This new volume provides a collection of chapters on diverse topics in machine learning algorithms and security analytics, AI and machine learning, and network security applications. It presents a variety of design algorithms that allow computers to employ machine learning to display behavior learned from past experiences rather than human interaction for solutions to security issues and other challenges in data management. The book discusses a variety of algorithms, including Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), Random Forest Algorithm, K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN), Apriori algorithm, MapReduce algorithm, Genetic Algorithm used in IoT applications, and more. The volume presents a survey of speculative parallelism techniques, overheads due to mis-speculation of parallel threads, performance reviews, and finally efficient power consumption. It discusses measuring perceived quality of software ecosystems based on transactions in customer management tools and offers a study of the background modeling and background subtraction along with various other literature studies that justify the role of moving object detection in computer vision. The book also discusses the major challenging issues that occur in real-time environments, outlines the key developments of UAV networks for disaster management applications, and addresses open research issues and challenges based on UAV for disaster management. It also covers the concepts of learning with NASA datasets. Scientists, researchers, faculty, and students involved in research in the area of AI, machine learning, and network security will find valuable information in this volume.

This book looks at various syncretic traditions in India, such as Bhakti, Nath Yogi, Sufi, Imam Shahi, Ismailis, Khojas, and others, and presents an elaborate picture of a redefined cultural space through them. It also investigates different syncretisms—Hindu–Muslim, Hindu– Muslim–Christian and Aboriginal-Ethnic—to understand diverse aspects of hybridity within the Indian nation space. It discusses how Indian nationalism was composed of different opinions from its inception, reflecting its rich diversity and pluralistic traditions. The book traces the emergence of multiple contours of Indian nationalism through the historical trajectory of religious diversity, lingering effects of colonialism, and experimentation with secularism. This volume caters to scholars and students interested in cultural studies, religion studies, pilgrimage studies, history, social anthropology, historical sociology, historical geography, religion, and art history. It will also be of interest to political theorists and general readers.

1) This book presents a comprehensive narrative of North Indian Folk theatre as a counter culture. 2) Rich in empirical material, it shows how North Indian Folk theatres are challenging the cultural hegemony. 3) This book will be of interest to departments of South Asian studies and Cultural studies across UK and USA.

This book examines folk theatres of North India as a unique performative structure, a counter stream to the postulations of Sanskrit and Western realistic theatre. In focusing on their historical, social and cultural imprints, it explores how these theatres challenge the linearity of cultural history and subvert cultural hegemony. The book looks at diverse forms of theatre such as svangs, nautanki, tamasha, all with conventions like open performative space, free mingling of spectators and actors, flexibility in roles and genres, etc. It discusses the genesis, history and the independent trajectory of folk theatres; folk theatre and Sanskrit dramaturgy; cinematic legacy; and theatrical space as performance besides investigating causes, inter-relations within socio-cultural factors, and the performance principles underlying them. It shows how these theatres effectively contest delimitation of human creative impulses (as revealed in classical Sanskrit theatre) from structuring as also of normative impulses of religion and culture, while amalgamating influences from Western theatre, newly-rising religious reform movements of 19th century India, tantra and Bhakti. It further highlights their ability to adapt and reinvent themselves in accordance with spatial and temporal transformations to constitute an important anthropological layer of Indian society. Comprehensive and empirically rich, this book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of cultural studies, theatre, film and performance studies, sociology, political studies, popular culture, and South Asian studies.

The International Conference on Communication and Computing Systems (ICCCS 2018) provides a high-level international forum for researchers and recent advances in the field of electronic devices, computing, big data analytics, cyber security, quantum computing, biocomputing, telecommunication, etc. The aim of the conference was to bridge the gap between the technological advancements in the industry and the academic research.

This book is a collection of accepted papers that were presented at the International Conference on Communication and Computing Systems (ICCCS-2016), Dronacharya College of Engineering, Gurgaon, September 9-11, 2016. The purpose of the conference was to provide a platform for interaction between scientists from industry, academia and other areas of society to discuss the current advancements in the field of communication and computing systems. The papers submitted to the proceedings were peer-reviewed by 2-3 expert referees. This volume contains 5 main subject areas: 1. Signal and Image Processing, 2. Communication & Computer Networks, 3. Soft Computing, Intelligent System, Machine Vision and Artificial Neural Network, 4. VLSI & Embedded System, 5. Software Engineering and Emerging Technologies.

The International Conference on Communication and Computing Systems (ICCCS 2018) provides a high-level international forum for researchers and recent advances in the field of electronic devices, computing, big data analytics, cyber security, quantum computing, biocomputing, telecommunication, etc. The aim of the conference was to bridge the gap between the technological advancements in the industry and the academic research.

Create cryptocurrency and blockchain applications by examining the key algorithms and concepts pertaining to blockchains, transaction processing, mining, distributed consensus, and anonymous currencies. In this book, you'll develop a fully functional cryptocurrency from scratch in the Python language. Practical Blockchains and Cryptocurrencies is a reference for development of blockchain applications and provides you with rigorous information on cryptography and the theory underlying blockchains. This book consists of small chapters that focus on particular topics. You'll start with a short history of money. Next, you will survey the bitcoin and altcoin ecosystem before delving into cryptographic hash functions, symmetric encryption, public key cryptography, and digital signatures. All the mathematics required to develop blockchain applications is covered. The emphasis is on providing a lucid and rigorous exposition on the nature and working of these constructs. The next major segment of the book discusses the key concepts and algorithms required to develop blockchain and cryptocurrency applications. There are expositions on blockchain construction, Merkle trees, peer-to-peer networks, cryptocurrency addresses, transactions, and mining. You'll take a deep dive into the formation of consensus in distributed systems. In this book you'll develop a fully functional cryptocurrency called Helium from scratch in Python. The language requirements are modest since it is presumed that most readers will not be acquainted with Python. The entire source code and unit test code is included in this book. Practical Blockchains and Cryptocurrencies interleaves theory and Helium program code chapters in order to demonstrate the practical application of theory in working Helium program code. What You Will Learn Gain the mathematical foundations as well as the concepts and algorithms of blockchains and cryptocurrencies Implement a cryptocurrency from scratch in Python Master the design of distributed blockchain applications Who This Book Is For Anyone interested in creating cryptocurrency and blockchain applications

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness, QShine 2013, which was held in National Capital Region (NCR) of India during January 2013. The 87 revised full papers were carefully selected from 169 submissions and present the recent technological developments in broadband high-speed networks, peer-to-peer networks, and wireless and mobile networks.

This book is a collection of accepted papers that were presented at the International Conference on Communication and Computing Systems (ICCCS-2016), Dronacharya College of Engineering, Gurgaon, September 9-11, 2016. The purpose of the conference was to provide a platform for interaction between scientists from industry, academia and other areas of society to discuss the current advancements in the field of communication and computing systems. The papers submitted to the proceedings were peer-reviewed by 2-3 expert referees. This volume contains 5 main subject areas: 1. Signal and Image Processing, 2. Communication & Computer Networks, 3. Soft Computing, Intelligent System, Machine Vision and Artificial Neural Network, 4. VLSI & Embedded System, 5. Software Engineering and Emerging Technologies.

In comparison to Industry 4.0, Industry 5.0 is seen as the next industrial revolution, with the goal of leveraging the creativity of human experts in combination with efficient, intelligent, and accurate machines to provide resource-efficient and user-preferred solutions. With the improvements in social networks, cloud, and the internet of things (IoT)-based technologies, the requirement for a strong cyber security system, particularly in the healthcare sector, is increasing. Cyber Trafficking, Threat Behavior, and Malicious Activity Monitoring for Healthcare Organizations provides a comprehensive review of techniques and applications of Industry 5.0-enabled intelligent healthcare-centric cyber security. The goal of this book is to close the gap between AI and cyber security. Covering topics such as malicious activity, the dark web, and smart healthcare systems, this premier reference source is an essential resource for healthcare administrators, IT managers, system developers, system architects, IT specialists, students and educators of higher education, librarians, researchers, and academicians.

Get to grips with the unified, highly scalable distributed storage system and learn how to design and implement it. Key Features Explore Ceph's architecture in detail Implement a Ceph cluster successfully and gain deep insights into its best practices Leverage the advanced features of Ceph, including erasure coding, tiering, and BlueStore Book DescriptionThis Learning Path takes you through the basics of Ceph all the way to gaining in-depth understanding of its advanced features. You'll gather skills to plan, deploy, and manage your Ceph cluster. After an introduction to the Ceph architecture and its core projects, you'll be able to set up a Ceph cluster and learn how to monitor its health, improve its performance, and troubleshoot any issues. By following the step-by-step approach of this Learning Path, you'll learn how Ceph integrates with OpenStack, Glance, Manila, Swift, and Cinder. With knowledge of federated architecture and CephFS, you'll use Calamari and VSM to monitor the Ceph environment. In the upcoming chapters, you'll study the key areas of Ceph, including BlueStore, erasure coding, and cache tiering. More specifically, you'll discover what they can do for your storage system. In the concluding chapters, you will develop applications that use Librados and distributed computations with shared object classes, and see how Ceph and its supporting infrastructure can be optimized. By the end of this Learning Path, you'll have the practical knowledge of operating Ceph in a production environment. This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt products: Ceph Cookbook by Michael Hackett, Vikhyat Umrao and Karan Singh Mastering Ceph by Nick Fisk Learning Ceph, Second Edition by Anthony D'Atri, Vaibhav Bhembre and Karan Singh What you will learn Understand the benefits of using Ceph as a storage solution Combine Ceph with OpenStack, Cinder, Glance, and Nova components Set up a test cluster with Ansible and virtual machine with VirtualBox Develop solutions with Librados and shared object classes Configure BlueStore and see its interaction with other configurations Tune, monitor, and recover storage systems effectively Build an erasure-coded pool by selecting intelligent parameters Who this book is forIf you are a developer, system administrator, storage professional, or cloud engineer who wants to understand how to deploy a Ceph cluster, this Learning Path is ideal for you. It will help you discover ways in which Ceph features can solve your data storage problems. Basic knowledge of storage systems and GNU/Linux will be beneficial.

Over 100 effective recipes to help you design, implement, and troubleshoot manage the software-defined and massively scalable Ceph storage system. About This Book * Implement a Ceph cluster successfully and learn to manage it. * Recipe based approach in learning the most efficient software defined storage system * Implement best practices on improving efficiency and security of your storage cluster * Learn to troubleshoot common issues experienced in a Ceph cluster Who This Book Is For This book is targeted at storage and cloud engineers, system administrators, or anyone who is interested in building software defined storage, to power your cloud or virtual infrastructure. If you have basic knowledge of GNU/Linux and storage systems, with no experience of software defined storage solutions and Ceph, but eager to learn then this book is for you What You Will Learn * Understand, install, configure, and manage the Ceph storage system * Get to grips with performance tuning and benchmarking, and learn practical tips to help run Ceph in production * Integrate Ceph with OpenStack Cinder, Glance, and Nova components * Deep dive into Ceph object storage, including S3, Swift, and Keystone integration * Configure a disaster recovery solution with a Ceph Multi-Site V2 gateway setup and RADOS Block Device mirroring * Gain hands-on experience with Ceph Metrics and VSM for cluster monitoring * Familiarize yourself with Ceph operations such as maintenance, monitoring, and troubleshooting * Understand advanced topics including erasure-coding, CRUSH map, cache pool, and general Ceph cluster maintenance In Detail Ceph is a unified distributed storage system designed for reliability and scalability. This technology has been transforming the software-defined storage industry and is evolving rapidly as a leader with its wide range of support for popular cloud platforms such as OpenStack, and CloudStack, and also for virtualized platforms. Ceph is backed by Red Hat and has been developed by community of developers which has gained immense traction in recent years. This book will guide you right from the basics of Ceph , such as creating blocks, object storage, and filesystem access, to advanced concepts such as cloud integration solutions. The book will also cover practical and easy to implement recipes on CephFS, RGW, and RBD with respect to the major stable release of Ceph Jewel. Towards the end of the book, recipes based on troubleshooting and best practices will help you get to grips with managing Ceph storage in a production environment. By the end of this book, you will have practical, hands-on experience of using Ceph efficiently for your storage requirements. Style and approach This step-by-step guide is filled with practical tutorials, making complex scenarios easy to understand.

Implement and manage your software-defined, massively scalable storage system About This Book * Explore Ceph's architecture in order to achieve scalability and high availability * Learn to utilize Ceph efficiently with the help of practical examples * Successfully implement Ceph clusters to scale-out storage solutions along with outstanding data protection Who This Book Is For A basic knowledge of GNU/Linux, and storage systems, and server components is assumed. If you have no experience of software-defined storage solutions and Ceph, but are eager to learn about them, this is the book for you. What You Will Learn * The limitations of existing systems and why you should use Ceph as a storage solution * Familiarity with Ceph's architecture, components, and services * Instant deployment and testing of Ceph within a Vagrant and VirtualBox environment * Ceph operations including maintenance, monitoring, and troubleshooting * Storage provisioning of Ceph's block, object, and filesystem services * Integrate Ceph with OpenStack * Advanced topics including erasure coding, CRUSH maps, and performance tuning * Best practices for your Ceph clusters In Detail Learning Ceph, Second Edition will give you all the skills you need to plan, deploy, and effectively manage your Ceph cluster. You will begin with the first module, where you will be introduced to Ceph use cases, its architecture, and core projects. In the next module, you will learn to set up a test cluster, using Ceph clusters and hardware selection. After you have learned to use Ceph clusters, the next module will teach you how to monitor cluster health, improve performance, and troubleshoot any issues that arise. In the last module, you will learn to integrate Ceph with other tools such as OpenStack, Glance, Manila, Swift, and Cinder. By the end of the book you will have learned to use Ceph effectively for your data storage requirements. Style and approach This step-by-step guide, including use cases and examples, not only helps you to easily use Ceph but also demonstrates how you can use it to solve any of your server or drive storage issues.

Over 100 effective recipes to help you design, implement, and manage the software-defined and massively scalable Ceph storage system About This Book * Implement a Ceph cluster successfully and gain deep insights into its best practices * Harness the abilities of experienced storage administrators and architects, and run your own software-defined storage system * This comprehensive, step-by-step guide will show you how to build and manage Ceph storage in production environment Who This Book Is For This book is aimed at storage and cloud system engineers, system administrators, and technical architects who are interested in building software-defined storage solutions to power their cloud and virtual infrastructure. If you have basic knowledge of GNU/Linux and storage systems, with no experience of software defined storage solutions and Ceph, but eager to learn this book is for you. What You Will Learn * Understand, install, configure, and manage the Ceph storage system * Get to grips with performance tuning and benchmarking, and gain practical tips to run Ceph in production * Integrate Ceph with OpenStack Cinder, Glance, and nova components * Deep dive into Ceph object storage, including s3, swift, and keystone integration * Build a Dropbox-like file sync and share service and Ceph federated gateway setup * Gain hands-on experience with Calamari and VSM for cluster monitoring * Familiarize yourself with Ceph operations such as maintenance, monitoring, and troubleshooting * Understand advanced topics including erasure coding, CRUSH map, cache pool, and system maintenance In Detail Ceph is a unified, distributed storage system designed for excellent performance, reliability, and scalability. This cutting-edge technology has been transforming the storage industry, and is evolving rapidly as a leader in software-defined storage space, extending full support to cloud platforms such as Openstack and Cloudstack, including virtualization platforms. It is the most popular storage backend for Openstack, public, and private clouds, so is the first choice for a storage solution. Ceph is backed by RedHat and is developed by a thriving open source community of individual developers as well as several companies across the globe. This book takes you from a basic knowledge of Ceph to an expert understanding of the most advanced features, walking you through building up a production-grade Ceph storage cluster and helping you develop all the skills you need to plan, deploy, and effectively manage your Ceph cluster. Beginning with the basics, you'll create a Ceph cluster, followed by block, object, and file storage provisioning. Next, you'll get a step-by-step tutorial on integrating it with OpenStack and building a Dropbox-like object storage solution. We'll also take a look at federated architecture and CephFS, and you'll dive into Calamari and VSM for monitoring the Ceph environment. You'll develop expert knowledge on troubleshooting and benchmarking your Ceph storage cluster. Finally, you'll get to grips with the best practices to operate Ceph in a production environment. Style and approach This step-by-step guide is filled with practical tutorials, making complex scenarios easy to understand.

If you already have basic knowledge of GNU/Linux and storage systems, but have no experience of software-defined storage solutions and Ceph, and are eager to learn about it, this is the book for you. If you are looking for your next career jump as a Ceph administrator, this book is also ideal for you.

China with her booming economy, wants to be recognized as a major player in shaping future world events. To achieve this she is diverting considerable attention to modernizing her armed forces. Her recent acquisitions of state of the art aircraft have important ramifications for India, particularly when there is an outstanding border dispute between the two nations that resulted in the Sino-Indian war of 1962. Though with an increasing level of bilateral dialogue, relations between the two Asian neighbors have improved, yet, one cannot discount the possibility of a settlement being deadlocked. In such a situation, the geo-political outlook and threat perceptions of both nations would dictate the outcome. Any future conflict between the two nations would see extensive use of air power over an area that imposes some unique limitations on air power. This paper analyses the geo-political environment and thereafter focuses on the employment of likely air strategies.

This book highlights the water quality of the Delhi stretch of River Yamuna. The sources of pollution, the subsequent quality degradation, the management of river water and steps towards better solution has been focused. The various usages of river water depending on its quality as per various standards is being discussed here.The book contain two parts. The first part deals with the quality and management of the Delhi stretch of River Yamuna and the expermiental procedures adopted to examine the water quality are dealt with in the second part in annexure. The simple and lucid language adopted by authors will make this book easy to understand.

The study compiles the existing wastewater management in capital city of India commonly known as New Delhi.It has population of more than one million which is expected to grow more than two million by 2021.In 2002-03, the per capita consumption of water in Delhi was 65.90gallons per day.Approximately 3663mld of the wastewater was produced in 2003-04.Out of this only 2230mld is treated.River Yamuna is the only source of freshwater to Delhi and flows like a drain between Wazirabad barrage and Okhla (exit point of river from the city) due to addition of untreated or partially treated wastewater.The present work encompasses the type of wastewater produced form different sources like domestic, industries, institutions and communities.The authors have also tried to capture the extent of diffuse pollution in the city.There is an urgent need to develop a wastewater management plan.O&M of existing wastewater treatment plants must be at the top priority. Sustainable urban drainage systems should be established to tackle diffuse pollution in Delhi.An insight to the 'what is needed to be done' has also been captured via authors.

The focus of this work is to evaluate the various efforts being made internationally to address the issue of environmental pollution caused by aviation activities. There are inherent problems with the enforcement of rules created by the International Civil Aviation Organization. This work attempts to focus the discussion on the relevance these rules have within the framework of Public International Law. Secondly, there is a discussion on the approach that is being taken by the European Union, and how it deals with the problem of noise pollution and emissions. The work further explores the measures and legislations that are enacted by the EU and how that addresses local and international concerns related to aviation pollution.