March 2025-: Top Cited Articles in Computer Science & Information Technology

Top Cited Articles in Computer
Science & Information
Technology: March 2025
International Journal of Computer Science and
Information Technology (IJCSIT)
WJCI,INSPEC Indexed
ISSN: 0975-3826(online); 0975-4660 (Print)
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EDGE DETECTION TECHNIQUES FOR IMAGE SEGMENTATION
Muthukrishnan.R1
and M.Radha2
1
Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore.
2
Research Scholar, Department of Statistics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore.
ABSTRACT
Interpretation of image contents is one of the objectives in computer vision specifically in image
processing. In this era it has received much awareness of researchers. In image interpretation the partition
of the image into object and background is a severe step. Segmentation separates an image into its
component regions or objects. Image segmentation t needs to segment the object from the background to
read the image properly and identify the content of the image carefully. In this context, edge detection is a
fundamental tool for image segmentation. In this paper an attempt is made to study the performance of
most commonly used edge detection techniques for image segmentation and also the comparison of these
techniques is carried out with an experiment by using MATLAB software.
KEYWORDS
Computer Vision , Image Segmentation , Edge detection, MATLAB.
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DIAGONAL BASED FEATURE EXTRACTION FOR HANDWRITTEN
ALPHABETS RECOGNITION SYSTEM USING NEURAL NETWORK
J.Pradeep1
, E.Srinivasan2
and S.Himavathi3
1,2
Department of ECE, Pondicherry College Engineering, Pondicherry, India.
3
Department of EEE, Pondicherry College Engineering, Pondicherry, India
ABSTRACT
An off-line handwritten alphabetical character recognition system using multilayer feed forward neural
network is described in the paper. A new method, called, diagonal based feature extraction is introduced
for extracting the features of the handwritten alphabets. Fifty data sets, each containing 26 alphabets
written by various people, are used for training the neural network and 570 different handwritten
alphabetical characters are used for testing. The proposed recognition system performs quite well yielding
higher levels of recognition accuracy compared to the systems employing the conventional horizontal and
vertical methods of feature extraction. This system will be suitable for converting handwritten documents
into structural text form and recognizing handwritten names.
KEYWORDS
Handwritten character recognition, Image processing, Feature extraction, feed forward neural networks.
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Applied Information Technology, JATIT vol.4, no.12, pp.1171
Authors
J.Pradeep received his B.Tech degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Barathiyar
college of Engineering and Technogy affiliated to Pondicherry University in the year
2005. He obtained his M.Tech degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering
from Podicherry Engineering College in the year 2009. He is currently a Ph.D
candidate in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering in
Podicherry Engineering College. He has published two papers in International Journal.
He is a life member of ISTE. His areas of interest are Wireless Communication, Image
proceesing and Neural networks.
E.Srinivasan obtained his B.E. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from
P.S.G. College of Technology, Coimbatore, India, in the year 1984. He received his
M.E. degree in Instrumentation Technology in the year 1987 from Madras Institute of
Technology, Chennai, India. He was awarded with Ph.D. degree by the Anna
University, Chennai, India in the year 2003 for his research contributions in Nonlinear
Signal Processing. Currently, he is serving as Professor and Head of the Department
of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Pondicherry Engineering College,
Pondicherry, India. He has published 30 research papers in national/international journals/conferences. He
is a reviewer of the AMSE journal of Signal Processing. His research interests inc
processing and pattern recognition and their applications.
S.Himavathi completed her BE degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from
College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai, India, in the year 1984. She obtained her
Technology, Chennai, India. She completed her Ph.D. degree in the area of Fuzzy
modeling in the year 2003 from Anna University, Chennai, India. She is a Professor and
Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Pondicherry
Engineering College. She has around 50 publications to her credit. She is a reviewer of
the AMSE journal of Modeling, IEEE Industrial Electronics Society and Asian Neural Networks Society.
Her research interests are Fuzzy systems, Neural Networks, Hybrid systems and their applications.
Conference on Information Technology (ICIT'06), ICIT, pp. 133-136.
[16] Rafael C. Gonzalez, Richard E. woods and Steven L.Eddins, Digital Image Processing using
MATLAB, Pearson Education, Dorling Kindersley, South Asia, 2004.
handwritten numeral recognition of four popular south-Indian scripts,” 38 Journal of Theoretical and
Applied Information Technology, JATIT vol.4, no.12, pp.1171-1181, 2008.
received his B.Tech degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Barathiyar
f Engineering and Technogy affiliated to Pondicherry University in the year
tment of Electronics and Communication Engineering in
obtained his B.E. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from
P.S.G. College of Technology, Coimbatore, India, in the year 1984. He received his
echnology, Chennai, India. He was awarded with Ph.D. degree by the Anna
University, Chennai, India in the year 2003 for his research contributions in Nonlinear
Signal Processing. Currently, he is serving as Professor and Head of the Department
cs and Communication Engineering, Pondicherry Engineering College,
is a reviewer of the AMSE journal of Signal Processing. His research interests include nonlinear signal
processing and pattern recognition and their applications.
completed her BE degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from
degree in Instrumentation Technology in the year 1987 from Madras Institute of
e Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Pondicherry
Steven L.Eddins, Digital Image Processing using
Indian scripts,” 38 Journal of Theoretical and
received his B.Tech degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Barathiyar
f Engineering and Technogy affiliated to Pondicherry University in the year
tment of Electronics and Communication Engineering in
lude nonlinear signal
completed her BE degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from
degree in Instrumentation Technology in the year 1987 from Madras Institute of
e Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Pondicherry

SECURITY THREATS ON CLOUD COMPUTING VULNERABILITIES
Te-Shun Chou
Department of Technology Systems, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, U.S.A.
ABSTRACT
Clouds provide a powerful computing platform that enables individuals and organizations to perform
variety levels of tasks such as: use of online storage space, adoption of business applications,
development of customized computer software, and creation of a “realistic” network environment. In
previous years, the number of people using cloud services has dramatically increased and lots of data has
been stored in cloud computing environments. In the meantime, data breaches to cloud services are also
increasing every year due to hackers who are always trying to exploit the security vulnerabilities of the
architecture of cloud. In this paper, three cloud service models were compared; cloud security risks and
threats were investigated based on the nature of the cloud service models. Real world cloud attacks were
included to demonstrate the techniques that hackers used against cloud computing systems. In addition,
countermeasures to cloud security breaches are presented.
KEYWORDS
Cloud computing, cloud security threats and countermeasures, cloud service models.

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COMMON PHASES OF COMPUTER FORENSICS INVESTIGATION
MODELS
Yunus Yusoff, Roslan Ismail and Zainuddin Hassan
College of Information Technology, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Selangor, Malaysia
ABSTRACT
The increasing criminal activities using digital information as the means or targets warrant for a
structured manner in dealing with them. Since 1984 when a formalized process been introduced, a great
number of new and improved computer forensic investigation processes have been developed. In this
paper, we reviewed a few selected investigation processes that have been produced throughout the years
and then identified the commonly shared processes. Hopefully, with the identification of the commonly
shard process, it would make it easier for the new users to understand the processes and also to serve as
the basic underlying concept for the development of a new set of processes. Based on the commonly
shared processes, we proposed a generic computer forensics investigation model, known as GCFIM.
KEYWORDS
Computer Forensic Models, Computer Forensic Investigation

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[16] E. S. Pilli, R. C. Joshi, & R. Niyogi, (2010) “Network Forensic frameworks: Survey and research
challenges,” Digital Investigation, Vol. 7, pp. 14
Authors
Yunus Yusoff is currently pursuing a PhD in the field of computer forensics focusing
on the trustworthiness of digital evidence. Prior to joining education field, he has
extensive working experience in banking industry, managing a department specializing
in the information security and disaster recovery.
s,” Digital Investigation, Vol. 7, pp. 14-27.
is currently pursuing a PhD in the field of computer forensics focusing
nce in banking industry, managing a department specializing
in the information security and disaster recovery.
is currently pursuing a PhD in the field of computer forensics focusing
nce in banking industry, managing a department specializing

Hybrid GPS-GSM Localization of Automobile Tracking System
Mohammad A. Al-Khedher
Mechatronics Engineering Department, Al-Balqa Applied University, Amman 11134, Jordan.
ABSTRACT
An integrated GPS-GSM system is proposed to track vehicles using Google Earth application. The remote
module has a GPS mounted on the moving vehicle to identify its current position, and to be transferred by
GSM with other parameters acquired by the automobile’s data port as an SMS to a recipient station. The
received GPS coordinates are filtered using a Kalman filter to enhance the accuracy of measured position.
After data processing, Google Earth application is used to view the current location and status of each
vehicle. This goal of this system is to manage fleet, police automobiles distribution and car theft cautions.
KEYWORDS
Automobile Tracking, GPS, GSM, Microcontroller, Kalman filter, Google Earth.

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SEGMENTATION AND OBJECT RECOGNITION USING EDGE
DETECTION TECHNIQUES
Y.Ramadevi, T.Sridevi, B.Poornima, B.Kalyani
Department of CSE , Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology Gandipet, Hyderabad.
ABSTRACT
Image segmentation is to partition an image into meaningful regions with respect to a particular
application. Object recognition is the task of finding a given object in an image or video sequence. In this
paper, interaction between image segmentation (using different edge detection methods) and object
recognition are discussed. Edge detection methods such as Sobel, Prewitt, Roberts, Canny, Laplacian of
Guassian(LoG) are used for segmenting the image. Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm, OSTU
and Genetic algorithms were used to demonstrate the synergy between the segmented images and object
recognition.
KEYWORDS
EM algorithm, OSTU, Genetic Algorithm, Image Segmentation, Object Recognition.

REFERENCES
[1] Iasonas Kokkinos, and Petros Maragos (2009),”Synergy between Object Recognition and image
segmentation using Expectation and Maximization Algorithm”., IEEE Trans. on Pattern Analysis and
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Soft Computing Approaches”, IJRTE, vol1,No2, 2009 250-254.

AUTHORS
Y Rama Devi received B.E. from Osmania University in 1991 and M.Tech
from JNT University in 1997. She received his Ph.D. degree Central University,
Hyderabad in 2009. She is Professor, Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology,
Hyderabad. Her research interests include Image Processing, Soft Computing, Data
Mining, and Bio-Informatics. She is a member for IEEE, ISTE, IETE, and IE. She has
published more than 25 research publications in various National, Inter
conferences, proceedings and Journals.
T.Sridevi received B E from Osmania University in 1
JNT University in 2002. She is pursuing her Ph D from Osmania University in Computer
Science under the guidance of Dr V. Vijaya Kumar. She has 14 years of teaching/industry
experience. She joined as Assistant Professor in C
Technology, Hyderabad, India in 2002. Presently she is an Associate Professor, Chaitanya
Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad. Her research areas include Water Marking,
Image Processing and Soft Computing. She is a lif
research publications in various National, Inter
B.Poornima received her B.Tech from J.N.T.U in 2005. She is pursuing her M.Tech from
CBIT under Osmania University. Her area of interest is image processing.
B.Kalyani received B.Sc computers from Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur in
2003, M.Sc Mathematics from Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur in 2006 and
M.Tech(C.S.E) from Osmania University. Her area of interest is image processing.
received B.E. from Osmania University in 1991 and M.Tech (CSE) degree
Informatics. She is a member for IEEE, ISTE, IETE, and IE. She has
published more than 25 research publications in various National, Inter-national
conferences, proceedings and Journals.
received B E from Osmania University in 1992 and M.Tech (CSE) degree from
experience. She joined as Assistant Professor in Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of
Image Processing and Soft Computing. She is a life member of IETE. She has published more than 5
research publications in various National, Inter-national conferences, proceedings and Journals.
received her B.Tech from J.N.T.U in 2005. She is pursuing her M.Tech from
niversity. Her area of interest is image processing.
received B.Sc computers from Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur in
versity. Her area of interest is image processing.
(CSE) degree
Informatics. She is a member for IEEE, ISTE, IETE, and IE. She has
national
992 and M.Tech (CSE) degree from
haitanya Bharathi Institute of
e member of IETE. She has published more than 5
national conferences, proceedings and Journals.
received her B.Tech from J.N.T.U in 2005. She is pursuing her M.Tech from
received B.Sc computers from Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur in

UBIQUITOUS MOBILE HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM FOR
ELDERLY (UMHMSE)
Abderrahim BOUROUIS1
,Mohamed FEHAM2
and Abdelhamid BOUCHACHIA3
1
STIC laboratory, Abou-bekr BELKAID University,Tlemcen,Algeria
2
STIC laboratory, Abou-bekr BELKAID University,Tlemcen,Algeria
3
Research Group,Software Engineering and Soft Computing,University of Klagenfurt, Austria
ABSTRACT
Recent research in ubiquitous computing uses technologies of Body Area Networks (BANs) to monitor
the person's kinematics and physiological parameters. In this paper we propose a real time mobile health
system for monitoring elderly patients from indoor or outdoor environments. The system uses a biosignal
sensor worn by the patient and a Smartphone as a central node. The sensor data is collected and
transmitted to the intelligent server through GPRS/UMTS to be analyzed. The prototype (UMHMSE)
monitors the elderly mobility, location and vital signs such as Sp02 and Heart Rate. Remote users (family
and medical personnel) might have a real time access to the collected information through a web
application.
KEYWORDS
Ubiquitous health monitoring, Mobile Health Monitoring, Smartphone. Intelligent central sever, Location.

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information Technology (IJCSIT) Vol.2, No.4, 2010,pp. 76-86.

AUTHORS
Abderrahim Bourouis received the B.E. and M.E..degrees in telecommunication from
Abou-bekr BELKAID university , Algeria, in 2007 and 2009 respectively. He joined STIC
laboratory in 2010. He has been engaged in the design and development of Locationbased
service (LBS) and Body Sensor Networks (BSN).
Mohammed Feham received the Dr. Eng. degree in Optical and Microwave
Communications from the University of Limoges (France) in 1987, and his PhD in
Science from the University of Tlemcen (Algeria) in 1996. Since 1987, he has be
Assistant Professor and Professor of Microwave, Communication Engineering and
Telecommunication Networks. He has served on the Scientific Council and other
committees of the Electronics and Telecommunication Departments of the University of Tlemcen. His
research interest now is mobile networks and services.
Abdelhamid Bouchachia is currently an Associate Professor at the University of
Klagenfurt, Department of Informatics, Austria. He obtained his Doctorate in Computer
Science from the same University
University of Alberta, Canada. His major research interests include soft computing and
machine learning encompassing nature
systems, incremental learning, semi
member of the IEEE task force for adaptive and evolving fuzzy systems and member of
the Evolving Intelligent Systems (EIS) Technical Commmittee of the Systems, Man and Cybernetics
(SMC) Society of IEEE.
received the B.E. and M.E..degrees in telecommunication from
bekr BELKAID university , Algeria, in 2007 and 2009 respectively. He joined STIC
y Sensor Networks (BSN).
received the Dr. Eng. degree in Optical and Microwave
Science from the University of Tlemcen (Algeria) in 1996. Since 1987, he has be
research interest now is mobile networks and services.
is currently an Associate Professor at the University of
in 2001. He then spent one year as a post-doc at the
machine learning encompassing nature-inspired computing, neurocomputing, fuzzy
systems, incremental learning, semi-supervised learning and uncertainty modeling.. He is a
received the B.E. and M.E..degrees in telecommunication from
bekr BELKAID university , Algeria, in 2007 and 2009 respectively. He joined STIC
received the Dr. Eng. degree in Optical and Microwave
Science from the University of Tlemcen (Algeria) in 1996. Since 1987, he has been
is currently an Associate Professor at the University of
doc at the
inspired computing, neurocomputing, fuzzy
supervised learning and uncertainty modeling.. He is a

MACHINE LEARNING METHODS FOR SPAM E-MAIL
CLASSIFICATION
W.A. Awad1
and S.M. ELseuofi2
1
Math.&Comp.Sci.Dept., Science faculty, Port Said University
2
Inf. System Dept.,Ras El Bar High inst.
ABSTRACT
The increasing volume of unsolicited bulk e-mail (also known as spam) has generated a need for reliable
anti-spam filters. Machine learning techniques now days used to automatically filter the spam e-mail in a
very successful rate. In this paper we review some of the most popular machine learning methods
(Bayesian classification, k-NN, ANNs, SVMs, Artificial immune system and Rough sets) and of their
applicability to the problem of spam Email classification. Descriptions of the algorithms are presented,
and the comparison of their performance on the SpamAssassin spam corpus is presented.
KEYWORDS
Spam, E-mail classification, Machine learning algorithms

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ENHANCEMENT OF IMAGES USING MORPHOLOGICAL
TRANSFORMATIONS
K.Sreedhar1
and B.Panlal2
1
Department of Electronics and communication Engineering, VITS (N9) Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh,
India
2
Department of Electronics and communication Engineering, VCE (S4) Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh,
India
ABSTRACT
This paper deals with enhancement of images with poor contrast and detection of background. Proposes a
frame work which is used to detect the background in images characterized by poor contrast. Image
enhancement has been carried out by the two methods based on the Weber’s law notion. The first method
employs information from image background analysis by blocks, while the second transformation method
utilizes the opening operation, closing operation, which is employed to define the multi-background gray
scale images. The complete image processing is done using MATLAB simulation model. Finally, this
paper is organized as follows as Morphological transformation and Weber’s law. Image background
approximation to the background by means of block analysis in conjunction with transformations that
enhance images with poor lighting. The multibackground notion is introduced by means of the opening
by reconstruction shows a comparison among several techniques to improve contrast in images. Finally,
conclusions are presented.
KEYWORDS
Image Background Analysis by blocks, Morphological Methods, Weber’s law notion, Opening Operation,
Closing Operation, Erosion-Dilation method, Block Analysis for Gray level images.

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from JNTUH University, Hyderabad, India and M.Tech degree in Communication Systems
from JNTUH University, Hyderabad, India . He attended the International Conference on
Technology and Innovation at Chennai. He also attended the National Conference at
Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India on INNOVATIVE IN WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY. He is
working as a Assistant Professor in Electronics and Communication Engineering department
at Vivekananda Institute of Science and Technology, Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh, India He
has a Life Member ship in ISTE. He published four International Research papers.
B.Panlal received the B.Tech. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from
JNTUH University, Hyderabad, India and M.Tech degree from KU University, Warangal,
India . He has a Life Member ship in ISTE. Presently, He is working at Vaageswari College
of engineering, AndhraPradesh, India.
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received the B.Tech. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering
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B.Tech. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from
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received the B.Tech. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering
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B.Tech. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from

INFORMATION SECURITY RISK ANALYSIS METHODS AND
RESEARCH TRENDS: AHP AND FUZZY COMPREHENSIVE METHOD
Ming-Chang Lee
National Kaohsiung University of Applied Science, Taiwan
ABSTRACT
Information security risk analysis becomes an increasingly essential component of organization’s
operations. Traditional Information security risk analysis is quantitative and qualitative analysis methods.
Quantitative and qualitative analysis methods have some advantages for information risk analysis.
However, hierarchy process has been widely used in security assessment. A future research direction may
be development and application of soft computing such as rough sets, grey sets, fuzzy systems, generic
algorithm, support vector machine, and Bayesian network and hybrid model. Hybrid model are developed
by integrating two or more existing model. A Practical advice for evaluation information security risk is
discussed. This approach is combination with AHP and Fuzzy comprehensive method.
KEYWORDS
Information security risk analysis; quantitative risk assessment methods; qualitative risk assessment
method; Analytical Hierarchy Process; soft computing.

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1. Alberts C, Dorofee A. (2002) “Managing Information Security Risks: The Octave Approach”,
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Sciences. His qualifications include a Ma
National Tsing Hua University and a PhD degree in Industrial Management from
National Cheng Kung University. His research interests include knowledge
management, parallel computing, and data analysis. His publication
the journal of Computer & Mathematics with Applications, International Journal of
Operation Research, Computers & Engineering, American Journal of Applied Science
and Computers, Industrial Engineering, International Journal innovation
Standards, Lecture Notes in computer Science (LNCS), International Journal of Computer Science and
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