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Designing for Emerging Technologies

UX for Genomics, Robotics, and the Internet of Things

by Jonathan Follett ...

The recent digital and mobile revolutions are a minor blip compared to the next wave of technological change, as everything from robot swarms to skin-top embeddable computers and bio printable organs start appearing in coming years. In this collection of inspiring essays, designers, engineers, and researchers discuss their approaches to experience design for groundbreaking technologies.Design not ... Read more

$30.99 USD

The recent digital and mobile revolutions are a minor blip compared to the next wave of technological change, as everything from robot swarms to skin-top embeddable computers and bio printable organs start appearing in coming years. In this collection of inspiring essays, designers, engineers, and researchers discuss their approaches to experience design for groundbreaking technologies.Design not
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Human-Centered Social Media Analytics

Edited by Yun Fu ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book provides a timely and unique survey of next-generation social computational methodologies. The text explains the fundamentals of this field, and describes state-of-the-art methods for inferring social status, relationships, preferences, intentions, personalities, needs, and lifestyles from human information in unconstrained visual data. Topics and features: includes perspectives from an ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book provides a timely and unique survey of next-generation social computational methodologies. The text explains the fundamentals of this field, and describes state-of-the-art methods for inferring social status, relationships, preferences, intentions, personalities, needs, and lifestyles from human information in unconstrained visual data. Topics and features: includes perspectives from an
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Games for Health

Proceedings of the 3rd european conference on gaming and playful interaction in health care

Edited by Ben Schouten, Stephen Fedtke, Tilde Bekker, Marlies Schijven, Alex Gekker ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
Founded in 2004, the Games for Health Project supports community, knowledge and business development efforts to use cutting-edge games and game technologies to improve health and health care. The Games for Health Conference brings together researchers, medical professionals and game developers to share information about the impact of games, playful interaction and game technologies on health, ... Read more

$44.99 USD

Founded in 2004, the Games for Health Project supports community, knowledge and business development efforts to use cutting-edge games and game technologies to improve health and health care. The Games for Health Conference brings together researchers, medical professionals and game developers to share information about the impact of games, playful interaction and game technologies on health,
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微课学网页UI布局与配色

by 刘明秀 ...

当今的网页设计师不仅需要掌握网页制作技术，还需要掌握有关网页UI布局与配色设计等方面的知识，再通过自己的实践积累，才能逐步成为一个优秀的网页设计师。在多姿多彩的互联网世界中，悦目的视觉效果和合理的页面布局能够给浏览者留下深刻的印象。《微课学网页UI布局与配色》全面解析了网页UI布局与配色设计的相关知识，抛开有关设计软件的内容，运用可以激发创意、扩展设计思路的方法对网页UI布局与配色设计进行讲解。全书共分为8章，包括网页UI元素设计、网页UI中的文字排版与图形设计、网页UI布局基础、网页UI布局形态与视觉风格、网页UI配色基础、网页UI元素的配色、网页UI配色基本方法和网页UI配色技巧等内容。另外，《微课学网页UI布局与配色》赠送PPT课件和同步微视频。《微课学网页UI布局与配色》内容丰富、结构清晰，注重思维锻炼与实践应用，不仅可以作为各类在职人员在实际网页设计工作中的理想参考用书 ... Read more

$10.99 USD

当今的网页设计师不仅需要掌握网页制作技术，还需要掌握有关网页UI布局与配色设计等方面的知识，再通过自己的实践积累，才能逐步成为一个优秀的网页设计师。在多姿多彩的互联网世界中，悦目的视觉效果和合理的页面布局能够给浏览者留下深刻的印象。《微课学网页UI布局与配色》全面解析了网页UI布局与配色设计的相关知识，抛开有关设计软件的内容，运用可以激发创意、扩展设计思路的方法对网页UI布局与配色设计进行讲解。全书共分为8章，包括网页UI元素设计、网页UI中的文字排版与图形设计、网页UI布局基础、网页UI布局形态与视觉风格、网页UI配色基础、网页UI元素的配色、网页UI配色基本方法和网页UI配色技巧等内容。另外，《微课学网页UI布局与配色》赠送PPT课件和同步微视频。《微课学网页UI布局与配色》内容丰富、结构清晰，注重思维锻炼与实践应用，不仅可以作为各类在职人员在实际网页设计工作中的理想参考用书
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AI-Driven Decision-Making in Finance

Edited by Bilal Bagis ...

Series series Security, Audit and Leadership Series
This book explores the deep impact of AI and digital transformation on finance, its practices and decision intelligence processes. The book and its practical, analytical chapters present further insights regarding ways to effectively utilize AI, potentially even beyond the existing theoretical and practical knowledge. Regulatory, ethical, security, and moral challenges and concerns associated with ... Read more

$62.99 USD

This book explores the deep impact of AI and digital transformation on finance, its practices and decision intelligence processes. The book and its practical, analytical chapters present further insights regarding ways to effectively utilize AI, potentially even beyond the existing theoretical and practical knowledge. Regulatory, ethical, security, and moral challenges and concerns associated with
... Read more
Hardware and Software: Verification and Testing

11th International Haifa Verification Conference, HVC 2015, Haifa, Israel, November 17-19, 2015, Proceedings

Edited by Nir Piterman ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Haifa Verification Conference, HVC 2015, held in Haifa, Israel, in November 2015.The 17 revised full papers and 4 invited talks presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on hybrid systems; tools; verification of robotics; symbolic execution; model ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Haifa Verification Conference, HVC 2015, held in Haifa, Israel, in November 2015.The 17 revised full papers and 4 invited talks presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on hybrid systems; tools; verification of robotics; symbolic execution; model
... Read more
Fast Design, Slow Innovation

Audiophotography Ten Years On

by David M. Frohlich ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
As well as updating the manifesto for an audio photography technology and practice, this book addresses issues in design history, the social shaping of technology and the management of innovation. In particular, it reveals the very different timescales over which design and innovation operate, and the way in which design ideas evolve across different research groups, companies and application ... Read more

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As well as updating the manifesto for an audio photography technology and practice, this book addresses issues in design history, the social shaping of technology and the management of innovation. In particular, it reveals the very different timescales over which design and innovation operate, and the way in which design ideas evolve across different research groups, companies and application
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Human-Computer Interaction. Theory, Design, Development and Practice

18th International Conference, HCI International 2016, Toronto, ON, Canada, July 17-22, 2016. Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Masaaki Kurosu ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The 3-volume set LNCS 9731, 9732, and 9733 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2016, held in Toronto, ON, Canada, in July 2016. The total of 1287 papers and 186 posters presented at the HCII 2016 conferences and were carefully reviewed and selected from 4354 submissions.The papers thoroughly cover the entire field of Human ... Read more

$49.99 USD

The 3-volume set LNCS 9731, 9732, and 9733 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2016, held in Toronto, ON, Canada, in July 2016. The total of 1287 papers and 186 posters presented at the HCII 2016 conferences and were carefully reviewed and selected from 4354 submissions.The papers thoroughly cover the entire field of Human
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Next Generation Intelligent Environments

Ambient Adaptive Systems

Edited by Stefan Ultes, Florian Nothdurft, Tobias Heinroth, Wolfgang Minker ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book covers key topics in the field of intelligent ambient adaptive systems. It focuses on the results worked out within the framework of the ATRACO (Adaptive and TRusted Ambient eCOlogies) project. The theoretical background, the developed prototypes, and the evaluated results form a fertile ground useful for the broad intelligent environments scientific community as well as for industrial ... Read more

$89.99 USD

This book covers key topics in the field of intelligent ambient adaptive systems. It focuses on the results worked out within the framework of the ATRACO (Adaptive and TRusted Ambient eCOlogies) project. The theoretical background, the developed prototypes, and the evaluated results form a fertile ground useful for the broad intelligent environments scientific community as well as for industrial
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Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2015

15th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Bamberg, Germany, September 14-18, 2015, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Julio Abascal, Philippe Palanque, Mirko Fetter, Marco Winckler, Tom Gross, Simone Barbosa ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The four-volume set LNCS 9296-9299 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT 2015, held in Bamberg, Germany, in September 2015. The 47 papers included in the second volume are organized in topical sections on computer-supported cooperative work and social computing; end-user development; evaluation methods / ... Read more

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The four-volume set LNCS 9296-9299 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT 2015, held in Bamberg, Germany, in September 2015. The 47 papers included in the second volume are organized in topical sections on computer-supported cooperative work and social computing; end-user development; evaluation methods /
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Web Accessibility

A Foundation for Research

Edited by Simon Harper, Yeliz Yesilada ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Covering key areas of evaluation and methodology, client-side applications, specialist and novel technologies, along with initial appraisals of disabilities, this important book provides comprehensive coverage of web accessibility.Written by leading experts in the field, it provides an overview of existing research and also looks at future developments, providing a much deeper insight than can be ... Read more

$89.99 USD

Covering key areas of evaluation and methodology, client-side applications, specialist and novel technologies, along with initial appraisals of disabilities, this important book provides comprehensive coverage of web accessibility.Written by leading experts in the field, it provides an overview of existing research and also looks at future developments, providing a much deeper insight than can be
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Mobile Design Pattern Gallery

UI Patterns for Smartphone Apps

by Theresa Neil ...

When you’re under pressure to produce a well-designed, easy-to-navigate mobile app, there’s no time to reinvent the wheel—and no need to. This handy reference provides more than 90 mobile app design patterns, illustrated by 1,000 screenshots from current Android, iOS, and Windows Phone apps.Much has changed since this book’s first edition. Mobile OSes have become increasingly different, driving ... Read more

$33.99 USD

When you’re under pressure to produce a well-designed, easy-to-navigate mobile app, there’s no time to reinvent the wheel—and no need to. This handy reference provides more than 90 mobile app design patterns, illustrated by 1,000 screenshots from current Android, iOS, and Windows Phone apps.Much has changed since this book’s first edition. Mobile OSes have become increasingly different, driving
... Read more
Brain-Computer Interface Research

A State-of-the-Art Summary 3

Edited by Christoph Guger, Theresa Vaughan, Brendan Allison ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book provides a cutting-edge overview of the latest developments in Brain-Computer-Interfaces (BCIs), reported by leading research groups. As the reader will discover, BCI research is moving ahead rapidly, with many new ideas, research initiatives, and improved technologies, e.g. BCIs that enable people to communicate just by thinking – without any movement at all. Several different groups ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book provides a cutting-edge overview of the latest developments in Brain-Computer-Interfaces (BCIs), reported by leading research groups. As the reader will discover, BCI research is moving ahead rapidly, with many new ideas, research initiatives, and improved technologies, e.g. BCIs that enable people to communicate just by thinking – without any movement at all. Several different groups
... Read more
Beginning Data Science in R

Data Analysis, Visualization, and Modelling for the Data Scientist

by Thomas Mailund ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Discover best practices for data analysis and software development in R and start on the path to becoming a fully-fledged data scientist. This book teaches you techniques for both data manipulation and visualization and shows you the best way for developing new software packages for R.Beginning Data Science in R details how data science is a combination of statistics, computational science, and ... Read more

$53.99 USD

Discover best practices for data analysis and software development in R and start on the path to becoming a fully-fledged data scientist. This book teaches you techniques for both data manipulation and visualization and shows you the best way for developing new software packages for R.Beginning Data Science in R details how data science is a combination of statistics, computational science, and
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Principles of Modeling

Essays Dedicated to Edward A. Lee on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday

Edited by Marten Lohstroh, Patricia Derler, Marjan Sirjani ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This Festschrift is published in honor of Edward A. Lee, Robert S. Pepper Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Professor in the Graduate School in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley, USA, on the occasion of his 60th birthday.The title of this Festschrift is “Principles of Modeling" because Edward A. Lee has long been devoted to ... Read more

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This Festschrift is published in honor of Edward A. Lee, Robert S. Pepper Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Professor in the Graduate School in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley, USA, on the occasion of his 60th birthday.The title of this Festschrift is “Principles of Modeling" because Edward A. Lee has long been devoted to
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Predicting User Performance and Errors

Automated Usability Evaluation Through Computational Introspection of Model-Based User Interfaces

by Marc Halbrügge ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book proposes a combination of cognitive modeling with model-based user interface development to tackle the problem of maintaining the usability of applications that target several device types at once (e.g., desktop PC, smart phone, smart TV). Model-based applications provide interesting meta-information about the elements of the user interface (UI) that are accessible through computational ... Read more

$89.99 USD

This book proposes a combination of cognitive modeling with model-based user interface development to tackle the problem of maintaining the usability of applications that target several device types at once (e.g., desktop PC, smart phone, smart TV). Model-based applications provide interesting meta-information about the elements of the user interface (UI) that are accessible through computational
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Topics in Theoretical Computer Science

Second IFIP WG 1.8 International Conference, TTCS 2017, Tehran, Iran, September 12-14, 2017, Proceedings

Edited by Mohammad Reza Mousavi, Jiří Sgall ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second IFIP WG 1.8 International Conference on Topics in Theoretical Computer Science, TTCS 2017, held in Tehran, Iran, in September 2017.The 8 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 20 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: algorithms and complexity; and logic, semantics, and programming ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second IFIP WG 1.8 International Conference on Topics in Theoretical Computer Science, TTCS 2017, held in Tehran, Iran, in September 2017.The 8 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 20 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: algorithms and complexity; and logic, semantics, and programming
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Advanced SQL

Implementing Modern Data Solutions and ML Applications

by Rui Machado, Hélder Russa, Pedro Esmeriz ...

SQL has evolved from a querying language for relational databases to a foundational tool for building scalable, modern data solutions across real-time analytics, machine learning workflows, and even generative AI applications. Advanced SQL moves beyond SELECT statements and taps into the full power of SQL as a programming interface for today's most advanced data platforms.Written by seasoned data ... Read more

$48.99 USD

SQL has evolved from a querying language for relational databases to a foundational tool for building scalable, modern data solutions across real-time analytics, machine learning workflows, and even generative AI applications. Advanced SQL moves beyond SELECT statements and taps into the full power of SQL as a programming interface for today's most advanced data platforms.Written by seasoned data
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Building Scalable PHP Web Applications Using the Cloud

A Simple Guide to Programming and Administering Cloud-Based Applications

by Jonathan Bartlett ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Eliminate the guesswork involved in writing and deploying a cloud application. This step-by-step guide uses PHP to minimize the complexity of the code and setup, but the tools and techniques can be applied on any platform using any language. Everything that you need to jumpstart your application on the cloud is right here.Clear diagrams, step-by-step configuration information, and complete code ... Read more

$31.99 USD

Eliminate the guesswork involved in writing and deploying a cloud application. This step-by-step guide uses PHP to minimize the complexity of the code and setup, but the tools and techniques can be applied on any platform using any language. Everything that you need to jumpstart your application on the cloud is right here.Clear diagrams, step-by-step configuration information, and complete code
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Computer Vision – ECCV 2026

19th European Conference, Malmö, Sweden, September 8–12, 2026, Proceedings, Part LXIV

Edited by Paolo Favaro, Zuzana Kukelova, Atsuto Maki, Anna Rohrbach, Konrad Schindler, Federico Tombari ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 17001 up to 17078 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2026, held in Malmö, Sweden, during September 8–12, 2026.The 2834 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 10,473 submissions. They deal with topics such as computer vision; machine ... Read more

$49.99 USD

The multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 17001 up to 17078 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2026, held in Malmö, Sweden, during September 8–12, 2026.The 2834 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 10,473 submissions. They deal with topics such as computer vision; machine
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Advanced Boolean Techniques

Selected Papers from the 13th International Workshop on Boolean Problems

Edited by Rolf Drechsler, Mathias Soeken ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book describes recent findings in the domain of Boolean logic and Boolean algebra, covering application domains in circuit and system design, but also basic research in mathematics and theoretical computer science. Content includes invited chapters and a selection of the best papers presented at the 13th annual International Workshop on Boolean Problems.Provides a single-source reference to ... Read more

$89.99 USD

This book describes recent findings in the domain of Boolean logic and Boolean algebra, covering application domains in circuit and system design, but also basic research in mathematics and theoretical computer science. Content includes invited chapters and a selection of the best papers presented at the 13th annual International Workshop on Boolean Problems.Provides a single-source reference to
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Cloud Computing and Big Data

7th Conference, JCC&BD 2019, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 24–28, 2019, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Marcelo Naiouf, Franco Chichizola, Enzo Rucci ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the revised selected papers of the 7th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Big Data, JCC&BD 2019, held in La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, in June 2019.The 12 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 31 submissions. They are dealing with such topics as cloud computing and HPC; Big Data and data intelligence; mobile computing. ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the revised selected papers of the 7th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Big Data, JCC&BD 2019, held in La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, in June 2019.The 12 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 31 submissions. They are dealing with such topics as cloud computing and HPC; Big Data and data intelligence; mobile computing.
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Formal Techniques for Distributed Objects, Components, and Systems

39th IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference, FORTE 2019, Held as Part of the 14th International Federated Conference on Distributed Computing Techniques, DisCoTec 2019, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark, June 17–21, 2019, Proceedings

Edited by Jorge A. Pérez, Nobuko Yoshida ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 39th IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference on Formal Techniques for Distributed Objects, Components, and Systems, FORTE 2019, held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in June 2019, as part of the 14th International Federated Conference on Distributed Computing Techniques, DisCoTec 2019.The 15 full and 3 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected ... Read more

$62.99 USD

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 39th IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference on Formal Techniques for Distributed Objects, Components, and Systems, FORTE 2019, held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in June 2019, as part of the 14th International Federated Conference on Distributed Computing Techniques, DisCoTec 2019.The 15 full and 3 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected
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Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction

Third IFIP TC 5, TC 12, WG 8.4, WG 8.9, WG 12.9 International Cross-Domain Conference, CD-MAKE 2019, Canterbury, UK, August 26–29, 2019, Proceedings

Edited by Andreas Holzinger, Peter Kieseberg, A Min Tjoa, Edgar Weippl ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the IFIP TC 5, TC 12, WG 8.4, 8.9, 12.9 International Cross-Domain Conference for Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction, CD-MAKE 2019, held in Canterbury, UK, in August 2019.The 25 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 45 submissions. The cross-domain integration and appraisal of different fields provides an ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the IFIP TC 5, TC 12, WG 8.4, 8.9, 12.9 International Cross-Domain Conference for Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction, CD-MAKE 2019, held in Canterbury, UK, in August 2019.The 25 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 45 submissions. The cross-domain integration and appraisal of different fields provides an
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