A project-based book that teaches beginning Python programmers how to build working, useful, and fun voice-controlled applications.This fun, hands-on book will take your basic Python skills to the next level as you build voice-controlled apps to use in your daily life. Starting with a Python refresher and an introduction to speech-recognition/text-to-speech functionalities, you’ll soon ease into more advanced topics, like making your own modules and building workin...

May 11, 1997, was a watershed moment in the history of artificial intelligence (AI): the IBM supercomputer chess engine, Deep Blue, beat the world Chess champion, Garry Kasparov. It was the first time a machine had triumphed over a human player in a Chess tournament. Fast forward 19 years to May 9, 2016, DeepMind’s AlphaGo beat the world Go champion Lee Sedol. AI again stole the spotlight and generated a media frenzy. This time, a new type of AI algorithm, namely machine learning (ML) was ...

The release of ChatGPT has kicked off an arms race in Machine Learning (ML), however ML has also been described as a black box and very hard to understand. This book eases you into basic ML concepts and summarises the learning process in three words: initialize, adjust and repeat. This is illustrated step by step with animation to show how machines learn: from initial parameter values to adjusting each step, to the final converged parameters and predictions.In addition, this eBook+...

The doctrine of deification or theosis has been gaining interest among scholars for some time. Yet most publications on the topic have focused on Orthodox and Roman Catholic traditions and have subsumed the discussion under the category of soteriology. If "being transformed into the same image" (2 Corinthians 3:18) is truly essential to the Christian life, a fuller understanding of this biblical concept is needed for Christians of all traditions.In this vo...

We live in an urban age. To a degree unprecedented in human history, most of the world's people live in cities. It is thus vital, say Mark Gornik and Maria Liu Wong, for Christians to think constructively about how to live out their faith in an urban setting.In Stay in the City Gornik and Liu Wong look at what is happening in the urban church—and what Christians everywhere can learn from it. Once viewed suspiciously for their worldly temptations and vices, cities are increa...

Explore the world of neural networks by building powerful deep learning models using the R ecosystemKey FeaturesGet to grips with the fundamentals of deep learning and neural networksUse R 3.5 and its libraries and APIs to build deep learning models for computer vision and text processingImplement effective deep learning systems in R with the help of end-to-end projectsBook DescriptionDeep learning finds ...

What is the hottest American export since 9/11? The contributors to this provocative volume contend that it is Western style globalism-the dominant free market ideology that determines everything from most-favored-nation status to the declaration of war. In this much-needed post-September 11 analysis, an interdisciplinary team of authors shows how central concepts like globalization, liberty, free markets, and free trade are increasingly being subordinated to and lumped together with the w...

Although Christianity has been a minority religion in Chinese societies, Christians have been powerful catalysts of social activism in seeking to establish democracy and rule of law in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and diasporic communities. The chapters gathered in this collection reveal the vital influence of Christian individuals and groups on social, political, and legal activism in Chinese societies. Written from a range of disciplinary and geographical perspectives, the chapters...

The global industrial hemp market is estimated to reach $18.6 billion by 2027, with hemp now recognised as a more sustainable crop due to its ability to absorb and store up to twice as much carbon as trees. Despite its versatility, there remains significant concerns surrounding its regulation, as well as consumer understanding and acceptance of hemp and hemp-derived products.Achieving sustainable cultivation of hemp provides a comprehensive overview of the wealth of resear...

A firewall is as good as its policies and the security of its VPN connections. The latest generation of firewalls offers a dizzying array of powerful options; they key to success is to write concise policies that provide the appropriate level of access while maximizing security. This book covers the leading firewall products: Cisco PIX, Check Point NGX, Microsoft ISA Server, Juniper's NetScreen Firewall, and SonicWall. It describes in plain English what features can be controlled by a poli...

作者: 林劉恭 博士噴墨頭加上印表機、墨水以及基材等零件耗材的銷售額，全世界2016年產值估計約為~ 2兆元台幣(接近全台灣半導體的年產值) 。2兆元台幣產值代表甚麼意義呢? 全球半導體的年產值約為10兆元台幣，因此，噴墨相關產業產值不可謂不大，台灣在這個產業的地位在何處呢?“黑天鵝效應”作者塔雷伯(Nassim Nicholas Taleb)曾說:"在極端世界中，贏者幾乎全拿效應"，又說:”在極端世界裡，非常不公平，單一觀察點就能不成比例地影響整體或全部”，很多產業屬於此類型。從技術的觀點而言，噴墨頭加上印表機以及墨水，其中的技術成份十分深入而且技術整合又極其寬廣，投入資金額多而且人力與技術又廣又複雜，況且已投入此領域之業者時間也已經很長久(已然數十年) !因此之故，新進業者想要投入此產業佔一席之地，是否完全沒機會呢?可以這麼說，當然不是!科技是會進步的，有些技術也會被時代所淘汰，"創新"似乎是不二法門。鑑往知來，新科技取代舊技術，又或許環保因素會勝出也不一定；知悉各種技術的優劣，...

This book introduces Mechanistic Data Science (MDS) as a structured methodology for combining data science tools with mathematical scientific principles (i.e., “mechanistic” principles) to solve intractable problems. Traditional data science methodologies require copious quantities of data to show a reliable pattern, but the amount of required data can be greatly reduced by considering the mathematical science principles. MDS is presented here in six easy-to-follow modules: 1) Multimodal d...