Advanced Computing in Computers & Nonfiction eBooks

Writing for Games

Theory and Practice

by Hannah Nicklin ...

Focussing on the independent videogames sector, this book provides readers with a vocabulary to articulate and build their games writing practice; whether studying games or coming to games from another storytelling discipline. Writing for Games offers resources for communication, collaboration, reflection, and advocacy, inviting the reader to situate their practice in a centuries-long heritage of ... Read more

$94.99 CAD

Focussing on the independent videogames sector, this book provides readers with a vocabulary to articulate and build their games writing practice; whether studying games or coming to games from another storytelling discipline. Writing for Games offers resources for communication, collaboration, reflection, and advocacy, inviting the reader to situate their practice in a centuries-long heritage of
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Deep Dive

Exploring the Real-world Value of Open Source Intelligence

by Rae L. Baker ...

Learn to gather and analyze publicly available data for your intelligence needsIn Deep Dive: Exploring the Real-world Value of Open Source Intelligence, veteran open-source intelligence analyst Rae Baker explains how to use publicly available data to advance your investigative OSINT skills and how your adversaries are most likely to use publicly accessible data against you. The author delivers an ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

Learn to gather and analyze publicly available data for your intelligence needsIn Deep Dive: Exploring the Real-world Value of Open Source Intelligence, veteran open-source intelligence analyst Rae Baker explains how to use publicly available data to advance your investigative OSINT skills and how your adversaries are most likely to use publicly accessible data against you. The author delivers an
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Hands-On GPU Programming with Python and CUDA

Explore high-performance parallel computing with CUDA

by Dr. Brian Tuomanen ...

Build real-world applications with Python 2.7, CUDA 9, and CUDA 10. We suggest the use of Python 2.7 over Python 3.x, since Python 2.7 has stable support across all the libraries we use in this book.Key FeaturesExpand your background in GPU programming—PyCUDA, scikit-cuda, and NsightEffectively use CUDA libraries such as cuBLAS, cuFFT, and cuSolverApply GPU programming to modern data science ... Read more

$41.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Build real-world applications with Python 2.7, CUDA 9, and CUDA 10. We suggest the use of Python 2.7 over Python 3.x, since Python 2.7 has stable support across all the libraries we use in this book.Key FeaturesExpand your background in GPU programming—PyCUDA, scikit-cuda, and NsightEffectively use CUDA libraries such as cuBLAS, cuFFT, and cuSolverApply GPU programming to modern data science
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What's the Problem?: Demystifying Why We All Need Bitcoin

by Joe Bryan ...

Everything flows from the money.We live in a world plagued by financial crises, soaring costs of living, political instability, and increasing societal division. But these problems aren't random. They all stem from one fundamental issue—the money is broken.What's the Problem? is a thought-provoking exploration of how fiat distorts everything—from the prices we pay to the systems we rely on. ... Read more

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Everything flows from the money.We live in a world plagued by financial crises, soaring costs of living, political instability, and increasing societal division. But these problems aren't random. They all stem from one fundamental issue—the money is broken.What's the Problem? is a thought-provoking exploration of how fiat distorts everything—from the prices we pay to the systems we rely on.
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Pro JPA 2 in Java EE 8

An In-Depth Guide to Java Persistence APIs

by Mike Keith, Merrick Schincariol, Massimo Nardone ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Learn to use the Java Persistence API (JPA) and other related APIs as found in the Java EE 8 platform from the perspective of one of the specification creators. A one-of-a-kind resource, this in-depth book provides both theoretical and practical coverage of JPA usage for experienced Java developers.Authors Mike Keith, Merrick Schincariol and Massimo Nardone take a hands-on approach, based on their ... Read more

$80.99 CAD

Learn to use the Java Persistence API (JPA) and other related APIs as found in the Java EE 8 platform from the perspective of one of the specification creators. A one-of-a-kind resource, this in-depth book provides both theoretical and practical coverage of JPA usage for experienced Java developers.Authors Mike Keith, Merrick Schincariol and Massimo Nardone take a hands-on approach, based on their
... Read more
Service Design

From Insight to Implementation

by Lavrans Løvlie, Dr. Andy Polaine, Ben Reason ...

Over the past decade, service designers have played an essential role in creating comprehensive, customer-focused products and services. This updated edition of an industry classic highlights the practice’s evolution and broadened impact in the business world. You’ll benefit from new frameworks, tools, and methods, and learn from fresh case studies that demonstrate the value of service design ... Read more

$50.39 CAD

Over the past decade, service designers have played an essential role in creating comprehensive, customer-focused products and services. This updated edition of an industry classic highlights the practice’s evolution and broadened impact in the business world. You’ll benefit from new frameworks, tools, and methods, and learn from fresh case studies that demonstrate the value of service design
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Marketing Artificial Intelligence

AI, Marketing, and the Future of Business

by Paul Roetzer, Mike Kaput ...

Artificial intelligence is forecasted to have trillions of dollars of impact on businesses and the economy, yet many marketers struggle to understand what it is and how to apply it in their marketing efforts.The truth is, AI possesses the power to change everything.While AI-powered marketing technologies may never achieve the sci-fi vision of self-running, self-improving autonomous systems, a ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

Artificial intelligence is forecasted to have trillions of dollars of impact on businesses and the economy, yet many marketers struggle to understand what it is and how to apply it in their marketing efforts.The truth is, AI possesses the power to change everything.While AI-powered marketing technologies may never achieve the sci-fi vision of self-running, self-improving autonomous systems, a
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How AI Ate the World - A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence – and Its Long Future

by Chris Stokel-Walker ...

UKTN Technology Book of the Year'Easily the most comprehensive book on AI I have read so far, covering all the key issues.' Peter Hunt, Business & Tech Correspondent, Evening StandardHow AI Ate the World: A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence – and Its Long Future is your essential guide to how AI went from sci‑fi fantasy to the engine quietly (and not so quietly) reshaping work, art, ... Read more

$6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

UKTN Technology Book of the Year'Easily the most comprehensive book on AI I have read so far, covering all the key issues.' Peter Hunt, Business & Tech Correspondent, Evening StandardHow AI Ate the World: A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence – and Its Long Future is your essential guide to how AI went from sci‑fi fantasy to the engine quietly (and not so quietly) reshaping work, art,
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SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0 Cookbook

Over 90 simple and incredibly effective recipes for transforming your business data into exciting dashboards with SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0 Xcelsius

by David Lai ...

Over 90 simple and incredibly effective recipes for transforming your business data into exciting dashboards with SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0 XcelsiusKey FeaturesLearn valuable Dashboard Design best practices and tips through easy to follow recipesBecome skilled in using and configuring all Dashboard Design componentsLearn how to apply Dynamic Visibility to enhance your dashboardsGet ... Read more

$51.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Over 90 simple and incredibly effective recipes for transforming your business data into exciting dashboards with SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards 4.0 XcelsiusKey FeaturesLearn valuable Dashboard Design best practices and tips through easy to follow recipesBecome skilled in using and configuring all Dashboard Design componentsLearn how to apply Dynamic Visibility to enhance your dashboardsGet
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Information Modeling and Relational Databases

by Terry Halpin, Tony Morgan ...

Information Modeling and Relational Databases, Second Edition, provides an introduction to ORM (Object-Role Modeling)and much more. In fact, it is the only book to go beyond introductory coverage and provide all of the in-depth instruction you need to transform knowledge from domain experts into a sound database design. This book is intended for anyone with a stake in the accuracy and efficacy of ... Read more

$76.79 CAD

Information Modeling and Relational Databases, Second Edition, provides an introduction to ORM (Object-Role Modeling)and much more. In fact, it is the only book to go beyond introductory coverage and provide all of the in-depth instruction you need to transform knowledge from domain experts into a sound database design. This book is intended for anyone with a stake in the accuracy and efficacy of
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Comment améliorer son roman avec ChatGPT

De la bêta-lecture à la correction : faire de ChatGPT son assistant éditorial

by Paul Miller ...

Series Book 2 - ChatGPT pour les auteurs
Après Comment écrire un roman avec ChatGPT, plongez plus profondément dans l’univers de l’écriture assistée par IA avec Comment améliorer son roman avec ChatGPT.Ce guide avancé offre des techniques approfondies et des stratégies personnalisées pour les auteurs souhaitant peaufiner leurs œuvres. Explorez des méthodes innovantes pour affiner le style, enrichir l'intrigue et développer des ... Read more

$9.99 CAD

Après Comment écrire un roman avec ChatGPT, plongez plus profondément dans l’univers de l’écriture assistée par IA avec Comment améliorer son roman avec ChatGPT.Ce guide avancé offre des techniques approfondies et des stratégies personnalisées pour les auteurs souhaitant peaufiner leurs œuvres. Explorez des méthodes innovantes pour affiner le style, enrichir l'intrigue et développer des
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Practical Cybersecurity Architecture

A guide to creating and implementing robust designs for cybersecurity architects

by Ed Moyle, Diana Kelley ...

Plan and design robust security architectures to secure your organization's technology landscape and the applications you developKey FeaturesLeverage practical use cases to successfully architect complex security structuresLearn risk assessment methodologies for the cloud, networks, and connected devicesUnderstand cybersecurity architecture to implement effective solutions in medium-to-large ... Read more

$51.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Plan and design robust security architectures to secure your organization's technology landscape and the applications you developKey FeaturesLeverage practical use cases to successfully architect complex security structuresLearn risk assessment methodologies for the cloud, networks, and connected devicesUnderstand cybersecurity architecture to implement effective solutions in medium-to-large
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An Introduction to Parallel Programming

by Peter Pacheco ...

An Introduction to Parallel Programming is the first undergraduate text to directly address compiling and running parallel programs on the new multi-core and cluster architecture. It explains how to design, debug, and evaluate the performance of distributed and shared-memory programs. The author Peter Pacheco uses a tutorial approach to show students how to develop effective parallel programs with ... Read more

$55.99 CAD

An Introduction to Parallel Programming is the first undergraduate text to directly address compiling and running parallel programs on the new multi-core and cluster architecture. It explains how to design, debug, and evaluate the performance of distributed and shared-memory programs. The author Peter Pacheco uses a tutorial approach to show students how to develop effective parallel programs with
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AI Crash Course

A fun and hands-on introduction to machine learning, reinforcement learning, deep learning, and artificial intelligence with Python

by Hadelin de Ponteves ...

Unlock the power of artificial intelligence with top Udemy AI instructor Hadelin de Ponteves.Key FeaturesLearn from friendly, plain English explanations and practical activitiesPut ideas into action with 5 hands-on projects that show step-by-step how to build intelligent softwareUse AI to win classic video games and construct a virtual self-driving carBook DescriptionWelcome to the Robot World … ... Read more

$28.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Unlock the power of artificial intelligence with top Udemy AI instructor Hadelin de Ponteves.Key FeaturesLearn from friendly, plain English explanations and practical activitiesPut ideas into action with 5 hands-on projects that show step-by-step how to build intelligent softwareUse AI to win classic video games and construct a virtual self-driving carBook DescriptionWelcome to the Robot World …
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Distributed Algorithms, second edition

An Intuitive Approach

by Wan Fokkink ...

The new edition of a guide to distributed algorithms that emphasizes examples and exercises rather than the intricacies of mathematical models.This book offers students and researchers a guide to distributed algorithms that emphasizes examples and exercises rather than the intricacies of mathematical models. It avoids mathematical argumentation, often a stumbling block for students, teaching ... Read more

$51.99 CAD

The new edition of a guide to distributed algorithms that emphasizes examples and exercises rather than the intricacies of mathematical models.This book offers students and researchers a guide to distributed algorithms that emphasizes examples and exercises rather than the intricacies of mathematical models. It avoids mathematical argumentation, often a stumbling block for students, teaching
... Read more
Cryptography

by Panos Louridas ...

Series series The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series
A broad introduction to cryptography—what it is, how it really works, what its future holds, and why every informed citizen should understand its basics.We all keep secrets—from our gym locker codes to our email passwords to our online interactions. And we choose to share those secrets only with those whom we trust. So, too, do organizations, businesses, governments, and armies. In this ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

A broad introduction to cryptography—what it is, how it really works, what its future holds, and why every informed citizen should understand its basics.We all keep secrets—from our gym locker codes to our email passwords to our online interactions. And we choose to share those secrets only with those whom we trust. So, too, do organizations, businesses, governments, and armies. In this
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Arguing A.I.

The Battle for Twenty-first-Century Science

by Sam Williams ...

Few scientific topics since the theory of biological evolution have inspired as much controversy as artificial intelligence has. Even now, fifty years after the term first made its appearance in academic journals, many philosophers and more than a few prominent scientists and software programmers dismiss the pursuit of thinking machines as the modern-day equivalent of medieval alchemists’ hunt for ... Read more

$7.99 CAD

Few scientific topics since the theory of biological evolution have inspired as much controversy as artificial intelligence has. Even now, fifty years after the term first made its appearance in academic journals, many philosophers and more than a few prominent scientists and software programmers dismiss the pursuit of thinking machines as the modern-day equivalent of medieval alchemists’ hunt for
... Read more
Product Management for UX People

From Designing to Thriving in a Product World

by Christian Crumlish ...

"This is the book to read if you're thinking of a career transition from UX to product." —Ellen Chisa, Founder in Residence, Boldstart VenturesUser experience designers and researchers are wrestling with product management—as a peer discipline, a job title, a future career—or simply wondering exactly what it entails. In Product Management for UX People, Christian Crumlish demystifies product ... Read more

$51.19 CAD

"This is the book to read if you're thinking of a career transition from UX to product." —Ellen Chisa, Founder in Residence, Boldstart VenturesUser experience designers and researchers are wrestling with product management—as a peer discipline, a job title, a future career—or simply wondering exactly what it entails. In Product Management for UX People, Christian Crumlish demystifies product
... Read more
Conversations with Things

UX Design for Chat and Voice

by Diana Deibel, Rebecca Evanhoe ...

Welcome to the future, where you can talk with the digital things around you: voice assistants, chatbots, and more. But these interactions can be unhelpful and frustrating—sometimes even offensive or biased. Conversations with Things teaches you how to design conversations that are useful, ethical, and human–centered—because everyone deserves to be understood, especially you. ... Read more

$34.39 CAD

Welcome to the future, where you can talk with the digital things around you: voice assistants, chatbots, and more. But these interactions can be unhelpful and frustrating—sometimes even offensive or biased. Conversations with Things teaches you how to design conversations that are useful, ethical, and human–centered—because everyone deserves to be understood, especially you.
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Rule of the Robots

How Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Everything

by Martin Ford ...

The New York Times–bestselling author of Rise of the Robots shows what happens as AI takes over our livesIf you have a smartphone, you have AI in your pocket. AI is impossible to avoid online. And it has already changed everything from how doctors diagnose disease to how you interact with friends or read the news. But in Rule of the Robots, Martin Ford argues that the true revolution is yet to ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

The New York Times–bestselling author of Rise of the Robots shows what happens as AI takes over our livesIf you have a smartphone, you have AI in your pocket. AI is impossible to avoid online. And it has already changed everything from how doctors diagnose disease to how you interact with friends or read the news. But in Rule of the Robots, Martin Ford argues that the true revolution is yet to
... Read more
Write Great Code, Volume 1, 2nd Edition

Understanding the Machine

by Randall Hyde ...

Understanding the Machine, the first volume in the landmark Write Great Code series by Randall Hyde, explains the underlying mechanics of how a computer works.This, the first volume in Randall Hyde's Write Great Code series, dives into machine organization without the extra overhead of learning assembly language programming. Written for high-level language programmers, Understanding the Machine ... Read more

$42.39 CAD

Understanding the Machine, the first volume in the landmark Write Great Code series by Randall Hyde, explains the underlying mechanics of how a computer works.This, the first volume in Randall Hyde's Write Great Code series, dives into machine organization without the extra overhead of learning assembly language programming. Written for high-level language programmers, Understanding the Machine
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The Semantic Web Explained

The Technology and Mathematics behind Web 3.0

by Péter Szeredi, Gergely Lukácsy, Tamás Benkő, Zsolt Nagy ...

The Semantic Web is a new area of research and development in the field of computer science that aims to make it easier for computers to process the huge amount of information on the web, and indeed other large databases, by enabling them not only to read, but also to understand the information. Based on successful courses taught by the authors, and liberally sprinkled with examples and exercises, ... Read more

$64.99 CAD

The Semantic Web is a new area of research and development in the field of computer science that aims to make it easier for computers to process the huge amount of information on the web, and indeed other large databases, by enabling them not only to read, but also to understand the information. Based on successful courses taught by the authors, and liberally sprinkled with examples and exercises,
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RT Essentials

Managing Your Team and Projects with Request Tracker

by Jesse Vincent, Robert Spier, Dave Rolsky, Darren Chamberlain, Richard Foley ...

In a typical organization, there's always plenty that to do such as: pay vendors, invoice customers, answer customer inquiries, and fix bugs in hardware or software. You need to know who wants what and keep track of what is left to do.This is where a ticketing system comes in. A ticketing system allows you to check the status of various tasks: when they were requested, who requested them and why, ... Read more

$28.99 CAD

In a typical organization, there's always plenty that to do such as: pay vendors, invoice customers, answer customer inquiries, and fix bugs in hardware or software. You need to know who wants what and keep track of what is left to do.This is where a ticketing system comes in. A ticketing system allows you to check the status of various tasks: when they were requested, who requested them and why,
... Read more
Digital Fluency

Understanding the Basics of Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain Technology, Quantum Computing, and Their Applications for Digital Transformation

by Volker Lang ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
If you are curious about the basics of artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, and quantum computing as key enablers for digital transformation and innovation, Digital Fluency is your handy guide. The real-world applications of these cutting-edge technologies are expanding rapidly, and your daily life will continue to be affected by each of them. There is no better time than now to get ... Read more

$68.99 CAD

If you are curious about the basics of artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, and quantum computing as key enablers for digital transformation and innovation, Digital Fluency is your handy guide. The real-world applications of these cutting-edge technologies are expanding rapidly, and your daily life will continue to be affected by each of them. There is no better time than now to get
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