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Employability Skills

Brush Up Your Computing

by Clive W. Humphris ...

An enhanced eBook published in full colour. Now including extensive interactive content enabling exploration by inserting any values that would occur in a real situation whereby the graphics are redrawn to reflect those changes.Calculations can be also tested against any standard subject textbook to compare the results.Interactive Technology when used in the classroom can motivate passive students ... Read more

$3.99 USD

An enhanced eBook published in full colour. Now including extensive interactive content enabling exploration by inserting any values that would occur in a real situation whereby the graphics are redrawn to reflect those changes.Calculations can be also tested against any standard subject textbook to compare the results.Interactive Technology when used in the classroom can motivate passive students
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Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing

18th International Conference, ICA3PP 2018, Guangzhou, China, November 15-17, 2018, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Jaideep Vaidya, Jin Li ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The four-volume set LNCS 11334-11337 constitutes the proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing, ICA3PP 2018, held in Guangzhou, China, in November 2018.The 141 full and 50 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on Distributed and Parallel ... Read more

$49.99 USD

The four-volume set LNCS 11334-11337 constitutes the proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing, ICA3PP 2018, held in Guangzhou, China, in November 2018.The 141 full and 50 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on Distributed and Parallel
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Advances in Human Factors in Cybersecurity

Proceedings of the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Human Factors in Cybersecurity, July 24-28, 2019, Washington D.C., USA

Edited by Tareq Ahram, Waldemar Karwowski ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book reports on the latest research and developments in the field of cybersecurity, particularly focusing on personal security and new methods for reducing human error and increasing cyber awareness, as well as innovative solutions for increasing the security of advanced Information Technology (IT) infrastructures. It covers a broad range of topics, including methods for human training; novel ... Read more

$143.99 USD

This book reports on the latest research and developments in the field of cybersecurity, particularly focusing on personal security and new methods for reducing human error and increasing cyber awareness, as well as innovative solutions for increasing the security of advanced Information Technology (IT) infrastructures. It covers a broad range of topics, including methods for human training; novel
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Modelling Human Motion

From Human Perception to Robot Design

Edited by Nicoletta Noceti, Alessandra Sciutti, Francesco Rea ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
The new frontiers of robotics research foresee future scenarios where artificial agents will leave the laboratory to progressively take part in the activities of our daily life. This will require robots to have very sophisticated perceptual and action skills in many intelligence-demanding applications, with particular reference to the ability to seamlessly interact with humans. It will be crucial ... Read more

$134.99 USD

The new frontiers of robotics research foresee future scenarios where artificial agents will leave the laboratory to progressively take part in the activities of our daily life. This will require robots to have very sophisticated perceptual and action skills in many intelligence-demanding applications, with particular reference to the ability to seamlessly interact with humans. It will be crucial
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Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation IV

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Neurorehabilitation (ICNR2020), October 13–16, 2020

Edited by Diego Torricelli, Metin Akay, Jose L. Pons ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
The book reports on advanced topics in the areas of neurorehabilitation research and practice. It focuses on new methods for interfacing the human nervous system with electronic and mechatronic systems to restore or compensate impaired neural functions. Importantly, the book merges different perspectives, such as the clinical, neurophysiological, and bioengineering ones, to promote, feed and ... Read more

$395.99 USD

The book reports on advanced topics in the areas of neurorehabilitation research and practice. It focuses on new methods for interfacing the human nervous system with electronic and mechatronic systems to restore or compensate impaired neural functions. Importantly, the book merges different perspectives, such as the clinical, neurophysiological, and bioengineering ones, to promote, feed and
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HCI International 2024 Posters

26th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2024, Washington, DC, USA, June 29–July 4, 2024, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Constantine Stephanidis, Margherita Antona, Stavroula Ntoa, Gavriel Salvendy ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The seven-volume set CCIS 2114-2120 contains the extended abstracts of the posters presented during the 26th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2024, held in Washington, DC, USA, during June 29–July 4, 2024.The total of 1271 papers and 309 posters included in the HCII 2024 proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 5108 submissions. The posters presented in ... Read more

$224.99 USD

The seven-volume set CCIS 2114-2120 contains the extended abstracts of the posters presented during the 26th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2024, held in Washington, DC, USA, during June 29–July 4, 2024.The total of 1271 papers and 309 posters included in the HCII 2024 proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 5108 submissions. The posters presented in
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Medical Modeling

The Application of Advanced Design and Additive Manufacturing Techniques in Medicine

by Richard Bibb, Dominic Eggbeer, Abby Paterson, Mazher Iqbal Mohammed ...

Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials
Medical Modelling: The Application of Advanced Design and Additive Manufacturing Techniques in Medicine, Third Edition provides readers with a thorough update of the core contents, along with key information on innovative imaging techniques, additive manufacturing technologies and a range of applied case studies. This comprehensive new edition includes new coverage of advanced technologies, such ... Read more

$269.99 USD

Medical Modelling: The Application of Advanced Design and Additive Manufacturing Techniques in Medicine, Third Edition provides readers with a thorough update of the core contents, along with key information on innovative imaging techniques, additive manufacturing technologies and a range of applied case studies. This comprehensive new edition includes new coverage of advanced technologies, such
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UX Decodificado

Fundamentos, práticas e cultura da experiência do usuário

by Rafael Burity, Rodrigo Lemes ...

Este livro foi elaborado a partir de muito estudo, pesquisa, investigação e debates, aliados à experiência de dois profissionais do mercado de Design. Recheado de dicas e provocações que trazem fundamentos, conceitos e discussões sobre UX Design, este livro foi escrito para designers ou profissionais experientes que desejam fazer a transição para o design digital e, a partir daí, começar uma ... Read more

$15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Este livro foi elaborado a partir de muito estudo, pesquisa, investigação e debates, aliados à experiência de dois profissionais do mercado de Design. Recheado de dicas e provocações que trazem fundamentos, conceitos e discussões sobre UX Design, este livro foi escrito para designers ou profissionais experientes que desejam fazer a transição para o design digital e, a partir daí, começar uma
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DNA Logic Design

Computing with DNA

by Hafiz Md. Hasan Babu ...

A DNA computer is a collection of specially selected DNA strands, which when encoded into specific combinations are then subjected to bio-molecular manipulation in order to solve computational problems. Rather than storing information in the 1s and 0s of the binary number system, it is now stored in the form of the bases adenine (A), thymine (T), cytosine (C) and guanine (G). These bases can be ... Read more

$35.99 USD

A DNA computer is a collection of specially selected DNA strands, which when encoded into specific combinations are then subjected to bio-molecular manipulation in order to solve computational problems. Rather than storing information in the 1s and 0s of the binary number system, it is now stored in the form of the bases adenine (A), thymine (T), cytosine (C) and guanine (G). These bases can be
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Web and Wireless Geographical Information Systems

15th International Symposium, W2GIS 2017, Shanghai, China, May 8-9, 2017, Proceedings

Edited by David Brosset, Christophe Claramunt, Xiang Li, Tianzhen Wang ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 15th International Symposium, W2GIS 2017, held in Shanghai, China, in May 2017.The 11 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from 28 submissions. The papers cover hot topics related to W2GIS including Web technologies and technics; paths and navigation; and Web visualization. ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 15th International Symposium, W2GIS 2017, held in Shanghai, China, in May 2017.The 11 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from 28 submissions. The papers cover hot topics related to W2GIS including Web technologies and technics; paths and navigation; and Web visualization.
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A Beginners Guide to Python 3 Programming

by John Hunt ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This textbook on Python 3 explains concepts such as variables and what they represent, how data is held in memory, how a for loop works and what a string is. It also introduces key concepts such as functions, modules and packages as well as object orientation and functional programming. Each section is prefaced with an introductory chapter, before continuing with how these ideas work in Python ... Read more

$44.99 USD

This textbook on Python 3 explains concepts such as variables and what they represent, how data is held in memory, how a for loop works and what a string is. It also introduces key concepts such as functions, modules and packages as well as object orientation and functional programming. Each section is prefaced with an introductory chapter, before continuing with how these ideas work in Python
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Designing Microservices with Django

An Overview of Tools and Practices

by Akos Hochrein ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Explore microservices using the Python-based Django framework and review the benefits and drawbacks of them. This book will examine what microservices look like, how they talk to each other, and how they are crafted using the Python programming language and the Django web framework.You’ll start by understanding what the key differences are between microservices and monolithic architectures. The ... Read more

$49.99 USD

Explore microservices using the Python-based Django framework and review the benefits and drawbacks of them. This book will examine what microservices look like, how they talk to each other, and how they are crafted using the Python programming language and the Django web framework.You’ll start by understanding what the key differences are between microservices and monolithic architectures. The
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Precision Positioning with Commercial Smartphones in Urban Environments

Edited by Sara Paiva ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book discusses recent technologies and case studies that aim to enhance positioning obtained with commercial smartphones in urban environments, overcoming difficulties with GPS. The authors provide insight into recent trends and innovation on technologies, solutions and approaches to overcome GPS issues in urban environments, due to the existence of a big number of buildings. Topics include ... Read more

$134.99 USD

This book discusses recent technologies and case studies that aim to enhance positioning obtained with commercial smartphones in urban environments, overcoming difficulties with GPS. The authors provide insight into recent trends and innovation on technologies, solutions and approaches to overcome GPS issues in urban environments, due to the existence of a big number of buildings. Topics include
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HCI in Mobility, Transport, and Automotive Systems. Automated Driving and In-Vehicle Experience Design

Second International Conference, MobiTAS 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Heidi Krömker ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This two-volume set LNCS 12212 and 12213 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on HCI in Mobility, Transport, and Automotive Systems, MobiTAS 2020, held as part of the 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2020, in Copenhagen, Denmark, in July, 2020.*A total of 1439 full papers and 238 posters have been carefully reviewed and ... Read more

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This two-volume set LNCS 12212 and 12213 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on HCI in Mobility, Transport, and Automotive Systems, MobiTAS 2020, held as part of the 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2020, in Copenhagen, Denmark, in July, 2020.*A total of 1439 full papers and 238 posters have been carefully reviewed and
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Novel Techniques in Recovering, Embedding, and Enforcing Policies for Control-Flow Integrity

by Yan Lin ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
There are three fundamental components in Control-Flow Integrity (CFI) enforcement. The first component is accurately recovering the policy (CFG). Usually, the more precise the policy is, the more security CFI improves, but precise CFG generation was considered hard without the support of source code. The second component is embedding the CFI policy securely. Current CFI enforcement usually ... Read more

$89.99 USD

There are three fundamental components in Control-Flow Integrity (CFI) enforcement. The first component is accurately recovering the policy (CFG). Usually, the more precise the policy is, the more security CFI improves, but precise CFG generation was considered hard without the support of source code. The second component is embedding the CFI policy securely. Current CFI enforcement usually
... Read more
Multimodal Interaction with W3C Standards

Toward Natural User Interfaces to Everything

Edited by Deborah A. Dahl ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book presents new standards for multimodal interaction published by the W3C and other standards bodies in straightforward and accessible language, while also illustrating the standards in operation through case studies and chapters on innovative implementations. The book illustrates how, as smart technology becomes ubiquitous, and appears in more and more different shapes and sizes, vendor ... Read more

$89.99 USD

This book presents new standards for multimodal interaction published by the W3C and other standards bodies in straightforward and accessible language, while also illustrating the standards in operation through case studies and chapters on innovative implementations. The book illustrates how, as smart technology becomes ubiquitous, and appears in more and more different shapes and sizes, vendor
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Kubernetes Microservices with Docker

by Deepak Vohra ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Start using Kubernetes in complex big data and enterprise applications, including Docker containers. Starting with installing Kubernetes on a single node, the book introduces Kubernetes with a simple Hello example and discusses using environment variables in Kubernetes.Next, Kubernetes Microservices with Docker discusses using Kubernetes with all major groups of technologies such as relational ... Read more

$62.99 USD

Start using Kubernetes in complex big data and enterprise applications, including Docker containers. Starting with installing Kubernetes on a single node, the book introduces Kubernetes with a simple Hello example and discusses using environment variables in Kubernetes.Next, Kubernetes Microservices with Docker discusses using Kubernetes with all major groups of technologies such as relational
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Introduction to Logic Circuits & Logic Design with Verilog

by Brock J. LaMeres ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This textbook for courses in Digital Systems Design introduces students to the fundamental hardware used in modern computers. Coverage includes both the classical approach to digital system design (i.e., pen and paper) in addition to the modern hardware description language (HDL) design approach (computer-based). Using this textbook enables readers to design digital systems using the modern HDL ... Read more

$58.99 USD

This textbook for courses in Digital Systems Design introduces students to the fundamental hardware used in modern computers. Coverage includes both the classical approach to digital system design (i.e., pen and paper) in addition to the modern hardware description language (HDL) design approach (computer-based). Using this textbook enables readers to design digital systems using the modern HDL
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Computer Supported Education

13th International Conference, CSEDU 2021, Virtual Event, April 23–25, 2021, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Beno Csapó, James Uhomoibhi ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes selected, revised and extended papers from the 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, CSEDU 2021, held as a virtual event in April 2021.The 27 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 143 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: artificial intelligence in education; information technologies supporting ... Read more

$89.99 USD

This book constitutes selected, revised and extended papers from the 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, CSEDU 2021, held as a virtual event in April 2021.The 27 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 143 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: artificial intelligence in education; information technologies supporting
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RoboCup 2014: Robot World Cup XVIII

Edited by Reinaldo A. C. Bianchi, H. Levent Akin, Subramanian Ramamoorthy, Komei Sugiura ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book includes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 18th Annual RoboCup International Symposium, held in Joao Pessoa, Brazil, in July 2014.The 36 revised papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 66 submissions and include 11 champion-team papers, three special-track papers on open-source hardware and software, nine papers on the advancement of the RoboCup leagues track, and three ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book includes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 18th Annual RoboCup International Symposium, held in Joao Pessoa, Brazil, in July 2014.The 36 revised papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 66 submissions and include 11 champion-team papers, three special-track papers on open-source hardware and software, nine papers on the advancement of the RoboCup leagues track, and three
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Antahkaraṇa - The Inner Instrument

part one, #1

by Deepak Soni ...

Twenty-five centuries ago Indian thinkers charted a mind that learns without forgetting, that knows when it does not know, and that acts with restraint. This is the story of reading that map of the antaḥkaraṇa, the inner instrument — as an engineer, and building it organ by organ into a real, measured AI architecture you can run. ... Read more

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Twenty-five centuries ago Indian thinkers charted a mind that learns without forgetting, that knows when it does not know, and that acts with restraint. This is the story of reading that map of the antaḥkaraṇa, the inner instrument — as an engineer, and building it organ by organ into a real, measured AI architecture you can run.
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Technical Foundations and Applications of Trustworthy AI Systems

Edited by Otmane Azeroual ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) and data-driven technologies play an increasingly decisive role in shaping outcomes across education, healthcare, finance, public services, and everyday human experiences. With this growing influence comes a corresponding responsibility. Stakeholders across domains, including data stewards, engineers, policymakers, and end users, are raising critical questions: how are ... Read more

$193.99 USD

Artificial intelligence (AI) and data-driven technologies play an increasingly decisive role in shaping outcomes across education, healthcare, finance, public services, and everyday human experiences. With this growing influence comes a corresponding responsibility. Stakeholders across domains, including data stewards, engineers, policymakers, and end users, are raising critical questions: how are
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Predictive Analytics

Unlocking the Power of Data for Business Success

by Conor Williams ...

"Predictive Analytics: Unlocking the Power of Data for Business Success" is a comprehensive guide to using data analysis and prediction to drive business success. Written by a team of experts in the field, the book covers everything from the fundamentals of data analysis and statistical inference to the latest techniques in predictive analytics.The authors provide practical examples of how ... Read more

$3.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"Predictive Analytics: Unlocking the Power of Data for Business Success" is a comprehensive guide to using data analysis and prediction to drive business success. Written by a team of experts in the field, the book covers everything from the fundamentals of data analysis and statistical inference to the latest techniques in predictive analytics.The authors provide practical examples of how
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Approaching Employee Experience Management With Data Science

Edited by Paula Cristina Nunes Figueiredo ...

In today's competitive business environment, retaining top talent is essential for organizational success, and employee experience plays a key role in this process. Data-driven strategies enable companies to create a motivating and supportive work environment, leading to increased engagement, productivity, and retention. By measuring and improving the employee experience, organizations can adapt ... Read more

$215.99 USD

In today's competitive business environment, retaining top talent is essential for organizational success, and employee experience plays a key role in this process. Data-driven strategies enable companies to create a motivating and supportive work environment, leading to increased engagement, productivity, and retention. By measuring and improving the employee experience, organizations can adapt
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