Computer Science: Recent submissions
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Design of a Framework for the Best Practices in Computer Forensics within the Cybersecurity Infrastructure in the Regulated Industry
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)We cannot ignore the fact that hackers have been evolving and growing to the level that there are more hackers with the attraction to do evil than Ethical Hackers. Cyber-attacks are a growing threat for companies, and ... -
Implementation of a Cost Function to Model Travel Cost for Shortest Path Routing
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)Many times, as we travel in a region from one place to another we start wondering if there’s a better, optimal path to travel from point A to point B. In order to figure this out, normally, we would seek for details ... -
Data Mining Techniques for the Integrated Postsecondary Data System
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)The Process of generating the necessary information for the Integrated Postsecondary Data System can be tedious; a standard way to collect the information for the different departments is needed. To process it, we use ... -
Analysis of Alternatives for a Security Information and Event Management Tool in a Virtualized Environment
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)Security Information and Event Management is a software tool that increases the cyber-situational awareness of a system. Since many products are available in the market, there is a desire from companies and individuals ... -
Tecnología Inteligente de Minería de Datos en Telecomunicaciones
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)Las compañías de telecomunicaciones generan una enorme cantidad de datos. Estos incluyen; los datos de detalles de llamadas, que describe las llamadas que atraviesan las redes de telecomunicaciones, aunado a la red de datos ... -
Security Network Lab (MITM & Honeypot)
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)Many people on the IT environment knows that internet can be a dark and dangerous place; featuring viruses and cyber-attacks. But the rest of the people across the internet not think that are really exposed to be attacked. ... -
Journey to becoming a hacker: from zero to cybersecurity ninja
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)Time to time technology changes and the need for cyber security experts increases. While is true that lots of universities prepare students on this career, somehow students face trouble understanding how to acquire the ... -
National Cyber League challenges as a way to teach Cybersecurity
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)Cybersecurity education is a relative new topic in most educational organizations today. This presents a problem to most educational institutions like universities who confront the challenge of teaching cybersecurity topics ... -
The change in airfare tickets based on the weekday and the continent
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)The purpose of this study is to help people understand the different theories that exist and to prove if any of the theories are actually effective when buying an airplane ticket. A research was conducted to have a ... -
Implementation of real-time cybersecurity training through the integration of a hypervisor and an online CTF engine
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)During 2017 and 2018, undergraduate and graduate students from the ECECS Department at the PUPR have seen an academic improvement in cybersecurity from their participation in Capture the Flag (CTF) competitions. These ... -
Sistema de administración de propiedades
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)Como empleado de una compañía dedicada a administrar y reposeer propiedades, surge la inquietud de crear un sistema con una base de datos que almacene la cartera de propiedades con las diferentes situaciones que ... -
Data mining techniques and machine learning model for Walmart weekly sales forecast
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)The ability to forecast data accurately is extremely valuable in a vast array of domains such as health, sales, finance, weather or sports. Presented here is the study and implementation of data mining techniques and ... -
At-Risk students prediction using machine learning
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)This article intends to discover how machine learning can be used to predict at-risk students during the school year. Different algorithms were tested within a common framework to compare their accuracy and their ... -
Reputation Scanner
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)The issue of security is paramount in any organization, especially one such as a bank. With the intention to improve bank security, a web application was developed. The application involves the scanning of uniform resource ... -
Introduction into Cybersecurity through Cryptographic Algorithms
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)Cybersecurity has become one of the most crucial national security concerns facing the U.S.A. and the rest of the world. This is due to society’s ever-growing dependency on technology, which has made it extremely vulnerable ... -
Hacking Mobile Devices Using WiFi Pineapple Nano
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)Nowadays wireless access points can be found everywhere from fast food restaurants to private companies embracing Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies. These access points present a flexible solution in which different ... -
Implementing USB Attacks with Microcontrollers
(Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)The USB specification has become one of the most prominent standards for interconnection between devices and peripherals. Its main objective is to provide ease of use and increase compatibility by implementing standard ...