Abstract: An approach is provided for optimizing computational flow execution. A computational flow execution platform determines to cause, at least in part, a construction of at least one computational flow from one or more functional blocks, wherein the one or more functional blocks include, at least in part, one or more computational closures, one or more other functional blocks, or a combination thereof. The computational flow execution platform also processes and/or facilitates a processing of the at least one computational flow, the one or more functional blocks, or a combination thereof to cause a distribution of the one or more functional blocks among one or more entities of a computational environment. The computational flow execution platform further causes, at least in part, an execution of the at least one computational flow, the one or more functional blocks, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on the distribution.

Abstract: An approach is provided for managing split and merge operations for information spaces with respect to their information content.

Abstract: An approach is provided for providing optimized privacy in cognitive radio information sharing. A cognitive radio privacy optimization platform determines cognitive radio connectivity information provided by at least one device. The cognitive radio privacy optimization platform also processes and/or facilitates a processing of the cognitive radio connectivity information to determine a quality, an amount, or a combination thereof of the cognitive radio connectivity information. The cognitive radio privacy optimization platform further determines at least one service class for providing cognitive radio connectivity to the at least one device based, at least in part, on the quality, the amount, or a combination thereof of the cognitive radio information.

Abstract: Example embodiments of the invention are disclosed for an adaptive computing platform wherein a reader/writer device uses distributed, external memory resources as non-volatile memory blocks to provide distributed execution-in-place capability for the reader/writer device, such as a mobile phone, to enhance the processing power of the device. The execution architecture of the reader/writer device is scalable and adaptive to accommodate variations in the speed, size, and other characteristics of different external memory blocks it uses as it moves from one external memory block to another.

Abstract: An approach is provided for providing privacy in cognitive radio information sharing. A cognitive radio privacy platform receives a request, from a device, for performing one or more operations on cognitive radio information stored in at least one information space. The cognitive radio privacy platform also determines one or more privacy policies associated with the device, the one or more operations, the cognitive radio information, the at least one information space, or a combination thereof. The cognitive radio privacy platform further processes and/or facilitates a processing of the one or more privacy policies to determine an availability, a restriction, or a combination thereof of the cognitive radio information. The cognitive radio privacy platform also causes, at least in part, the performing of the one or more operations based, at least in part, on the availability, the restriction, or a combination thereof of the cognitive radio information.

Abstract: An approach is provided for updating, managing, and searching one or more databases. The approach involves processing and/or facilitating a processing of a reception of an instruction. The approach also involves processing and/or facilitating a processing of a determination of available data based, at least in part, on data present in one or more databases. The approach further involves causing, at least in part, a decomposition of the instruction into one or more partial instructions that are specific to the determined available data in the one or more databases.

Abstract: An approach is provided for providing end-to-end privacy in multi-level distributed computations. A distributed computation privacy platform determines one or more privacy policies associated with at least one level of a computational environment. The distributed computation privacy platform also determines one or more computation closures associated with the at least one level of the computational environment. The distributed computation privacy platform further processes and/or facilitates a processing of the one or more privacy policies and the one or more computation closures to cause, at least in part, an enforcement of the one or more privacy policies.

Abstract: An approach is provided for providing secure signing and utilization of distributed computations. A distributed computation authentication platform causes, at least in part, a signing of one or more computation closures of at least one functional flow. The distributed computation authentication platform also processes and/or facilitates a processing of the one or more signed computation closures to cause, at least in part, a transfer of the one or more signed computation closures among one or more levels, one or more nodes, or a combination thereof, wherein an execution of the one or more signed computation closures at the one or more levels, the one or more nodes, or a combination thereof is based, at least in part, on an authentication of the signed one or more computation closure.

Abstract: An approach is provided for providing secure access to execution context. An execution security platform determines an execution context of a device, the execution context including at least in part one or more computation closures. The execution security platform also processes and/or facilitates a processing of the execution context, the one or more computation closures, or a combination thereof to cause, at least in part, decomposition of the execution context, the one or more computation closures, or a combination thereof into, at least in part, one or more context criteria and content information, The execution security platform further determines to encrypt the execution context, the one or more computation closures, the content information, or a combination thereof using the one or more context criteria as a public key of an identity-based encryption.

Abstract: An apparatus for distributed information management may include a processor. The processor may be configured to select one or more network domain features and one or more information domain features. In this regard, the network domain features may be based on the connectivity of a network, and the information domain features may be based on meta-data associated with information stored within the network. The processor may also be configured to determine a network domain covariance based on the one or more network domain features and determine an information domain covariance based on the one or more information domain features. Further, the processor may be configured to combine the network domain covariance and the information domain covariance to determine a path update. Associated methods and computer program products may also be provided.

Abstract: An approach is provided for dynamic modification of inference rules and deduction engines in an information base. Authorized agents are allowed to insert, delete or modify inference rules and deduction engines dynamically by signing their input using an authorized signature. Additionally, the functionalities of dynamic modification of inference rules and deduction engines can be provided through a direct application programming interface (API).

Abstract: An approach is provided for managing symmetric and asymmetric communication among information spaces with respect to their distributed nature. An information space is composed of semantic information brokers that handle internal processes of the information space. One or more of the semantic information brokers compute a stability factor corresponding to each of a plurality of semantic information brokers in an information space. The one or more semantic information brokers then select one or more of the plurality of semantic information brokers as a master semantic information broker based on the computed stability factors. The one or more master semantic information brokers manage communication among the plurality of semantic information brokers.

Abstract: An approach is provided for performing biometric authentication. A determination is made of biometric data from a user equipment having an associated user. Decomposition of the biometric data is caused into one or more closure primitives that represent computation closures of one or more processes of the user equipment. The user is selectively authenticated based on the decomposition of the biometric data.

Abstract: An approach is provided for providing cognitive radio information sharing. A cognitive radio management platform determines one or more cognitive radio parameters associated with one or more locations. The cognitive radio management platform also causes, at least in part, storage of the one or more cognitive radio parameters in at least one distributed information space constituted by one or more namespaces, wherein the one or more namespaces within the at least one distributed information space are accessible to one or more cognitive radio devices.

Abstract: An approach is provided for automatic controlled value expansion of information. A value expansion controller detects a request at a device to perform an information operation on a set of data elements of an information space, wherein the request identifies the set by a name and the information operation applies to each data element within the set. The value expansion controller intercepts the request based on the detection and determines the location of the data elements within a communication network based on the name. The value expansion controller retrieves the data elements from the location and populates an expansion table with the retrieved data elements, wherein the expansion table is correlated to the set. The value expansion controller performs the information operation on each data element in the expansion table and causes transmission of one or more results of the information operation to the device.

Abstract: An apparatus for polynomial based data transformation may include a processor. The processor may be configured to identify data that is relevant to a set of one or more queries and generate an information source vector that indicates information sources associated with the data. The processor may also be configured to generate a cyclotomic polynomial based on the information source vector and factor the cyclotomic polynomial to generate a plurality of orthogonal data signatures. Associated methods and computer program products may also be provided.

Abstract: An approach is provided for binding user interface elements and granular reflective processing. An information management infrastructure determines to detect an event, from a first device, for specifying one or more user interface elements for transfer to a second device. The information management infrastructure further identifies one or more processes bound to the user interface elements. The information management infrastructure also determines at least one of a user context, an execution context within the user context, and one or more other execution contexts for the processes, wherein the one or more other execution contexts are from at least one of the user context and one or more other user contexts. The information management infrastructure further causes, at least in part, serialization of at least one of the user context, the execution context, and the one or more other execution contexts.

Abstract: An approach is provided for providing end-to-end security in multi-level distributed computations. A distributed computation security platform determines one or more signatures associated with one or more computation closures of at least one functional flow. The distributed computation security platform also processes and/or facilitates a processing of the one or more signatures to generate at least one supersignature. The distributed computation security platform further determines to associate the at least one supersignature with the at least one functional flow.

Abstract: An approach is provided for providing single sign-on for computation closures. A single sign-on management platform determines to create a single sign-on computation closure in response to an initiation of a single sign-on authentication session. The single sign-on management platform also determines one or more computation entities that are to execute at least one other computation closure under the single sign-on authentication session. The single sign-on management platform further causes, at least in part, a transfer of the single sign-on computation closure to the one or more computation entities.

Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus, a computer program product and a method is provided for detecting a write-enabled device via a short-range communications interface, selecting an operation mode for writing data to a memory associated with the write-enabled device and writing data to the memory associated with the write-enabled device according to the selected operation mode.