Patricia Opanga

Posts by Patricia Opanga

Hidden shadows of the internet – Using AI to detect malicious behavior on the web

by on August 4, 2017 4:18 am
While I was looking through the online profile of Prof. Jure Leskovec, I found very informative white papers on different applications of AI. One that most interested me was the tutorial ‘Malicious Behavior on the Web: Characterization and Detection by Srijan Kumar, Justin Cheng, Jure Leskovec. I found this tutorial very relevant and beneficial in the fact… Read more Hidden shadows of the internet – Using AI to detect malicious behavior on the web

Ransomware – Some Recent Attacks

by on July 28, 2017 2:38 am
Imagine yourself in this position; you get home, excited to complete a report to email it tonight; you put on your computer and bam! The only thing you see is a black screen with instructions that you don’t understand. You have been attacked; all your files have been encrypted; they are asking for a specific… Read more Ransomware – Some Recent Attacks

How Smart is your City?

by on July 17, 2017 2:14 am
  A smart city is a city which is ‘aware’ of the status of its resources such as transport systems, energy and water usage, sewage levels, environment, infrastructure, housing and security; and uses this information to efficiently manage its resources. The data is generated from a set of interconnected devices (internet of things) with sensors… Read more How Smart is your City?

Cognitive Computing - The Recent Breakthroughs and Discoveries

by on July 8, 2017 2:51 pm
What is cognitive computing? We would like computing systems to be able to do exactly what humans can do – think for themselves, make judgement and decisions based on the information they have. The traditional systems have only been acting on instructions programmed into them; with tremendous speed and accuracy – better than the human… Read more Cognitive Computing - The Recent Breakthroughs and Discoveries

How can companies seamlessly move to the cloud?

by on July 7, 2017 6:46 pm
Cloud computing is growing to become the main infrastructure of handling both personal and enterprise computational work. The main advantages cloud computing is that it offers easy access of data and computational resources only at a subscription cost without the overhead of acquiring and maintaining your own infrastructure. Some major concerns are privacy and security… Read more How can companies seamlessly move to the cloud?