Computer science

A practical guide to Cryptography and its use in the Internet and other communication networks.

While more and more data is shifted from circuit-switched to packet-switched networks, the users of these networks expect a smooth, continuously unproblematic service (unrelated to the amount of data transported).

No topic is more central to innovation and current practice in testing and assessment today than computers and the Internet.

Knowledge management has become an important topic for the theory and practice of organisation management.

First introduced in 1999, i-mode was the world's first smart phone for Web browsing.

Over recent decades vast amounts of biological data have been accumulated.

One of the only books on this subject to focus on XML's value as a business tool rather than the technology.

Software documentation forms the basis for all communication relating to a software project.

A practical, nuts-and-bolts guide to architectural solutions that describes step-by-step how to design robustness and flexibility into an Internet-based system Based on real-world problems and systems, and illustrated with a running case study Enables software architects and project managers to ensure that nonfunctional requirements are met so that the system won't fall over, that it can be maintained and upgraded without being switched off, and that it can deal with security, scalability, and performance demands Platform and vendor independence will empower architects to challenge product-dictated limitations

As colour imaging takes on increasing importance in a range of products and technologies, colour fidelity across different media has become essential.

Gamut mapping algorithms, implemented by color management systems, are an integral part of the color reproduction process.

Smart technologies comprise a dynamic new interdisciplinary research field that encompasses a wide spectrum of engineering applications including, but not limited to, intelligent structures and materials, actuators, sensors and structural observability, control systems and software tools for the design of adaptive structures.

Semiconductor-based Ultra-Fast All-Optical Signal Processing Devices a key technology for the next generation of ultrahigh bandwidth optical communication systems!

This Guide provides an ambitious state-of-the-art survey of the fundamental themes, problems, arguments and theories constituting the philosophy of computing.

Minds and Machines: Connectionism and Psychological Modeling examines different kinds of models and investigates some of the basic properties of connectionism in the context of synthetic psychology, including detailed accounts of how the internal structure of connectionist networks can be interpreted.

Bioengineering is a broad-based engineering discipline that applies engineering principles and design to challenges in human health and medicine, dealing with bio-molecular and molecular processes, product design, sustainability and analysis of biological systems.

How to solve security issues and problems arising in distributed systems.

Digital sound synthesis has long been approached using standard digital filtering techniques.

With the growth in social networking and the potential for larger and larger breaches of sensitive data,it is vital for all enterprises to ensure that computer users adhere to corporate policy and project staff design secure systems.

This book discusses large margin and kernel methods for speech and speaker recognition Speech and Speaker Recognition: Large Margin and Kernel Methods is a collation of research in the recent advances in large margin and kernel methods, as applied to the field of speech and speaker recognition.

This book is an introduction to the rudiments of Perl programming.

This book was written in response to the growing demand for a text that provides a unified treatment of linear and nonlinear complex valued adaptive filters, and methods for the processing of general complex signals (circular and noncircular).

This book collects a wealth of information about spatial audio coding into one comprehensible volume.

Computer vision encompasses the construction of integrated vision systems and the application of vision to problems of real-world importance.

A complete overview of distant automatic speech recognition The performance of conventional Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) systems degrades dramatically as soon as the microphone is moved away from the mouth of the speaker.

Many software developers often confuse requirements engineering with software specification and, as a result, build unusable systems, despite meeting specifications.

Thanks to the Internet, it has never been so easy to become the person of your wildest dreams.

This is an introductory to intermediate level text on the science of image processing, which employs the Matlab programming language to illustrate some of the elementary, key concepts in modern image processing and pattern recognition.

Helpful, easy-to-follow guide for new laptop users over the age of 50 Laptops are fun and more popular than ever, but they are still computers and come with their own set of issues: easier to steal, more likely to be dropped, often dependent on wireless Internet access, and other concerns.

Get the expert guidance you need to begin building native applications for Apple's new iPhone 3G as well as the iPod Touch Apple's iPhone is the hottest mobile device on the planet.

Moments as projections of an image s intensity onto a proper polynomial basis can be applied to many different aspects of image processing.

Build mobile applications for Nokia s S60 phones using the hot Qt GUI tool This vital primer written by developers involved in the latest release of Qt is a must for anyone wanting to learn this cutting-edge programming environment.

This book discusses how computers are shaping contemporary society, with a tight focus on the role of corporations and governments.

The computing profession faces a serious gender crisis.

The complete guide to a successful Twitter marketing campaign Twitter is a microblogging service that's changing the way we communicate.

The complete guide to a successful Twitter marketing campaign Twitter is a microblogging service that's changing the way we communicate.

Online learning from a signal processing perspective There is increased interest in kernel learning algorithms in neural networks and a growing need for nonlinear adaptive algorithms in advanced signal processing, communications, and controls.

Information systems have an enormous potential for improving business performance.

It is almost universally agreed that consciousness and possession of a conscience are essential characteristics of human intelligence.

Sustainable IT Architecture: The Progressive Way of Overhauling Information Systems with SOA This book focuses on Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), the basis of sustainable and more agile IT systems that are able to adapt themselves to new trends and manage processes involving a third party.

This book addresses issues related to managing data across a distributed database system.

Explains for the first time how "e;computing with words"e; can aid in making subjective judgments Lotfi Zadeh, the father of fuzzy logic, coined the phrase "e;computing with words"e; (CWW) to describe a methodology in which the objects of computation are words and propositions drawn from a natural language.

Adeptly address today s business challenges with this powerful new book from web analytics thought leader Avinash Kaushik.

Adeptly address today s business challenges with this powerful new book from web analytics thought leader Avinash Kaushik.

A full-color, go-anywhere guide to Nikon's entire array of creative lighting possibilities Nikon's Creative Lighting System is like having a low-cost, wireless, studio lighting system that's portable enough to fit into a camera bag.

* Focuses on learning patterns and knowledge from data generated by mobile users and mobile technology.

Presents the state of the technology and points to future directions for semantic computing Semantic computing, a rapidly evolving interdisciplinary field, seeks to structure, design, and manipulate computer content to better satisfy the needs and intentions of users and create a more meaningful user experience.

How to create a profitable, sustainable business developing and marketing iPhone apps iPhone apps are hot; the average app is downloaded more than 30,000 times.

How to create a profitable, sustainable business developing and marketing iPhone apps iPhone apps are hot; the average app is downloaded more than 30,000 times.

From theory to techniques, the first all-in-one resource for EIS There is a clear demand in advanced process industries, defense, and Internet and communication (VoIP) applications for intelligent yet adaptive/evolving systems.