Mohammed A. Al-Hoshani ¹, Shakeel Ahmed ¹

Affiliations
1 College of Computer Sciences and Information Technology, King Faisal University, Hofuf, SA

Abstract

This research aims to provide an easy way to visualize attention levels of a subject through neural interface device and to demonstrate the potential of a neural interface at low cost. A neuroheadset device can play an important role in measuring a subject’s attention and inform the subject about his/her attention levels. For few people, it would be better to measure the attention levels before doing an activity that could end up in bad results due to lack of attention which is a common problem in everything ranging from medical errors during operation to driving errors. In the research the attention level of the brain activity is measured to capture the mood of subjects more specifically which is based on two test cases the first test is carried out with a set of questions which includes logic puzzles and mathematical problems and the second test is with a game to measure subject’s attention. The system is organized with a set of assessment measures adopted by covariance matrix and cosine similarity metric. Experimental results demonstrate that our approach provides highly correlation among similar attributes under subjects with identical background.

Keywords

Brain Computer Interaction, Covariance Matrix, Cognitive Workload, Electroencephalography, Neuroheadset

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Abdullah AlNuaim ¹, Shakeel Ahmed ²

Affiliations
1 College of Computer Sciences and Information Technology, King Faisal University, Hofuf, SA
2 College of Computer Sciences and Information Technology, King Faisal University, Hofuf,, SA

Abstract

Objective: Cloud Computing is the future solution which all companies in the world aim to depend on for its day to day operations because of its big advantages compared with that of the on premises systems. The major challenging issues in Cloud-based environment are security, user authentication, access control, and ensuring the security of stored data in Cloud servers which makes most of the functional and technical people to work on the aspects of security and to provide a solution to secure Cloud computing. Methods: Fog computing is one of the solutions created by Cisco and it is defined as the extension of the Cloud Computing paradigm, its distinctive characteristics in the location sensitivity, wireless connectivity, and geographical accessibility. Accordingly, this research offers an efficient user authentication scheme for Cloud computing by designing the user authentication and access control at the Fog level where, a client-based user authentication methodology has been introduced to confirm identity of the user at client-side to access the Cloud which will enhance the reliability and rate of trust in Cloud computing environments. The system currently being proposed is implemented on mobile devices using an application connected to a Fog node which is further connected to the Cloud node. Findings: In overall, the analysis of the suggested scheme shows that, designing this user authentication and access control model will enhance the security and rate of trust in Cloud computing environments as an emerging and powerful technology in various industries. Application: By incorporating the secured scheme of authentication, Security of Cloud computing environments can be enhanced and protect the system from unauthorized users.

Keywords

Authentication, Cloud Computing, Fog Computing, Man-in-Middle, SMS

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