Advanced Computing in Computers & Nonfiction eBooks

FreeBSD Mastery: Storage Essentials

by Michael W. Lucas ...

Series series IT Mastery
FreeBSD is one of the oldest and most featureful open-source Unix-like operating systems. FreeBSD Mastery: Storage Essentials takes you on a deep dive into FreeBSD’s disk management systems.You’ll learn about:identifying your storage hardwarethe Common Access MethodGEOM–FreeBSD’s powerful and flexible stackable storage systemGUID Partition Tables, the modern disk partitioning standardMBR/disklabel ... Read more

$14.08 CAD

FreeBSD is one of the oldest and most featureful open-source Unix-like operating systems. FreeBSD Mastery: Storage Essentials takes you on a deep dive into FreeBSD’s disk management systems.You’ll learn about:identifying your storage hardwarethe Common Access MethodGEOM–FreeBSD’s powerful and flexible stackable storage systemGUID Partition Tables, the modern disk partitioning standardMBR/disklabel
... Read more
Intertwingled

The Work and Influence of Ted Nelson

Edited by Douglas R. Dechow, Daniele C. Struppa ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This engaging volume celebrates the life and work of Theodor Holm “Ted” Nelson, a pioneer and legendary figure from the history of early computing. Presenting contributions from world-renowned computer scientists and figures from the media industry, the book delves into hypertext, the docuverse, Xanadu and other products of Ted Nelson’s unique mind. Features: includes a cartoon and a sequence of ... Read more

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This engaging volume celebrates the life and work of Theodor Holm “Ted” Nelson, a pioneer and legendary figure from the history of early computing. Presenting contributions from world-renowned computer scientists and figures from the media industry, the book delves into hypertext, the docuverse, Xanadu and other products of Ted Nelson’s unique mind. Features: includes a cartoon and a sequence of
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Supercomputing Frontiers

4th Asian Conference, SCFA 2018, Singapore, March 26-29, 2018, Proceedings

Edited by Rio Yokota, Weigang Wu ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
It constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th Asian Supercomputing Conference, SCFA 2018, held in Singapore in March 2018. Supercomputing Frontiers will be rebranded as Supercomputing Frontiers Asia (SCFA), which serves as the technical programme for SCA18. The technical programme for SCA18 consists of four tracks:Application, Algorithms & LibrariesProgramming System SoftwareArchitecture, ... Read more

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It constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th Asian Supercomputing Conference, SCFA 2018, held in Singapore in March 2018. Supercomputing Frontiers will be rebranded as Supercomputing Frontiers Asia (SCFA), which serves as the technical programme for SCA18. The technical programme for SCA18 consists of four tracks:Application, Algorithms & LibrariesProgramming System SoftwareArchitecture,
... Read more
The Handheld Club

Architecture of Consoles: A Practical Analysis (collection)

by Rodrigo Copetti ...

Series series Architecture of Consoles: A Practical Analysis (collection)
Looking at the evolution of video game consoles is fascinating. While conventional PCs tend to evolve 'incrementally', new generations of consoles introduce completely new ways of working. The writings you see here are part of a series aimed at uncovering the rationale behind the latest trends in technology. They will also demonstrate why each system can't be summarised by its 'bits', megahertz, ... Read more

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Looking at the evolution of video game consoles is fascinating. While conventional PCs tend to evolve 'incrementally', new generations of consoles introduce completely new ways of working. The writings you see here are part of a series aimed at uncovering the rationale behind the latest trends in technology. They will also demonstrate why each system can't be summarised by its 'bits', megahertz,
... Read more
Free as in Freedom [Paperback]

Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software

by Sam Williams ...

Free as in Freedom interweaves biographical snapshots of GNU project founder Richard Stallman with the political, social and economic history of the free software movement. It examines Stallman's unique personality and how that personality has been at turns a driving force and a drawback in terms of the movement's overall success.Free as in Freedom examines one man's 20-year attempt to codify and ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

Free as in Freedom interweaves biographical snapshots of GNU project founder Richard Stallman with the political, social and economic history of the free software movement. It examines Stallman's unique personality and how that personality has been at turns a driving force and a drawback in terms of the movement's overall success.Free as in Freedom examines one man's 20-year attempt to codify and
... Read more
Nonparametric Bayesian Learning for Collaborative Robot Multimodal Introspection

by Xuefeng Zhou, Hongmin Wu, Juan Rojas, Zhihao Xu, Shuai Li ...

Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
This open access book focuses on robot introspection, which has a direct impact on physical human–robot interaction and long-term autonomy, and which can benefit from autonomous anomaly monitoring and diagnosis, as well as anomaly recovery strategies. In robotics, the ability to reason, solve their own anomalies and proactively enrich owned knowledge is a direct way to improve autonomous behaviors ... Read more

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This open access book focuses on robot introspection, which has a direct impact on physical human–robot interaction and long-term autonomy, and which can benefit from autonomous anomaly monitoring and diagnosis, as well as anomaly recovery strategies. In robotics, the ability to reason, solve their own anomalies and proactively enrich owned knowledge is a direct way to improve autonomous behaviors
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Principles Of Artificial Neural Networks (3rd Edition)

by Daniel Graupe ...

Series Book 7 - Advanced Series In Circuits And Systems
Artificial neural networks are most suitable for solving problems that are complex, ill-defined, highly nonlinear, of many and different variables, and/or stochastic. Such problems are abundant in medicine, in finance, in security and beyond.This volume covers the basic theory and architecture of the major artificial neural networks. Uniquely, it presents 18 complete case studies of applications ... Read more

$51.99 CAD

Artificial neural networks are most suitable for solving problems that are complex, ill-defined, highly nonlinear, of many and different variables, and/or stochastic. Such problems are abundant in medicine, in finance, in security and beyond.This volume covers the basic theory and architecture of the major artificial neural networks. Uniquely, it presents 18 complete case studies of applications
... Read more
Mission AI

The New System Technology

by Haroon Sheikh, Corien Prins, Erik Schrijvers ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This open access book offers a strategic perspective on AI and the process of embedding it in society. After decades of research, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now entering society at large. Due to its general purpose character, AI will change society in multiple, fundamental and unpredictable ways. Therefore, the Netherlands Scientiﬁc Council for Government Policy (WRR) characterizes AI as a ... Read more

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This open access book offers a strategic perspective on AI and the process of embedding it in society. After decades of research, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now entering society at large. Due to its general purpose character, AI will change society in multiple, fundamental and unpredictable ways. Therefore, the Netherlands Scientiﬁc Council for Government Policy (WRR) characterizes AI as a
... Read more
Quantum Computing

by Parag Lala ...

A self-contained, reader-friendly introduction to the principles and applications of quantum computingEspecially valuable to those without a prior knowledge of quantum mechanics, this electrical engineering text presents the concepts and workings of quantum information processing systems in a clear, straightforward, and practical manner. The book is written in a style that helps readers who are ... Read more

$65.99 CAD

A self-contained, reader-friendly introduction to the principles and applications of quantum computingEspecially valuable to those without a prior knowledge of quantum mechanics, this electrical engineering text presents the concepts and workings of quantum information processing systems in a clear, straightforward, and practical manner. The book is written in a style that helps readers who are
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Deep Neural Networks and Data for Automated Driving

Robustness, Uncertainty Quantification, and Insights Towards Safety

Edited by Tim Fingscheidt, Hanno Gottschalk, Sebastian Houben ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This open access book brings together the latest developments from industry and research on automated driving and artificial intelligence.Environment perception for highly automated driving heavily employs deep neural networks, facing many challenges. How much data do we need for training and testing? How to use synthetic data to save labeling costs for training? How do we increase robustness and ... Read more

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This open access book brings together the latest developments from industry and research on automated driving and artificial intelligence.Environment perception for highly automated driving heavily employs deep neural networks, facing many challenges. How much data do we need for training and testing? How to use synthetic data to save labeling costs for training? How do we increase robustness and
... Read more
Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems

24th International Conference, TACAS 2018, Held as Part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2018, Thessaloniki, Greece, April 14-20, 2018, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Dirk Beyer, Marieke Huisman ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book is Open Access under a CC BY licence.The LNCS 10805 and 10806 proceedings set constitutes the proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems, TACAS 2018, which took place in Thessaloniki, Greece, in April 2018, held as part of the European Joint Conference on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2018.The total of 43 ... Read more

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This book is Open Access under a CC BY licence.The LNCS 10805 and 10806 proceedings set constitutes the proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems, TACAS 2018, which took place in Thessaloniki, Greece, in April 2018, held as part of the European Joint Conference on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2018.The total of 43
... Read more
500 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Interview Questions and Answers

by Vamsee Puligadda ...

Knowledge for Free...Get that job, you aspire for!Want to switch to that high paying job? Or are you already been preparing hard to give interview the next weekend?Do you know how many people get rejected in interviews by preparing only concepts but not focusing on actually which questions will be asked in the interview?Don't be that person this time.This is the most comprehensive Artificial ... Read more

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Knowledge for Free...Get that job, you aspire for!Want to switch to that high paying job? Or are you already been preparing hard to give interview the next weekend?Do you know how many people get rejected in interviews by preparing only concepts but not focusing on actually which questions will be asked in the interview?Don't be that person this time.This is the most comprehensive Artificial
... Read more
Docker Cookbook

Solutions and Examples for Building Distributed Applications

by Sébastien Goasguen ...

Whether you’re deploying applications on premise or in the cloud, this cookbook provides developers, operators, and IT professionals with more than 130 proven recipes for working with Docker.With these practical solutions, experienced developers with no previous knowledge of Docker will be able to package and deploy distributed applications within a couple of chapters. IT professionals will be ... Read more

$50.99 CAD

Whether you’re deploying applications on premise or in the cloud, this cookbook provides developers, operators, and IT professionals with more than 130 proven recipes for working with Docker.With these practical solutions, experienced developers with no previous knowledge of Docker will be able to package and deploy distributed applications within a couple of chapters. IT professionals will be
... Read more
Cloud-Based Remote Sensing with Google Earth Engine

Fundamentals and Applications

Edited by Jeffrey A. Cardille, Morgan A. Crowley, David Saah, Nicholas E. Clinton ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This book guides its audience—which can range from novice users to experts— though a 55-chapter tour of Google Earth Engine. A sequenced and diverse set of lab materials, this is the product of more than a year of effort from more than a hundred individuals, collecting new exercises from professors, undergraduates, master’s students, PhD students, postdocs, and independent consultants.Cloud Based ... Read more

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This book guides its audience—which can range from novice users to experts— though a 55-chapter tour of Google Earth Engine. A sequenced and diverse set of lab materials, this is the product of more than a year of effort from more than a hundred individuals, collecting new exercises from professors, undergraduates, master’s students, PhD students, postdocs, and independent consultants.Cloud Based
... Read more
Dr. Bot

Why Doctors Can Fail Us—and How AI Could Save Lives

by Charlotte Blease ...

How does AI compare to a doctor when it comes to saving lives?Doctors are under-resourced and face unprecedented levels of stress, with rising patient numbers and ever developing medical knowledge. But at the same time, they are all too human, prone to racial, class and social biases that affect the care patients receive.Can we improve patient experience and alleviate the burdens of doctors at the ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

How does AI compare to a doctor when it comes to saving lives?Doctors are under-resourced and face unprecedented levels of stress, with rising patient numbers and ever developing medical knowledge. But at the same time, they are all too human, prone to racial, class and social biases that affect the care patients receive.Can we improve patient experience and alleviate the burdens of doctors at the
... Read more
Effective Monitoring and Alerting

For Web Operations

by Slawek Ligus ...

With this practical book, you’ll discover how to catch complications in your distributed system before they develop into costly problems. Based on his extensive experience in systems ops at large technology companies, author Slawek Ligus describes an effective data-driven approach for monitoring and alerting that enables you to maintain high availability and deliver a high quality of service.Learn ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

With this practical book, you’ll discover how to catch complications in your distributed system before they develop into costly problems. Based on his extensive experience in systems ops at large technology companies, author Slawek Ligus describes an effective data-driven approach for monitoring and alerting that enables you to maintain high availability and deliver a high quality of service.Learn
... Read more
Life with Siri

Volume One (Second Edition)

by Jodi Dery ...

Life with Siri –2nd Edition (2012) Siri is the unique iPhone “personal assistant” with amazing voice-recognition capabilities. Siri understands natural, informal speech like no non-human device has ever done before. Your grammar can be totally deficient, but Siri will almost always understand what you mean! Now, Life With Siri provides you with an awesome guide to getting the most fun and ... Read more

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Life with Siri –2nd Edition (2012) Siri is the unique iPhone “personal assistant” with amazing voice-recognition capabilities. Siri understands natural, informal speech like no non-human device has ever done before. Your grammar can be totally deficient, but Siri will almost always understand what you mean! Now, Life With Siri provides you with an awesome guide to getting the most fun and
... Read more
iTunes Music: Mastering High Resolution Audio Delivery

Produce Great Sounding Music with Mastered for iTunes

by Bob Katz ...

Apple’s exciting new Mastered for iTunes (MFiT) initiative, introduced in early 2012, introduces new possibilities for delivering high-quality audio. For the first time, record labels and program producers are encouraged to deliver audio materials to iTunes in a high resolution format, which can produce better-sounding masters.In iTunes Music, author and world-class mastering engineer Bob Katz ... Read more

$380.99 CAD

Apple’s exciting new Mastered for iTunes (MFiT) initiative, introduced in early 2012, introduces new possibilities for delivering high-quality audio. For the first time, record labels and program producers are encouraged to deliver audio materials to iTunes in a high resolution format, which can produce better-sounding masters.In iTunes Music, author and world-class mastering engineer Bob Katz
... Read more
Using Asyncio in Python

Understanding Python's Asynchronous Programming Features

by Caleb Hattingh ...

If you’re among the Python developers put off by asyncio’s complexity, it’s time to take another look. Asyncio is complicated because it aims to solve problems in concurrent network programming for both framework and end-user developers. The features you need to consider are a small subset of the whole asyncio API, but picking out the right features is the tricky part. That’s where this practical ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

If you’re among the Python developers put off by asyncio’s complexity, it’s time to take another look. Asyncio is complicated because it aims to solve problems in concurrent network programming for both framework and end-user developers. The features you need to consider are a small subset of the whole asyncio API, but picking out the right features is the tricky part. That’s where this practical
... Read more
Machines de Jeux

Architecture des Consoles de Jeux Vidéo

by Guillaume Poggiaspalla ...

Découvrez les secrets de conception et de programmation des plus grandes consoles de jeux. Dans ce volume, on décortique des machines de la génération "8 bits" qui s'étend de la fin des années 70 à la fin des années 80. L'Atari 2600, la NES (Nintendo Entertainment System), la Sega Master System et enfin les PC Engine et Supergrafx de NEC seront analysées. L’histoire de leurs conceptions, l ... Read more

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Découvrez les secrets de conception et de programmation des plus grandes consoles de jeux. Dans ce volume, on décortique des machines de la génération "8 bits" qui s'étend de la fin des années 70 à la fin des années 80. L'Atari 2600, la NES (Nintendo Entertainment System), la Sega Master System et enfin les PC Engine et Supergrafx de NEC seront analysées. L’histoire de leurs conceptions, l
... Read more
Pro Django

by Marty Alchin ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Learn how to leverage Django, the leading Python web application development framework, to its full potential in this advanced tutorial and reference. Updated for Django 1.5 and Python 3, Pro Django, Second Edition examines in great detail the complex problems that Python web application developers can face and how to solve them. It provides indepth information about advanced tools and techniques ... Read more

$63.99 CAD

Learn how to leverage Django, the leading Python web application development framework, to its full potential in this advanced tutorial and reference. Updated for Django 1.5 and Python 3, Pro Django, Second Edition examines in great detail the complex problems that Python web application developers can face and how to solve them. It provides indepth information about advanced tools and techniques
... Read more
Google Earth For Dummies

by David A. Crowder ...

Explore the world from your computer!This interesting guide covers all aspects of Google Earth, the freely downloadable application from Google that allows users to view satellite images from all points of the globeAimed at a diverse audience, including casual users who enjoy air shots of locales as well as geographers, real estate professionals, and GPS developersIncludes valuable tips on various ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

Explore the world from your computer!This interesting guide covers all aspects of Google Earth, the freely downloadable application from Google that allows users to view satellite images from all points of the globeAimed at a diverse audience, including casual users who enjoy air shots of locales as well as geographers, real estate professionals, and GPS developersIncludes valuable tips on various
... Read more
Information Politics

Liberation and Exploitation in the Digital Society

by Tim Jordan ...

Series series Digital Barricades
Conflict over information has become a central part of modern politics and culture. The sites of struggle are numerous, the actors beyond count. Currents of liberation and exploitation course through the debates about Edward Snowden and surveillance, Anonymous, search engines and social media.In Information Politics, Tim Jordan identifies all these issues in relation to a general understanding of ... Read more

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Conflict over information has become a central part of modern politics and culture. The sites of struggle are numerous, the actors beyond count. Currents of liberation and exploitation course through the debates about Edward Snowden and surveillance, Anonymous, search engines and social media.In Information Politics, Tim Jordan identifies all these issues in relation to a general understanding of
... Read more
Networked Life

20 Questions and Answers

by Mung Chiang ...

How does Google sell ad space and rank webpages? How does Netflix recommend movies and Amazon rank products? How can you influence people on Facebook and Twitter and can you really reach anyone in six steps? Why doesn't the internet collapse under congestion and does it have an Achilles' heel? Why are you charged per gigabyte for mobile data and how can Skype and BitTorrent be free? How are cloud ... Read more

$40.99 CAD

How does Google sell ad space and rank webpages? How does Netflix recommend movies and Amazon rank products? How can you influence people on Facebook and Twitter and can you really reach anyone in six steps? Why doesn't the internet collapse under congestion and does it have an Achilles' heel? Why are you charged per gigabyte for mobile data and how can Skype and BitTorrent be free? How are cloud
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