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Augmenting Human Manipulation Abilities with Supernumerary Robotic Limbs

by Irfan Hussain, Domenico Prattichizzo ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
This book offers a timely report on an emerging topic in the field of wearable assistive technology: the design and development of robotic extra fingers. After a concise review of the state of the art and a description of earlier prototypes, it discusses the authors’ efforts to address issues such as portability and wearability of the devices, including strategies to reduce fatigue and to ... Read more

$89.09 USD

This book offers a timely report on an emerging topic in the field of wearable assistive technology: the design and development of robotic extra fingers. After a concise review of the state of the art and a description of earlier prototypes, it discusses the authors’ efforts to address issues such as portability and wearability of the devices, including strategies to reduce fatigue and to
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Formal Methods for Industrial Critical Systems

25th International Conference, FMICS 2020, Vienna, Austria, September 2–3, 2020, Proceedings

Edited by Maurice H. ter Beek, Dejan Ničković ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 25th International Workshop on Formal Methods for Industrial Critical Systems, FMICS 2020, which was held during September 2-3, 2020. The conference was planned to take place in Vienna, Austria. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic it changed to a virtual event.The 11 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 26 submissions. ... Read more

$49.49 USD

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 25th International Workshop on Formal Methods for Industrial Critical Systems, FMICS 2020, which was held during September 2-3, 2020. The conference was planned to take place in Vienna, Austria. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic it changed to a virtual event.The 11 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 26 submissions.
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Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering

21st International Conference, CDVE 2024, Valencia, Spain, September 15–18, 2024, Proceedings

Edited by Yuhua Luo ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering, CDVE 2024, held in Valencia, Spain, in September 2024.The 34 full papers and 5 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 74 submissions. The papers cover a wide application spectrum including AI technology, cooperative engineering, basic ... Read more

$76.49 USD

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Cooperative Design, Visualization, and Engineering, CDVE 2024, held in Valencia, Spain, in September 2024.The 34 full papers and 5 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 74 submissions. The papers cover a wide application spectrum including AI technology, cooperative engineering, basic
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Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Applications in Health, Assistance, and Entertainment

4th International Conference, ITAP 2018, Held as Part of HCI International 2018, Las Vegas, NV, USA, July 15–20, 2018, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Jia Zhou, Gavriel Salvendy ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 4th International Conference onHuman Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2018, held as part of the 20th International Conference, HCI International 2018, which took place in Las Vegas, Nevada, in July 2018.The total of 1171 papers and 160 posters included in the 30 HCII 2018 proceedings volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from 4346 ... Read more

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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 4th International Conference onHuman Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2018, held as part of the 20th International Conference, HCI International 2018, which took place in Las Vegas, Nevada, in July 2018.The total of 1171 papers and 160 posters included in the 30 HCII 2018 proceedings volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from 4346
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Qlik Sense Cookbook

Over 80 recipes on data analytics to solve business intelligence challenges

by Pablo Labbe, Philip Hand, Neeraj Kharpate ...

Create dynamic dashboards to perform interactive analytics for business intelligence operations Key FeaturesExplore newly added features in Qlik SenseDiscover best practices to work with data using Qlik SenseLearn to implement advanced functions for better data insightBook DescriptionQlik Sense allows you to explore simple and complex data to reveal hidden insight and data relationships that help ... Read more

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Advances in Human Factors in Robots and Unmanned Systems

Proceedings of the AHFE 2017 International Conference on Human Factors in Robots and Unmanned Systems, July 17−21, 2017, The Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles, California, 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

$143.09 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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Symposium on Real-Time and Hybrid Systems

Essays Dedicated to Professor Chaochen Zhou on the Occasion of His 80th Birthday

Edited by Cliff Jones, Ji Wang, Naijun Zhan ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This volume is published in honor of Professor Chaochen Zhou’s 80th birthday. The Festschrift contains 13 refereed papers by leading researchers who were among the participants of the celebratory conference in Changsha, China that took place in October 2017.The papers cover a broad spectrum of subjects related to Formal Methods for the development of computer systems. Topics include Probabilistic ... Read more

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This volume is published in honor of Professor Chaochen Zhou’s 80th birthday. The Festschrift contains 13 refereed papers by leading researchers who were among the participants of the celebratory conference in Changsha, China that took place in October 2017.The papers cover a broad spectrum of subjects related to Formal Methods for the development of computer systems. Topics include Probabilistic
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Man vs. Machine

Challenging Human Supremacy at Chess

by Karsten Müller, Jonathan Schaeffer ...

Man vs. Machine Technology continues to advance at a rapid pace. It may sound quaint today, but not so long ago, computers battled humans for supremacy at the game of chess. The challenge of building a computer program capable of defeating the best of human-kind at chess was one of the original grand challenges of the fledgling field of artificial intelligence. On one side were dedicated ... Read more

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Man vs. Machine Technology continues to advance at a rapid pace. It may sound quaint today, but not so long ago, computers battled humans for supremacy at the game of chess. The challenge of building a computer program capable of defeating the best of human-kind at chess was one of the original grand challenges of the fledgling field of artificial intelligence. On one side were dedicated
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Wired/Wireless Internet Communications

17th IFIP WG 6.2 International Conference, WWIC 2019, Bologna, Italy, June 17–18, 2019, Proceedings

Edited by Marco Di Felice, Enrico Natalizio, Raffaele Bruno, Andreas Kassler ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 17th IFIP WG 6.2 International Conference on Wired/Wireless Internet Communications, WWIC 2019, held in Bologna, Italy, in June 2019.The 20 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 35 submissions. The papers address various aspects of next generation data networks, such as design and evaluation of protocols, dynamics of ... Read more

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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 17th IFIP WG 6.2 International Conference on Wired/Wireless Internet Communications, WWIC 2019, held in Bologna, Italy, in June 2019.The 20 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 35 submissions. The papers address various aspects of next generation data networks, such as design and evaluation of protocols, dynamics of
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Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health

Second International Conference, ICT4AWE 2016, Rome, Italy, April 21-22, 2016, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Carsten Röcker, John O'Donoghue, Martina Ziefle, Markus Helfert, William Molloy ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health, ICT4AWE 2016, held in Rome, Italy, in April 2016.The 8 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 39 submissions. The papers present relevant trends of current research on ageing well and e-health, including: ambient assisted ... Read more

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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health, ICT4AWE 2016, held in Rome, Italy, in April 2016.The 8 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 39 submissions. The papers present relevant trends of current research on ageing well and e-health, including: ambient assisted
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Situation Recognition Using EventShop

by Vivek K. Singh, Ramesh Jain ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book presents a framework for converting multitudes of data streams available today including weather patterns, stock prices, social media, traffic information, and disease incidents into actionable insights based on situation recognition. It computationally defines the notion of situations as an abstraction of millions of data points into actionable insights, describes a computational ... Read more

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This book presents a framework for converting multitudes of data streams available today including weather patterns, stock prices, social media, traffic information, and disease incidents into actionable insights based on situation recognition. It computationally defines the notion of situations as an abstraction of millions of data points into actionable insights, describes a computational
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Digital Human Modeling: Applications in Health, Safety, Ergonomics and Risk Management

7th International Conference, DHM 2016, Held as Part of HCI International 2016, Toronto, ON, Canada, July 17-22, 2016, Proceedings

Edited by Vincent G. Duffy ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Digital Human Modelling: Applications in Health, Safety, Ergonomics and Risk Management, DHM 2016, held as part of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2016, held in Toronto, ON, Canada, in July 2016 and received a total of 4354 submissions, of which 1287 papers were accepted for ... Read more

$49.49 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Digital Human Modelling: Applications in Health, Safety, Ergonomics and Risk Management, DHM 2016, held as part of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2016, held in Toronto, ON, Canada, in July 2016 and received a total of 4354 submissions, of which 1287 papers were accepted for
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Machine Learning for Mobile

Practical guide to building intelligent mobile applications powered by machine learning

by Revathi Gopalakrishnan, Avinash Venkateswarlu ...

Leverage the power of machine learning on mobiles and build intelligent mobile applications with easeKey FeaturesBuild smart mobile applications for Android and iOS devicesUse popular machine learning toolkits such as Core ML and TensorFlow LiteExplore cloud services for machine learning that can be used in mobile appsBook DescriptionMachine learning presents an entirely unique opportunity in ... Read more

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Leverage the power of machine learning on mobiles and build intelligent mobile applications with easeKey FeaturesBuild smart mobile applications for Android and iOS devicesUse popular machine learning toolkits such as Core ML and TensorFlow LiteExplore cloud services for machine learning that can be used in mobile appsBook DescriptionMachine learning presents an entirely unique opportunity in
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Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction

18th International Conference, UAHCI 2024, Held as Part of the 26th HCI International Conference, HCII 2024, Washington, DC, USA, June 29 – July 4, 2024, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Margherita Antona, Constantine Stephanidis ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This three-volume set LNCS 14696-14698 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, UAHCI 2024, held as part of the 26th International Conference, HCI International 2024, in Washington, DC, USA, during June 29 – July 4, 2024.The total of 1271 papers and 309 posters included in the HCII 2024 proceedings was carefully ... Read more

$107.09 USD

This three-volume set LNCS 14696-14698 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, UAHCI 2024, held as part of the 26th International Conference, HCI International 2024, in Washington, DC, USA, during June 29 – July 4, 2024.The total of 1271 papers and 309 posters included in the HCII 2024 proceedings was carefully
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L'Apprentissage Automatique En Action

Guide Pour Le Profane, Guide D’apprentissage Progressif Pour Débutants (Apprentissage Automatique)

by Alan T. Norman ...

Cherchez-vous un livre d’apprentissage élémentaire pour vous familiariser à l'apprentissage automatique ? Mon livre vous expliquera les concepts de base de façon simple et compréhensible. Une fois que vous l’aurez lu, vous aurez une connaissance robuste des principes de base qui vous permettront de passer plus facilement à un livre de niveau plus avancé si vous souhaitez en connaître davantage ... Read more

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Cherchez-vous un livre d’apprentissage élémentaire pour vous familiariser à l'apprentissage automatique ? Mon livre vous expliquera les concepts de base de façon simple et compréhensible. Une fois que vous l’aurez lu, vous aurez une connaissance robuste des principes de base qui vous permettront de passer plus facilement à un livre de niveau plus avancé si vous souhaitez en connaître davantage
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Introducing Bootstrap 4

by Jörg Krause ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Learn how to use the front end CSS framework Bootstrap 4 to create powerful web applications. You'll work with all the components of Bootstrap 4 using easy-to-follow instructions and example code snippets. You'll also use Bootstrap 4 for typography, forms, and modules, and see how to structure your page and your code to be optimally efficient.CSS frameworks give front end developers the capability ... Read more

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Learn how to use the front end CSS framework Bootstrap 4 to create powerful web applications. You'll work with all the components of Bootstrap 4 using easy-to-follow instructions and example code snippets. You'll also use Bootstrap 4 for typography, forms, and modules, and see how to structure your page and your code to be optimally efficient.CSS frameworks give front end developers the capability
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Data Science with Java

Practical Methods for Scientists and Engineers

by Michael R. Brzustowicz, PhD ...

Data Science is booming thanks to R and Python, but Java brings the robustness, convenience, and ability to scale critical to today’s data science applications. With this practical book, Java software engineers looking to add data science skills will take a logical journey through the data science pipeline. Author Michael Brzustowicz explains the basic math theory behind each step of the data ... Read more

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Data Science is booming thanks to R and Python, but Java brings the robustness, convenience, and ability to scale critical to today’s data science applications. With this practical book, Java software engineers looking to add data science skills will take a logical journey through the data science pipeline. Author Michael Brzustowicz explains the basic math theory behind each step of the data
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Programming Languages and Systems

35th European Symposium on Programming, ESOP 2026, Held as Part of the International Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2026, Turin, Italy, April 11–16, 2026, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Robbert Krebbers ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The open access book set LNCS 16501 + LNCS 16502 constitutes the proceedings of the 35th European Symposium on Programming, ESOP 2026, which was held as part of the International Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2026, in Turin, Italy, during April 11-16, 2026.The 31 full papers included in the proceedings, together with one invited talk, were carefully reviewed and ... Read more

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The open access book set LNCS 16501 + LNCS 16502 constitutes the proceedings of the 35th European Symposium on Programming, ESOP 2026, which was held as part of the International Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2026, in Turin, Italy, during April 11-16, 2026.The 31 full papers included in the proceedings, together with one invited talk, were carefully reviewed and
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The Mind We Made

by Kade Veylor ...

An AI started arguing back. Not in science fiction. In my living room.We're using AI to think, write, decide, and remember.But what happens when the intelligence we rely on starts reshaping how we think—not just what we produce?The Mind We Made is a philosophical memoir told as an actual conversation between human and machine.Not a thought experiment.Not speculation about the future.It documents a ... Read more

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An AI started arguing back. Not in science fiction. In my living room.We're using AI to think, write, decide, and remember.But what happens when the intelligence we rely on starts reshaping how we think—not just what we produce?The Mind We Made is a philosophical memoir told as an actual conversation between human and machine.Not a thought experiment.Not speculation about the future.It documents a
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Innovations in Analytics of Learning Dynamics

First International Workshop, TNA 2026, Bergen, Norway, April 27, 2026, Proceedings

Edited by Mohammed Saqr, Kamila Misiejuk, Sonsoles López-Pernas ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This open access book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Workshop on Transition Network Analysis, TNA 2026, held in Bergen, Norway, on April 27, 2026.The 14 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 16 submissions. They were organized into the following topical sections: Methodological Contributions; Modeling Learning Trajectories; and ... Read more

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This open access book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Workshop on Transition Network Analysis, TNA 2026, held in Bergen, Norway, on April 27, 2026.The 14 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 16 submissions. They were organized into the following topical sections: Methodological Contributions; Modeling Learning Trajectories; and
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Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population

12th International Conference, ITAP 2026, Held as Part of the 28th HCI International Conference, HCII 2026, Montreal, QC, Canada, July 26–31, 2026, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Qin Gao, Jia Zhou ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The 12th International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2026, held as part of the 28th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2026 (HCII 2026), took place in Montreal, QC, Canada, during July 2026.A total of 7435 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry, and government agencies from 94 countries submitted ... Read more

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The 12th International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2026, held as part of the 28th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2026 (HCII 2026), took place in Montreal, QC, Canada, during July 2026.A total of 7435 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry, and government agencies from 94 countries submitted
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Bridging Art, Design and Technology: My Lifetime Work

by Aaron Marcus ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book delivers a chronological survey of the author’s work. He is a pioneer in computer graphics/art, user interface/user-interaction design, information-oriented graphic design, and visible-language experiments. Aaron Marcus was one of the first to use computer technology in art, virtual reality, experimental visible languages, and information visualization in the early days of digital media ... Read more

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This book delivers a chronological survey of the author’s work. He is a pioneer in computer graphics/art, user interface/user-interaction design, information-oriented graphic design, and visible-language experiments. Aaron Marcus was one of the first to use computer technology in art, virtual reality, experimental visible languages, and information visualization in the early days of digital media
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Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics

23rd International Conference, EPCE 2026, Held as Part of the 28th HCI International Conference, HCII 2026, Montreal, QC, Canada, July 26–31, 2026, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Wen-Chin Li, Anastasios Plioutsias ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The 23rd International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, EPCE 2026, held as part of the 28th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2026 (HCII 2026), took place in Montreal, QC, Canada, during July 2026.A total of 7435 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry, and government agencies from 94 countries submitted ... Read more

$98.09 USD

The 23rd International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, EPCE 2026, held as part of the 28th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2026 (HCII 2026), took place in Montreal, QC, Canada, during July 2026.A total of 7435 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry, and government agencies from 94 countries submitted
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Culture and Computing

14th International Conference, C&C 2026, Held as Part of the 28th HCI International Conference, HCII 2026, Montreal, QC, Canada, July 26–31, 2026, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Matthias Rauterberg ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The 14th International Conference on Culture and Computing, C&C 2026, held as part of the 28th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2026 (HCII 2026), took place in Montreal, QC, Canada, during July 2026.A total of 7435 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry, and government agencies from 94 countries submitted contributions to HCII 2026. ... Read more

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The 14th International Conference on Culture and Computing, C&C 2026, held as part of the 28th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2026 (HCII 2026), took place in Montreal, QC, Canada, during July 2026.A total of 7435 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry, and government agencies from 94 countries submitted contributions to HCII 2026.
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