• Analysis of Alternatives for a Security Information and Event Management Tool in a Virtualized Environment 

      Sepúlveda Rodríguez, Roy A. (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 ...
    • Applicability of Swarm Intelligence to UAVs 

      Martínez Ojeda, Natalia Sary (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2021)
      Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are atype of aircraft that can be controlled remotely o r programmed to fly in an autonomous way. This project tested the applicability of strategies found in biological intelligenceto ...
    • Asegurar sistemas de automatización y control de edificios contra ataques cibernéticos 

      Meléndez Torres, Ferdinand (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2020)
      Los ataques cibernéticos a sistemas de IT o tecnologías de la información son comunes y generalmente se originan en la Internet. Los sistemas de automatización y control de edificios (SACE) a menudo están conectados a ...
    • At-Risk students prediction using machine learning 

      Ledain Gentillon, Reginald (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 ...
    • Authenticity Access and Temperature Monitoring of Students to the Public System of the Puerto Rico Department of Education 

      González Hernández, Javier (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2022)
      This project consists of creating a system to authenticate and monitor students' temperature at the entrance of a school. The system will have a student's ID barcode scanner, temperature measurement, hand washing, ...
    • Blockchain for Nuclear Facilities 

      Morales García, John E. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)
      Nuclear facilities are some of the most highly protected structures in the world. But rapid technological advances, terrorism and the cyberwarfare, has increased the threat of cybernetic attacks on nuclear facilities. ...
    • Capture the Flag (CTF): Website Tutorial to Boost Cybersecurity Training 

      Santiago Lozada, Reinaldo E. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2019)
      Cybersecurity is a new topic in many organizations, including educational organizations. This new field will have an increase, as new technologies emerged. For that reasons, in order to meet the cybersecurity personnel ...
    • Capture-The-Flag Framework and Virtual Environment for Cyber Security Education 

      Colón Pérez, Jadiel A. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)
      When studying cybersecurity or other computer-related technical careers, a problem among the students is the lack of hands-on experience. This can be solved by participating in internships, conferences, and ...
    • The change in airfare tickets based on the weekday and the continent 

      Santos Rodríguez, Gabriela (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 ...
    • Cracking the Monoalphabetic Substitution Cipher 

      Santana, Carlos (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2022)
      Cryptography is the cornerstone of secure communication. It is the study of techniques by which a message, the plaintext, is transformed into an obfuscated form, the ciphertext. One of the earliest ...
    • Customer Support Tool 

      Castillo Rivera, Francisco J (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)
      Small sales companies rely on their customers’ satisfaction after sale has been made. A big part of a customer satisfaction relies on the customer support given to them after the product has been sold. The problem with ...
    • Data Culture in Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs) 

      González Berrios, Gerardo (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2022)
      Non-profit organizations contribute to societies and are the first in natural disaster relief efforts. These must keep a record of the data to establish a correct analysis and be able to prepare the required reports in the ...
    • Data mining techniques and machine learning model for Walmart weekly sales forecast 

      Santaella Colón, José Gil (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 ...
    • Data Mining Techniques for the Integrated Postsecondary Data System 

      Jiménez Vargas, Wilfredo (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 ...
    • Design of a Framework for the Best Practices in Computer Forensics within the Cybersecurity Infrastructure in the Regulated Industry 

      Vázquez Ruiz, Eduardo (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 ...
    • Detection of WannaCry using Splunk and Sysmon 

      Motta López, Henry (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2021)
      Lately, ransomware keeps being an important topic of conversation around the information security communities, as well as politics and economics. It has caused major damage in all these sectors and researchers must keep ...
    • Diseño de un Sistema Experto para Examinar Síntomas de Depresión o Ansiedad 

      Rosario Rodríguez, Adam (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2022)
      La salud mental es una de las áreas de la salud que más se descuida en nuestra sociedad. La ansiedad y la depresión son de las condiciones que más padecen las personas y pueden ser por diversas razones. Se estima que cerca ...
    • Employee Guide to Cybersecurity and Cyber Threats 

      Feliciano Cruz, Emily Y. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2023)
      Cybersecurity is a growing concern for companies and workers due to the growing threats posed by technology. The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for protective shields, with malware being a major threat. WannaCry, ...
    • Empowering the Weakest Link in Today's Technology with: Cyber-security Protection by Means of Password Security 

      Serrano Malavé, Lázaro R. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2018)
      No matter how expensive or how advanced the technology inside your organization is, there is always going to be the human factor. In this project I develop a program written in C++ that will help not only IT professionals ...
    • Exploring Distributed Machine Learning System on Raspberry Pi Computer Cluster 

      Torres Torres, Isaac L. (Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, 2021)
      This project explored the use of Distributed Machine Learning (DML) as a potential tool in training times of Machine Learning (ML) models in lower-end computer cluster, to provide alternatives for students and scientists ...