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HCI Redux

The Promise of Post-Cognitive Interaction

by Phil Turner ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book explores the role of cognition in the field of human-computer interaction (HCI) assessing how the field has developed over the past thirty years and discusses where the field is heading, as we begin to live in increasingly interconnected digital environments.Taking a broad chronological view, the author discusses cognition in relation to areas like make-believe, and appropriation, and ... Read more

$89.09 USD

This book explores the role of cognition in the field of human-computer interaction (HCI) assessing how the field has developed over the past thirty years and discusses where the field is heading, as we begin to live in increasingly interconnected digital environments.Taking a broad chronological view, the author discusses cognition in relation to areas like make-believe, and appropriation, and
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Social Robotics

8th International Conference, ICSR 2016, Kansas City, MO, USA, November 1-3, 2016 Proceedings

Edited by Arvin Agah, John-John Cabibihan, Ayanna M. Howard, Miguel A. Salichs, Hongsheng He ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2016, held in Kansas City, MO, USA, in November 2016. The 98 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 107 submissions.The theme of the 2016 conference is Sociorobotics: Design and implementation of social behaviors of robots interacting with each other and ... Read more

$89.09 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2016, held in Kansas City, MO, USA, in November 2016. The 98 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 107 submissions.The theme of the 2016 conference is Sociorobotics: Design and implementation of social behaviors of robots interacting with each other and
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Human-Experiential Design of Presence in Everyday Blended Reality

Living in the Here and Now

by John Waterworth, Kei Hoshi ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book explores how our lives and social interactions have become split between two intertwined, but not integrated, realities: the physical and the digital. Our sense of presence in the here and now has become fragmented, and yet earlier design approaches reinforced the problem, rather than leading to improvements. The authors address these issues by laying out a new human computer interaction ... Read more

$49.49 USD

This book explores how our lives and social interactions have become split between two intertwined, but not integrated, realities: the physical and the digital. Our sense of presence in the here and now has become fragmented, and yet earlier design approaches reinforced the problem, rather than leading to improvements. The authors address these issues by laying out a new human computer interaction
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Advances in Neuromorphic Hardware Exploiting Emerging Nanoscale Devices

Edited by Manan Suri ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book covers all major aspects of cutting-edge research in the field of neuromorphic hardware engineering involving emerging nanoscale devices. Special emphasis is given to leading works in hybrid low-power CMOS-Nanodevice design. The book offers readers a bidirectional (top-down and bottom-up) perspective on designing efficient bio-inspired hardware. At the nanodevice level, it focuses on ... Read more

$134.09 USD

This book covers all major aspects of cutting-edge research in the field of neuromorphic hardware engineering involving emerging nanoscale devices. Special emphasis is given to leading works in hybrid low-power CMOS-Nanodevice design. The book offers readers a bidirectional (top-down and bottom-up) perspective on designing efficient bio-inspired hardware. At the nanodevice level, it focuses on
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Internet of Things: Novel Advances and Envisioned Applications

Edited by D. P. Acharjya, M. Kalaiselvi Geetha ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book focuses on a combination of theoretical advances in the Internet of Things, cloud computing and its real-life applications to serve society. The book discusses technological innovations, authentication, mobility support and security, group rekeying schemes and a range of concrete applications.The Internet has restructured not only global interrelations, but also an unbelievable number of ... Read more

$143.09 USD

This book focuses on a combination of theoretical advances in the Internet of Things, cloud computing and its real-life applications to serve society. The book discusses technological innovations, authentication, mobility support and security, group rekeying schemes and a range of concrete applications.The Internet has restructured not only global interrelations, but also an unbelievable number of
... Read more
Behavior Modeling -- Foundations and Applications

International Workshops, BM-FA 2009-2014, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Christian Gerth, Ella Roubtsova, Ashley McNeile, Ekkart Kindler ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes revised selected papers from the six International Workshops on Behavior Modelling - Foundations and Applications, BM-FA, which took place annually between 2009 and 2014.The 9 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 58 papers presented at these 6 workshops. The contributions were organized in topical sections named: modelling ... Read more

$49.49 USD

This book constitutes revised selected papers from the six International Workshops on Behavior Modelling - Foundations and Applications, BM-FA, which took place annually between 2009 and 2014.The 9 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 58 papers presented at these 6 workshops. The contributions were organized in topical sections named: modelling
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Introduction to Programming with Fortran

by Ian Chivers, Jane Sleightholme ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This fourth Edition presents new examples on submodules, derived type i/o, object oriented programming, abstract interfaces and procedure pointers, C interop, sorting and searching, statistics and converting to more modern versions of Fortran.Key FeaturesHighlights the core language features of modern Fortran including data typing, array processing, control structures, functions, subroutines, ... Read more

$80.09 USD

This fourth Edition presents new examples on submodules, derived type i/o, object oriented programming, abstract interfaces and procedure pointers, C interop, sorting and searching, statistics and converting to more modern versions of Fortran.Key FeaturesHighlights the core language features of modern Fortran including data typing, array processing, control structures, functions, subroutines,
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Provenance and Annotation of Data and Processes

7th International Provenance and Annotation Workshop, IPAW 2018, London, UK, July 9-10, 2018, Proceedings

Edited by Khalid Belhajjame, Ashish Gehani, Pinar Alper ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Provenance and Annotation Workshop, IPAW 2018, held in London, UK, in July 2018.The 12 revised full papers, 19 poster papers, and 2 demonstration papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 50 submissions. The papers feature a variety of provenance-related topics ranging from the capture and inference of ... Read more

$49.49 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Provenance and Annotation Workshop, IPAW 2018, held in London, UK, in July 2018.The 12 revised full papers, 19 poster papers, and 2 demonstration papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 50 submissions. The papers feature a variety of provenance-related topics ranging from the capture and inference of
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Interoperability and Open-Source Solutions for the Internet of Things

International Workshop, FP7 OpenIoT Project, Held in Conjunction with SoftCOM 2014, Split, Croatia, September 18, 2014, Invited Papers

Edited by Martin Serrano, Ivana Podnar Žarko, Krešimir Pripužić ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the International Workshop on Interoperability and Open-Source Solutions for the Internet of Things, FP7 OpenIot Project, held in Conjunction with SoftCOM 2014, in Split, Croatia, in September 2014.The 11 revised full papers presented together with the extended abstracts of 2 keynote talks were carefully reviewed and ... Read more

$40.49 USD

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the International Workshop on Interoperability and Open-Source Solutions for the Internet of Things, FP7 OpenIot Project, held in Conjunction with SoftCOM 2014, in Split, Croatia, in September 2014.The 11 revised full papers presented together with the extended abstracts of 2 keynote talks were carefully reviewed and
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Advanced Technologies for the Rehabilitation of Gait and Balance Disorders

Edited by Giorgio Sandrini, Volker Homberg, Leopold Saltuari, Nicola Smania, Alessandra Pedrocchi ...

Series Book 19 - Biosystems & Biorobotics
The book provides readers with a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in the field of gait and balance rehabilitation. It describes technologies and devices together with the requirements and factors to be considered during their application in clinical settings. The book covers physiological and pathophysiological basis of locomotion and posture control, describes integrated approaches ... Read more

$170.09 USD

The book provides readers with a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in the field of gait and balance rehabilitation. It describes technologies and devices together with the requirements and factors to be considered during their application in clinical settings. The book covers physiological and pathophysiological basis of locomotion and posture control, describes integrated approaches
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Diagrammatic Representation and Inference

10th International Conference, Diagrams 2018, Edinburgh, UK, June 18-22, 2018, Proceedings

Edited by Peter Chapman, Gem Stapleton, Amirouche Moktefi, Sarah Perez-Kriz, Francesco Bellucci ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams, Diagrams 2018, held in Edinburgh, UK, in June 2018.The 26 revised full papers and 28 short papers presented together with 32 posters were carefully reviewed and selected from 124 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: generating and ... Read more

$89.09 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams, Diagrams 2018, held in Edinburgh, UK, in June 2018.The 26 revised full papers and 28 short papers presented together with 32 posters were carefully reviewed and selected from 124 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: generating and
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Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2021

18th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Bari, Italy, August 30 – September 3, 2021, Proceedings, Part III

Edited by Carmelo Ardito, Rosa Lanzilotti, Alessio Malizia, Helen Petrie, Antonio Piccinno, Giuseppe Desolda, Kori Inkpen ...

Series Book 3 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The five-volume set LNCS 12932-12936 constitutes the proceedings of the 18th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT 2021, held in Bari, Italy, in August/September 2021.The total of 105 full papers presented together with 72 short papers and 70 other papers in these books was carefully reviewed and selected from 680 submissions. The contributions are organized ... Read more

$49.49 USD

The five-volume set LNCS 12932-12936 constitutes the proceedings of the 18th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT 2021, held in Bari, Italy, in August/September 2021.The total of 105 full papers presented together with 72 short papers and 70 other papers in these books was carefully reviewed and selected from 680 submissions. The contributions are organized
... Read more
Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2021

18th IFIP TC 13 International Conference, Bari, Italy, August 30 – September 3, 2021, Proceedings, Part V

Edited by Carmelo Ardito, Rosa Lanzilotti, Alessio Malizia, Helen Petrie, Antonio Piccinno, Giuseppe Desolda, Kori Inkpen ...

Series Book 5 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The five-volume set LNCS 12932-12936 constitutes the proceedings of the 18th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT 2021, held in Bari, Italy, in August/September 2021.The total of 105 full papers presented together with 72 short papers and 70 other papers in these books was carefully reviewed and selected from 680 submissions. The contributions are organized ... Read more

$49.49 USD

The five-volume set LNCS 12932-12936 constitutes the proceedings of the 18th IFIP TC 13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, INTERACT 2021, held in Bari, Italy, in August/September 2021.The total of 105 full papers presented together with 72 short papers and 70 other papers in these books was carefully reviewed and selected from 680 submissions. The contributions are organized
... Read more
Data Mining for Beginners

Discovering Data Treasures. A Beginner's Expedition into Mining

by Daniel Garfield ...

Series Book 1 - Big Data as a Product 3 in 1
Embark on a captivating journey through the realm of data mining with "Data Mining for Beginners: Discovering Data Treasures." Whether you're an aspiring data enthusiast, a curious business professional, or a student eager to unlock the potential of raw information, this book is your ultimate guide to unearthing valuable insights.In this immersive expedition, you'll accompany a team of novice data ... Read more

$3.95 USD

Embark on a captivating journey through the realm of data mining with "Data Mining for Beginners: Discovering Data Treasures." Whether you're an aspiring data enthusiast, a curious business professional, or a student eager to unlock the potential of raw information, this book is your ultimate guide to unearthing valuable insights.In this immersive expedition, you'll accompany a team of novice data
... Read more
Data Analysis for Beginners

A Hands-On Journey into Analysis and Visualization. Part 1

by Daniel Garfield ...

Series Book 1 - Data Analysis for Beginners
Are you fascinated by the world of data analysis but unsure where to begin? Look no further than "Data Analysis for Beginners: Unleashing the Power of Data." This comprehensive guide is designed to take you on a step-by-step journey into the captivating realm of data analysis and visualization.In this book, you'll embark on an enlightening exploration of the fundamentals, providing you with a ... Read more

$3.95 USD

Are you fascinated by the world of data analysis but unsure where to begin? Look no further than "Data Analysis for Beginners: Unleashing the Power of Data." This comprehensive guide is designed to take you on a step-by-step journey into the captivating realm of data analysis and visualization.In this book, you'll embark on an enlightening exploration of the fundamentals, providing you with a
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Search Based Software Engineering

9th International Symposium, SSBSE 2017, Paderborn, Germany, September 9-11, 2017, Proceedings

Edited by Tim Menzies, Justyna Petke ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Search-Based Software Engineering, SSBSE 2017, held in Paderborn, Germany, in September 2017.The 7 full papers and 5 short papers presented together with 4 challenge track and 2 students student track papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 26 submissions.SSBSE welcomes not only applications from ... Read more

$49.49 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Search-Based Software Engineering, SSBSE 2017, held in Paderborn, Germany, in September 2017.The 7 full papers and 5 short papers presented together with 4 challenge track and 2 students student track papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 26 submissions.SSBSE welcomes not only applications from
... Read more
Communication Skills for Generative AI

The Essential Guide for Humans

by Vladimir Geroimenko ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Communication Skills for Generative AI: A Practical Guide for Humans is the first comprehensive book to treat communication with generative AI as a distinct human competence—analogous to digital literacy, media literacy, or academic writing skills. Instead of framing the field through the narrow lens of “prompt engineering,” this book introduces a broader, deeper, and more natural paradigm: human ... Read more

$49.49 USD

Communication Skills for Generative AI: A Practical Guide for Humans is the first comprehensive book to treat communication with generative AI as a distinct human competence—analogous to digital literacy, media literacy, or academic writing skills. Instead of framing the field through the narrow lens of “prompt engineering,” this book introduces a broader, deeper, and more natural paradigm: human
... Read more
Smart Health

Open Problems and Future Challenges

Edited by Andreas Holzinger, Carsten Röcker, Martina Ziefle ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Prolonged life expectancy along with the increasing complexity of medicine and health services raises health costs worldwide dramatically. Whilst the smart health concept has much potential to support the concept of the emerging P4-medicine (preventive, participatory, predictive, and personalized), such high-tech medicine produces large amounts of high-dimensional, weakly-structured data sets and ... Read more

$49.49 USD

Prolonged life expectancy along with the increasing complexity of medicine and health services raises health costs worldwide dramatically. Whilst the smart health concept has much potential to support the concept of the emerging P4-medicine (preventive, participatory, predictive, and personalized), such high-tech medicine produces large amounts of high-dimensional, weakly-structured data sets and
... Read more
Static Analysis

32nd International Symposium, SAS 2025, Singapore, Singapore, October 13–14, 2025, Proceedings

Edited by Hakjoo Oh, Yulei Sui ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 32nd International Static Analysis Symposium, SAS 2025, held in Singapore, Singapore, in October 2025.The 15 papers included here were carefully reviewed and selected from 32 submissions.The papers presented in this book deal with abstract interpretation, automated deduction, data flow analysis, debugging techniques, deductive methods, emerging ... Read more

$71.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 32nd International Static Analysis Symposium, SAS 2025, held in Singapore, Singapore, in October 2025.The 15 papers included here were carefully reviewed and selected from 32 submissions.The papers presented in this book deal with abstract interpretation, automated deduction, data flow analysis, debugging techniques, deductive methods, emerging
... Read more
Multimodal Analyses enabling Artificial Agents in Human-Machine Interaction

Second International Workshop, MA3HMI 2014, Held in Conjunction with INTERSPEECH 2014, Singapore, Singapore, September 14, 2014, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Ronald Böck, Francesca Bonin, Nick Campbell, Ronald Poppe ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the Second Workshop on Multimodal Analyses Enabling Artificial Agents in Human Interaction, MA3HMI 2014, held in Conjunction with INTERSPEECH 2014, in Singapore, Singapore, on September 14th, 2014.The 9 revised papers presented together with a keynote talk were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. They ... Read more

$40.49 USD

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the Second Workshop on Multimodal Analyses Enabling Artificial Agents in Human Interaction, MA3HMI 2014, held in Conjunction with INTERSPEECH 2014, in Singapore, Singapore, on September 14th, 2014.The 9 revised papers presented together with a keynote talk were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. They
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CMake Cookbook

Building, testing, and packaging modular software with modern CMake

by Radovan Bast, Roberto Di Remigio ...

Learn CMake through a series of task-based recipes that provide you with practical, simple, and ready-to-use CMake solutions for your codeKey FeaturesLearn to configure, build, test, and package software written in C, C++, and FortranProgress from simple to advanced tasks with examples tested on Linux, macOS, and WindowsManage code complexity and library dependencies with reusable CMake building ... Read more

$44.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn CMake through a series of task-based recipes that provide you with practical, simple, and ready-to-use CMake solutions for your codeKey FeaturesLearn to configure, build, test, and package software written in C, C++, and FortranProgress from simple to advanced tasks with examples tested on Linux, macOS, and WindowsManage code complexity and library dependencies with reusable CMake building
... Read more
Créer des Agents IA avec Claude AI

by Daniel Parker ...

Tu n'as pas besoin de savoir coder. Tu n'as pas besoin d'un background technique. Tu as besoin de ce livre.Les agents d'IA ne sont plus une vision du futur. Ils opèrent en ce moment même au sein des entreprises les plus productives au monde répondant aux questions des clients à 3 heures du matin, rédigeant du contenu pendant que tu dors, qualifiant des prospects avant que tu n'aies bu ton premier ... Read more

$30.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Tu n'as pas besoin de savoir coder. Tu n'as pas besoin d'un background technique. Tu as besoin de ce livre.Les agents d'IA ne sont plus une vision du futur. Ils opèrent en ce moment même au sein des entreprises les plus productives au monde répondant aux questions des clients à 3 heures du matin, rédigeant du contenu pendant que tu dors, qualifiant des prospects avant que tu n'aies bu ton premier
... Read more
Choose Your Virtual Assistant Service Lane

Profitability, #2

by James Anstee ...

Series Book 2 - Profitability
When a virtual assistant offers everything, every request can look like an opportunity—and every client relationship can become harder to manage. This guide helps you focus on the type of work, client problems, boundaries, and handoffs that fit your actual strengths. You will map service options, clarify what you do and do not accept, and build a simple service-lane statement that makes ... Read more

$3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

When a virtual assistant offers everything, every request can look like an opportunity—and every client relationship can become harder to manage. This guide helps you focus on the type of work, client problems, boundaries, and handoffs that fit your actual strengths. You will map service options, clarify what you do and do not accept, and build a simple service-lane statement that makes
... Read more
iOS18與SwiftUI程式設計全面剖析

by 朱克剛 ...

作者以多年的iOS教學經驗寫成本書，由淺入深幫助想踏入行動裝置程式設計領域的人快速掌握iOS程式設計技巧。本書以SwiftUI框架為核心，透過簡單幾行程式碼就可以完成一個高品質App界面，並透過詳細的解說，讓讀者能充分理解程式意義。iOS開發環境與SDK每年推陳出新，程式設計技巧每年均有變化，舊的寫法往往已不再支援，新的寫法又必須花大量時間看官方文件才能掌握，本書秉持過去一貫精神，永遠以最新的開發環境、最新的SDK框架以及最新的語法呈現經典範例。因此本書將是新手不可或缺，老手也必須放在電腦內的一本重量級工具書。本書特別為 EPUB 流動格式排版，非常適合各式螢幕尺寸閱讀，即便在手機上也可輕鬆瀏覽。作者介紹：朱克剛，資深電腦書籍作者，超過三十年的教學經驗，每年在大專院校與職訓單位開設無數資訊類課程，幫助各階層學員降低進入資訊職場門檻。本書承襲過去十年來一貫的專業與品質，讓讀者掌握最新 iOS ... Read more

$8.90 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

作者以多年的iOS教學經驗寫成本書，由淺入深幫助想踏入行動裝置程式設計領域的人快速掌握iOS程式設計技巧。本書以SwiftUI框架為核心，透過簡單幾行程式碼就可以完成一個高品質App界面，並透過詳細的解說，讓讀者能充分理解程式意義。iOS開發環境與SDK每年推陳出新，程式設計技巧每年均有變化，舊的寫法往往已不再支援，新的寫法又必須花大量時間看官方文件才能掌握，本書秉持過去一貫精神，永遠以最新的開發環境、最新的SDK框架以及最新的語法呈現經典範例。因此本書將是新手不可或缺，老手也必須放在電腦內的一本重量級工具書。本書特別為 EPUB 流動格式排版，非常適合各式螢幕尺寸閱讀，即便在手機上也可輕鬆瀏覽。作者介紹：朱克剛，資深電腦書籍作者，超過三十年的教學經驗，每年在大專院校與職訓單位開設無數資訊類課程，幫助各階層學員降低進入資訊職場門檻。本書承襲過去十年來一貫的專業與品質，讓讀者掌握最新 iOS
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