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Building an Anonymization Pipeline

Creating Safe Data

by Luk Arbuckle, Khaled El Emam ...

How can you use data in a way that protects individual privacy but still provides useful and meaningful analytics? With this practical book, data architects and engineers will learn how to establish and integrate secure, repeatable anonymization processes into their data flows and analytics in a sustainable manner.Luk Arbuckle and Khaled El Emam from Privacy Analytics explore end-to-end solutions ... Read more

$34.99 USD

How can you use data in a way that protects individual privacy but still provides useful and meaningful analytics? With this practical book, data architects and engineers will learn how to establish and integrate secure, repeatable anonymization processes into their data flows and analytics in a sustainable manner.Luk Arbuckle and Khaled El Emam from Privacy Analytics explore end-to-end solutions
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Python Programming Fundamentals

by Kent D. Lee ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Computer programming is a skill that can bring great enjoyment from the creativity involved in designing and implementing a solution to a problem. This classroom-tested and easy-to-follow textbook teaches the reader how to program using Python, an accessible language which can be learned incrementally. Through an extensive use of examples and practical exercises, students will learn to recognize ... Read more

$31.99 USD

Computer programming is a skill that can bring great enjoyment from the creativity involved in designing and implementing a solution to a problem. This classroom-tested and easy-to-follow textbook teaches the reader how to program using Python, an accessible language which can be learned incrementally. Through an extensive use of examples and practical exercises, students will learn to recognize
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Towards Adaptive Spoken Dialog Systems

by Alexander Schmitt, Wolfgang Minker ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
In Monitoring Adaptive Spoken Dialog Systems, authors Alexander Schmitt and Wolfgang Minker investigate statistical approaches that allow for recognition of negative dialog patterns in Spoken Dialog Systems (SDS). The presented stochastic methods allow a flexible, portable and accurate use.Beginning with the foundations of machine learning and pattern recognition, this monograph examines how ... Read more

$89.99 USD

In Monitoring Adaptive Spoken Dialog Systems, authors Alexander Schmitt and Wolfgang Minker investigate statistical approaches that allow for recognition of negative dialog patterns in Spoken Dialog Systems (SDS). The presented stochastic methods allow a flexible, portable and accurate use.Beginning with the foundations of machine learning and pattern recognition, this monograph examines how
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Recent Trends of Mobile Collaborative Augmented Reality Systems

Edited by Leila Alem, Weidong Huang ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The use of mobile collaborative AR has expended rapidly in recent years, due to the major advances in hardware and networking. The application areas are diverse and multidisciplinary. Recent Trends of Mobile Collaborative Augmented Reality Systems provides a historical overview of previous mobile collaborative AR systems, presents case studies of latest developments in current mobile collaborative ... Read more

$143.99 USD

The use of mobile collaborative AR has expended rapidly in recent years, due to the major advances in hardware and networking. The application areas are diverse and multidisciplinary. Recent Trends of Mobile Collaborative Augmented Reality Systems provides a historical overview of previous mobile collaborative AR systems, presents case studies of latest developments in current mobile collaborative
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Designing for Tomorrow: Innovation and Equity in Global Interaction Design

First IFIP WG 13.8 Interaction Design for International Development, IDID 2024, Mumbai, India, November 7–9, 2024, Proceedings

Edited by Ganesh Bhutkar, Sheethal Tom, Debjani Roy, Jose Abdelnour-Nocera ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First IFIP Working Group 13.8 Interaction Design for International Development, IDID 2024, held in Mumbai, India, during November 7–9, 2024.The 14 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 17 submissions. The aim of this working group is to pursue research and promote the discipline of Human-Computer ... Read more

$224.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First IFIP Working Group 13.8 Interaction Design for International Development, IDID 2024, held in Mumbai, India, during November 7–9, 2024.The 14 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 17 submissions. The aim of this working group is to pursue research and promote the discipline of Human-Computer
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Technology-Augmented Perception and Cognition

Edited by Tilman Dingler, Evangelos Niforatos ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Tools and technologies have long complemented and extended our physical abilities: from pre-historic spearheads to steam-propelled ploughs and high-tech prosthetics. While the development of lenses granted us insights into the micro and macrocosms, new sensors and technologies increasingly augment our cognitive abilities, including memory and perception.This book integrates current research ... Read more

$143.99 USD

Tools and technologies have long complemented and extended our physical abilities: from pre-historic spearheads to steam-propelled ploughs and high-tech prosthetics. While the development of lenses granted us insights into the micro and macrocosms, new sensors and technologies increasingly augment our cognitive abilities, including memory and perception.This book integrates current research
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Empowering Learners for Life in the Digital Age

IFIP TC 3 Open Conference on Computers in Education, OCCE 2018, Linz, Austria, June 24–28, 2018, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Don Passey, Rosa Bottino, Cathy Lewin, Eric Sanchez ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the IFIP TC 3 Open Conference on Computers in Education, OCCE 2018, held in Linz, Austria, in June 2018.The 24 revised full papers and 3 short papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 63 submissions during two rounds of reviewing. The papers discuss key emerging topics and evolving practices in the ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the IFIP TC 3 Open Conference on Computers in Education, OCCE 2018, held in Linz, Austria, in June 2018.The 24 revised full papers and 3 short papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 63 submissions during two rounds of reviewing. The papers discuss key emerging topics and evolving practices in the
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Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering

13th International Conference, ENASE 2018, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, March 23–24, 2018, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Ernesto Damiani, George Spanoudakis, Leszek A. Maciaszek ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering, ENASE 2018, held in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, in March 2018.The 17 revised full papers and 5 revised short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 95 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on service science and ... Read more

$76.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering, ENASE 2018, held in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, in March 2018.The 17 revised full papers and 5 revised short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 95 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on service science and
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Essential TypeScript

From Beginner to Pro

by Adam Freeman ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Work with Typescript and get the most from this versatile open source language. Author Adam Freeman begins this book by describing Typescript and the benefits it offers, and goes on to show you how to use TypeScript in realistic scenarios, going in-depth to give you the knowledge you need.Starting from the nuts-and-bolts and building up to the most advanced and sophisticated features, you will ... Read more

$49.99 USD

Work with Typescript and get the most from this versatile open source language. Author Adam Freeman begins this book by describing Typescript and the benefits it offers, and goes on to show you how to use TypeScript in realistic scenarios, going in-depth to give you the knowledge you need.Starting from the nuts-and-bolts and building up to the most advanced and sophisticated features, you will
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Autonomous Nuclear Power Plants with Artificial Intelligence

by Jonghyun Kim, Seungjun Lee, Poong Hyun Seong ...

Series series Energy (R0)
This book introduces novel approaches and practical examples of autonomous nuclear power plants that minimize operator intervention.Autonomous nuclear power plants with artificial intelligence presents a framework to enable nuclear power plants to autonomously operate and introduces artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to implement its functions. Although nuclear power plants are already highly ... Read more

$152.99 USD

This book introduces novel approaches and practical examples of autonomous nuclear power plants that minimize operator intervention.Autonomous nuclear power plants with artificial intelligence presents a framework to enable nuclear power plants to autonomously operate and introduces artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to implement its functions. Although nuclear power plants are already highly
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Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications

16th International Joint Conference, VISIGRAPP 2021, Virtual Event, February 8–10, 2021, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by A. Augusto de Sousa, Vlastimil Havran, Alexis Paljic, Tabitha Peck, Christophe Hurter, Helen Purchase, Giovanni Maria Farinella, Petia Radeva, Kadi Bouatouch ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications, VISIGRAPP 2021, held as a virtual event, February 8–10, 2021.The 16 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 371 submissions. The purpose of VISIGRAPP is to bring together researchers and ... Read more

$80.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications, VISIGRAPP 2021, held as a virtual event, February 8–10, 2021.The 16 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 371 submissions. The purpose of VISIGRAPP is to bring together researchers and
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Auralization

Fundamentals of Acoustics, Modelling, Simulation, Algorithms and Acoustic Virtual Reality

by Michael Vorländer ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Auralization is the technique of creation and reproduction of sound on the basis of computer data. With this tool it is possible to predict the character of sound signals which are generated at the source and modified by reinforcement, propagation and transmission in systems such as rooms, buildings, vehicles or other technical devices. This book is organized as a comprehensive collection of the ... Read more

$143.99 USD

Auralization is the technique of creation and reproduction of sound on the basis of computer data. With this tool it is possible to predict the character of sound signals which are generated at the source and modified by reinforcement, propagation and transmission in systems such as rooms, buildings, vehicles or other technical devices. This book is organized as a comprehensive collection of the
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Modern Data Protection

by W. Curtis Preston ...

Give your organization the data protection it deserves without the uncertainty and cost overruns experienced by your predecessors or other companies. System and network administrators have their work cut out for them to protect physical and virtual machines in the data center and the cloud; mobile devices including laptops and tablets; SaaS services like Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and ... Read more

$41.99 USD

Give your organization the data protection it deserves without the uncertainty and cost overruns experienced by your predecessors or other companies. System and network administrators have their work cut out for them to protect physical and virtual machines in the data center and the cloud; mobile devices including laptops and tablets; SaaS services like Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, and
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Nichtsequentielle und Verteilte Programmierung mit Go

Synchronisation nebenläufiger Prozesse: Kommunikation – Kooperation – Konkurrenz

by Christian Maurer ...

Series series Computer Science and Engineering (German Language)
Dieses Buch führt nach einem kurzen Kapitel über grundlegende Aspekte der Softwaretechnik und deren Realisierung in Go in die Nichtsequentielle und Verteilte Programmierung mit Go ein. Es stellt grundlegende Konzepte zur Synchronisation und Kommunikation nebenläufiger Prozesse systematisch dar. Dazu zählen unter anderem Schlösser, Semaphore, Fairness und Verklemmungen, Monitore, lokaler und ... Read more

$31.99 USD

Dieses Buch führt nach einem kurzen Kapitel über grundlegende Aspekte der Softwaretechnik und deren Realisierung in Go in die Nichtsequentielle und Verteilte Programmierung mit Go ein. Es stellt grundlegende Konzepte zur Synchronisation und Kommunikation nebenläufiger Prozesse systematisch dar. Dazu zählen unter anderem Schlösser, Semaphore, Fairness und Verklemmungen, Monitore, lokaler und
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Make: FPGAs

Turning Software into Hardware with Eight Fun and Easy DIY Projects

by David Romano ...

What if you could use software to design hardware? Not just any hardware--imagine specifying the behavior of a complex parallel computer, sending it to a chip, and having it run on that chip--all without any manufacturing? With Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), you can design such a machine with your mouse and keyboard. When you deploy it to the FPGA, it immediately takes on the behavior ... Read more

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What if you could use software to design hardware? Not just any hardware--imagine specifying the behavior of a complex parallel computer, sending it to a chip, and having it run on that chip--all without any manufacturing? With Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), you can design such a machine with your mouse and keyboard. When you deploy it to the FPGA, it immediately takes on the behavior
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Observing the User Experience

A Practitioner's Guide to User Research

by Mike Kuniavsky ...

The gap between who designers and developers imagine their users are, and who those users really are can be the biggest problem with product development. Observing the User Experience will help you bridge that gap to understand what your users want and need from your product, and whether they'll be able to use what you've created. Filled with real-world experience and a wealth of practical ... Read more

$62.99 USD

The gap between who designers and developers imagine their users are, and who those users really are can be the biggest problem with product development. Observing the User Experience will help you bridge that gap to understand what your users want and need from your product, and whether they'll be able to use what you've created. Filled with real-world experience and a wealth of practical
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Practical Swift

by Eric Downey ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Take a firsthand tour of Xcode and all the latest features Swift 3 has to offer.If you have picked up this book, chances are you know a little bit about Swift Programming. With Practical Swift you’ll develop an advanced understanding of the language that will enable you to create a reference guide using Xcode Playgrounds, one you can continue to grow throughout your iOS career.This book not only ... Read more

$40.99 USD

Take a firsthand tour of Xcode and all the latest features Swift 3 has to offer.If you have picked up this book, chances are you know a little bit about Swift Programming. With Practical Swift you’ll develop an advanced understanding of the language that will enable you to create a reference guide using Xcode Playgrounds, one you can continue to grow throughout your iOS career.This book not only
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Context-Aware Systems and Applications

5th International Conference, ICCASA 2016, Thu Dau Mot, Vietnam, November 24-25, 2016, Proceedings

Edited by Phan Cong Vinh, Le Tuan Anh, Nguyen Thi Thuy Loan, Waralak Vongdoiwang Siricharoen ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Context-Aware Systems and Applications, ICCASA 2016, held in Thu Dau Mot, Vietnam, in November 2016.The 22 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from 35 submissions and cover a wide spectrum in the area of Context-Aware-Systems (CAS). CAS is characterized by its self- facets such as self-organization, self ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Context-Aware Systems and Applications, ICCASA 2016, held in Thu Dau Mot, Vietnam, in November 2016.The 22 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from 35 submissions and cover a wide spectrum in the area of Context-Aware-Systems (CAS). CAS is characterized by its self- facets such as self-organization, self
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Culture, Technology, Communication. Common World, Different Futures

10th IFIP WG 13.8 International Conference, CaTaC 2016, London, UK, June 15-17, 2016, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by José Abdelnour-Nocera, Michele Strano, Charles Ess, Maja Van der Velden, Herbert Hrachovec ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This volume constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 10th IFIP WG 13.8 International Conference on Culture, Technology, and Communication, CaTaC 2016, held in London, UK, in June 2016.The 9 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 22 submissions. The papers explore the intersections between culture, technology, and communication, applying different ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This volume constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 10th IFIP WG 13.8 International Conference on Culture, Technology, and Communication, CaTaC 2016, held in London, UK, in June 2016.The 9 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 22 submissions. The papers explore the intersections between culture, technology, and communication, applying different
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Usability- and Accessibility-Focused Requirements Engineering

First International Workshop, UsARE 2012, Held in Conjunction with ICSE 2012, Zurich, Switzerland, June 4, 2012 and Second International Workshop, UsARE 2014, Held in Conjunction with RE 2014, Karlskrona, Sweden, August 25, 2014, Revised Selected Pap

Edited by Achim Ebert, Shah Rukh Humayoun, Norbert Seyff, Anna Perini, Simone D.J. Barbosa ...

Series Book 9312 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of theFirst International Workshop on Usability and Accessibility focused RequirementsEngineering, UsARE 2012, held in Zurich, Switzerland, in June 2012 in conjunctionwith ICSE 2012, the 34th International Conference on Software Engineering, and theSecond International Workshop, UsARE 2014, held in Karlskrona, Sweden, in ... Read more

$84.99 USD

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of theFirst International Workshop on Usability and Accessibility focused RequirementsEngineering, UsARE 2012, held in Zurich, Switzerland, in June 2012 in conjunctionwith ICSE 2012, the 34th International Conference on Software Engineering, and theSecond International Workshop, UsARE 2014, held in Karlskrona, Sweden, in
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Visual Heritage: Digital Approaches in Heritage Science

Edited by Eugene Ch'ng, Henry Chapman, Vincent Gaffney, Andrew S. Wilson ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
How we understand our shared and individual heritage, interpret and disseminate that knowledge is increasingly central to contemporary society. The emerging context for such development is the field of heritage science. Inherently interdisciplinary, and involving both the Arts and Humanities, engineering, conservation and the digital sciences, the development of heritage science is a driver for ... Read more

$215.99 USD

How we understand our shared and individual heritage, interpret and disseminate that knowledge is increasingly central to contemporary society. The emerging context for such development is the field of heritage science. Inherently interdisciplinary, and involving both the Arts and Humanities, engineering, conservation and the digital sciences, the development of heritage science is a driver for
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Intelligent Environments

Advanced Systems for a Healthy Planet

Edited by P. Droege ...

The promises and realities of digital innovation have come to suffuse everything from city regions to astronomy, government to finance, art to medicine, politics to warfare, and from genetics to reality itself. Digital systems augmenting physical space, buildings, and communities occupy a special place in the evolutionary discourse about advanced technology. The two Intelligent Environments books ... Read more

$197.99 USD

The promises and realities of digital innovation have come to suffuse everything from city regions to astronomy, government to finance, art to medicine, politics to warfare, and from genetics to reality itself. Digital systems augmenting physical space, buildings, and communities occupy a special place in the evolutionary discourse about advanced technology. The two Intelligent Environments books
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Artificial Intelligence and Spectroscopic Techniques for Gemology Applications

Edited by Ashutosh Kumar Shukla ...

Series series IOP Series in Spectroscopic Methods and Applications
This collection highlights gemstone identification and analysis using spectroscopic techniques. It also includes the exciting applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies that are being developed and used to enhance the efficiency of identification and analysis techniques. Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy and FTIR spectroscopy applications are ... Read more

$114.99 USD

This collection highlights gemstone identification and analysis using spectroscopic techniques. It also includes the exciting applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies that are being developed and used to enhance the efficiency of identification and analysis techniques. Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy and FTIR spectroscopy applications are
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Design, User Experience, and Usability: Users and Interactions

4th International Conference, DUXU 2015, Held as Part of HCI International 2015, Los Angeles, CA, USA, August 2-7, 2015, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Aaron Marcus ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The three-volume set LNCS 9186, 9187, and 9188 constitutes the proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability, DUXU 2015, held as part of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2015, in Los Angeles, CA, USA, in August 2015, jointly with 13 other thematically similar conferences. The total of 1462 papers and 246 posters ... Read more

$49.99 USD

The three-volume set LNCS 9186, 9187, and 9188 constitutes the proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability, DUXU 2015, held as part of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2015, in Los Angeles, CA, USA, in August 2015, jointly with 13 other thematically similar conferences. The total of 1462 papers and 246 posters
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