This book introduces human reconstruction technologies in smart homes leveraging mmWave signals. It begins by presenting the overview of human reconstruction and the development of mmWave sensing technology. The authors introduce a mmWave sensing-based human posture reconstruction approach, which exploits mmWave signals to sense and track multiple users’ postures as they move, walk or sit. It also presents a facial expression reconstruction system that reconstructs 3D human faces and conti...

As a privacy-preserving and illumination-robust manner, WiFi signal-based user authentication has become a new direction for ubiquitous user authentication to protect user privacy and security. It gradually turns into an important option for addressing the security concern of IoT environment.However, due to the limited sensing capability of WiFi signals and wide application scenarios, WiFi signal-based user authentication suffers from practical issues of diversified behaviors and c...

This book proposes the systematic classification and exact definition of all the products from graphene functionalization, which are illustrated by several representative examples. Additionally, the corresponding preparation strategies of functionalizing graphene are summarized and are demonstrated by some typical approaches. All the products from graphene functionalization are defined as functionalized graphene materials, which fall into two categories: functionalized graphene and functio...

This book presents comprehensive experimental, numerical, and theoretical research on projectile impact analysis, such as the rigid projectile penetration/perforation of concrete and metallic targets, and shaped-charge-formed projectile and jet penetrations. Concrete and metal materials are widely used in protective structures in both civil engineering and armored vehicles, such as military fortifications, underground shelters, infantry fighting vehicles, and tanks, which are designed to w...

This compilation of research and stories from the field about multilingual family-school partnerships explores where systemic inequities exist at the school, district, or community level, and consider strategies that disrupt normative ways in which multilingual families are included in educational decisions. The authors present family-school partnerships in educational and non-educational settings across the United States, and identify frameworks, models, and practices for engaging multili...

This book is about the Ultra-high Performance Cementitious Composites (UHPCC), which is a relativity new type of cementitious materials. UHPCC has very low water-to-binder ratio, high amount of high-range water reducer, fine aggregates and high-strength steel or organic fibers. With the prominent mechanical properties, e.g., high compressive and tensile strength, high ductility, and high fracture energy, UHPCC has been becoming the most prospective construction cement-based material for bo...

Eine Sprachwissenschaftlerin wird mitten in der Nacht angerufen. Die neueste Entwicklung auf dem Spielzeugmarkt, ein Plüsch-Seehund mit KI, hat offenbar eine eigene, für Menschen unverständliche Sprache entwickelt … Ein König liebt nichts so sehr, wie neuen Geschichten zu lauschen. Doch irgendwann hat er alles gehört, was es zu erzählen gibt – und so lässt er kurzerhand einen Geschichtenroboter bauen … Das Spektrum an Ideen, die fünfzehn der berühmtesten chinesischen Science-Fiction-Autori...

This three-volume set LNCS 16431-16433 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Behavioural and Social Computing, BESC 2025 held in Hong Kong SAR, China, during October 16–18, 2025.The 18 full papers and 5 short papers presented in this volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 149 submissions.These papers focus on various aspects of social computing, applied psychology, behaviour pattern learning, text and sentimentanalysi...

This two-volume set CCIS 2664 and 2665 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Neural Computing for Advanced Applications, NCAA 2025, held in Hong Kong, China, during July 4–6, 2025.The 62 full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 160 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections:Part I: Neural network (NN) theory, NN-based control systems, neuro-system integration and e...

This three-volume set LNCS 16431-16433 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Behavioural and Social Computing, BESC 2025 held in Hong Kong SAR, China, during October 16–18, 2025.The 18 full papers and 5 short papers presented in this volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 149 submissions.These papers focus on various aspects of social computing, applied psychology, behaviour pattern learning, text and sentimentanalysi...

This two-volume set CCIS 2664 and 2665 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Neural Computing for Advanced Applications, NCAA 2025, held in Hong Kong, China, during July 4–6, 2025.The 62 full papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 160 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections:Part I: Neural network (NN) theory, NN-based control systems, neuro-system integration and e...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th Information Retrieval Technology Conference, AIRS 2019, held in Hong Kong, China, in November 2019.The 14 full papers presented together with 3 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 27 submissions. The scope of the conference covers applications, systems, technologies and theory aspects of information retrieval in text, audio, image, video andmultimedia data.