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Principles of Security and Trust ; 8th International Conference, POST 2019, Held as Part of the European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2019, Prague, Czech Republic, April 6–11, 2019, Proceedings
This book presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 27 submissions. They deal with theoretical and foundational aspects of security and trust, including on new theoretical results, practical applications of existing foundational ideas, and innovative approaches stimulated by pressing practical problems.
Principles of Distributed Systems ; Vol. 4305 ; 10th International Conference, OPODIS 2006, Bordeaux, France, December 12-15, 2006, Proceedings
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Principles of Distributed Systems, OPODIS 2006, held at Bordeaux, France, in December 2006.
Principles of Distributed Systems ; 12th International Conference, OPODIS 2008, Luxor, Egypt, December 15-18, 2008. Proceedings
The 30 full papers and 11 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 102 submissions. The conference focused on the following topics: communication and synchronization protocols; distributed algorithms and multiprocessor algorithms; distributed cooperative computing; embedded systems; fault-tolerance, reliability and availability; grid and cluster computing; location- and context-aware systems; mobile agents and autonomous robots; mobile computing and networks; peer-to-peer systems and overlay networks; complexity and lower bounds; performance analysis of distributed systems; real-time systems; security issues in distributed computing and systems; sensor networks; specification and verification of distributed systems; and testing and experimentation with distributed systems.
Principles of Data Mining
This book explains and explores the principal techniques of Data Mining: for classification, generation of association rules and clustering. It is written for readers without a strong background in mathematics or statistics and focuses on detailed examples & explanations of the algorithms given.
Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming ; 14th International Conference, CP 2008, Sydney, Australia, September 14-18, 2008. Proceedings
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming, CP 2008, Sydney, Australia, September, 2008.The 27 revised full papers and 23 revised short papers presented together with 6 application papers and the abstracts of one invited lecture were carefully reviewed and selected from 120 submissions. All current issues of computing with constraints are addressed, ranging from methodological and foundational aspects - using algorithms, environments, languages, models and systems - to solving real-world problems in various application fields.
PRICAI 2008 : Trends in Artificial Intelligence ; 10th Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Hanoi, Vietnam, December 15-19, 2008. Proceedings
Constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, PRICAI 2008, held in Hanoi, Vietnam, in December 2008.The 49 revised long papers, 33 revised regular papers, and 32 poster papers presented together with 1 keynote talk and 3 invited lectures were carefully reviewed and selected from 234 submissions. The papers address all current issues of modern AI research with topics such as AI foundations, knowledge representation, knowledge acquisition and ontologies, evolutionary computation, etc. as well as various exciting and innovative applications of AI to many different areas. Particular importance is attached to the areas of machine learning and data mining.
PRICAI 2006 : Trends in Artificial Intelligence ; 9th Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Guilin, China, August 7-11, 2006, Proceedings
Constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, PRICAI 2006, held in Guilin, China in August 2006. The book presents 81 revised full papers and 87 revised short papers together with 3 keynote talks.
Precision Assembly Technologies for Mini and Micro Products ; Proceedings of the IFIP TC5 WG5.5 Third International Precision Assembly Seminar (IPAS'2006), 19-21 February 2006, Bad Hofgastein, Austria
The scope of the series includes: foundations of computer science; software theory and practice; education; computer applications in technology; communication systems; systems modeling and optimization; information systems; computers and society; computer systems technology; security and protection in information processing systems; artificial intelligence; and human-computer interaction.
Practical Reporting with Ruby and Rails
Business intelligence and real–time reporting mechanisms play a major role in any of today's forward–looking business plans. With many of these solutions being moved to the Web, the popular Rails framework and its underlying Ruby language are playing a major role alongside web services in building the reporting solutions of tomorrow. Practical Reporting with Ruby and Rails is the first book to comprehensively introduce this popular framework, guiding readers through a wide–ranging array of features. Note this isn't a staid guide to generating traditional reports, but rather it shows you how the Ruby language and Rails framework can create truly compelling reporting services by plugging into popular third-party applications and services such as Google AdWords, UPS.com, iTunes, and SalesForce.com.
Practical Machine Learning for Streaming Data with Python : Design, Develop, and Validate Online Learning Models
A quick start guide for data scientists and machine learning engineers looking to implement machine learning models for streaming data with Python to generate real-time insights. You'll start with an introduction to streaming data, the various challenges associated with it, some of its real-world business applications, and various windowing techniques. You'll then examine incremental and online learning algorithms, and the concept of model evaluation with streaming data and get introduced to the Scikit-Multiflow framework in Python. This is followed by a review of the various change detection/concept drift detection algorithms and the implementation of various datasets using Scikit-Multiflow. Introduction to the various supervised and unsupervised algorithms for streaming data, and their implementation on various datasets using Python are also covered. You will: Understand machine learning with streaming data concepts / Review incremental and online learning / Develop models for detecting concept drift / Explore techniques for classification, regression, and ensemble learning in streaming data contexts / Apply best practices for debugging and validating machine learning models in streaming data context / Get introduced to other open-source frameworks for handling streaming data.
Practical Hydroinformatics : Computational Intelligence and Technological Developments in Water Applications
Hydroinformatics is an emerging subject that is expected to gather speed, momentum and critical mass throughout the forthcoming decades of the 21st century. This book provides a broad account of numerous advances in that field - a rapidly developing discipline covering the application of information and communication technologies, modelling and computational intelligence in aquatic environments.
Practical explainable AI using Python : Artificial intelligence model explanations using Python-based libraries, extensions, and frameworks
Learn the ins and outs of decisions, biases, and reliability of AI algorithms and how to make sense of these predictions. This book explores the so-called black-box models to boost the adaptability, interpretability, and explainability of the decisions made by AI algorithms using frameworks such as Python XAI libraries, TensorFlow 2.0+, Keras, and custom frameworks using Python wrappers. You will: Review the different ways of making an AI model interpretable and explainable/ Examine the biasness and good ethical practices of AI models / Quantify, visualize, and estimate reliability of AI models / Design frameworks to unbox the black-box models / Assess the fairness of AI models / Understand the building blocks of trust in AI models / Increase the level of AI adoption
Practical Aspects of Knowledge Management ; 7th International Conference, PAKM 2008, Yokohama, Japan, November 22-23, 2008. Proceedings
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Practical Aspects of Knowledge Management, PAKM 2008, held in Yokohama, Japan, in November 2008.The 23 revised full papers presented together with 2 invited lectures were carefully reviewed and selected from 62 submissions. All aspects of knowledge management and their role in next-generation business solutions are addressed in perspective to business and organisation sciences, cognitive science, and computer science. The papers are organized in topical sections on knowledge sharing, collaboration platforms, content-oriented retrieval, knowledge acquisition, knowledge management solutions, knowledge mining from data, text and the Web, ontology, and knowledge utilization.
Power electronics and energy management for battery storage systems
The deployment of distributed renewable generation and e-mobility systems is creating a demand for improved dynamic performance, flexibility, and resilience in electrical grids. Various energy storages, such as stationary and electric vehicle batteries, together with power electronic interfaces, will play a key role in addressing these requests thanks to their enhanced functionality, fast response times, and configuration flexibility. For the large-scale implementation of this technology, the associated enabling developments are becoming of paramount importance. These include energy management algorithms; optimal sizing and coordinated control strategies of different storage technologies, including e-mobility storage; power electronic converters for interfacing renewables and battery systems, which allow for advanced interactions with the grid; and increase in round-trip efficiencies by means of advanced materials, components, and algorithms.
Postmodern Analysis
“Modern Analysis” as represented in the works of the Bourbaki group or in the textbooks by Jean Dieudonn´ e is characterized by its systematic and axiomatic treatment and by its drive towards a high level of abstraction. Given the tendency of many prior treatises on analysis to degenerate into a collection of rather unconnected tricks to solve special problems, this de?nitely represented a healthy achievement. In any case, for the development of a consistent and powerful mathematical theory, it seems to be necessary to concentrate solely on the internal problems and structures and to neglect the relations to other ?elds of scienti?c, even of mathematical study for a certain while. Almost complete isolation may be required to reach the level of intellectual elegance and perfection that only a good mathem- ical theory can acquire. However, once this level has been reached, it can be useful to open one’s eyes again to the inspiration coming from concrete external problems.
Policies and Research in Identity Management ; 1st IFIP WG11.6 Working Conference on Policies and Research in Identity Management (IDMAN'07), RSM Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, October 11-12, 2007
The IFIP series publishes state-of-the-art results in the sciences and technologies of information and communication. The scope of the series includes: foundations of computer science; software theory and practice; education; computer applications in technology; communication systems; systems modeling and optimization; information systems; computers and society; computer systems technology; security and protection in information processing systems; artificial intelligence; and human-computer interaction. Proceedings and post-proceedings of refereed international conferences in computer science and interdisciplinary fields are featured. These results often precede journal publication and represent the most current research.
Playing smart : On games, intelligence, and artificial intelligence
Explores the connections between games and intelligence to offer a new vision of future games and game design. Video games already depend on AI. We use games to test AI algorithms, challenge our thinking, and better understand both natural and artificial intelligence. In the future, Togelius argues, game designers will be able to create smarter games that make us smarter in turn, applying advanced AI to help design games. In this book, he tells us how.0Games are the past, present, and future of artificial intelligence. In 1948, Alan Turing, one of the founding fathers of computer science and artificial intelligence, handwrote a program for chess.
Player creation system (PCS)
Human simulation in a virtual environment has been the focus of many studies in recent years. Achieving such a task would open up limitless possibilities, it can, for example, benefit many aspects of life such as educational and medical purposes. This project aims to train Artificial Intelligence (AI) models to accurately synthesize a human’s voice, reconstruct their body and facial features as well as teaching an AI agent how to walk. This report documents the aspects. regarding the voice cloning aspect, our goal is to synthesize human’s voice using a short audio recording of that human, which is achieved through a pipeline consisting of three neural networks, voice encoder neural network, synthesis neural network, vocoder neural network.
Play among books : A symposium on architecture and information spelt in atom-letters
The authors develop a playful scenario in which they propose coding as the new literacy of information. They convey knowledge in the form of a project model that links the fields of architecture and information through two interwoven narrative strands in an "infinite flow" of real books. Focusing on the intersection of information technology and architectural formulation, the authors create an evolving intellectual reflection on digital architecture and computer science.
Platform Strategy : Transform Your Business with AI, Platforms and Human Intelligence
Welcome to the world of platform businesses. In Platform Strategy one of the world's most creative men in business according to Fast Company and a leading strategy professor at a Financial Times top 40 business school show you the ropes. They lead you through the seven steps you can take to turn your business into a successful platform. Learn to harness emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, cement your business into thriving ecosystems and go beyond industry boundaries.
