Human–computer interaction Books

The objective of APM Best Practices: Realizing Application Performance Management is to establish reliable application performance management (APM) practices-to demonstrate value, to do it quickly, and to adapt to the client circumstances. It's important...

SQL Azure represents Microsoft's cloud-based delivery of its enterprise-caliber, SQL Server database management system (formerly under the code name "Oslo"). Pro SQL Azure introduces you to this new platform, showing you how to program and administer it...

Carpe Diem! Capture, Preserve, and Share Your Adventures on Social Networks What the Heck Is Facebook? Getting Started with Facebook Capturing Your Story on Facebook Branching Out: Facebook Pages and Facebook Advertising What the Heck Is...

So much technology works, not by good design or by being a good fit to purpose, but because people make it work because they have to for some reason. We humans are incredibly creative and resourceful when it comes to getting...

This book is based on contributions to the Seventh European Summer School on Language and Speech Communication that was held at KTH in Stockholm, Sweden, in July of 1999 under the auspices of the European Language and Speech...

This book contains the lectures given at the Conference on Dynamics and Randomness held at the Centro de Modelamiento Matematico of the Universidad de Chile from December 11th to 15th, 2000. This meeting brought together...

This book focuses on how to use various data mining techniques to develop real-world applications. It offers practical applications with a clear understanding of data mining concepts. The book also has a special chapter on case studies of data mining in...

While engineering and social science perspectives on designing human-robot interactions are readily available, the body of knowledge and practices related to design often remain tacit. This book fills a gap in the human-robot interaction (HRI) community...

This book examines the semiotic effects of protocols and algorithms at work in popular social media systems, bridging philosophical conversations in human-computer interaction (HCI) and information systems (IS) design with contemporary work in critical...

This book defines the application of Information Technology's systematic and automated knowledge mapping methodology to collect, analyze and report nanotechnology research on a global basis. The result of these analyses is be a systematic presentation of...

Applied mathematics.- Similarity solutions of an MHD boundary-layer flow of a non-Newtonian fluid past a continuous moving surface.- Computational complexity investigations for?high-dimensional model representation algorithms used in multivariate...

Design and Use of Assistive Technology assesses major hurdles in the design and use of assistive technologies, while also providing guidelines and recommendations to improve these technologies. This volume takes an interdisciplinary approach to solving...

This book is appropriate for those specializing in speech science, hearing science, neuroscience, or computer science and engineers working on applications such as automatic speech recognition, cochlear implants, hands-free...

A comprehensive synthesis of research.- A comprehensive synthesis of research.- Lifelong Learning in the Knowledge Society.- Lifelong Learning in the Knowledge Society.- Collective intelligence and capacity building.- Collective intelligence and capacity...

Oversampled Delta-Sigma Modulators: Analysis, Applications, and Novel Topologies presents theorems and their mathematical proofs for the exact analysis of the quantization noise in delta-sigma modulators. Extensive mathematical...

Preface - Creativity and HCI: From Experience to Design in Education.- Preface - Creativity and HCI: From Experience to Design in Education.- Embedding a Design Studio Course in a Conventional Computer Science Program.- Designing Design Exercises - From...

Low Level Approach for Image and Video Understanding.- GOP Structure Conversion in Transcoding MPEG-2 to H.264/AVC.- Simple Low Level Features for Image Analysis.- Fast and robust Face Detection.- Automatic 3D Facial Fitting for Tracking in Video...

Themes And Issues.- Emergent Risks In Critical Infrastructures.- Cyberspace Policy For Critical Infrastructures.- Infrastructure Security.- Security Assessment Of A Turbo-Gas Power Plant.- Detecting Cyber Attacks On Nuclear Power Plants.- Control Systems...

Securing Emerging Wireless Systems: Lower-layer Approaches aims to fill a growing need in the research community for a reference that describes the lower-layer approaches as a foundation towards secure and reliable wireless...

Background Materials.- A Flawed BR95 Partnership Function.- On The Key Sharing Requirement.- Comparison of Bellare-Rogaway and Canetti-Krawczyk Models.- An Extension to the Bellare-Rogaway Model.- A Proof of Revised Yahalom Protocol.- Errors in...

Practically every crime now involves some aspect of digital evidence. This is the most recent volume in the Advances in Digital Forensics series. It describes original research results and innovative applications in the...

Improved Vehicle Safety and How Technology Will Get Us There, Hopefully.- New Concepts on Safe Driver-Assistance Systems.- Real-World Data Collection with "UYANIK".- On-Going Data Collection of Driving Behavior Signals.- UTDrive: The Smart Vehicle...

Hierarchical Infrastructure for Internet Mapping Services.- Case Study : Geospatial Processing Services for Web based Hydrological Applications.- An application framework for rapid development for web based GIS : Ginis Web.- Geospatial Web Services :...

Papers in this unique volume were developed from the 2006 conference hosted by IBM, Service Science, Management, and Engineering (SSME) - Education for the 21st Century. The book incorporates a variety of perspectives, informed...

Overview.- Matsumoto-Imai Cryptosystems.- Oil-Vinegar Signature Schemes.- Hidden Field Equations.- Internal Perturbation.- Triangular Schemes.- Direct Attacks.- Future Research.

We've Got Problems.- Definitions and Timeline.- Viruses.- Anti-Virus Techniques.- Anti-Anti-Virus Techniques.- Weaknesses Exploited.- Worms.- Deworming.- "Applications".- People and Communities.- What Should we do?.

Graphical Processing Units.- Motivation.- Encryption in GPUs.- Remotely Keyed Cryptographics.- Related Issues.- Extensions.- Conclusions.

Background of the Verification and Validation of Neural Networks.- Augmentation of Current Verification and Validation Practices.- Risk and Hazard Analysis for Neural Network Systems.- Validation of Neural Networks Via Taxonomic Evaluation.- Stability...

Preface1 Socio-Technical Studies of Mobility and Ubiquity Carsten Sørensen and Youngjin Yoo Part 1: Keynotes 2 The Future of Work Thomas W. Malone 3 It's the Experience, Not the Price Lee Green 4 The Culture of Information: Ubiquitous Computing and...

Privacy and Data Mining.- What is Privacy?.- Solution Approaches / Problems.- Predictive Modeling for Classification.- Predictive Modeling for Regression.- Finding Patterns and Rules (Association Rules).- Descriptive Modeling (Clustering, Outlier...

Basic Neuropsychology.- Attention, Workload and Stress.- Design Analysis.- Usability Design and Evaluation.- Human Factors in Speech Interface Design.- The Usability of Spoken Dialogue System Design.- In-Vehicle Communication System Design.- Speech...

Data Models for Semistructured Data.- ORA-SS.- Schema Extraction.- Normalization.- Views.- Physical Database Design.- Conclusion.

The Influence of Context on Privacy, Trust and Security.- Some Research Challenges in Pervasive Computing.- Overview.- Survey on Location Privacy in Pervasive Computing.- Exploring the Relationship Between Context and Privacy.- Privacy, Security and...

Visual Data Formats.- Cryptography Primer.- Application Scenarios for the Encryption of Visual Data.- Image and Video Encryption.- Conclusions.

Computer Security and Intrusion Detection.- Alert Correlation.- Alert Collection.- Alert Aggregation and Verification.- High-Level Alert Structures.- Large-Scale Correlation.- Evaluation.- Open Issues.- Conclusions.

Details the most important techniques used to make the storage and transmission of data fast, secure, and reliable.Accessible to both specialists and nonspecialists: Avoids complex mathematics

Digital Literacy for the Knowledge Society 1.- An approach to digital literacy for adults: the EuNIC proposal.- Digital literacy as a challenge for Teacher Education.- The Use of Interactive Whiteboards to Support the Creation, Capture and Sharing of...

Podium Presentations.- Optimization with Genetic Algorithms and Splines as a way for Computer Aided Innovation.- Methodology development of human task simulation as PLM solution related to OCRA ergonomic analysis.- Measuring patent similarity by...

I About Relationships and ORN.- Object Relationship Notation (ORN).- ORN Simulator.- Association Patterns.- Comparing ORN to Similar Declarative Schemes.- II Using ORN to Develop a Database System.- ORN Additive.- Object Relater (OR+).- Mapping Database...

Build beautiful data visualizations with D3The Fullstack D3 book is the complete guide to D3. With dozens of code examples showing each step, you can gain new insights into your data by creating visualizations.Learn how to quickly turn data into insights...

Preface.- Background.- Codes and Lattices.- Kittens and Blackjack.- RH and Coding Theory.- Hyperelliptic Curves and QR Codes.- Codes from Modular Curves.- Appendix.- Bibliography.- Index.

Symbolic interactionsim is of major importance in contemporary sociology. In this study, three authorities in the field collaborate to define symbolic interactionism and to describe, and present criticism of, the interactionist perspective. The...

The book offers a fresh perspective on information systems, a field of study and practice currently undergoing substantial upheaval, even as it expands rapidly and widely with new technologies and applications.

Considering the overall situation of the current pandemic and pertinent recommendations, this book focuses on the use of augmented reality (AR) applications for preventing COVID-19 outbreaks along with techniques, tools, and platforms to achieve social...

The concept of usability has become an increasingly important consideration in the design of all kinds of technology. As more products are aimed at global markets and developed through internationally distributed teams, usability design needs to be...

Database and Mobile Computing brings together in one place important contributions and up-to-date research results in this important area. Databases and Mobile Computing serves as an excellent reference, providing insight...