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Universal, Intuitive, and Permanent Pictograms

A Human-Centered Design Process Grounded in Embodied Cognition, Semiotics, and Visual Perception

by Daniel Bühler ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book presents a complete human-centered design process (ISO 9241:210) that had two goals: to design universal, intuitive, and permanent pictograms and to develop a process for designing suitable pictograms. The book analyzes characteristics of visual representations, grounded in semiotics. It develops requirements for pictogram contents, relying on embodied cognition, and it derives content ... Read more

$179.39 CAD

This book presents a complete human-centered design process (ISO 9241:210) that had two goals: to design universal, intuitive, and permanent pictograms and to develop a process for designing suitable pictograms. The book analyzes characteristics of visual representations, grounded in semiotics. It develops requirements for pictogram contents, relying on embodied cognition, and it derives content
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Verified Software. Theories, Tools, and Experiments

8th International Conference, VSTTE 2016, Toronto, ON, Canada, July 17–18, 2016, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Sandrine Blazy, Marsha Chechik ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This volume constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Verified Software: Theories, Tools and Experiments, VSTTE 2016, held in July 2016 in Toronto, ON, Canada.The 8 full papers together with 4 short papers and 5 invited papers presented were carefully revised and selected 21 submissions.The goal of the VSTTE conference is to advance ... Read more

$64.09 CAD

This volume constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Verified Software: Theories, Tools and Experiments, VSTTE 2016, held in July 2016 in Toronto, ON, Canada.The 8 full papers together with 4 short papers and 5 invited papers presented were carefully revised and selected 21 submissions.The goal of the VSTTE conference is to advance
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Practical MATLAB Deep Learning

A Projects-Based Approach

by Michael Paluszek, Stephanie Thomas, Eric Ham ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Harness the power of MATLAB for deep-learning challenges. Practical MATLAB Deep Learning, Second Edition, remains a one-of a-kind book that provides an introduction to deep learning and using MATLAB's deep-learning toolboxes. In this book, you’ll see how these toolboxes provide the complete set of functions needed to implement all aspects of deep learning. This edition includes new and expanded ... Read more

$75.49 CAD

Harness the power of MATLAB for deep-learning challenges. Practical MATLAB Deep Learning, Second Edition, remains a one-of a-kind book that provides an introduction to deep learning and using MATLAB's deep-learning toolboxes. In this book, you’ll see how these toolboxes provide the complete set of functions needed to implement all aspects of deep learning. This edition includes new and expanded
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Social Robotics

14th International Conference, ICSR 2022, Florence, Italy, December 13–16, 2022, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Filippo Cavallo, John-John Cabibihan, Laura Fiorini, Alessandra Sorrentino, Hongsheng He, Xiaorui Liu, Yoshio Matsumoto, Shuzhi Sam Ge ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The two-volume set LNAI 13817 and 13818 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2022, which took place in Florence, Italy, in December 2022.The 111 papers presented in the proceedings set were carefully reviewed and selected from 143 submissions. The contributions were organized in topical sections as follows: Social robot navigation and ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

The two-volume set LNAI 13817 and 13818 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2022, which took place in Florence, Italy, in December 2022.The 111 papers presented in the proceedings set were carefully reviewed and selected from 143 submissions. The contributions were organized in topical sections as follows: Social robot navigation and
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Advances in Information Retrieval

44th European Conference on IR Research, ECIR 2022, Stavanger, Norway, April 10–14, 2022, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Matthias Hagen, Suzan Verberne, Craig Macdonald, Christin Seifert, Krisztian Balog, Kjetil Nørvåg, Vinay Setty ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This two-volume set LNCS 13185 and 13186 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 44th European Conference on IR Research, ECIR 2022, held in April 2022, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The 35 full papers presented together with 11 reproducibility papers, 13 CLEF lab descriptions papers, 12 doctoral consortium papers, 5 workshop abstracts, and 4 tutorials abstracts were carefully reviewed and ... Read more

$128.09 CAD

This two-volume set LNCS 13185 and 13186 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 44th European Conference on IR Research, ECIR 2022, held in April 2022, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The 35 full papers presented together with 11 reproducibility papers, 13 CLEF lab descriptions papers, 12 doctoral consortium papers, 5 workshop abstracts, and 4 tutorials abstracts were carefully reviewed and
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Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health

First International Conference, ICT4AgeingWell 2015, Lisbon, Portugal, May 20-22, 2015. Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Markus Helfert, Andreas Holzinger, Martina Ziefle, Ana Fred, John O'Donoghue, Carsten Röcker ...

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, ICT4AgeingWell 2015, held in Lisbon, Portugal, in May 2015.The 11 full papers and two invited papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 45 submissions. The papers cover five main topic areas, covering different aspects, including ... Read more

$64.09 CAD

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health, ICT4AgeingWell 2015, held in Lisbon, Portugal, in May 2015.The 11 full papers and two invited papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 45 submissions. The papers cover five main topic areas, covering different aspects, including
... Read more
Serious Games

Joint International Conference, JCSG 2020, Stoke-on-Trent, UK, November 19–20, 2020, Proceedings

Edited by Minhua Ma, Bobbie Fletcher, Stefan Göbel, Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge, Tim Marsh ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th Joint International Conference on Serious Games, JCSG 2020, held in Stoke-on-Trent, UK, in November 2020.The 19 full papers presented together with 3 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 38 submissions. The papers offer a wide range in the use of serious games in several fields like learning, simulation, training, health, ... Read more

$108.89 CAD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th Joint International Conference on Serious Games, JCSG 2020, held in Stoke-on-Trent, UK, in November 2020.The 19 full papers presented together with 3 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 38 submissions. The papers offer a wide range in the use of serious games in several fields like learning, simulation, training, health,
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Interactive Storytelling

13th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, ICIDS 2020, Bournemouth, UK, November 3–6, 2020, Proceedings

Edited by Anne-Gwenn Bosser, David E. Millard, Charlie Hargood ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, ICIDS 2020, held in Bournemouth, UK, in November 2020.The 15 full papers and 8 short papers presented together with 5 posters, were carefully reviewed and selected from 70 submissions. The conference offers topics in game narrative and interactive storytelling, including the ... Read more

$64.09 CAD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, ICIDS 2020, held in Bournemouth, UK, in November 2020.The 15 full papers and 8 short papers presented together with 5 posters, were carefully reviewed and selected from 70 submissions. The conference offers topics in game narrative and interactive storytelling, including the
... Read more
Practical Aspects of Declarative Languages

25th International Symposium, PADL 2023, Boston, MA, USA, January 16–17, 2023, Proceedings

Edited by Michael Hanus, Daniela Inclezan ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 25th International Symposium on Practical Aspects of Declarative Languages, PADL 2023, which was held in Boston, MA, USA, in January 2023.The 15 full papers and 4 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 36 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: Functional Programming; Logic ... Read more

$96.09 CAD

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 25th International Symposium on Practical Aspects of Declarative Languages, PADL 2023, which was held in Boston, MA, USA, in January 2023.The 15 full papers and 4 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 36 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: Functional Programming; Logic
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Interactive Storytelling

14th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, ICIDS 2021, Tallinn, Estonia, December 7–10, 2021, Proceedings

Edited by Alex Mitchell, Mirjam Vosmeer ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, ICIDS 2021, held in Tallinn, Estonia, in December 2021.The 18 full papers and 17 short papers, presented together with 17 posters and demos, were carefully reviewed and selected from 99 submissions. The papers are categorized into the following topical sub-headings: Narrative ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, ICIDS 2021, held in Tallinn, Estonia, in December 2021.The 18 full papers and 17 short papers, presented together with 17 posters and demos, were carefully reviewed and selected from 99 submissions. The papers are categorized into the following topical sub-headings: Narrative
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Everyday Virtual and Augmented Reality

Edited by Adalberto Simeone, Benjamin Weyers, Svetlana Bialkova, Robert W. Lindeman ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This edited book introduces readers to the area of “Everyday Virtual and Augmented Reality”. With Virtual and Augmented Reality technologies, becoming more pervasive in our homes and workplaces, new use cases and scenarios emerge together with new challenges that need to be addressed. These challenges encompass the design and implementation of appropriate VR/AR applications for ordinary ... Read more

$217.79 CAD

This edited book introduces readers to the area of “Everyday Virtual and Augmented Reality”. With Virtual and Augmented Reality technologies, becoming more pervasive in our homes and workplaces, new use cases and scenarios emerge together with new challenges that need to be addressed. These challenges encompass the design and implementation of appropriate VR/AR applications for ordinary
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Accelerator Programming Using Directives

8th International Workshop, WACCPD 2021, Virtual Event, November 14, 2021, Proceedings

Edited by Sridutt Bhalachandra, Christopher Daley, Verónica Melesse Vergara ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Accelerator Programming Using Directives, WACCPD 2021, which took place in November 2021. The conference was held as hybrid event.WACCPD is one of the major forums for bringing together users, developers, and the software and tools community to share knowledge and experiences when programming emerging complex parallel ... Read more

$70.49 CAD

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Accelerator Programming Using Directives, WACCPD 2021, which took place in November 2021. The conference was held as hybrid event.WACCPD is one of the major forums for bringing together users, developers, and the software and tools community to share knowledge and experiences when programming emerging complex parallel
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HCI International 2020 – Late Breaking Papers: Interaction, Knowledge and Social Media

22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19–24, 2020, Proceedings

Edited by Constantine Stephanidis, Gavriel Salvendy, June Wei, Sakae Yamamoto, Hirohiko Mori, Gabriele Meiselwitz, Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah, Keng Siau ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes late breaking papers from the 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2020, which was held in July 2020. The conference was planned to take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, but had to change to a virtual conference mode due to the COVID-19 pandemic.From a total of 6326 submissions, a total of 1439 papers and 238 posters have been accepted for ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

This book constitutes late breaking papers from the 22nd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2020, which was held in July 2020. The conference was planned to take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, but had to change to a virtual conference mode due to the COVID-19 pandemic.From a total of 6326 submissions, a total of 1439 papers and 238 posters have been accepted for
... Read more
Games and Learning Alliance

12th International Conference, GALA 2023, Dublin, Ireland, November 29 – December 1, 2023, Proceedings

Edited by Pierpaolo Dondio, Mariana Rocha, Attracta Brennan, Avo Schönbohm, Francesca de Rosa, Antti Koskinen, Francesco Bellotti ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This LNCS volume constitutes the proceedings of 12th International Conference, GALA 2023, in Dublin, Ireland, held during November/December 2023.The 36 full papers and 13 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 88 submissions. The papers contained in this book have been organized into six categories, reflecting the variety of theoretical approaches and application domains of ... Read more

$140.89 CAD

This LNCS volume constitutes the proceedings of 12th International Conference, GALA 2023, in Dublin, Ireland, held during November/December 2023.The 36 full papers and 13 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 88 submissions. The papers contained in this book have been organized into six categories, reflecting the variety of theoretical approaches and application domains of
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Java Design Patterns

A Hands-On Experience with Real-World Examples

by Vaskaran Sarcar ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Use the step-by-step approach of this book to learn and implement design patterns in real-world applications. It focuses on classical design patterns with Java 17 and Eclipse (2021-09). In addition to Gang of Four (GoF) design patterns, the book covers popular and alternative design patterns and includes criticisms of design patterns in a chapter on anti-patterns.The book is divided into four ... Read more

$80.19 CAD

Use the step-by-step approach of this book to learn and implement design patterns in real-world applications. It focuses on classical design patterns with Java 17 and Eclipse (2021-09). In addition to Gang of Four (GoF) design patterns, the book covers popular and alternative design patterns and includes criticisms of design patterns in a chapter on anti-patterns.The book is divided into four
... Read more
HCI in Business, Government and Organizations

10th International Conference, HCIBGO 2023, Held as Part of the 25th HCI International Conference, HCII 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 23–28, 2023, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Fiona Nah, Keng Siau ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This two-volume set of HCIBGO 2023, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10h International Conference on HCI in Business, Government and Organizations, held as Part of the 24th International Conference, HCI International 2023, which took place in July 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark.The total of 1578 papers and 396 posters included in the HCII 2023 proceedings volumes was carefully reviewed and ... Read more

$108.89 CAD

This two-volume set of HCIBGO 2023, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10h International Conference on HCI in Business, Government and Organizations, held as Part of the 24th International Conference, HCI International 2023, which took place in July 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark.The total of 1578 papers and 396 posters included in the HCII 2023 proceedings volumes was carefully reviewed and
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Persuasive Technology

17th International Conference, PERSUASIVE 2022, Virtual Event, March 29–31, 2022, Proceedings

Edited by Nilufar Baghaei, Julita Vassileva, Raian Ali, Kiemute Oyibo ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Persuasive Technology, PERSUASIVE 2022, held as a virtual event, in March 2022.The 13 full papers presented in this book together with 7 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 46 submissions. ... Read more

$83.29 CAD

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Persuasive Technology, PERSUASIVE 2022, held as a virtual event, in March 2022.The 13 full papers presented in this book together with 7 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 46 submissions.
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Risk - A Multidisciplinary Introduction

Edited by Daniel Straub, Claudia Klüppelberg, Isabell M. Welpe ...

Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
This is a unique book addressing the integration of risk methodology from various fields. It will stimulate intellectual debate and communication across disciplines, promote better risk management practices and contribute to the development of risk management methodologies. Individual chapters explain fundamental risk models and measurement, and address risk and security issues from diverse areas ... Read more

$64.09 CAD

This is a unique book addressing the integration of risk methodology from various fields. It will stimulate intellectual debate and communication across disciplines, promote better risk management practices and contribute to the development of risk management methodologies. Individual chapters explain fundamental risk models and measurement, and address risk and security issues from diverse areas
... Read more
More Playful User Interfaces

Interfaces that Invite Social and Physical Interaction

Edited by Anton Nijholt ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book covers the latest advances in playful user interfaces – interfaces that invite social and physical interaction. These new developments include the use of audio, visual, tactile and physiological sensors to monitor, provide feedback and anticipate the behavior of human users. The decreasing cost of sensor and actuator technology makes it possible to integrate physical behavior information ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

This book covers the latest advances in playful user interfaces – interfaces that invite social and physical interaction. These new developments include the use of audio, visual, tactile and physiological sensors to monitor, provide feedback and anticipate the behavior of human users. The decreasing cost of sensor and actuator technology makes it possible to integrate physical behavior information
... Read more
Brain-Computer Interface Research

A State-of-the-Art Summary 3

Edited by Christoph Guger, Theresa Vaughan, Brendan Allison ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book provides a cutting-edge overview of the latest developments in Brain-Computer-Interfaces (BCIs), reported by leading research groups. As the reader will discover, BCI research is moving ahead rapidly, with many new ideas, research initiatives, and improved technologies, e.g. BCIs that enable people to communicate just by thinking – without any movement at all. Several different groups ... Read more

$64.09 CAD

This book provides a cutting-edge overview of the latest developments in Brain-Computer-Interfaces (BCIs), reported by leading research groups. As the reader will discover, BCI research is moving ahead rapidly, with many new ideas, research initiatives, and improved technologies, e.g. BCIs that enable people to communicate just by thinking – without any movement at all. Several different groups
... Read more
Entertainment Computing – ICEC 2020

19th IFIP TC 14 International Conference, ICEC 2020, Xi'an, China, November 10–13, 2020, Proceedings

Edited by Nuno J. Nunes, Lizhuang Ma, Meili Wang, Nuno Correia, Zhigeng Pan ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th IFIP TC 14 International Conference on Entertainment Computing, ICEC 2020, which was supposed to take place in Xi’an, China, in November 2020, but it was instead held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The 21 full papers and 18 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 72 submissions. They cover a large range of ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th IFIP TC 14 International Conference on Entertainment Computing, ICEC 2020, which was supposed to take place in Xi’an, China, in November 2020, but it was instead held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The 21 full papers and 18 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 72 submissions. They cover a large range of
... Read more
Social Computing and Social Media

15th International Conference, SCSM 2023, Held as Part of the 25th HCI International Conference, HCII 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 23–28, 2023, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Adela Coman, Simona Vasilache ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This two-volume set LNCS 14025 and 14026 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Social Computing and Social Media, SCSM 2023, held as part of the 25th International Conference, HCI International 2023, held in Copenhagen, Denmark in July 2023.The total of 1578 papers and 396 posters included in the HCII 2023 proceedings was carefully reviewed and selected from ... Read more

$179.39 CAD

This two-volume set LNCS 14025 and 14026 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Social Computing and Social Media, SCSM 2023, held as part of the 25th International Conference, HCI International 2023, held in Copenhagen, Denmark in July 2023.The total of 1578 papers and 396 posters included in the HCII 2023 proceedings was carefully reviewed and selected from
... Read more
Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population

9th International Conference, ITAP 2023, Held as Part of the 25th HCI International Conference, HCII 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 23–28, 2023, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Qin Gao, Jia Zhou ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This two-volume set of ITAP 2023, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2023, held as Part of the 24th International Conference, HCI International 2023, which took place in July 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark.The total of 1578 papers and 396 posters included in the HCII 2023 proceedings volumes was carefully ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

This two-volume set of ITAP 2023, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2023, held as Part of the 24th International Conference, HCI International 2023, which took place in July 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark.The total of 1578 papers and 396 posters included in the HCII 2023 proceedings volumes was carefully
... Read more
Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population

9th International Conference, ITAP 2023, Held as Part of the 25th HCI International Conference, HCII 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 23–28, 2023, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Qin Gao, Jia Zhou ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This two-volume set of ITAP 2023, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2023, held as Part of the 24th International Conference, HCI International 2023, which took place in July 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark.The total of 1578 papers and 396 posters included in the HCII 2023 proceedings volumes was carefully ... Read more

$115.29 CAD

This two-volume set of ITAP 2023, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2023, held as Part of the 24th International Conference, HCI International 2023, which took place in July 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark.The total of 1578 papers and 396 posters included in the HCII 2023 proceedings volumes was carefully
... Read more

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