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The Python Workbook

A Brief Introduction with Exercises and Solutions

by Ben Stephenson ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
While other textbooks devote their pages to explaining introductory programming concepts, The Python Workbook focuses exclusively on exercises, following the philosophy that computer programming is a skill best learned through experience and practice. Designed to support and encourage hands-on learning about programming, this student-friendly work contains 174 exercises, spanning a variety of ... Read more

$44.99 USD

While other textbooks devote their pages to explaining introductory programming concepts, The Python Workbook focuses exclusively on exercises, following the philosophy that computer programming is a skill best learned through experience and practice. Designed to support and encourage hands-on learning about programming, this student-friendly work contains 174 exercises, spanning a variety of
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The FORA Framework

A Fuzzy Grassroots Ontology for Online Reputation Management

by Edy Portmann ...

Series series Business and Management (R0)
Online reputation management deals with monitoring and influencing the online record of a person, an organization or a product. The Social Web offers increasingly simple ways to publish and disseminate personal or opinionated information, which can rapidly have a disastrous influence on the online reputation of some of the entities. The author focuses on the Social Web and possibilities of its ... Read more

$89.99 USD

Online reputation management deals with monitoring and influencing the online record of a person, an organization or a product. The Social Web offers increasingly simple ways to publish and disseminate personal or opinionated information, which can rapidly have a disastrous influence on the online reputation of some of the entities. The author focuses on the Social Web and possibilities of its
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Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality. Design and Interaction

12th International Conference, VAMR 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Jessie Y. C. Chen, Gino Fragomeni ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The 2 volume-set of LNCS 12190 and 12191 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality, VAMR 2020, which was due to be held in July 2020 as part of HCI International 2020 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.A total of 1439 papers and 238 posters have been accepted for publication ... Read more

$49.99 USD

The 2 volume-set of LNCS 12190 and 12191 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality, VAMR 2020, which was due to be held in July 2020 as part of HCI International 2020 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.A total of 1439 papers and 238 posters have been accepted for publication
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Virtual Manufacturing

by Wasim Ahmed Khan, Kai Cheng, Abdul Raouf ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
Virtual Manufacturing presents a novel concept of combining human computer interfaces with virtual reality for discrete and continuous manufacturing systems. The authors address the relevant concepts of manufacturing engineering, virtual reality, and computer science and engineering, before embarking on a description of the methodology for building augmented reality for manufacturing processes and ... Read more

$287.99 USD

Virtual Manufacturing presents a novel concept of combining human computer interfaces with virtual reality for discrete and continuous manufacturing systems. The authors address the relevant concepts of manufacturing engineering, virtual reality, and computer science and engineering, before embarking on a description of the methodology for building augmented reality for manufacturing processes and
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Transactions on Computational Science XXVIII

Special Issue on Cyberworlds and Cybersecurity

Edited by C.J. Kenneth Tan, Alexei Sourin, Marina L. Gavrilova ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
The LNCS journal Transactions on Computational Science reflects recent developments in the field of Computational Science, conceiving the field not as a mere ancillary science but rather as an innovative approach supporting many other scientific disciplines. The journal focuses on original high-quality research in the realm of computational science in parallel and distributed environments, ... Read more

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The LNCS journal Transactions on Computational Science reflects recent developments in the field of Computational Science, conceiving the field not as a mere ancillary science but rather as an innovative approach supporting many other scientific disciplines. The journal focuses on original high-quality research in the realm of computational science in parallel and distributed environments,
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HCI International 2021 - Posters

23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Virtual Event, July 24–29, 2021, Proceedings, Part III

Edited by Constantine Stephanidis, Margherita Antona, Stavroula Ntoa ...

Series Book 3 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The three-volume set CCIS 1419, CCIS 1420, and CCIS 1421 contains the extended abstracts of the posters presented during the 23rd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2021, which was held virtually in July 2021.The total of 1276 papers and 241 posters included in the 39 HCII 2021 proceedings volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from 5222 submissions.The posters ... Read more

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The three-volume set CCIS 1419, CCIS 1420, and CCIS 1421 contains the extended abstracts of the posters presented during the 23rd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2021, which was held virtually in July 2021.The total of 1276 papers and 241 posters included in the 39 HCII 2021 proceedings volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from 5222 submissions.The posters
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Computer Vision – ECCV 2024

18th European Conference, Milan, Italy, September 29–October 4, 2024, Proceedings, Part LI

Edited by Aleš Leonardis, Elisa Ricci, Stefan Roth, Olga Russakovsky, Torsten Sattler, Gül Varol ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 15059 up to 15147 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2024, held in Milan, Italy, during September 29–October 4, 2024.The 2387 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 8585 submissions. The papers deal with topics such as computer vision ... Read more

$80.99 USD

The multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 15059 up to 15147 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2024, held in Milan, Italy, during September 29–October 4, 2024.The 2387 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 8585 submissions. The papers deal with topics such as computer vision
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Machine Learning in Biotechnology and Life Sciences

Build machine learning models using Python and deploy them on the cloud

by Saleh Alkhalifa ...

Explore all the tools and templates needed for data scientists to drive success in their biotechnology careers with this comprehensive guide Key Features • Learn the applications of machine learning in biotechnology and life science sectors • Discover exciting real-world applications of deep learning and natural language processing • Understand the general process of deploying models to cloud ... Read more

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Explore all the tools and templates needed for data scientists to drive success in their biotechnology careers with this comprehensive guide Key Features • Learn the applications of machine learning in biotechnology and life science sectors • Discover exciting real-world applications of deep learning and natural language processing • Understand the general process of deploying models to cloud
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HCI International 2025 – Late Breaking Papers

27th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2025, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 22–27, 2025, Proceedings, Part XI

Edited by Martin Schrepp ...

Series Book 11 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The 16-volume set LNCS 16331–16346 constitutes late breaking papers from the 27th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2025, held in Gothenburg, Sweden, during June 22-27, 2025.439 papers and 104 posters were included in the volumes of the proceedings published after the conference, as “Late Breaking Work”.The papers were organized in topical sections as ... Read more

$98.99 USD

The 16-volume set LNCS 16331–16346 constitutes late breaking papers from the 27th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2025, held in Gothenburg, Sweden, during June 22-27, 2025.439 papers and 104 posters were included in the volumes of the proceedings published after the conference, as “Late Breaking Work”.The papers were organized in topical sections as
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L'autonomie stratégique européenne dans les terres rares

by BOBE ENGUELEGUELE STEPHANE ...

Face à l'accélération de la transition énergétique et numérique, les terres rares sont devenues un pilier invisible mais décisif de la puissance industrielle mondiale. Or, l'Europe dépend aujourd'hui presque totalement d'une chaîne de valeur dominée par la Chine, qui contrôle l'extraction, le raffinage et la fabrication des composants critiques. Cette dépendance n'est pas seulement économique : ... Read more

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Face à l'accélération de la transition énergétique et numérique, les terres rares sont devenues un pilier invisible mais décisif de la puissance industrielle mondiale. Or, l'Europe dépend aujourd'hui presque totalement d'une chaîne de valeur dominée par la Chine, qui contrôle l'extraction, le raffinage et la fabrication des composants critiques. Cette dépendance n'est pas seulement économique :
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Human Centred Intelligent Systems

Proceedings of KES-HCIS 2024 Conference

Edited by Alfred Zimmermann, Rainer Schmidt, Lakhmi C. Jain, R. J. Howlett ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
The volume includes papers presented at the International KES Conference on Human Centred Intelligent Systems 2024 (KES HCIS 2024), held in Madeira, Portugal on June 19–21, 2024. This book highlights new trends and challenges in intelligent systems, which play an important part in the digital transformation of many areas of science and practice. It includes papers offering a deeper understanding ... Read more

$269.99 USD

The volume includes papers presented at the International KES Conference on Human Centred Intelligent Systems 2024 (KES HCIS 2024), held in Madeira, Portugal on June 19–21, 2024. This book highlights new trends and challenges in intelligent systems, which play an important part in the digital transformation of many areas of science and practice. It includes papers offering a deeper understanding
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Parallel Computing Technologies

18th International Conference, PaCT 2025, Almaty, Kazakhstan, October 6–10, 2025, Proceedings

Edited by Victor Malyshkin ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Parallel Computing Technologies, PaCT 2025, held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, during October 2025.The 15 full papers together with 2 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 26 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: efficient systems backends such as work ... Read more

$80.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Parallel Computing Technologies, PaCT 2025, held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, during October 2025.The 15 full papers together with 2 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 26 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: efficient systems backends such as work
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High-Performance Computing Applications in Numerical Simulation and Edge Computing

ACM ICS 2018 International Workshops, HPCMS and HiDEC, Beijing, China, June 12, 2018, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Changjun Hu, Wen Yang, Congfeng Jiang, Dong Dai ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the referred proceedings of two workshops held at the 32nd ACM International Conference on Supercomputing, ACM ICS 2018, in Beijing, China, in June 2018. This volume presents the papers that have been accepted for the following workshops: Second International Workshop on High Performance Computing for Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Nuclear Energy and Environmental ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the referred proceedings of two workshops held at the 32nd ACM International Conference on Supercomputing, ACM ICS 2018, in Beijing, China, in June 2018. This volume presents the papers that have been accepted for the following workshops: Second International Workshop on High Performance Computing for Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Nuclear Energy and Environmental
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GraphQL API Design

by Matthias Biehl ...

Series Book 5 - API-University Series
Want to build APIs like Facebook? Since Facebook's framework for building APIs, GraphQL, has become publicly available, this ambition seems to be within reach for many companies. And that is great. But first, let's learn what GraphQL really is and – maybe even more importantly – let's figure out how to apply GraphQL to build APIs that consumers love.In this book, we take a hands-on approach to ... Read more

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Want to build APIs like Facebook? Since Facebook's framework for building APIs, GraphQL, has become publicly available, this ambition seems to be within reach for many companies. And that is great. But first, let's learn what GraphQL really is and – maybe even more importantly – let's figure out how to apply GraphQL to build APIs that consumers love.In this book, we take a hands-on approach to
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Simulating Conversations for the Prediction of Speech Quality

by Thilo Michael ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book discusses the simulation of conversations through a novel approach of predicting speech quality based on the interactions of two simulated interlocutors. The author describes the setup of a simulation environment that is capable of simulating human dialogue on the speech level. The impact of delay and bursty packet loss on VoIP conversations is investigated and modeled for the use in the ... Read more

$89.99 USD

This book discusses the simulation of conversations through a novel approach of predicting speech quality based on the interactions of two simulated interlocutors. The author describes the setup of a simulation environment that is capable of simulating human dialogue on the speech level. The impact of delay and bursty packet loss on VoIP conversations is investigated and modeled for the use in the
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C# 7 Quick Syntax Reference

A Pocket Guide to the Language, APIs, and Library

by Mikael Olsson ...

Series Book 7 - Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
This quick C# 7 guide is a condensed code and syntax reference to the C# programming language, updated with the latest features of C# 7.3 for .NET and Windows 10. It presents the essential C# 7 syntax in a well-organized format that can be used as a handy reference.In the C# 7 Quick Syntax Reference, you will find a concise reference to the C# language syntax: short, simple, and focused code ... Read more

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This quick C# 7 guide is a condensed code and syntax reference to the C# programming language, updated with the latest features of C# 7.3 for .NET and Windows 10. It presents the essential C# 7 syntax in a well-organized format that can be used as a handy reference.In the C# 7 Quick Syntax Reference, you will find a concise reference to the C# language syntax: short, simple, and focused code
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Advances in Human Factors in Robots and Unmanned Systems

Proceedings of the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Human Factors in Robots and Unmanned Systems, July 24-28, 2019, Washington D.C., USA

Edited by Jessie Chen ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book focuses on the importance of human factors in the development of safe and reliable unmanned systems. It discusses current challenges such as how to improve the perceptual and cognitive abilities of robots, develop suitable synthetic vision systems, cope with degraded reliability in unmanned systems, predict robotic behavior in case of a loss of communication, the vision for future ... Read more

$89.99 USD

This book focuses on the importance of human factors in the development of safe and reliable unmanned systems. It discusses current challenges such as how to improve the perceptual and cognitive abilities of robots, develop suitable synthetic vision systems, cope with degraded reliability in unmanned systems, predict robotic behavior in case of a loss of communication, the vision for future
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Informatics in Schools. Beyond Bits and Bytes: Nurturing Informatics Intelligence in Education

16th International Conference on Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution, and Perspectives, ISSEP 2023, Lausanne, Switzerland, October 23–25, 2023, Proceedings

Edited by Jean-Philippe Pellet, Gabriel Parriaux ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution and Perspectives, ISSEP 2023, held in Lausanne, Switzerland, during October 23–25, 2023.The 14 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 47 submissions. They are organized in four topical sections named: artificial intelligence and its ... Read more

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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution and Perspectives, ISSEP 2023, held in Lausanne, Switzerland, during October 23–25, 2023.The 14 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 47 submissions. They are organized in four topical sections named: artificial intelligence and its
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Spring Roo in Action

by Ken Rimple, Srini Penchikala ...

SummarySpring Roo in Action is a unique book that teaches you how to code Java in Roo, with a particular focus on Spring-based applications. Through hands-on examples, you'll learn how Roo creates well-formed application structures and supports best practices and tools. Plus, you'll get a quick-and-dirty guide to setting up Roo effectively in your environment.About the TechnologyRoo is a ... Read more

$49.99 USD

SummarySpring Roo in Action is a unique book that teaches you how to code Java in Roo, with a particular focus on Spring-based applications. Through hands-on examples, you'll learn how Roo creates well-formed application structures and supports best practices and tools. Plus, you'll get a quick-and-dirty guide to setting up Roo effectively in your environment.About the TechnologyRoo is a
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LLM en Pratique : Le Guide Complet pour Maîtriser les Modèles de Langage

by Connor Hayes ...

Les modèles de langage (LLM) ne sont plus une simple curiosité technique : ils transforment aujourd'hui la manière dont nous travaillons, rédigeons, analysons et automatisons. Pourtant, beaucoup les utilisent encore de façon occasionnelle, sans exploiter leur plein potentiel.LLM en Pratique est le guide qu'il vous faut pour passer d'un usage superficiel à une maîtrise professionnelle. Écrit par un ... Read more

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Les modèles de langage (LLM) ne sont plus une simple curiosité technique : ils transforment aujourd'hui la manière dont nous travaillons, rédigeons, analysons et automatisons. Pourtant, beaucoup les utilisent encore de façon occasionnelle, sans exploiter leur plein potentiel.LLM en Pratique est le guide qu'il vous faut pour passer d'un usage superficiel à une maîtrise professionnelle. Écrit par un
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Researching Learning in Virtual Worlds

Edited by Anna Peachey, Julia Gillen, Daniel Livingstone, Sarah Smith-Robbins ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Most of the chapters in this book are extended papers from Research Learning in Virtual Environments (reLIVE08), an international conference held by the UK Open University in Milton Keynes in November 2008. Authors of the best papers and presentations from the conferences were invited to contribute to Research Learning in Virtual Worlds, the first book to specifically address research methods and ... Read more

$89.99 USD

Most of the chapters in this book are extended papers from Research Learning in Virtual Environments (reLIVE08), an international conference held by the UK Open University in Milton Keynes in November 2008. Authors of the best papers and presentations from the conferences were invited to contribute to Research Learning in Virtual Worlds, the first book to specifically address research methods and
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Four Laws for the Artificially Intelligent

by Ian Domowitz ...

Ask not what AI can do for a company, rather what artificial intelligence may do to a company.How does a company successfully integrate artificial intelligence into its operations?What are the problems in doing so?And how does the introduction of AI into society change the answer to the first question?As companies delay or even cancel initiatives in artificial intelligence, Four Laws for the ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Ask not what AI can do for a company, rather what artificial intelligence may do to a company.How does a company successfully integrate artificial intelligence into its operations?What are the problems in doing so?And how does the introduction of AI into society change the answer to the first question?As companies delay or even cancel initiatives in artificial intelligence, Four Laws for the
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Python Social Media Analytics

Analyze and visualize data from Twitter, YouTube, GitHub, and more

by Michal Krystyanczuk, Siddhartha Chatterjee ...

Leverage the power of Python to collect, process, and mine deep insights from social media dataKey Features\[\*\]Acquire data from various social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, GitHub, and more\[\*\]Analyze and extract actionable insights from your social data using various Python tools\[\*\]A highly practical guide to conducting efficient social media analytics at scaleBook ... Read more

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Leverage the power of Python to collect, process, and mine deep insights from social media dataKey Features\[\*\]Acquire data from various social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, GitHub, and more\[\*\]Analyze and extract actionable insights from your social data using various Python tools\[\*\]A highly practical guide to conducting efficient social media analytics at scaleBook
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Semantics, Logics, and Calculi

Essays Dedicated to Hanne Riis Nielson and Flemming Nielson on the Occasion of Their 60th Birthdays

Edited by Christian W. Probst, Chris Hankin, René Rydhof Hansen ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This Festschrift volume is published in honor of Hanne Riis Nielson and Flemming Nielson on the occasion of their 60th birthdays in 2014 and 2015, respectively. The papers included in this volume deal with the wide area of calculi, semantics, and analysis.The book features contributions from colleagues, who have worked together with Hanne and Flemming through their scientific life and are ... Read more

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This Festschrift volume is published in honor of Hanne Riis Nielson and Flemming Nielson on the occasion of their 60th birthdays in 2014 and 2015, respectively. The papers included in this volume deal with the wide area of calculi, semantics, and analysis.The book features contributions from colleagues, who have worked together with Hanne and Flemming through their scientific life and are
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