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Journey of the Mind

How Thinking Emerged from Chaos

by Ogi Ogas, Sai Gaddam ...

Two neuroscientists reveal why consciousness exists and how it works by examining eighteen increasingly intelligent minds, from microbes to humankind—and beyond.Why do you exist? How did atoms and molecules transform into sentient creatures that experience longing, regret, compassion, and even marvel at their own existence? What does it truly mean to have a mind—to think? Science has offered few ... Read more

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Two neuroscientists reveal why consciousness exists and how it works by examining eighteen increasingly intelligent minds, from microbes to humankind—and beyond.Why do you exist? How did atoms and molecules transform into sentient creatures that experience longing, regret, compassion, and even marvel at their own existence? What does it truly mean to have a mind—to think? Science has offered few
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Meganets

How Digital Forces Beyond Our Control Commandeer Our Daily Lives and Inner Realities

by David B. Auerbach ...

How the autonomous digital forces jolting our lives – as uncontrollable as the weather and plate tectonics – are transforming life, society, culture, and politics.David Auerbach’s exploration of the phenomenon he has identified as the meganet begins with a simple, startling revelation: There is no hand on the tiller of some of the largest global digital forces that influence our daily lives: from ... Read more

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How the autonomous digital forces jolting our lives – as uncontrollable as the weather and plate tectonics – are transforming life, society, culture, and politics.David Auerbach’s exploration of the phenomenon he has identified as the meganet begins with a simple, startling revelation: There is no hand on the tiller of some of the largest global digital forces that influence our daily lives: from
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Facilitating Software Architecture

Empowering Teams to Make Architectural Decisions

by Andrew Harmel-Law ...

The software architect role is evolving. As systems and their interactions with the teams that build, run, and evolve them become more complex, it's often impossible for those playing the traditional architect roles to be everywhere they need to be. There's simply too much architecture to be done, and the situation has reached a breaking point.There's a better way. Author Andrew Harmel-Law shows ... Read more

$59.99 CAD

The software architect role is evolving. As systems and their interactions with the teams that build, run, and evolve them become more complex, it's often impossible for those playing the traditional architect roles to be everywhere they need to be. There's simply too much architecture to be done, and the situation has reached a breaking point.There's a better way. Author Andrew Harmel-Law shows
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Dependable Embedded Systems

Edited by Jörg Henkel, Nikil Dutt ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This Open Access book introduces readers to many new techniques for enhancing and optimizing reliability in embedded systems, which have emerged particularly within the last five years. This book introduces the most prominent reliability concerns from today’s points of view and roughly recapitulates the progress in the community so far. Unlike other books that focus on a single abstraction level ... Read more

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This Open Access book introduces readers to many new techniques for enhancing and optimizing reliability in embedded systems, which have emerged particularly within the last five years. This book introduces the most prominent reliability concerns from today’s points of view and roughly recapitulates the progress in the community so far. Unlike other books that focus on a single abstraction level
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Open Source Systems: Towards Robust Practices

13th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference, OSS 2017, Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 22-23, 2017, Proceedings

Edited by Federico Balaguer, Roberto Di Cosmo, Alejandra Garrido, Fabio Kon, Gregorio Robles, Stefano Zacchiroli ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book is open access under a CC BY license.This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference on Open Source Systems, OSS 2017, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in May 2017.The 16 revised full papers and 3 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 32 submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics related to free, libre, ... Read more

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This book is open access under a CC BY license.This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference on Open Source Systems, OSS 2017, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in May 2017.The 16 revised full papers and 3 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 32 submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics related to free, libre,
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The Microsoft Outlook Ideas Book

How to organise and manage yourself, your team, and your activities with Microsoft Outlook and Exchange with this book and eBook

by Barbara March ...

A fast-paced guide packed with ideas for Outlook users to create powerful solutions you never thought possibleKey FeaturesPacked with ideas of how all Outlook users can create useful solutions you never thought possibleStep by step instructions for storing and extracting information from the Calendar, Contacts and Tasks folders to create integrated business solutionsGreat ideas for business, ... Read more

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A fast-paced guide packed with ideas for Outlook users to create powerful solutions you never thought possibleKey FeaturesPacked with ideas of how all Outlook users can create useful solutions you never thought possibleStep by step instructions for storing and extracting information from the Calendar, Contacts and Tasks folders to create integrated business solutionsGreat ideas for business,
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The Art of Assembly Language, 2nd Edition

by Randall Hyde ...

Assembly is a low-level programming language that's one step above a computer's native machine language. Although assembly language is commonly used for writing device drivers, emulators, and video games, many programmers find its somewhat unfriendly syntax intimidating to learn and use.Since 1996, Randall Hyde's The Art of Assembly Language has provided a comprehensive, plain-English, and patient ... Read more

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Assembly is a low-level programming language that's one step above a computer's native machine language. Although assembly language is commonly used for writing device drivers, emulators, and video games, many programmers find its somewhat unfriendly syntax intimidating to learn and use.Since 1996, Randall Hyde's The Art of Assembly Language has provided a comprehensive, plain-English, and patient
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Graph Structures for Knowledge Representation and Reasoning

6th International Workshop, GKR 2020, Virtual Event, September 5, 2020, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Michael Cochez, Madalina Croitoru, Pierre Marquis, Sebastian Rudolph ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This open access book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Graph Structures for Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, GKR 2020, held virtually in September 2020, associated with ECAI 2020, the 24th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence.The 7 revised full papers presented together with 2 invited contributions were reviewed ... Read more

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This open access book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Graph Structures for Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, GKR 2020, held virtually in September 2020, associated with ECAI 2020, the 24th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence.The 7 revised full papers presented together with 2 invited contributions were reviewed
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Employment Is Dead

How Disruptive Technologies Are Revolutionizing the Way We Work

by Deborah Perry Piscione, Josh Drean ...

With disruptive technologies on the horizon, traditional employment models are becoming outdated. How will your organization adapt to the evolving landscape of work?Business is on the cusp of a profound transformation. Conventional work models are failing to adapt to the evolving needs and expectations of the modern workforce. Simultaneously, the emergence of disruptive technologies such as ... Read more

$33.99 CAD

With disruptive technologies on the horizon, traditional employment models are becoming outdated. How will your organization adapt to the evolving landscape of work?Business is on the cusp of a profound transformation. Conventional work models are failing to adapt to the evolving needs and expectations of the modern workforce. Simultaneously, the emergence of disruptive technologies such as
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Sport Business Analytics

Using Data to Increase Revenue and Improve Operational Efficiency

Edited by C. Keith Harrison, Scott Bukstein ...

Series series Data Analytics Applications
Developing and implementing a systematic analytics strategy can result in a sustainable competitive advantage within the sport business industry. This timely and relevant book provides practical strategies to collect data and then convert that data into meaningful, value-added information and actionable insights. Its primary objective is to help sport business organizations utilize data-driven ... Read more

$88.99 CAD

Developing and implementing a systematic analytics strategy can result in a sustainable competitive advantage within the sport business industry. This timely and relevant book provides practical strategies to collect data and then convert that data into meaningful, value-added information and actionable insights. Its primary objective is to help sport business organizations utilize data-driven
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Ultimate ChatGPT Handbook for Enterprises

Transform the Enterprise Landscape by Leveraging AI Capabilities, Prompt Engineering, GPT Solution-Cycles of ChatGPT with Python and Java

by Dr. Harald Gunia, Massimiliano Zattera, Karolina Galinska ...

Empowering the Global Workforce with ChatGPT Expertise.Book Description“Ultimate ChatGPT Handbook for Enterprises” is your indispensable resource for navigating the transformative world of ChatGPT within the enterprise domain. It provides a deep dive into ChatGPT's evolution, capabilities, and its potential to democratize technology interactions through natural language.Throughout its chapters, ... Read more

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Empowering the Global Workforce with ChatGPT Expertise.Book Description“Ultimate ChatGPT Handbook for Enterprises” is your indispensable resource for navigating the transformative world of ChatGPT within the enterprise domain. It provides a deep dive into ChatGPT's evolution, capabilities, and its potential to democratize technology interactions through natural language.Throughout its chapters,
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Universal Principles of UX

100 Timeless Strategies to Create Positive Interactions between People and Technology

by Irene Pereyra ...

Series series Rockport Universal
Master the art of user experience design through the 100 laws, guidelines, human biases, and general considerations in this comprehensive, cross-disciplinary encyclopedia.Richly illustrated and easy to navigate, Universal Principles of UX pairs clear explanations of each concept with visual examples of the ideas applied in practice. The book is organized into six broad categories:Consider</li... ... Read more

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Master the art of user experience design through the 100 laws, guidelines, human biases, and general considerations in this comprehensive, cross-disciplinary encyclopedia.Richly illustrated and easy to navigate, Universal Principles of UX pairs clear explanations of each concept with visual examples of the ideas applied in practice. The book is organized into six broad categories:Consider</li...
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Building a God

The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence and the Race to Control It

by Christopher DiCarlo ...

Renowned ethicist provides essential guide to successfully navigating the future AI landscapeIn Building a God, Christopher DiCarlo explores the profound implications of artificial intelligence surpassing human intelligence—a destiny that seems not just possible, but inevitable. At this critical crossroad in our evolutionary history, DiCarlo, a renowned ethicist in AI, delves into the ethical ... Read more

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Renowned ethicist provides essential guide to successfully navigating the future AI landscapeIn Building a God, Christopher DiCarlo explores the profound implications of artificial intelligence surpassing human intelligence—a destiny that seems not just possible, but inevitable. At this critical crossroad in our evolutionary history, DiCarlo, a renowned ethicist in AI, delves into the ethical
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Organizational Network Analysis

Auditing Intangible Resources

by Anna Ujwary-Gil ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Business Organizations and Networks
The integrated meta-model for organizational resource audit is a consistent and comprehensive instrument for auditing intangible resources and their relations and associations from the network perspective. This book undertakes a critically important problem of management sciences, poorly recognized in literature although determining the current and future competitiveness of enterprises, sectors ... Read more

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The integrated meta-model for organizational resource audit is a consistent and comprehensive instrument for auditing intangible resources and their relations and associations from the network perspective. This book undertakes a critically important problem of management sciences, poorly recognized in literature although determining the current and future competitiveness of enterprises, sectors
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An Atypical ASP.NET Core 5 Design Patterns Guide

A SOLID adventure into architectural principles, design patterns, .NET 5, and C#

by Marcotte ...

A .NET developer's guide to crafting robust, maintainable, and flexible web apps by leveraging C\# 9 and .NET 5 features and component-scale and application-scale design patternsKey FeaturesApply software design patterns effectively, starting small and progressing to cloud-scaleDiscover modern application architectures such as vertical slice, clean architecture, and event-driven ... Read more

$41.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A .NET developer's guide to crafting robust, maintainable, and flexible web apps by leveraging C\# 9 and .NET 5 features and component-scale and application-scale design patternsKey FeaturesApply software design patterns effectively, starting small and progressing to cloud-scaleDiscover modern application architectures such as vertical slice, clean architecture, and event-driven
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Practical Recommender Systems

by Kim Falk ...

SummaryOnline recommender systems help users find movies, jobs, restaurants-even romance! There's an art in combining statistics, demographics, and query terms to achieve results that will delight them. Learn to build a recommender system the right way: it can make or break your application!About the TechnologyRecommender systems are everywhere, helping you find everything from movies to jobs, ... Read more

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SummaryOnline recommender systems help users find movies, jobs, restaurants-even romance! There's an art in combining statistics, demographics, and query terms to achieve results that will delight them. Learn to build a recommender system the right way: it can make or break your application!About the TechnologyRecommender systems are everywhere, helping you find everything from movies to jobs,
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The Reasoned Schemer, second edition

by Daniel P. Friedman, William E. Byrd, Oleg Kiselyov, Jason Hemann ...

A new edition of a book, written in a humorous question-and-answer style, that shows how to implement and use an elegant little programming language for logic programming.The goal of this book is to show the beauty and elegance of relational programming, which captures the essence of logic programming. The book shows how to implement a relational programming language in Scheme, or in any other ... Read more

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A new edition of a book, written in a humorous question-and-answer style, that shows how to implement and use an elegant little programming language for logic programming.The goal of this book is to show the beauty and elegance of relational programming, which captures the essence of logic programming. The book shows how to implement a relational programming language in Scheme, or in any other
... Read more
Creating a Data-Driven Organization

Practical Advice from the Trenches

by Carl Anderson ...

What do you need to become a data-driven organization? Far more than having big data or a crack team of unicorn data scientists, it requires establishing an effective, deeply-ingrained data culture. This practical book shows you how true data-drivenness involves processes that require genuine buy-in across your company, from analysts and management to the C-Suite and the board.Through interviews ... Read more

$39.99 CAD

What do you need to become a data-driven organization? Far more than having big data or a crack team of unicorn data scientists, it requires establishing an effective, deeply-ingrained data culture. This practical book shows you how true data-drivenness involves processes that require genuine buy-in across your company, from analysts and management to the C-Suite and the board.Through interviews
... Read more
Les Essentiels du Piratage Informatique

by Adidas Wilson ...

Le Guide du débutant à la piraterie informatique éthique et le test de pénétration. À l'origine, le terme "hacker" désignait un programmeur qui maîtrisait les systèmes d'exploitation informatiques et le code machine. Aujourd'hui, il s'agit de toute personne qui pratique des activités de piratage informatique. Le piratage est l'acte de changer les caractéristiques d'un système pour atteindre un but ... Read more

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Le Guide du débutant à la piraterie informatique éthique et le test de pénétration. À l'origine, le terme "hacker" désignait un programmeur qui maîtrisait les systèmes d'exploitation informatiques et le code machine. Aujourd'hui, il s'agit de toute personne qui pratique des activités de piratage informatique. Le piratage est l'acte de changer les caractéristiques d'un système pour atteindre un but
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Fundamental Approaches to Software Engineering

22nd International Conference, FASE 2019, Held as Part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2019, Prague, Czech Republic, April 6–11, 2019, Proceedings

Edited by Reiner Hähnle, Wil van der Aalst ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book is Open Access under a CC BY licence.This book constitutes the proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Fundamental Approaches to Software Engineering, FASE 2019, which took place in Prague, Czech Republic in April 2019, held as Part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2019.The 24 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed ... Read more

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This book is Open Access under a CC BY licence.This book constitutes the proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Fundamental Approaches to Software Engineering, FASE 2019, which took place in Prague, Czech Republic in April 2019, held as Part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2019.The 24 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed
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Programming Google App Engine

Build & Run Scalable Web Applications on Google's Infrastructure

by Dan Sanderson ...

Google App Engine makes it easy to create a web application that can serve millions of people as easily as serving hundreds, with minimal up-front investment. With Programming Google App Engine, Google engineer Dan Sanderson provides practical guidance for designing and developing your application on Google’s vast infrastructure, using App Engine’s scalable services and simple development model ... Read more

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Google App Engine makes it easy to create a web application that can serve millions of people as easily as serving hundreds, with minimal up-front investment. With Programming Google App Engine, Google engineer Dan Sanderson provides practical guidance for designing and developing your application on Google’s vast infrastructure, using App Engine’s scalable services and simple development model
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Computer Aided Policy Making

by Ray Wyatt ...

This book will prove a unique source of information and instruction for anyone seeking to make better human-oriented policy, whether urban planner, business strategist, or manager in the field of education, health or welfare, Ingeniously Wyatt has created two books in one: the main text covers the types of software package available: mainstream software, peripheral software, innovative software, ... Read more

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This book will prove a unique source of information and instruction for anyone seeking to make better human-oriented policy, whether urban planner, business strategist, or manager in the field of education, health or welfare, Ingeniously Wyatt has created two books in one: the main text covers the types of software package available: mainstream software, peripheral software, innovative software,
... Read more
Learning FPGAs

Digital Design for Beginners with Mojo and Lucid HDL

by Justin Rajewski ...

Learn how to design digital circuits with FPGAs (field-programmable gate arrays), the devices that reconfigure themselves to become the very hardware circuits you set out to program. With this practical guide, author Justin Rajewski shows you hands-on how to create FPGA projects, whether you’re a programmer, engineer, product designer, or maker. You’ll quickly go from the basics to designing your ... Read more

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Learn how to design digital circuits with FPGAs (field-programmable gate arrays), the devices that reconfigure themselves to become the very hardware circuits you set out to program. With this practical guide, author Justin Rajewski shows you hands-on how to create FPGA projects, whether you’re a programmer, engineer, product designer, or maker. You’ll quickly go from the basics to designing your
... Read more
High-Dimensional Probability

An Introduction with Applications in Data Science

by Roman Vershynin ...

Series Book 47 - Cambridge Series in Statistical and Probabilistic Mathematics
High-dimensional probability offers insight into the behavior of random vectors, random matrices, random subspaces, and objects used to quantify uncertainty in high dimensions. Drawing on ideas from probability, analysis, and geometry, it lends itself to applications in mathematics, statistics, theoretical computer science, signal processing, optimization, and more. It is the first to integrate ... Read more

$79.99 CAD

High-dimensional probability offers insight into the behavior of random vectors, random matrices, random subspaces, and objects used to quantify uncertainty in high dimensions. Drawing on ideas from probability, analysis, and geometry, it lends itself to applications in mathematics, statistics, theoretical computer science, signal processing, optimization, and more. It is the first to integrate
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