Advanced Computing in Computers & Nonfiction eBooks

The Manga Guide to Cryptography

by Masaaki Mitani, Shinichi Sato, Idero Hinoki, Verte Corp. ...

Series Book 14 - The Manga Guides
Cryptography is hard, but it’s less hard when it’s filled with adorable Japanese manga. The latest addition to the Manga Guide series, The Manga Guide to Cryptography, turns the art of encryption and decryption into plain, comic illustrated English.As you follow Inspector Jun Meguro in his quest to bring a cipher-wielding thief to justice, you’ll learn how cryptographic ciphers work. (Ciphers are ... Read more

$22.39 CAD

Cryptography is hard, but it’s less hard when it’s filled with adorable Japanese manga. The latest addition to the Manga Guide series, The Manga Guide to Cryptography, turns the art of encryption and decryption into plain, comic illustrated English.As you follow Inspector Jun Meguro in his quest to bring a cipher-wielding thief to justice, you’ll learn how cryptographic ciphers work. (Ciphers are
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Messy Jobs

The Work That AI Cannot Reach

by Luis Garicano, Jin Li, Yanhui Wu ...

Apocalyptic predictions that AI will eliminate millions of jobs have caused widespread fear. When people hear that AI can write, code, and diagnose, they often jump to a scary conclusion: If machines can think, human work is doomed. Messy Jobs argues that this gloomy belief gets the economics of work wrong.Economists Luis Garicano, Jin Li, and Yanhui Wu offer a new framework for thinking about AI ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

Apocalyptic predictions that AI will eliminate millions of jobs have caused widespread fear. When people hear that AI can write, code, and diagnose, they often jump to a scary conclusion: If machines can think, human work is doomed. Messy Jobs argues that this gloomy belief gets the economics of work wrong.Economists Luis Garicano, Jin Li, and Yanhui Wu offer a new framework for thinking about AI
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Programming for Computations - MATLAB/Octave

A Gentle Introduction to Numerical Simulations with MATLAB/Octave

by Svein Linge, Hans Petter Langtangen ...

Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
This book presents computer programming as a key method for solving mathematical problems. There are two versions of the book, one for MATLAB and one for Python. The book was inspired by the Springer book TCSE 6: A Primer on Scientific Programming with Python (by Langtangen), but the style is more accessible and concise, in keeping with the needs of engineering students. The book outlines the ... Read more

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This book presents computer programming as a key method for solving mathematical problems. There are two versions of the book, one for MATLAB and one for Python. The book was inspired by the Springer book TCSE 6: A Primer on Scientific Programming with Python (by Langtangen), but the style is more accessible and concise, in keeping with the needs of engineering students. The book outlines the
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Heroku: Up and Running

Effortless Application Deployment and Scaling

by Neil Middleton, Richard Schneeman ...

Take full advantage of Heroku’s cloud-based hosting services. This guide takes you through the inner workings of this PaaS platform and delivers practical advice for architecting your application to work as efficiently as possible. You’ll learn best practices for improving speed and throughput, solving latency issues, locating and fixing problems if your application goes down, and ensuring your ... Read more

$8.99 CAD

Take full advantage of Heroku’s cloud-based hosting services. This guide takes you through the inner workings of this PaaS platform and delivers practical advice for architecting your application to work as efficiently as possible. You’ll learn best practices for improving speed and throughput, solving latency issues, locating and fixing problems if your application goes down, and ensuring your
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The AI Delusion

by Gary Smith ...

We live in an incredible period in history. The Computer Revolution may be even more life-changing than the Industrial Revolution. We can do things with computers that could never be done before, and computers can do things for us that could never be done before. But our love of computers should not cloud our thinking about their limitations. We are told that computers are smarter than humans and ... Read more

$20.99 CAD

We live in an incredible period in history. The Computer Revolution may be even more life-changing than the Industrial Revolution. We can do things with computers that could never be done before, and computers can do things for us that could never be done before. But our love of computers should not cloud our thinking about their limitations. We are told that computers are smarter than humans and
... Read more
L'IA, ton alliée pour apprendre ?

Guide d'utilisation responsable

by Christian Frenette, Jean-Luc Trussart, Chloé Sondervorst ...

Ce guide pratique a été pensé pour toi, que tu sois au cégep, au secondaire ou en formation professionnelle. Il t’invite à collaborer avec l’IA générative de manière responsable. Tu y découvriras comment l’utiliser pour t’aider à organiser tes idées, à comprendre des notions complexes, ou encore à étudier plus efficacement. Mais ce livre ne fait pas que t’expliquer comment faire. Il t’amène à te ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

Ce guide pratique a été pensé pour toi, que tu sois au cégep, au secondaire ou en formation professionnelle. Il t’invite à collaborer avec l’IA générative de manière responsable. Tu y découvriras comment l’utiliser pour t’aider à organiser tes idées, à comprendre des notions complexes, ou encore à étudier plus efficacement. Mais ce livre ne fait pas que t’expliquer comment faire. Il t’amène à te
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Networks: A Very Short Introduction

A Very Short Introduction

by Guido Caldarelli, Michele Catanzaro ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
From ecosystems to Facebook, from the Internet to the global financial market, some of the most important and familiar natural systems and social phenomena are based on a networked structure. It is impossible to understand the spread of an epidemic, a computer virus, large-scale blackouts, or massive extinctions without taking into account the network structure that underlies all these phenomena. ... Read more

$7.99 CAD

From ecosystems to Facebook, from the Internet to the global financial market, some of the most important and familiar natural systems and social phenomena are based on a networked structure. It is impossible to understand the spread of an epidemic, a computer virus, large-scale blackouts, or massive extinctions without taking into account the network structure that underlies all these phenomena.
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Full Stack AngularJS for Java Developers

Build a Full-Featured Web Application from Scratch Using AngularJS with Spring RESTful

by Ravi Kant Soni ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Get introduced to full stack enterprise development. Whether you are new to AngularJS and Spring RESTful web services, or you are a seasoned expert, you will be able to build a full-featured web application from scratch using AngularJS and Spring RESTful web services.Full stack web development is in demand because you can explore the best of different tools and frameworks and yet make your apps ... Read more

$96.99 CAD

Get introduced to full stack enterprise development. Whether you are new to AngularJS and Spring RESTful web services, or you are a seasoned expert, you will be able to build a full-featured web application from scratch using AngularJS and Spring RESTful web services.Full stack web development is in demand because you can explore the best of different tools and frameworks and yet make your apps
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Design Sprint

A Practical Guidebook for Building Great Digital Products

by Richard Banfield, C. Todd Lombardo, Trace Wax ...

With more than 500 new apps entering the market every day, what does it take to build a successful digital product? You can greatly reduce your risk of failure with design sprints, a process that enables your team to prototype and test a digital product idea within a week. This practical guide shows you exactly what a design sprint involves and how you can incorporate the process into your ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

With more than 500 new apps entering the market every day, what does it take to build a successful digital product? You can greatly reduce your risk of failure with design sprints, a process that enables your team to prototype and test a digital product idea within a week. This practical guide shows you exactly what a design sprint involves and how you can incorporate the process into your
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Foundation Models for Natural Language Processing

Pre-trained Language Models Integrating Media

by Gerhard Paaß, Sven Giesselbach ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This open access book provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in research and applications of Foundation Models and is intended for readers familiar with basic Natural Language Processing (NLP) concepts.Over the recent years, a revolutionary new paradigm has been developed for training models for NLP. These models are first pre-trained on large collections of text documents to ... Read more

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This open access book provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in research and applications of Foundation Models and is intended for readers familiar with basic Natural Language Processing (NLP) concepts.Over the recent years, a revolutionary new paradigm has been developed for training models for NLP. These models are first pre-trained on large collections of text documents to
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INTELLIGENCE ARTIFICIELLE

Manuel de survie

by Jean-Claude HEUDIN ...

Avec le Deep Learning, l’Intelligence Artificielle est redevenue un sujet à la mode, le mythe d’une super-intelligence en croissance exponentielle. Pour certains, c’est une révolution qui va transformer le monde, comme l’électricité il y a plus d’un siècle. D’autres y voient la plus grande menace qui pèse sur l’humanité. Dans cet imbroglio médiatique, comment s’y retrouver ?Ce livre s’adresse à ... Read more

$6.99 CAD

Avec le Deep Learning, l’Intelligence Artificielle est redevenue un sujet à la mode, le mythe d’une super-intelligence en croissance exponentielle. Pour certains, c’est une révolution qui va transformer le monde, comme l’électricité il y a plus d’un siècle. D’autres y voient la plus grande menace qui pèse sur l’humanité. Dans cet imbroglio médiatique, comment s’y retrouver ?Ce livre s’adresse à
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Access Database Design & Programming

Creating Programmable Database Applications with Access 97, 2000, 2002 & 2003

by Steven Roman, PhD ...

Access Database Design & Programming takes you behind the details of the Access interface, focusing on the general knowledge necessary for Access power users or developers to create effective database applications. When using software products with graphical interfaces, we frequently focus so much on the interface that we forget about the general concepts that allow us to understand and use the ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

Access Database Design & Programming takes you behind the details of the Access interface, focusing on the general knowledge necessary for Access power users or developers to create effective database applications. When using software products with graphical interfaces, we frequently focus so much on the interface that we forget about the general concepts that allow us to understand and use the
... Read more
Biomedical Signal and Image Processing

by Kayvan Najarian, Robert Splinter ...

Written for senior-level and first year graduate students in biomedical signal and image processing, this book describes fundamental signal and image processing techniques that are used to process biomedical information. The book also discusses application of these techniques in the processing of some of the main biomedical signals and images, such as EEG, ECG, MRI, and CT. New features of this ... Read more

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Written for senior-level and first year graduate students in biomedical signal and image processing, this book describes fundamental signal and image processing techniques that are used to process biomedical information. The book also discusses application of these techniques in the processing of some of the main biomedical signals and images, such as EEG, ECG, MRI, and CT. New features of this
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Python For Beginners.Learn Data Science in 5 Days the Smart Way and Remember it Longer. With Easy Step by Step Guidance & Hands on Examples. (Python Crash Course-Programming for Beginners)

Python for Beginners

by Arthur T. Brooks ...

Series series Python for Beginners
Have you always wanted to learn computer programming but thought it was too difficult or would take too long?Do you want to know the secret to learning Python Data Science the easy way and start programming today?This book is for you.You don't need to waste your time and money learning Python the hard way through tiresome technical books, expensive online courses and difficult Python tutorials.... ... Read more

$5.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Have you always wanted to learn computer programming but thought it was too difficult or would take too long?Do you want to know the secret to learning Python Data Science the easy way and start programming today?This book is for you.You don't need to waste your time and money learning Python the hard way through tiresome technical books, expensive online courses and difficult Python tutorials....
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LaTeX Beginner's Guide

When there‚Äôs a scientific or technical paper to write, the versatility of LaTeX is very attractive. But where can you learn about the software? The answer is this superb beginner‚Äôs guide, packed with examples and explanations.

by Stefan Kottwitz ...

Packed with fully explained examples, LaTeX Beginner's Guide is a hands-on introduction quickly leading a novice user to professional-quality results. If you are about to write mathematical or scientific papers, seminar handouts, or even plan to write a thesis, then this book offers you a fast-paced and practical introduction. Particularly during studying in school and university you will benefit ... Read more

$41.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Packed with fully explained examples, LaTeX Beginner's Guide is a hands-on introduction quickly leading a novice user to professional-quality results. If you are about to write mathematical or scientific papers, seminar handouts, or even plan to write a thesis, then this book offers you a fast-paced and practical introduction. Particularly during studying in school and university you will benefit
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Getting Started with Citrix XenApp 6.5

Design and implement Citrix farms based on XenApp 6.5 with this book and ebook

by Guillermo Musumeci ...

This book has a tutorial style with step-by-step instructions and adequate screenshots for carrying out each task. If you are a system administrator or consultant who wants to implement and administer Citrix XenApp 6.5 farms, then this book is for you. This book will help both new and experienced XenApp professionals to deliver virtualized applications. ... Read more

$55.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This book has a tutorial style with step-by-step instructions and adequate screenshots for carrying out each task. If you are a system administrator or consultant who wants to implement and administer Citrix XenApp 6.5 farms, then this book is for you. This book will help both new and experienced XenApp professionals to deliver virtualized applications.
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Android: Game Programming

A Developer's Guide

by Raul Portales, John Horton ...

Extend your game development skills by harnessing the power of Android SDKKey Features\[\*\] Gain the knowledge to design and build highly interactive and amazing games for your phone and tablet from scratch\[\*\] Create games that run at super-smooth 60 frames per second with the help of these easy-to-follow projects\[\*\] Understand the internals of a game engine by building one and seeing the ... Read more

$81.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Extend your game development skills by harnessing the power of Android SDKKey Features\[\*\] Gain the knowledge to design and build highly interactive and amazing games for your phone and tablet from scratch\[\*\] Create games that run at super-smooth 60 frames per second with the help of these easy-to-follow projects\[\*\] Understand the internals of a game engine by building one and seeing the
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Machine Learning For Beginners Guide Algorithms: Supervised & Unsupervsied Learning. Decision Tree & Random Forest Introduction

by Tristan Luminous ...

200+ pages of valuable content!Machines can LEARN?!?!Machine learning occurs primarily through the use of " algorithms" and other elaborate procedures.Whether you're a novice, intermediate or expert this book will teach you all the ins, outs and everything you need to know about machine learning.Note: Bonus chapters included inside!Instead of spending hundreds or even thousands of dollars on ... Read more

$4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

200+ pages of valuable content!Machines can LEARN?!?!Machine learning occurs primarily through the use of " algorithms" and other elaborate procedures.Whether you're a novice, intermediate or expert this book will teach you all the ins, outs and everything you need to know about machine learning.Note: Bonus chapters included inside!Instead of spending hundreds or even thousands of dollars on
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Rust Atomics and Locks

Low-Level Concurrency in Practice

by Mara Bos ...

The Rust programming language is extremely well suited for concurrency, and its ecosystem has many libraries that include lots of concurrent data structures, locks, and more. But implementing those structures correctly can be very difficult. Even in the most well-used libraries, memory ordering bugs are not uncommon.In this practical book, Mara Bos, leader of the Rust library team, helps Rust ... Read more

$47.99 CAD

The Rust programming language is extremely well suited for concurrency, and its ecosystem has many libraries that include lots of concurrent data structures, locks, and more. But implementing those structures correctly can be very difficult. Even in the most well-used libraries, memory ordering bugs are not uncommon.In this practical book, Mara Bos, leader of the Rust library team, helps Rust
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Internal Crowdsourcing in Companies

Theoretical Foundations and Practical Applications

Edited by Hannah Ulbrich, Marco Wedel, Hans-Liudger Dienel ...

Series series Business and Management (R0)
This open access book examines the implications of internal crowdsourcing (IC) in companies. Presenting an employee-oriented, cross-sector reference model for good IC practice, it discusses the core theoretical foundations, and offers guidelines for process-management and blueprints for the implementation of IC. Furthermore, it examines solutions for employee training and competence development ... Read more

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This open access book examines the implications of internal crowdsourcing (IC) in companies. Presenting an employee-oriented, cross-sector reference model for good IC practice, it discusses the core theoretical foundations, and offers guidelines for process-management and blueprints for the implementation of IC. Furthermore, it examines solutions for employee training and competence development
... Read more
Data Structures and Algorithms with JavaScript

Bringing classic computing approaches to the Web

by Michael McMillan ...

As an experienced JavaScript developer moving to server-side programming, you need to implement classic data structures and algorithms associated with conventional object-oriented languages like C# and Java. This practical guide shows you how to work hands-on with a variety of storage mechanisms—including linked lists, stacks, queues, and graphs—within the constraints of the JavaScript environment ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

As an experienced JavaScript developer moving to server-side programming, you need to implement classic data structures and algorithms associated with conventional object-oriented languages like C# and Java. This practical guide shows you how to work hands-on with a variety of storage mechanisms—including linked lists, stacks, queues, and graphs—within the constraints of the JavaScript environment
... Read more
Information and Knowledge Organisation in Digital Humanities

Global Perspectives

Edited by Koraljka Golub, Ying-Hsang Liu ...

Series series Digital Research in the Arts and Humanities
Information and Knowledge Organisation explores the role of knowledge organisation in the digital humanities. By focusing on how information is described, represented and organised in both research and practice, this work furthers the transdisciplinary nature of digital humanities.Including contributions from Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and the Middle East, the volume explores the ... Read more

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Information and Knowledge Organisation explores the role of knowledge organisation in the digital humanities. By focusing on how information is described, represented and organised in both research and practice, this work furthers the transdisciplinary nature of digital humanities.Including contributions from Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and the Middle East, the volume explores the
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Quantum Computing For Dummies

by Floyd Earl Smith, whurley ...

Comprehend the mysteries—and the amazing potential—of quantum computingQuantum computing has the promise to be the next huge thing in technology. How do we know that? Look at how much the big players in tech are investing in the technology. Quantum Computing For Dummies preps you for the amazing changes that are coming with the world of computing built on the phenomena of quantum mechanics. Need ... Read more

$23.99 CAD

Comprehend the mysteries—and the amazing potential—of quantum computingQuantum computing has the promise to be the next huge thing in technology. How do we know that? Look at how much the big players in tech are investing in the technology. Quantum Computing For Dummies preps you for the amazing changes that are coming with the world of computing built on the phenomena of quantum mechanics. Need
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Learning SPARQL

Querying and Updating with SPARQL 1.1

by Bob DuCharme ...

Gain hands-on experience with SPARQL, the RDF query language that’s bringing new possibilities to semantic web, linked data, and big data projects. This updated and expanded edition shows you how to use SPARQL 1.1 with a variety of tools to retrieve, manipulate, and federate data from the public web as well as from private sources.Author Bob DuCharme has you writing simple queries right away ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

Gain hands-on experience with SPARQL, the RDF query language that’s bringing new possibilities to semantic web, linked data, and big data projects. This updated and expanded edition shows you how to use SPARQL 1.1 with a variety of tools to retrieve, manipulate, and federate data from the public web as well as from private sources.Author Bob DuCharme has you writing simple queries right away
... Read more

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