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HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust

7th International Conference, HCI-CPT 2025, Held as Part of the 27th HCI International Conference, HCII 2025, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 22–27, 2025, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Abbas Moallem ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust, held as Part of the 27th International Conference, HCI International 2025, in Gothenburg, Sweden, during June 22–27, 2025.Two volumes of the HCII 2025 proceedings are dedicated to this year’s edition of the HCI-CPT conference. The first volume focuses on topics related to Human ... Read more

$53.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust, held as Part of the 27th International Conference, HCI International 2025, in Gothenburg, Sweden, during June 22–27, 2025.Two volumes of the HCII 2025 proceedings are dedicated to this year’s edition of the HCI-CPT conference. The first volume focuses on topics related to Human
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Perspectives of System Informatics

9th International Ershov Informatics Conference, PSI 2014, St. Petersburg, Russia, June 24-27, 2014. Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Andrei Voronkov, A.P. Ershov Institute of Informatics Systems ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book contains the thoroughly refereed papers from the 9th International Ershov Informatics Conference, PSI 2014, held in St. Petersburg, Russia, in June 2014.The 17 revised full papers, 11 revised short papers, and 2 system and experimental papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 80 submissions. The volume also contains 5 keynote talks which cover a range of ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book contains the thoroughly refereed papers from the 9th International Ershov Informatics Conference, PSI 2014, held in St. Petersburg, Russia, in June 2014.The 17 revised full papers, 11 revised short papers, and 2 system and experimental papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 80 submissions. The volume also contains 5 keynote talks which cover a range of
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Handling Emotions in Human-Computer Dialogues

by Johannes Pittermann, Angela Pittermann, Wolfgang Minker ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
In this book, a novel approach that combines speech-based emotion recognition with adaptive human-computer dialogue modeling is described. With the robust recognition of emotions from speech signals as their goal, the authors analyze the effectiveness of using a plain emotion recognizer, a speech-emotion recognizer combining speech and emotion recognition, and multiple speech-emotion recognizers ... Read more

$89.99 USD

In this book, a novel approach that combines speech-based emotion recognition with adaptive human-computer dialogue modeling is described. With the robust recognition of emotions from speech signals as their goal, the authors analyze the effectiveness of using a plain emotion recognizer, a speech-emotion recognizer combining speech and emotion recognition, and multiple speech-emotion recognizers
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Entertainment Computing and Serious Games

First IFIP TC 14 Joint International Conference, ICEC-JCSG 2019, Arequipa, Peru, November 11–15, 2019, Proceedings

Edited by Erik van der Spek, Stefan Göbel, Ellen Yi-Luen Do, Esteban Clua, Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First IFIP TC 14 Joint International Conference on Entertainment Computing and Serious Games, ICEC-JCSG 2019, held in Arequipa, Peru, in November 2019.The 26 full papers, 5 short papers, and 16 poster, demonstration, and workshop papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 88 submissions. They cover a large range of topics at the ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First IFIP TC 14 Joint International Conference on Entertainment Computing and Serious Games, ICEC-JCSG 2019, held in Arequipa, Peru, in November 2019.The 26 full papers, 5 short papers, and 16 poster, demonstration, and workshop papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 88 submissions. They cover a large range of topics at the
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Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation

Proceedings of the AHFE 2017 International Conference on Human Factors in Transportation, July 17−21, 2017, The Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA

Edited by Neville A Stanton ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book discusses the latest advances in research and development, design, operation and analysis of transportation systems and their complementary infrastructures. It reports on both theories and case studies on road and rail, aviation and maritime transportation. The book covers a wealth of topics, from accident analysis, vehicle intelligent control, and human-error and safety issues to next ... Read more

$395.99 USD

This book discusses the latest advances in research and development, design, operation and analysis of transportation systems and their complementary infrastructures. It reports on both theories and case studies on road and rail, aviation and maritime transportation. The book covers a wealth of topics, from accident analysis, vehicle intelligent control, and human-error and safety issues to next
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Fundamentals of NeuroIS

Information Systems and the Brain

by René Riedl, Pierre-Majorique Léger ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This authored volume presents the fundamentals of NeuroIS, which is an emerging subfield within the Information Systems discipline that makes use of neuroscience and neurophysiological tools and knowledge to better understand the development, use, and impact of information and communication technologies. This book is an initial guide to this new research domain. The target audience primarily ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This authored volume presents the fundamentals of NeuroIS, which is an emerging subfield within the Information Systems discipline that makes use of neuroscience and neurophysiological tools and knowledge to better understand the development, use, and impact of information and communication technologies. This book is an initial guide to this new research domain. The target audience primarily
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Computational Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design

7th International Conference, EvoMUSART 2018, Parma, Italy, April 4-6, 2018, Proceedings

Edited by Antonios Liapis, Juan Jesús Romero Cardalda, Anikó Ekárt ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimization, EvoMUSART 2018, held in Parma, Italy, in April 2018, co-located with the Evo*2017 events EuroGP, EvoCOP and EvoApplications.The 21 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 33 submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimization, EvoMUSART 2018, held in Parma, Italy, in April 2018, co-located with the Evo*2017 events EuroGP, EvoCOP and EvoApplications.The 21 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 33 submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics
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21 Recipes for Mining Twitter

Distilling Rich Information from Messy Data

by Matthew A. Russell ...

Millions of public Twitter streams harbor a wealth of data, and once you mine them, you can gain some valuable insights. This short and concise book offers a collection of recipes to help you extract nuggets of Twitter information using easy-to-learn Python tools. Each recipe offers a discussion of how and why the solution works, so you can quickly adapt it to fit your particular needs. The ... Read more

$13.99 USD

Millions of public Twitter streams harbor a wealth of data, and once you mine them, you can gain some valuable insights. This short and concise book offers a collection of recipes to help you extract nuggets of Twitter information using easy-to-learn Python tools. Each recipe offers a discussion of how and why the solution works, so you can quickly adapt it to fit your particular needs. The
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Mastering QlikView

by Stephen Redmond ...

If you are a business application developer or a system analyst who has learned QlikView and Qlik Sense and now want to take your learning to a higher level, then this book is for you. It is assumed that you are aware of the fundamentals of QlikView and have working knowledge of development and in-memory analytics. ... Read more

$34.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

If you are a business application developer or a system analyst who has learned QlikView and Qlik Sense and now want to take your learning to a higher level, then this book is for you. It is assumed that you are aware of the fundamentals of QlikView and have working knowledge of development and in-memory analytics.
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Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2019

19th International Conference, Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 1–4, 2019, Proceedings, Part IV

Edited by Sanjay Misra, Osvaldo Gervasi, Beniamino Murgante, Elena Stankova, Vladimir Korkhov, Carmelo Torre, Ana Maria A.C. Rocha, David Taniar, Bernady O. Apduhan, Eufemia Tarantino ...

Series Book 4 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The six volumes LNCS 11619-11624 constitute the refereed proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2019, held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in July 2019.The 64 full papers, 10 short papers and 259 workshop papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected form numerous submissions. The 64 full papers are organized in the following five ... Read more

$89.99 USD

The six volumes LNCS 11619-11624 constitute the refereed proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2019, held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in July 2019.The 64 full papers, 10 short papers and 259 workshop papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected form numerous submissions. The 64 full papers are organized in the following five
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Advances in Swarm Intelligence

10th International Conference, ICSI 2019, Chiang Mai, Thailand, July 26–30, 2019, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Ying Tan, Yuhui Shi, Ben Niu ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The two-volume set of LNCS 11655 and 11656 constitutes the proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Advances in Swarm Intelligence, ICSI 2019, held in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in June 2019.The total of 82 papers presented in these volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from 179 submissions. The papers were organized in topical sections as follows:Part I: Novel methods and algorithms ... Read more

$71.99 USD

The two-volume set of LNCS 11655 and 11656 constitutes the proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Advances in Swarm Intelligence, ICSI 2019, held in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in June 2019.The total of 82 papers presented in these volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from 179 submissions. The papers were organized in topical sections as follows:Part I: Novel methods and algorithms
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Knowledge Engineering Tools and Techniques for AI Planning

Edited by Mauro Vallati, Diane Kitchin ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book presents a comprehensive review for Knowledge Engineering tools and techniques that can be used in Artificial Intelligence Planning and Scheduling. KE tools can be used to aid in the acquisition of knowledge and in the construction of domain models, which this book will illustrate.AI planning engines require a domain model which captures knowledge about how a particular domain works - e ... Read more

$179.99 USD

This book presents a comprehensive review for Knowledge Engineering tools and techniques that can be used in Artificial Intelligence Planning and Scheduling. KE tools can be used to aid in the acquisition of knowledge and in the construction of domain models, which this book will illustrate.AI planning engines require a domain model which captures knowledge about how a particular domain works - e
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Data Science Techniques for Cryptocurrency Blockchains

by Innar Liiv ...

Series Book 9 - Behaviormetrics: Quantitative Approaches to Human Behavior
This book brings together two major trends: data science and blockchains. It is one of the first books to systematically cover the analytics aspects of blockchains, with the goal of linking traditional data mining research communities with novel data sources. Data science and big data technologies can be considered cornerstones of the data-driven digital transformation of organizations and society ... Read more

$116.99 USD

This book brings together two major trends: data science and blockchains. It is one of the first books to systematically cover the analytics aspects of blockchains, with the goal of linking traditional data mining research communities with novel data sources. Data science and big data technologies can be considered cornerstones of the data-driven digital transformation of organizations and society
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Natural Language Processing with AWS AI Services

Derive strategic insights from unstructured data with Amazon Textract and Amazon Comprehend

by Mona M, Premkumar Rangarajan, Julien Simon ...

Work through interesting real-life business use cases to uncover valuable insights from unstructured text using AWS AI services Key Features • Get to grips with AWS AI services for NLP and find out how to use them to gain strategic insights • Run Python code to use Amazon Textract and Amazon Comprehend to accelerate business outcomes • Understand how you can integrate human-in-the-loop for custom ... Read more

$39.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Work through interesting real-life business use cases to uncover valuable insights from unstructured text using AWS AI services Key Features • Get to grips with AWS AI services for NLP and find out how to use them to gain strategic insights • Run Python code to use Amazon Textract and Amazon Comprehend to accelerate business outcomes • Understand how you can integrate human-in-the-loop for custom
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Information Technology for Management: Emerging Research and Applications

15th Conference, AITM 2018, and 13th Conference, ISM 2018, Held as Part of FedCSIS, Poznan, Poland, September 9–12, 2018, Revised and Extended Selected Papers

Edited by Ewa Ziemba ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes extended selected papers from the 16th Conference on Advanced Information Technologies for Management, AITM 2018, and the 13th Conference on Information Systems Management, ISM 2018, held as part of the Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, FedCSIS, which took place in Poznan, Poland, in September 2018.The total of 9 full and 3 short papers ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes extended selected papers from the 16th Conference on Advanced Information Technologies for Management, AITM 2018, and the 13th Conference on Information Systems Management, ISM 2018, held as part of the Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, FedCSIS, which took place in Poznan, Poland, in September 2018.The total of 9 full and 3 short papers
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Fundamentals of Analytics Engineering

An introduction to building end-to-end analytics solutions

by Dumky De Wilde, Fanny Kassapian, Jovan Gligorevic, Juan Manuel Perafan, Lasse Benninga, Ricardo Angel Granados Lopez, Taís Laurindo Pereira ...

Gain a holistic understanding of the analytics engineering lifecycle by integrating principles from both data analysis and engineeringKey FeaturesDiscover how analytics engineering aligns with your organization's data strategyAccess insights shared by a team of seven industry expertsTackle common analytics engineering problems faced by modern businessesPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes ... Read more

$34.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Gain a holistic understanding of the analytics engineering lifecycle by integrating principles from both data analysis and engineeringKey FeaturesDiscover how analytics engineering aligns with your organization's data strategyAccess insights shared by a team of seven industry expertsTackle common analytics engineering problems faced by modern businessesPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes
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Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Healthy and Active Aging

6th International Conference, ITAP 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Qin Gao, Jia Zhou ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This three volume set of LNCS 12207, 12208 and 12209 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2020, held as part of the 22nd International Conference, HCI International 2020, which took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, in July 2020. The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The total of 1439 ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This three volume set of LNCS 12207, 12208 and 12209 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2020, held as part of the 22nd International Conference, HCI International 2020, which took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, in July 2020. The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The total of 1439
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Practical Rust Projects

Building Game, Physical Computing, and Machine Learning Applications

by Shing Lyu ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Go beyond the basics and build complete applications using the Rust programming language. The applications in this book include a high-performance web client, a microcontroller (for a robot, for example), a game, an app that runs on Android, and an application that incorporates AI and machine learning.Each chapter will be organized in the following format: what this kind of application looks like; ... Read more

$31.99 USD

Go beyond the basics and build complete applications using the Rust programming language. The applications in this book include a high-performance web client, a microcontroller (for a robot, for example), a game, an app that runs on Android, and an application that incorporates AI and machine learning.Each chapter will be organized in the following format: what this kind of application looks like;
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Why Engagement Matters

Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives of User Engagement in Digital Media

Edited by Heather O'Brien, Paul Cairns ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
User Engagement (UE) is a complex concept to investigate. The purpose of this book is not to constrain UE to one perspective, but to offer a well-rounded appreciation for UE across various domains and disciplines. The text begins with two foundational chapters that describe theoretical and methodological approaches to user engagement; the remaining contributions examine UE from different ... Read more

$89.99 USD

User Engagement (UE) is a complex concept to investigate. The purpose of this book is not to constrain UE to one perspective, but to offer a well-rounded appreciation for UE across various domains and disciplines. The text begins with two foundational chapters that describe theoretical and methodological approaches to user engagement; the remaining contributions examine UE from different
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Human-Robot Interaction Strategies for Walker-Assisted Locomotion

by Carlos A. Cifuentes, Anselmo Frizera ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book presents the development of a new multimodal human-robot interface for testing and validating control strategies applied to robotic walkers for assisting human mobility and gait rehabilitation. The aim is to achieve a closer interaction between the robotic device and the individual, empowering the rehabilitation potential of such devices in clinical applications. A new multimodal human ... Read more

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This book presents the development of a new multimodal human-robot interface for testing and validating control strategies applied to robotic walkers for assisting human mobility and gait rehabilitation. The aim is to achieve a closer interaction between the robotic device and the individual, empowering the rehabilitation potential of such devices in clinical applications. A new multimodal human
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Rails: Up and Running

Lightning-Fast Web Development

by Bruce Tate, Lance Carlson, Curt Hibbs ...

In just a matter of days, you can develop powerful web applications with Rails that once took weeks or months to produce with other web frameworks. If that sounds too good to be true, it isn't. Find out for yourself with Rails: Up and Running, the concise and popular book that not only explains how Rails works, but guides you through a complete test drive.Perfect for beginning web developers, this ... Read more

$17.99 USD

In just a matter of days, you can develop powerful web applications with Rails that once took weeks or months to produce with other web frameworks. If that sounds too good to be true, it isn't. Find out for yourself with Rails: Up and Running, the concise and popular book that not only explains how Rails works, but guides you through a complete test drive.Perfect for beginning web developers, this
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Design Patterns in Modern C++

Reusable Approaches for Object-Oriented Software Design

by Dmitri Nesteruk ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Apply modern C++17 to the implementations of classic design patterns. As well as covering traditional design patterns, this book fleshes out new patterns and approaches that will be useful to C++ developers. The author presents concepts as a fun investigation of how problems can be solved in different ways, along the way using varying degrees of technical sophistication and explaining different ... Read more

$44.99 USD

Apply modern C++17 to the implementations of classic design patterns. As well as covering traditional design patterns, this book fleshes out new patterns and approaches that will be useful to C++ developers. The author presents concepts as a fun investigation of how problems can be solved in different ways, along the way using varying degrees of technical sophistication and explaining different
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Interactive Object Oriented Programming in Java

Learn and Test Your Skills

by Vaskaran Sarcar ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Discover object oriented programming with Java in this unique tutorial. This book uses Java and Eclipse to write and generate output for examples in topics such as classes, interfaces, overloading, and overriding. Interactive Object Oriented Programming in Java uniquely presents its material in a dialogue with the reader to encourage thinking and experimentation.Later chapters cover further Java ... Read more

$28.99 USD

Discover object oriented programming with Java in this unique tutorial. This book uses Java and Eclipse to write and generate output for examples in topics such as classes, interfaces, overloading, and overriding. Interactive Object Oriented Programming in Java uniquely presents its material in a dialogue with the reader to encourage thinking and experimentation.Later chapters cover further Java
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Mathematics of Disruption A South African Story About AI, Fragility, and the Power of Math

by Edzai C. Zvobwo ...

Disruption won't come from faster chips, it will come from mathematics itself. Follow Thandiwe, Sipho, and Prof. Khumalo through AI's mathematical landscapes, from floating-point fragility to quantum horizons. Discover why AI behaves as it does and how South Africa can shape its future. For technical and general readers alike. ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Disruption won't come from faster chips, it will come from mathematics itself. Follow Thandiwe, Sipho, and Prof. Khumalo through AI's mathematical landscapes, from floating-point fragility to quantum horizons. Discover why AI behaves as it does and how South Africa can shape its future. For technical and general readers alike.
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