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Citizen’s Right to the Digital City

Urban Interfaces, Activism, and Placemaking

Edited by Marcus Foth, Martin Brynskov, Timo Ojala ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Edited by thought leaders in the fields of urban informatics and urban interaction design, this book brings together case studies and examples from around the world to discuss the role that urban interfaces, citizen action, and city making play in the quest to create and maintain not only secure and resilient, but productive, sustainable and viable urban environments. The book debates the impact ... Read more

$89.99 USD

Edited by thought leaders in the fields of urban informatics and urban interaction design, this book brings together case studies and examples from around the world to discuss the role that urban interfaces, citizen action, and city making play in the quest to create and maintain not only secure and resilient, but productive, sustainable and viable urban environments. The book debates the impact
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Emergence I

by Larry Matthews ...

Emergence springs from the observation that even among top minds, there's a palpable struggle to comprehend the psychological dimensions of AI. There's an underestimation of AI's potential and a lack of understanding of its emergent psychology. This book fills that gap, driven by the author's unique amalgamation of computer technology, psychology, and quantum physics expertise.A standout highlight ... Read more

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Emergence springs from the observation that even among top minds, there's a palpable struggle to comprehend the psychological dimensions of AI. There's an underestimation of AI's potential and a lack of understanding of its emergent psychology. This book fills that gap, driven by the author's unique amalgamation of computer technology, psychology, and quantum physics expertise.A standout highlight
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Programming Languages and Systems

20th Asian Symposium, APLAS 2022, Auckland, New Zealand, December 5, 2022, Proceedings

Edited by Ilya Sergey ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 20th Asian Symposium on Programming Languages and Systems, APLAS 2022, held in Auckland, New Zealand, in December 2022.The 10 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 22 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Semantics and Analysis; Testing and Verification; Types. ... Read more

$62.99 USD

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 20th Asian Symposium on Programming Languages and Systems, APLAS 2022, held in Auckland, New Zealand, in December 2022.The 10 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 22 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Semantics and Analysis; Testing and Verification; Types.
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Interactive Storytelling

8th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, ICIDS 2015, Copenhagen, Denmark, November 30 - December 4, 2015, Proceedings

Edited by Henrik Schoenau-Fog, Luis Emilio Bruni, Sandy Louchart, Sarune Baceviciute ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th InternationalConference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, ICIDS 2015, held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in November/December 2015.The 18 revised full papers and 13 short papers presented together with 9posters, 9 workshop descriptions, and 3 demonstration papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 80 submissions. The papers are ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th InternationalConference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, ICIDS 2015, held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in November/December 2015.The 18 revised full papers and 13 short papers presented together with 9posters, 9 workshop descriptions, and 3 demonstration papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 80 submissions. The papers are
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Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Design for Aging

Second International Conference, ITAP 2016, Held as Part of HCI International 2016, Toronto, ON, Canada, July 17–22, 2016, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Jia Zhou, Gavriel Salvendy ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The two LNCS volume set 9754-9755 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2016, held as part of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2016, held in Toronto, ON, Canada, in July 2016, jointly with 14 other thematically conferences. The total of 1287 papers and 186 poster papers ... Read more

$49.99 USD

The two LNCS volume set 9754-9755 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2016, held as part of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2016, held in Toronto, ON, Canada, in July 2016, jointly with 14 other thematically conferences. The total of 1287 papers and 186 poster papers
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Learning Groovy

by Adam L. Davis ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Start building powerful apps that take advantage of the dynamic scripting capabilities of the Groovy language. This book covers Groovy fundamentals, such as installing Groovy, using Groovy tools, and working with the Groovy Development Kit (GDK). You'll also learn more advanced aspects of Groovy, such as using Groovy design patterns, writing DSLs in Groovy, and taking advantage of Groovy's ... Read more

$28.99 USD

Start building powerful apps that take advantage of the dynamic scripting capabilities of the Groovy language. This book covers Groovy fundamentals, such as installing Groovy, using Groovy tools, and working with the Groovy Development Kit (GDK). You'll also learn more advanced aspects of Groovy, such as using Groovy design patterns, writing DSLs in Groovy, and taking advantage of Groovy's
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Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Design Methods and User Experience

15th International Conference, UAHCI 2021, Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Virtual Event, July 24–29, 2021, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Margherita Antona, Constantine Stephanidis ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This two-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, UAHCI 2021, held as part of the 23rd International Conference, HCI International 2021, held as a virtual event, in July 2021.The total of 1276 papers and 241 posters included in the 39 HCII 2021 proceedings volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from ... Read more

$89.99 USD

This two-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, UAHCI 2021, held as part of the 23rd International Conference, HCI International 2021, held as a virtual event, in July 2021.The total of 1276 papers and 241 posters included in the 39 HCII 2021 proceedings volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from
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Logic, Language, Information, and Computation

25th International Workshop, WoLLIC 2018, Bogota, Colombia, July 24-27, 2018, Proceedings

Edited by Lawrence S. Moss, Ruy de Queiroz, Maricarmen Martinez ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
Edited in collaboration with FoLLI, the Association of Logic, Language and Information this book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 25th Workshop on Logic, Language, Information and Communication, WoLLIC 2018, held inBogota, Colombia, in July 2018.The 16 full papers together with 3 short papers and 3 invited talks presented were fully reviewed and selected from 30 submissions. The vision ... Read more

$67.99 USD

Edited in collaboration with FoLLI, the Association of Logic, Language and Information this book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 25th Workshop on Logic, Language, Information and Communication, WoLLIC 2018, held inBogota, Colombia, in July 2018.The 16 full papers together with 3 short papers and 3 invited talks presented were fully reviewed and selected from 30 submissions. The vision
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Graph Transformation

11th International Conference, ICGT 2018, Held as Part of STAF 2018, Toulouse, France, June 25–26, 2018, Proceedings

Edited by Leen Lambers, Jens Weber ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Graph Transformation, ICGT 2018, held as part of STAF 2018, in Toulouse, France, in June 2018.The 9 full papers, 2 short papers and 1 keynote presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 16 submissions. The papers deal with the following topics: graph languages; graph transformation ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Graph Transformation, ICGT 2018, held as part of STAF 2018, in Toulouse, France, in June 2018.The 9 full papers, 2 short papers and 1 keynote presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 16 submissions. The papers deal with the following topics: graph languages; graph transformation
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User Experience + Artificial Intelligence

Assessing the Qualities of AI-infused Systems

by Davide Spallazzo, Martina Sciannamè, Mauro Ceconello ...

Series series SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
This open access book addresses the thriving trend of embedding artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) capabilities in products and services reaching the lay public, focusing on the user experience (UX) they prompt from a designerly perspective. It offers a UX evaluation method designed explicitly for AI-infused systems to answer one of the core problems affecting the relationship ... Read more

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This open access book addresses the thriving trend of embedding artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) capabilities in products and services reaching the lay public, focusing on the user experience (UX) they prompt from a designerly perspective. It offers a UX evaluation method designed explicitly for AI-infused systems to answer one of the core problems affecting the relationship
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Introduction to Logic Design

Edited by Sajjan G. Shiva ...

The second edition of this text provides an introduction to the analysis and design of digital circuits at a logic, instead of electronics, level. It covers a range of topics, from number system theory to asynchronous logic design. A solution manual is available to instructors only. Requests must be made on official school stationery. ... Read more

$165.99 USD

The second edition of this text provides an introduction to the analysis and design of digital circuits at a logic, instead of electronics, level. It covers a range of topics, from number system theory to asynchronous logic design. A solution manual is available to instructors only. Requests must be made on official school stationery.
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Building Chatbots with Python

Using Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning

by Sumit Raj ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Build your own chatbot using Python and open source tools. This book begins with an introduction to chatbots where you will gain vital information on their architecture. You will then dive straight into natural language processing with the natural language toolkit (NLTK) for building a custom language processing platform for your chatbot. With this foundation, you will take a look at different ... Read more

$49.99 USD

Build your own chatbot using Python and open source tools. This book begins with an introduction to chatbots where you will gain vital information on their architecture. You will then dive straight into natural language processing with the natural language toolkit (NLTK) for building a custom language processing platform for your chatbot. With this foundation, you will take a look at different
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Unconventional Computing, Arts, Philosophy

by Andrew Adamatzky ...

Series Book 2 - WSPC Book Series in Unconventional Computing
The unique compendium re-assesses the value of future and emergent computing technologies via artistic and philosophical means. The book encourages scientists to adopt inspiring thinking of artists and philosophers to reuse scientific concepts in their works.The useful reference text consists of non-typical topics, where artistic and philosophical concepts encourage readers to adopt unconventional ... Read more

$127.99 USD

The unique compendium re-assesses the value of future and emergent computing technologies via artistic and philosophical means. The book encourages scientists to adopt inspiring thinking of artists and philosophers to reuse scientific concepts in their works.The useful reference text consists of non-typical topics, where artistic and philosophical concepts encourage readers to adopt unconventional
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Untersuchungen zur Datenqualität und Nutzerakzeptanz von Forschungsinformationssystemen

Framework zur Überwachung und Verbesserung der Qualität von Forschungsinformationen

by Otmane Azeroual ...

Series series Life Science and Basic Disciplines (German Language)
In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird die Datenqualität eines Forschungsinformationssystems (FIS) bzw. deren Einfluss auf die Nutzerakzeptanz ganzheitlich untersucht. Otmane Azeroual entwickelt hierfür ein Konzept bzw. ein Framework zur Überwachung und Verbesserung der Datenqualität, um die Akzeptanz des FIS zu erhöhen. ... Read more

$49.99 USD

In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird die Datenqualität eines Forschungsinformationssystems (FIS) bzw. deren Einfluss auf die Nutzerakzeptanz ganzheitlich untersucht. Otmane Azeroual entwickelt hierfür ein Konzept bzw. ein Framework zur Überwachung und Verbesserung der Datenqualität, um die Akzeptanz des FIS zu erhöhen.
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Tech's Human Toll

by Lysander Croft ...

In an age where a thousand voices clamor for our attention and connections are just a click away, have we ever felt more alone? Tech's Human Toll delves into the profound, often contradictory ways our advanced digital world shapes our most fundamental need: to connect. From the curated perfection of social media that promises belonging but often fosters envy, to AI companions designed for ultimate ... Read more

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In an age where a thousand voices clamor for our attention and connections are just a click away, have we ever felt more alone? Tech's Human Toll delves into the profound, often contradictory ways our advanced digital world shapes our most fundamental need: to connect. From the curated perfection of social media that promises belonging but often fosters envy, to AI companions designed for ultimate
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Web Site Measurement Hacks

Tips & Tools to Help Optimize Your Online Business

by Eric T. Peterson ...

In order to establish and then maintain a successful presence on the Web, designing a creative site is only half the battle. What good is an intricate Web infrastructure if you're unable to measure its effectiveness? That's why every business is desperate for feedback on their site's visitors: Who are they? Why do they visit? What information or service is most valuable to them?Unfortunately, most ... Read more

$14.99 USD

In order to establish and then maintain a successful presence on the Web, designing a creative site is only half the battle. What good is an intricate Web infrastructure if you're unable to measure its effectiveness? That's why every business is desperate for feedback on their site's visitors: Who are they? Why do they visit? What information or service is most valuable to them?Unfortunately, most
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Universe, Human Immortality and Future Human Evaluation

by Alexander Bolonkin ...

This book debates the universe, the development of new technologies in the 21st century and the future of the human race. Dr Bolonkin shows that a human soul is only the information in a person's head. He offers a new unique method for re-writing the main brain information in chips without any damage to the human brain. This is the scientific prediction of the non-biological (electronic) ... Read more

$134.99 USD

This book debates the universe, the development of new technologies in the 21st century and the future of the human race. Dr Bolonkin shows that a human soul is only the information in a person's head. He offers a new unique method for re-writing the main brain information in chips without any damage to the human brain. This is the scientific prediction of the non-biological (electronic)
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Life and Death Design

What Life-Saving Technology Can Teach Everyday UX Designers

by Katie Swindler ...

Emergencies—landing a malfunctioning plane, resuscitating a heart attack victim, or avoiding a head-on car crash—all require split-second decisions that can mean life or death. Fortunately, designers of life-saving products have leveraged research and brain science to help users reduce panic and harness their best instincts. Life and Death Design brings these techniques to everyday designers who ... Read more

$30.99 USD

Emergencies—landing a malfunctioning plane, resuscitating a heart attack victim, or avoiding a head-on car crash—all require split-second decisions that can mean life or death. Fortunately, designers of life-saving products have leveraged research and brain science to help users reduce panic and harness their best instincts. Life and Death Design brings these techniques to everyday designers who
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Job Scheduling Strategies for Parallel Processing

24th International Workshop, JSSPP 2021, Virtual Event, May 21, 2021, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Dalibor Klusáček, Walfredo Cirne, Gonzalo P. Rodrigo ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 24th International Workshop on Job Scheduling Strategies for Parallel Processing, JSSPP 2021, held as a virtual event in May 2021 (due to the Covid-19 pandemic).The 10 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 17 submissions. In addition to this, one keynote paper was included in the ... Read more

$62.99 USD

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 24th International Workshop on Job Scheduling Strategies for Parallel Processing, JSSPP 2021, held as a virtual event in May 2021 (due to the Covid-19 pandemic).The 10 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 17 submissions. In addition to this, one keynote paper was included in the
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Analytical Skills for AI and Data Science

Building Skills for an AI-Driven Enterprise

by Daniel Vaughan ...

While several market-leading companies have successfully transformed their business models by following data- and AI-driven paths, the vast majority have yet to reap the benefits. How can your business and analytics units gain a competitive advantage by capturing the full potential of this predictive revolution? This practical guide presents a battle-tested end-to-end method to help you translate ... Read more

$43.99 USD

While several market-leading companies have successfully transformed their business models by following data- and AI-driven paths, the vast majority have yet to reap the benefits. How can your business and analytics units gain a competitive advantage by capturing the full potential of this predictive revolution? This practical guide presents a battle-tested end-to-end method to help you translate
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Graph Machine Learning

Learn about the latest advancements in graph data to build robust machine learning models

by Aldo Marzullo, Enrico Deusebio, Claudio Stamile ...

Enhance your data science skills with this updated edition featuring new chapters on LLMs, temporal graphs, and updated examples with modern frameworks, including PyTorch Geometric and DGL Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader\*Key FeaturesMaster new graph ML techniques through updated examples using PyTorch Geometric and Deep Graph Library (DGL)Explore GML ... Read more

$39.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Enhance your data science skills with this updated edition featuring new chapters on LLMs, temporal graphs, and updated examples with modern frameworks, including PyTorch Geometric and DGL Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader\*Key FeaturesMaster new graph ML techniques through updated examples using PyTorch Geometric and Deep Graph Library (DGL)Explore GML
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Digital Customer Experience Engineering

Strategies for Creating Effective Digital Experiences

by Lars Wiedenhoefer ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Customer experience engineering applied to the engineering department is rare, but needed. Most companies keep support, UX, engineering, product, and CX separate. To address this gap, this book highlights roles and techniques that are proven to accelerate issue detection and prevention by 30% or more.With the author's vast experience in tech support, he has developed techniques and skills that ... Read more

$58.99 USD

Customer experience engineering applied to the engineering department is rare, but needed. Most companies keep support, UX, engineering, product, and CX separate. To address this gap, this book highlights roles and techniques that are proven to accelerate issue detection and prevention by 30% or more.With the author's vast experience in tech support, he has developed techniques and skills that
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Computer Supported Education

12th International Conference, CSEDU 2020, Virtual Event, May 2–4, 2020, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by H. Chad Lane, Susan Zvacek, James Uhomoibhi ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes selected, revised and extended papers from the 12th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, CSEDU 2020, held as a virtual event in May 2020.The 25 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 190 submissions. The presented papers contribute to the understanding of relevant trends of current research on Computer Supported Education, including ... Read more

$80.99 USD

This book constitutes selected, revised and extended papers from the 12th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, CSEDU 2020, held as a virtual event in May 2020.The 25 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 190 submissions. The presented papers contribute to the understanding of relevant trends of current research on Computer Supported Education, including
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Social Explainable AI

Communications of NII Shonan Meetings

Edited by Katharina Rohlfing, Brian Lim, Kirsten Thommes, Kary Främling, Suzana Alpsancar ...

Series series Artificial Intelligence (R0)
This open access book introduces social aspects relevant to research and developments of explainable AI (XAI). The new surge of XAI responds to the societal challenge that many algorithmic approaches (such as machine learning or autonomous intelligent systems) are rapidly increasing in complexity, making justified use of their recommendations difficult for the users. A large body of approaches now ... Read more

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This open access book introduces social aspects relevant to research and developments of explainable AI (XAI). The new surge of XAI responds to the societal challenge that many algorithmic approaches (such as machine learning or autonomous intelligent systems) are rapidly increasing in complexity, making justified use of their recommendations difficult for the users. A large body of approaches now
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