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The Robot and Us

An 'Antidisciplinary' Perspective on the Scientific and Social Impacts of Robotics

by Maria Chiara Carrozza ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book offers a clear, yet comprehensive overview of the role of robots in our society. It especially focuses on the interaction between humans and robots, and on the social and political aspects of the integration of robots with humans, in their everyday life, both in the private and working sphere alike. Based on the lessons held by the author at “Scuola di Politiche” (transl. School of ... Read more

$23.79 USD

This book offers a clear, yet comprehensive overview of the role of robots in our society. It especially focuses on the interaction between humans and robots, and on the social and political aspects of the integration of robots with humans, in their everyday life, both in the private and working sphere alike. Based on the lessons held by the author at “Scuola di Politiche” (transl. School of
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Introduction to React

by Cory Gackenheimer ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Introduction to Reactteaches you React, the JavaScript framework created by developers at Facebook, to solve the problem of building complex user interfaces in a consistent and maintainable way. React.js shrugs away common front-end conventions in an effort to make things more efficient - use Introduction to React to learn about this framework and more today.Get to know the React API and it’s ... Read more

$28.49 USD

Introduction to Reactteaches you React, the JavaScript framework created by developers at Facebook, to solve the problem of building complex user interfaces in a consistent and maintainable way. React.js shrugs away common front-end conventions in an effort to make things more efficient - use Introduction to React to learn about this framework and more today.Get to know the React API and it’s
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The Real Singularity

by Tun-Nug ...

Disambiguating the alleged dangers and benefits of Artificial Intelligence within the Singularity myth ... Read more

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Disambiguating the alleged dangers and benefits of Artificial Intelligence within the Singularity myth
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Neurodynamic Methods for Continuum Robot Control

by Ning Tan, Peng Yu, Yunong Zhang ...

Exploration on how neurodynamic methods can be effectively applied to control complex, flexible robotic systems in research, and real-world settingsNeurodynamic Methods for Continuum Robot Control presents a comprehensive exploration of neurodynamic control methods for continuum robots—a new generation of soft, flexible robotic systems inspired by nature. The book is organized into seven thematic ... Read more

$128.00 USD

Exploration on how neurodynamic methods can be effectively applied to control complex, flexible robotic systems in research, and real-world settingsNeurodynamic Methods for Continuum Robot Control presents a comprehensive exploration of neurodynamic control methods for continuum robots—a new generation of soft, flexible robotic systems inspired by nature. The book is organized into seven thematic
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Navigating the FRAM

Mastering the Functional Resonance Analysis Method for Modelling Complex Socio-Technical Systems

Edited by Riccardo Patriarca ...

In the world of safety science, where complex socio-technical systems demand innovative approaches, the Functional Resonance Analysis Method (FRAM) stands as a beacon of insight. Rooted in modern systemic management and Resilience Engineering principles, the FRAM offers a unique perspective, viewing systems through the lens of everyday performance variability.Developed over decades of meticulous ... Read more

$98.99 USD

In the world of safety science, where complex socio-technical systems demand innovative approaches, the Functional Resonance Analysis Method (FRAM) stands as a beacon of insight. Rooted in modern systemic management and Resilience Engineering principles, the FRAM offers a unique perspective, viewing systems through the lens of everyday performance variability.Developed over decades of meticulous
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PCIP v4.0 Exam Mastery: 800+ Questions

by John Meah ...

Supercharge your exam prep with PCIP v4.0 Exam Mastery—the ultimate question-and-answer companion to the Payment Card Industry Professional (PCIP) v4.0 - Second Edition.This powerful study guide features over 800 meticulously designed practice questions, each crafted to create deep neural pathways for lasting knowledge retention. Unlike generic question banks, these questions are specifically ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Supercharge your exam prep with PCIP v4.0 Exam Mastery—the ultimate question-and-answer companion to the Payment Card Industry Professional (PCIP) v4.0 - Second Edition.This powerful study guide features over 800 meticulously designed practice questions, each crafted to create deep neural pathways for lasting knowledge retention. Unlike generic question banks, these questions are specifically
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Frank Kane's Taming Big Data with Apache Spark and Python

Real-world examples to help you analyze large datasets with Apache Spark

by Frank Kane ...

Frank Kane's hands-on Spark training course, based on his bestselling Taming Big Data with Apache Spark and Python video, now available in a book. Understand and analyze large data sets using Spark on a single system or on a cluster.Key Features\[\*\] Understand how Spark can be distributed across computing clusters\[\*\] Develop and run Spark jobs efficiently using Python\[\*\] A hands-on ... Read more

$34.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Frank Kane's hands-on Spark training course, based on his bestselling Taming Big Data with Apache Spark and Python video, now available in a book. Understand and analyze large data sets using Spark on a single system or on a cluster.Key Features\[\*\] Understand how Spark can be distributed across computing clusters\[\*\] Develop and run Spark jobs efficiently using Python\[\*\] A hands-on
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Data Visualization

Clear Introduction to Data Visualization with Python. Proper Guide for Data Scientist

by Alex Campbell ...

Are you a budding data scientist or aspire to be one someday? Have you ever wondered about all the data that is constantly in motion around the world? Does it surprise you when Netflix gives you suggestions for your next movie and it is very close to your taste in movies? Would you like to know more about data and how it is used regularly to influence every action you take? Do you want to know how ... Read more

$3.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Are you a budding data scientist or aspire to be one someday? Have you ever wondered about all the data that is constantly in motion around the world? Does it surprise you when Netflix gives you suggestions for your next movie and it is very close to your taste in movies? Would you like to know more about data and how it is used regularly to influence every action you take? Do you want to know how
... Read more
Introduction to Logic Circuits & Logic Design with VHDL

by Brock J. LaMeres ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This textbook introduces readers to the fundamental hardware used in modern computers. The only pre-requisite is algebra, so it can be taken by college freshman or sophomore students or even used in Advanced Placement courses in high school. This book presents both the classical approach to digital system design (i.e., pen and paper) in addition to the modern hardware description language (HDL) ... Read more

$58.49 USD

This textbook introduces readers to the fundamental hardware used in modern computers. The only pre-requisite is algebra, so it can be taken by college freshman or sophomore students or even used in Advanced Placement courses in high school. This book presents both the classical approach to digital system design (i.e., pen and paper) in addition to the modern hardware description language (HDL)
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Ways of Knowing in HCI

Edited by Judith S. Olson, Wendy A. Kellogg ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This textbook brings together both new and traditional research methods in Human Computer Interaction (HCI). Research methods include interviews and observations, ethnography, grounded theory and analysis of digital traces of behavior. Readers will gain an understanding of the type of knowledge each method provides, its disciplinary roots and how each contributes to understanding users, user ... Read more

$89.09 USD

This textbook brings together both new and traditional research methods in Human Computer Interaction (HCI). Research methods include interviews and observations, ethnography, grounded theory and analysis of digital traces of behavior. Readers will gain an understanding of the type of knowledge each method provides, its disciplinary roots and how each contributes to understanding users, user
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The Python Workbook

A Brief Introduction with Exercises and Solutions

by Ben Stephenson ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This student-friendly textbook encourages the development of programming skills through active practice by focusing on exercises that support hands-on learning. The Python Workbook provides a compendium of 186 exercises, spanning a variety of academic disciplines and everyday situations. Solutions to selected exercises are also provided, supported by brief annotations that explain the technique ... Read more

$44.99 USD

This student-friendly textbook encourages the development of programming skills through active practice by focusing on exercises that support hands-on learning. The Python Workbook provides a compendium of 186 exercises, spanning a variety of academic disciplines and everyday situations. Solutions to selected exercises are also provided, supported by brief annotations that explain the technique
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Computer Vision – ECCV 2024 Workshops

Milan, Italy, September 29–October 4, 2024, Proceedings, Part XXIII

Edited by Alessio Del Bue, Cristian Canton, Jordi Pont-Tuset, Tatiana Tommasi ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The multi-volume set LNCS 15623 until LNCS 15646 constitutes the proceedings of the workshops that were held in conjunction with the 18th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2024, which took place in Milan, Italy, during September 29–October 4, 2024.These LNCS volumes contain 574 accepted papers from 53 of the 73 workshops. The list of workshops and distribution of the workshop papers in ... Read more

$89.09 USD

The multi-volume set LNCS 15623 until LNCS 15646 constitutes the proceedings of the workshops that were held in conjunction with the 18th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2024, which took place in Milan, Italy, during September 29–October 4, 2024.These LNCS volumes contain 574 accepted papers from 53 of the 73 workshops. The list of workshops and distribution of the workshop papers in
... Read more
Robotics Goes MOOC

Impact

Edited by Bruno Siciliano ...

Series series Intelligent Technologies and Robotics (R0)
It is often read in the media that AI and Robotics are the primary cause of technology unemployment. AI and machine learning techniques are expected to take over lower-level tasks, while humans can spend more time with higher-level tasks. In perspective, it can be said that jobs requiring boring cognitive tasks or repeatable and dangerous physical tasks will be considerably shredded by automation ... Read more

$53.99 USD

It is often read in the media that AI and Robotics are the primary cause of technology unemployment. AI and machine learning techniques are expected to take over lower-level tasks, while humans can spend more time with higher-level tasks. In perspective, it can be said that jobs requiring boring cognitive tasks or repeatable and dangerous physical tasks will be considerably shredded by automation
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Learning Robotic Process Automation

Create Software robots and automate business processes with the leading RPA tool – UiPath

by Alok Mani Tripathi ...

Design RPA solutions to perform a wide range of transactional tasks with minimal cost and maximum ROIKey FeaturesA beginner's guide to learn Robotic Process Automation and its impact on the modern worldDesign, test, and perform enterprise automation task with UiPathCreate Automation apps and deploy them to all the computers in your departmentBook DescriptionRobotic Process Automation (RPA) enables ... Read more

$34.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Design RPA solutions to perform a wide range of transactional tasks with minimal cost and maximum ROIKey FeaturesA beginner's guide to learn Robotic Process Automation and its impact on the modern worldDesign, test, and perform enterprise automation task with UiPathCreate Automation apps and deploy them to all the computers in your departmentBook DescriptionRobotic Process Automation (RPA) enables
... Read more
Computer Vision – ECCV 2026

19th European Conference, Malmö, Sweden, September 8–12, 2026, Proceedings, Part XXI

Edited by Paolo Favaro, Zuzana Kukelova, Atsuto Maki, Anna Rohrbach, Konrad Schindler, Federico Tombari ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 17001 up to 17078 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2026, held in Malmö, Sweden, during September 8–12, 2026.The 2834 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 10,473 submissions. They deal with topics such as computer vision; machine ... Read more

$98.09 USD

The multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 17001 up to 17078 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2026, held in Malmö, Sweden, during September 8–12, 2026.The 2834 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 10,473 submissions. They deal with topics such as computer vision; machine
... Read more
Computer Vision – ECCV 2026

19th European Conference, Malmö, Sweden, September 8–12, 2026, Proceedings, Part XX

Edited by Paolo Favaro, Zuzana Kukelova, Atsuto Maki, Anna Rohrbach, Konrad Schindler, Federico Tombari ...

Series Book 20 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 17001 up to 17078 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2026, held in Malmö, Sweden, during September 8–12, 2026.The 2834 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 10,473 submissions. They deal with topics such as computer vision; machine ... Read more

$98.09 USD

The multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 17001 up to 17078 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2026, held in Malmö, Sweden, during September 8–12, 2026.The 2834 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 10,473 submissions. They deal with topics such as computer vision; machine
... Read more
More than a Chatbot

Language Models Demystified

by Mascha Kurpicz-Briki ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Recent technological advances have resulted in a new generation of powerful text processing and generation tools, that produce text very similar to what a human could do. Such tools have the potential to change the way we work, learn and teach – and this book enables you to understand and be part of this exciting development.Did you wonder how tools like ChatGPT or Bard work, but do not have a ... Read more

$31.49 USD

Recent technological advances have resulted in a new generation of powerful text processing and generation tools, that produce text very similar to what a human could do. Such tools have the potential to change the way we work, learn and teach – and this book enables you to understand and be part of this exciting development.Did you wonder how tools like ChatGPT or Bard work, but do not have a
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Data Governance with Unity Catalog on Databricks

Implement Data and AI Governance with Databricks Data Intelligence Platform

by Kiran Sreekumar, Karthik Subbarao ...

Organizations collecting and using personal data must now heed a growing body of regulations, and the penalties for noncompliance are stiff. The ubiquity of the cloud and the advent of generative AI have only made it more crucial to govern data appropriately. Thousands of companies have turned to Databricks Unity Catalog to simplify data governance and manage their data and AI assets more ... Read more

$43.99 USD

Organizations collecting and using personal data must now heed a growing body of regulations, and the penalties for noncompliance are stiff. The ubiquity of the cloud and the advent of generative AI have only made it more crucial to govern data appropriately. Thousands of companies have turned to Databricks Unity Catalog to simplify data governance and manage their data and AI assets more
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Everything You Need to Know About AI: The Total Book of AI

by Dr. Kevin D. Hall ...

If you've ever felt overwhelmed by the rapid rise of artificial intelligence—or worried that you're falling behind while others automate, innovate, and accelerate their work—then you must buy this book on how to use AI. Unlike fleeting online tutorials or disjointed YouTube videos, this book provides a structured, research-backed framework for integrating AI into your daily professional and ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

If you've ever felt overwhelmed by the rapid rise of artificial intelligence—or worried that you're falling behind while others automate, innovate, and accelerate their work—then you must buy this book on how to use AI. Unlike fleeting online tutorials or disjointed YouTube videos, this book provides a structured, research-backed framework for integrating AI into your daily professional and
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Von der Fachkraft zum Key-User

Ein Leitfaden zur erfolgreichen Entwicklung von Mitarbeitern in einem ERP-Projekt

by Andreas Niedermeier ...

Series series Computer Science and Engineering (German Language)
„ERP Key-User: Die heimlichen Helden der digitalen Transformation“ERP-Projekte sind komplex – und der entscheidende Erfolgsfaktor sind die Menschen dahinter. Dieses Buch richtet sich an Mitarbeiter, die sich zum Key-User entwickeln und so maßgeblich zur erfolgreichen Einführung und Optimierung eines ERP-Systems beitragen. Praxisnah, verständlich und direkt umsetzbar zeigt es, wie Key-User Prozesse ... Read more

$23.79 USD

„ERP Key-User: Die heimlichen Helden der digitalen Transformation“ERP-Projekte sind komplex – und der entscheidende Erfolgsfaktor sind die Menschen dahinter. Dieses Buch richtet sich an Mitarbeiter, die sich zum Key-User entwickeln und so maßgeblich zur erfolgreichen Einführung und Optimierung eines ERP-Systems beitragen. Praxisnah, verständlich und direkt umsetzbar zeigt es, wie Key-User Prozesse
... Read more
Computer Vision – ECCV 2026

19th European Conference, Malmö, Sweden, September 8–12, 2026, Proceedings, Part XVI

Edited by Paolo Favaro, Zuzana Kukelova, Atsuto Maki, Anna Rohrbach, Konrad Schindler, Federico Tombari ...

Series Book 16 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 17001 up to 17078 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2026, held in Malmö, Sweden, during September 8–12, 2026.The 2834 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 10,473 submissions. They deal with topics such as computer vision; machine ... Read more

$98.09 USD

The multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 17001 up to 17078 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2026, held in Malmö, Sweden, during September 8–12, 2026.The 2834 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 10,473 submissions. They deal with topics such as computer vision; machine
... Read more
HCI in Games

8th International Conference, HCI-Games 2026, Held as Part of the 28th HCI International Conference, HCII 2026, Montreal, QC, Canada, July 26–31, 2026, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Xiaowen Fang ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The 8th International Conference on HCI in Games, HCI-Games 2026, held as part of the 28th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2026 (HCII 2026), took place in Montreal, QC, Canada, during July 2026.A total of 7435 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry, and government agencies from 94 countries submitted contributions to HCII 2026. Following ... Read more

$71.99 USD

The 8th International Conference on HCI in Games, HCI-Games 2026, held as part of the 28th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2026 (HCII 2026), took place in Montreal, QC, Canada, during July 2026.A total of 7435 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry, and government agencies from 94 countries submitted contributions to HCII 2026. Following
... Read more
Practice Questions for Tableau Desktop Specialist Certification Case Based 2026

by Exam OG ...

"Tableau Desktop Specialist Certification Case Base Practice Questions - Latest Edition 2026" is a comprehensive study guide designed to help professionals prepare for the Tableau Desktop Specialist Certification Exam. This latest edition of the book includes a collection of case-based practice questions that cover all aspects of the exam syllabus.The book provides an in-depth analysis of the exam ... Read more

$18.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"Tableau Desktop Specialist Certification Case Base Practice Questions - Latest Edition 2026" is a comprehensive study guide designed to help professionals prepare for the Tableau Desktop Specialist Certification Exam. This latest edition of the book includes a collection of case-based practice questions that cover all aspects of the exam syllabus.The book provides an in-depth analysis of the exam
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Neuro-Robotics

From Brain Machine Interfaces to Rehabilitation Robotics

Edited by Panagiotis Artemiadis ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Neuro-robotics is one of the most multidisciplinary fields of the last decades, fusing information and knowledge from neuroscience, engineering and computer science. This book focuses on the results from the strategic alliance between Neuroscience and Robotics that help the scientific community to better understand the brain as well as design robotic devices and algorithms for interfacing humans ... Read more

$143.99 USD

Neuro-robotics is one of the most multidisciplinary fields of the last decades, fusing information and knowledge from neuroscience, engineering and computer science. This book focuses on the results from the strategic alliance between Neuroscience and Robotics that help the scientific community to better understand the brain as well as design robotic devices and algorithms for interfacing humans
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