. http://www.underwaterdiscovery.org/
- PBS. Nova Online. Treasures of the Sunken City. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sunken/
- Art + Com. Tutanchamun (2004). http://www.artcom.de/index.php?option=com_acprojects&page=6&id=32&Itemid=115
Contacts:
- Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities. Director of the Giza Pyramids Excavation. Hawass@sca.gov.eg http://www.guardians.net/hawass/
- Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiques. 3 Al-Adel Abou Bakr St., Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt. Tel. +202 736 5645, Fax. +202 735 7239. http://www.sca.gov.eg/index.html
INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA/VISUALIZATION/ DESIGN — THE FORGOTTEN WONDERS
The original list of the Seven Wonders above was compiled by the Ancient Greeks, but they did not include many other fascinating sites that existed in other parts of the world, or have come to being since. Modern historians have therefore developed the following addition to the original list:
Abu Simbel Temple, Egypt
Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Aztec Temple, Tenochtitlan, Mexico
Banaue Rice Terraces, Philippines
Borobudur Temple, Indonesia
Colosseum, Rome, Italy
Easter Island Statues
Great Wall of China
Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy
Machu Picchu, Peru
Mayan Temples, Guatemala
Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandy, France
Parthenon, Athens, Greece
Petra, the rock-carved city, Jordan
Shwedagon Pagoda, Myanmar
Stonehenge, England
Taj Mahal, Agra, India
Temple of the Inscriptions, Mexico
Throne Hall of Persepolis, Iran
Resources:
Zaun, Harald. "Ikonos und der Niedergang der Maya-Kultur. Wissenschaftler nutzten kommerziellen Spionage-Satelliten, um ein großes Mysterium der Archäologie zu l–sen." Telepolis. January 3, 2005, Available: http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/19/19154/1.html
Contacts:
Grube, Nikolai. University of Texas at Austin. http://www.utexas.edu/cofa/a_ah/peo/faculty/arh/grube.html ngrube@mail.utexas.edu
INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA/ VISUALIZATION/ DESIGN — PHILOSOPHERS
Adorno, Theodor W., 1903 — 1969, philosopher
Arendt, Hannah, 1906 — 1975, philosopher
Benjamin, Walter, 1892 — 1940, philosopher
Engels, Friedrich, 1820 — 1895, philosopher
Feuerbach, Ludwig, 1804 — 1872, philosopher
Fichte, Johann Gottlieb, 1762 — 1814, philosopher
Gadamer, Hans-Georg, 1900 — 2002, philosopher
Habermas, Jürgen, 1928 — , philosopher
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770 — 1831, philosopher
Heidegger, Martin, 1889 — 1976, philosopher
Herder, Johann Gottfried, 1744 — 1803, philosopher
Horkheimer, Max, 1895 — 1973, philosopher
Kant, Immanuel, 1724 — 1804, philosopher
Marx, Karl, 1818 — 1883, philosopher
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, 1646 — 1716, philosopher
Nietzsche, Friedrich, 1844 — 1900, philosopher
Popper, Karl, 1902 — 1994, philosopher
Schiller, Friedrich, 1759 — 1805, philosopher
Schopenhauer, Arthur, 1788 — 1860, philosopher
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889 — 1951, philosopher
INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA/ VISUALIZATION/ DESIGN — COMPOSERS
Bartholdy, Felix Mendelssohn, 1809 — 1847, composer
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685 — 1750, composer
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770 — 1827, composer
Bruckner, Joseph Anton, 1824 — 1896, composer
Handel, George Frederic, 1685 — 1759, composer
Haydn, Franz Joseph, 1732 — 1809, composer
Mahler, Gustav, 1860 — 1911, composer
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756 — 1791, composer
Schubert, Franz Peter, 1797 — 1828, composer
Schumann, Robert Alexander, 1810 — 1856, composer
Strauss, Richard, 1864 — 1949, composer
Telemann, Georg Philipp, 1681 — 1767, composer
Wagner, Richard, 1813 — 1883, composer
Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786 — 1826, composer
Resources:
- Beethoven Haus Bonn. http://www.beethoven-haus-bonn.de/
- Umbach Klaus. "Beethoven Digital. Spirale liebt Staffelwand." Spiegel Online. December 2, 2004, Available: http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik/0,1518,330650,00.html
INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA/VISUALIZATION/ DESIGN — MILITARY LEADERS AND HEROES
Bismarck, Otto Eduard Leopold von, 1815-1898, Chancellor
Blücher, Gerhard Leberecht von, 1742-1819, Prussian General
Clausewitz, Karl von, 1780-1831, Prussian military theoretician
Guderian, Heinz Günther, 1888 — 1954, Chief of Army Staff
Lettow-Vorbeck, Paul von, 1870-1964, Commander in Deutsch-Ostafrika
Lützow, Adolf von, 1782-1834, Prussian officer
Mansfeld, Peter Ernest Graf zu, 1580-1626, General
Müntzer, Thomas, 1486-1525, Theologian
Prien, Günther, 1908-1941, Captain
Richthofen, Manfred, 1892-1918, Pilot
Rommel, Erwin, 1891-1944, General
Scharnhorst, Gerhard Johann von, 1756-1813, General
Schlieffen, Alfred Graf von, 1833-1913, General
Skorzeny, Otto, 1908-1975, Colonel
Stauffenberg, Claus Graf Schenck von, 1907-1944, Colonel
Tirpitz, Alfred von, 1849-1930, Admiral
Wallenstein, Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von, 1583-1634, General
Resources:
- Lettow-Vorbeck Geneaology. http://www.lettow-vorbeck.de/
- Information für die Truppe. "Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck. Ein preussischer Guerillero." Available: http://www.ifdt.de/0201/Artikel/Wilken.htm
- First World War. "Who's Who: Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck." Available: http://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/lettowvorbeck.htm
- The Red Baron. Rittmeister Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen. http://www.briggsenterprises.com/bluemax/
- SüdWestdeutscher Rundfunk. Stauffenberg. http://www.swr.de/stauffenberg/
INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA/ VISUALIZATION/ DESIGN — SHIPS
Bismarck, 1940 — 1941, Battleship
Brandtaucher, 1850 — 1851, Submersible
Gneisenau, 1939 — 1943, Battleship
Goya, 1940 — 1945, Refugee Ship
Graf Spree, — 1939, Battleship
Lusitania, 1906 — 1915, Ocean Liner
Scharnhorst, 1939 — 1943, Battleship
U-47, 1937 — 1941, U-boat
Wilhelm Gustloff, 1937 — 1945, Refugee Ship
Resources:
- KBismarck. The Battleship Bismarck. http://www.kbismarck.com/
- Nova. Hitlers Lost Sub. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostsub/
- Lusitania Historical Society. http://www.lusitania.net/
- Nova. Lost Liners. http://www.pbs.org/lostliners/lusitania.html
- BBC. The Sinking of the 'Scharnhorst' in World War Two. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/scharnhorst_01.shtml
- Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. http://www.scharnhorst-class.dk/
- Military History Online. Wilhelm Gustloff — The Greatest Marine Disaster in History. http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/wwii/articles/wilhelmgustloff.aspx
- Sellwood, Arthur V. The Damned Don't Drown: The Sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff (Bluejacket Books). United States Naval Inst. May 1996, 159 pages, Paperback, Reprint edition, ISBN: 1557507422
- Encyclopedia Titanica. Message Board. Other Ships and Shipwrecks.
http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/discus/messages/6937/6937.html
Related Resources:
- Friends Of The Hunley. http://www.hunley.org/
- PBS. Lost Liners. http://www.pbs.org/lostliners/index.html
- Titanic Historical Society. http://www.titanic1.org/
- Encyclopedia Titanica. http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/index.php
- Andrea Doria. Tragedy and Rescue at Sea. http://www.andreadoria.org/
Related Organizations:
- Seeker Digital Productions. http://sdp-video.com/
- New Jersey Scuba Diver. http://www.njscuba.net/index.html
- NJScuba. http://www.njscuba.com/
- Northern Maritime Research. Shipwrecks Database. http://www.northernmaritimeresearch.com/
- Numa. National Underwater and Marine Agency. http://www.numa.net/
- Apnea. http://www.apnea.fr/
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