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Cloud Native Database

Principle and Practice

by Feifei Li, Xuan Zhou, Peng Cai, Rong Zhang, Gui Huang, XiangWen Liu ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book analyzes in detail the technological evolution process of databases in the era of cloud computing and explains how traditional database technology has gradually developed to cloud-native form from multiple perspectives such as architecture design, implementation mechanism, and system optimization. This book emphasizes the full combination of theory and practice and also analyzes the SQL ... Read more

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This book analyzes in detail the technological evolution process of databases in the era of cloud computing and explains how traditional database technology has gradually developed to cloud-native form from multiple perspectives such as architecture design, implementation mechanism, and system optimization. This book emphasizes the full combination of theory and practice and also analyzes the SQL
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The Worlds I See

Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI

by Dr. Fei-Fei Li ...

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S RECOMMENDED BOOKS ON AI * FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOKS OF 2023From Dr. Fei-Fei Li, one of TIME's 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL in AI, comes "a powerful plea for keeping humanity at the centre of our latest technological transformation" (Financial Times).Wired called Dr. Fei-Fei Li “one of a tiny group of scientists—a group perhaps small enough to fit around a kitchen table—who are ... Read more

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ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S RECOMMENDED BOOKS ON AI * FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOKS OF 2023From Dr. Fei-Fei Li, one of TIME's 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL in AI, comes "a powerful plea for keeping humanity at the centre of our latest technological transformation" (Financial Times).Wired called Dr. Fei-Fei Li “one of a tiny group of scientists—a group perhaps small enough to fit around a kitchen table—who are
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The Worlds I See

Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI

by Dr. Fei-Fei Li ...

Narrated by Cindy Kay ...

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12 hours 11 min

The moving memoir of a scientist coming of age as an immigrant in America who finds her calling at the forefront of the AI revolution.Wired called Dr. Fei-Fei Li “one of a tiny group of scientists—a group perhaps small enough to fit around a kitchen table—who are responsible for AI’s recent remarkable advances.”Known to the world as the creator of ImageNet, a key catalyst of modern artificial ... Read more

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The moving memoir of a scientist coming of age as an immigrant in America who finds her calling at the forefront of the AI revolution.Wired called Dr. Fei-Fei Li “one of a tiny group of scientists—a group perhaps small enough to fit around a kitchen table—who are responsible for AI’s recent remarkable advances.”Known to the world as the creator of ImageNet, a key catalyst of modern artificial
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Web Technologies and Applications

18th Asia-Pacific Web Conference, APWeb 2016, Suzhou, China, September 23-25, 2016. Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Feifei Li, Kyuseok Shim, Kai Zheng, Guanfeng Liu ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This LNCS double volume LNCS 9931-9932 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th Asia-Pacific Conference APWeb 2016 held in Suzhou, China, in September 2016.The 79 full papers and presented together with 24 short papers and 17 demo papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 215 submissions.the focus of the conference was on following subjects:Spatio-temporal, Textual and Multimedia ... Read more

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This LNCS double volume LNCS 9931-9932 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th Asia-Pacific Conference APWeb 2016 held in Suzhou, China, in September 2016.The 79 full papers and presented together with 24 short papers and 17 demo papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 215 submissions.the focus of the conference was on following subjects:Spatio-temporal, Textual and Multimedia
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Communications and Networking

18th EAI International Conference, ChinaCom 2023, Sanya, China, November 18–19, 2023, Proceedings

Edited by Feifei Gao, Jun Wu, Yun Li, Honghao Gao, Shangguang Wang ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th EAI International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems, ChinaCom 2023, held in Sanya, China, in November 2023.The 34 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 88 submissions.The conference covers a wide range of topics, such as: advanced networking and optimization strategies; signal processing ... Read more

$192.99 CAD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th EAI International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems, ChinaCom 2023, held in Sanya, China, in November 2023.The 34 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 88 submissions.The conference covers a wide range of topics, such as: advanced networking and optimization strategies; signal processing
... Read more
Communications and Networking

17th EAI International Conference, Chinacom 2022, Virtual Event, November 19-20, 2022, Proceedings

Edited by Feifei Gao, Jun Wu, Yun Li, Honghao Gao ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This proceedings constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Communications and Networking, ChinaCom 2022, held in November 19-20, 2022. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually.The 31 full papers presented were carefully selected from 83 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on Signal Processing and Communication Optimization; ... Read more

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This proceedings constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Communications and Networking, ChinaCom 2022, held in November 19-20, 2022. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually.The 31 full papers presented were carefully selected from 83 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on Signal Processing and Communication Optimization;
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Nanking 1937

Memory and Healing

by Robert Sabella, Feifei Li, David Liu ...

In recent years the international community has begun to scrutinize and, in many cases, condemn the atrocities that took place at Nanking in late 1937. This is all part of a larger worldwide movement in which both nations and multinational groups are attempting to reach closure regarding past atrocities and inhumanities. As represented by the contributors to this book, these activities have an ... Read more

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In recent years the international community has begun to scrutinize and, in many cases, condemn the atrocities that took place at Nanking in late 1937. This is all part of a larger worldwide movement in which both nations and multinational groups are attempting to reach closure regarding past atrocities and inhumanities. As represented by the contributors to this book, these activities have an
... Read more
Web Technologies and Applications

18th Asia-Pacific Web Conference, APWeb 2016, Suzhou, China, September 23-25, 2016. Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Feifei Li, Kai Zheng, Kyuseok Shim, Guanfeng Liu ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This LNCS double volume LNCS 9931-9932 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th Asia-Pacific Conference APWeb 2016 held in Suzhou, China, in September 2016.The 79 full papers and presented together with 24 short papers and 17 demo papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 215 submissions.the focus of the conference was on following subjects:Spatio-temporal, Textual and Multimedia ... Read more

$64.99 CAD

This LNCS double volume LNCS 9931-9932 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th Asia-Pacific Conference APWeb 2016 held in Suzhou, China, in September 2016.The 79 full papers and presented together with 24 short papers and 17 demo papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 215 submissions.the focus of the conference was on following subjects:Spatio-temporal, Textual and Multimedia
... Read more
Living Conditions and Targeted Aiding Mechanisms of the Urban Underclass in China

by Zhu Li, Mao Feifei ...

Series series China Perspectives
Based on the approaches of questionnaire and interview, this book studies the urban subalterns formed with a considerable scale in China since the 1990s. By investigating their living status in detail, it depicts the mental conditions, class consciousness, migration, living difficulties and dilemmas of the subaltern class. It’s worth noting that in addition to the group at the bottom of the ... Read more

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Based on the approaches of questionnaire and interview, this book studies the urban subalterns formed with a considerable scale in China since the 1990s. By investigating their living status in detail, it depicts the mental conditions, class consciousness, migration, living difficulties and dilemmas of the subaltern class. It’s worth noting that in addition to the group at the bottom of the
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Quantum Entanglement

by Jed Brody ...

Narrated by Jonathan Todd Ross ...

Series series MIT Press Essential Knowledge
Unabridged

3 hours 34 min

Quantum physics is notable for its brazen defiance of common sense. (Think of Schrödinger's Cat, famously both dead and alive.) An especially rigorous form of quantum contradiction occurs in experiments with entangled particles. Our common assumption is that objects have properties whether or not anyone is observing them, and the measurement of one can't affect the other. Quantum entanglement ... Read more

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Quantum physics is notable for its brazen defiance of common sense. (Think of Schrödinger's Cat, famously both dead and alive.) An especially rigorous form of quantum contradiction occurs in experiments with entangled particles. Our common assumption is that objects have properties whether or not anyone is observing them, and the measurement of one can't affect the other. Quantum entanglement
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If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal

What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity

by Justin Gregg ...

Narrated by Justin Gregg ...

Unabridged

7 hours 7 min

This funny, "extraordinary and thought-provoking" (The Wall Street Journal) book asks whether we are in fact the superior species. As it turns out, the truth is stranger—and far more interesting—than we have been led to believe.At first glance, human history is full of remarkable feats of intelligence. We invented writing. Produced incredible achievements in music, the arts, and the sciences. We ... Read more

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This funny, "extraordinary and thought-provoking" (The Wall Street Journal) book asks whether we are in fact the superior species. As it turns out, the truth is stranger—and far more interesting—than we have been led to believe.At first glance, human history is full of remarkable feats of intelligence. We invented writing. Produced incredible achievements in music, the arts, and the sciences. We
... Read more

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Artificial Unintelligence

How Computers Misunderstand the World

by Meredith Broussard ...

Narrated by Andrea Emmes ...

Unabridged

7 hours 46 min

In Artificial Unintelligence, Meredith Broussard argues that our collective enthusiasm for applying computer technology to every aspect of life has resulted in a tremendous amount of poorly designed systems. We are so eager to do everything digitally—hiring, driving, paying bills, even choosing romantic partners—that we have stopped demanding that our technology actually work. Broussard, a ... Read more

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In Artificial Unintelligence, Meredith Broussard argues that our collective enthusiasm for applying computer technology to every aspect of life has resulted in a tremendous amount of poorly designed systems. We are so eager to do everything digitally—hiring, driving, paying bills, even choosing romantic partners—that we have stopped demanding that our technology actually work. Broussard, a
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