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The Student's AI Toolkit

by Vishal Mehra ...

The academic world has fundamentally changed. The Student's AI Toolkit is your essential, responsible guide to navigating the future of learning with artificial intelligence. Stop dedicating hours to tedious tasks like citation management, exhaustive proofreading, and manual summarization. This book teaches you how to master the top AI tools—from prompt engineering Large Language Models (LLMs) ... Read more

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The academic world has fundamentally changed. The Student's AI Toolkit is your essential, responsible guide to navigating the future of learning with artificial intelligence. Stop dedicating hours to tedious tasks like citation management, exhaustive proofreading, and manual summarization. This book teaches you how to master the top AI tools—from prompt engineering Large Language Models (LLMs)
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Designing AI Interfaces

Design Principles for Creative and Autonomous AI

by Louise Macfadyen ...

Designing AI Interfaces is a practical, design-first guide for product teams building with large language models and autonomous systems.As artificial intelligence becomes central to modern product design, UX professionals must adapt their toolkits to meet new demands. In Designing AI Interfaces, senior product designer Louise Macfadyen offers a timely, practice-oriented guide for building ... Read more

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Designing AI Interfaces is a practical, design-first guide for product teams building with large language models and autonomous systems.As artificial intelligence becomes central to modern product design, UX professionals must adapt their toolkits to meet new demands. In Designing AI Interfaces, senior product designer Louise Macfadyen offers a timely, practice-oriented guide for building
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Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering

12th International Conference, ENASE 2017, Porto, Portugal, April 28–29, 2017, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Ernesto Damiani, George Spanoudakis, Leszek Maciaszek ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering, ENASE 2017, held in Porto, Portugal, in April 2017.The 12 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 102 submissions. The mission of ENASE is to be a prime international forum to discuss and publish research findings and IT ... Read more

$64.99 CAD

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering, ENASE 2017, held in Porto, Portugal, in April 2017.The 12 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 102 submissions. The mission of ENASE is to be a prime international forum to discuss and publish research findings and IT
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Innovative Tableau

100 More Tips, Tutorials, and Strategies

by Ryan Sleeper ...

Level up with Tableau to build eye-catching, easy-to-interpret data visualizations. In this follow-up guide to Practical Tableau, author Ryan Sleeper takes you through a collection of unique tips and tutorials for using this popular software. Beginning to advanced Tableau users will learn how to go beyond Show Me to make better charts and learn dozens of tricks to improve both the author and user ... Read more

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Level up with Tableau to build eye-catching, easy-to-interpret data visualizations. In this follow-up guide to Practical Tableau, author Ryan Sleeper takes you through a collection of unique tips and tutorials for using this popular software. Beginning to advanced Tableau users will learn how to go beyond Show Me to make better charts and learn dozens of tricks to improve both the author and user
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Screen Genealogies

From Optical Device to Environmental Medium

Edited by Craig Buckley, Rüdiger Campe, Francesco Casetti ...

Series series MediaMatters
Against the grain of the growing literature on screens, Screen Genealogies argues that the present excess of screens cannot be understood as an expansion and multiplication of the movie screen nor of the video display. Rather, screens continually exceed the optical histories in which they are most commonly inscribed. As contemporary screens become increasingly decomposed into a distributed field ... Read more

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Against the grain of the growing literature on screens, Screen Genealogies argues that the present excess of screens cannot be understood as an expansion and multiplication of the movie screen nor of the video display. Rather, screens continually exceed the optical histories in which they are most commonly inscribed. As contemporary screens become increasingly decomposed into a distributed field
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Security, Privacy and User Interaction

Edited by Markus Jakobsson ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book makes the case that traditional security design does not take the end-user into consideration, and therefore, fails. This book goes on to explain, using a series of examples, how to rethink security solutions to take users into consideration. By understanding the limitations and habits of users – including malicious users, aiming to corrupt the system – this book Illustrates how better ... Read more

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This book makes the case that traditional security design does not take the end-user into consideration, and therefore, fails. This book goes on to explain, using a series of examples, how to rethink security solutions to take users into consideration. By understanding the limitations and habits of users – including malicious users, aiming to corrupt the system – this book Illustrates how better
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Women, Work and Computerization

Charting a Course to the Future

Edited by Ellen Balka, Richard Smith ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
ELLENBALKA Simon Fraser University ebalka@Sfu. ca 1. INTRODUCTION In developing the call for papers for the 7th International Federation of Information Processors (IFIP) Women, Work and Computerization Conference, we sought to cast our net widely. We wanted to encourage presenters to think broadly about women, work and computerization. Towards this end, the programme committee developed a call for ... Read more

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ELLENBALKA Simon Fraser University ebalka@Sfu. ca 1. INTRODUCTION In developing the call for papers for the 7th International Federation of Information Processors (IFIP) Women, Work and Computerization Conference, we sought to cast our net widely. We wanted to encourage presenters to think broadly about women, work and computerization. Towards this end, the programme committee developed a call for
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AI For Small Business

by VICTOR P HENDERSON ...

AI FOR SMALL BUSINESSARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HARNESSING AI FOR SMALL BUSINESSLeverage the Power of Artificial Intelligence to Transform and Grow Your Small Business!In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, staying competitive requires adopting cutting-edge technologies that streamline operations, increase efficiency, and improve profitability. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the most ... Read more

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AI FOR SMALL BUSINESSARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HARNESSING AI FOR SMALL BUSINESSLeverage the Power of Artificial Intelligence to Transform and Grow Your Small Business!In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, staying competitive requires adopting cutting-edge technologies that streamline operations, increase efficiency, and improve profitability. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the most
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Taming Your Dragon

Addressing Your Technical Debt

by Dr. Andrew Richard Brown ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Technical debt is an often-overlooked problem that the software industry needs to take more seriously. All organizations are impacted by it, most wish that they had less of it, but need help in understanding the nature of the beast. This book aims to clear up any misconceptions and show you how to implement a sound technical debt management program to suit your company’s needs.You’ll learn the ... Read more

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Technical debt is an often-overlooked problem that the software industry needs to take more seriously. All organizations are impacted by it, most wish that they had less of it, but need help in understanding the nature of the beast. This book aims to clear up any misconceptions and show you how to implement a sound technical debt management program to suit your company’s needs.You’ll learn the
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Collaboration Technologies and Social Computing

8th International Conference, CollabTech 2016, Kanazawa, Japan, September 14-16, 2016, Proceedings

Edited by Takashi Yoshino, Gwo-Dong Chen, Gustavo Zurita, Takaya Yuizono, Tomoo Inoue, Nelson Baloian ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Collaboration Technologies, CollabTech 2016, held in Kanazawa, Japan, in September 2016.The 16 revised full papers presented together with 4 short papers and a keynote were carefully reviewed and selected from 48 submissions. The papers focus on the following topics: cross-cultural collaboration; learning support ... Read more

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Collaboration Technologies, CollabTech 2016, held in Kanazawa, Japan, in September 2016.The 16 revised full papers presented together with 4 short papers and a keynote were carefully reviewed and selected from 48 submissions. The papers focus on the following topics: cross-cultural collaboration; learning support
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Context-Aware Systems and Applications

Second International Conference, ICCASA 2013, Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam, November 25-26, 2013, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Phan Cong Vinh, Vangalur Alagar, Emil Vassev, Ashish Khare ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Context-Aware Systems and Applications, ICCASA 2013, held in Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam in November 2013. The 36 revised full papers presented were carefully selected and reviewed from over 100 submissions and cover a wide spectrum of issues in the area of context-aware systems (CAS) and context-based ... Read more

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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Context-Aware Systems and Applications, ICCASA 2013, held in Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam in November 2013. The 36 revised full papers presented were carefully selected and reviewed from over 100 submissions and cover a wide spectrum of issues in the area of context-aware systems (CAS) and context-based
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Well-Quasi Orders in Computation, Logic, Language and Reasoning

A Unifying Concept of Proof Theory, Automata Theory, Formal Languages and Descriptive Set Theory

Edited by Peter M. Schuster, Monika Seisenberger, Andreas Weiermann ...

Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
This book bridges the gaps between logic, mathematics and computer science by delving into the theory of well-quasi orders, also known as wqos. This highly active branch of combinatorics is deeply rooted in and between many fields of mathematics and logic, including proof theory, commutative algebra, braid groups, graph theory, analytic combinatorics, theory of relations, reverse mathematics and ... Read more

$230.99 CAD

This book bridges the gaps between logic, mathematics and computer science by delving into the theory of well-quasi orders, also known as wqos. This highly active branch of combinatorics is deeply rooted in and between many fields of mathematics and logic, including proof theory, commutative algebra, braid groups, graph theory, analytic combinatorics, theory of relations, reverse mathematics and
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Limitless Analytics with Azure Synapse

An end-to-end analytics service for data processing, management, and ingestion for BI and ML

by Prashant Kumar Mishra ...

Leverage the Azure analytics platform\\'s key analytics services to deliver unmatched intelligence for your dataKey FeaturesLearn to ingest, prepare, manage, and serve data for immediate business requirementsBring enterprise data warehousing and big data analytics together to gain insights from your dataDevelop end-to-end analytics solutions using Azure SynapseBook DescriptionAzure Synapse ... Read more

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Leverage the Azure analytics platform\\'s key analytics services to deliver unmatched intelligence for your dataKey FeaturesLearn to ingest, prepare, manage, and serve data for immediate business requirementsBring enterprise data warehousing and big data analytics together to gain insights from your dataDevelop end-to-end analytics solutions using Azure SynapseBook DescriptionAzure Synapse
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Entity Alignment

Concepts, Recent Advances and Novel Approaches

by Xiang Zhao, Weixin Zeng, Jiuyang Tang ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This open access book systematically investigates the topic of entity alignment, which aims to detect equivalent entities that are located in different knowledge graphs. Entity alignment represents an essential step in enhancing the quality of knowledge graphs, and hence is of significance to downstream applications, e.g., question answering and recommender systems. Recent years have witnessed a ... Read more

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This open access book systematically investigates the topic of entity alignment, which aims to detect equivalent entities that are located in different knowledge graphs. Entity alignment represents an essential step in enhancing the quality of knowledge graphs, and hence is of significance to downstream applications, e.g., question answering and recommender systems. Recent years have witnessed a
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Pass AZ-900 Fast: The Ultimate Study Guide

by Kameron Hussain, Frahaan Hussain ...

Pass AZ-900 Fast: The Ultimate Study Guide is your streamlined path to passing the Microsoft Azure Fundamentals certification exam (AZ-900) on your first try. Whether you're new to cloud computing or need a refresher, this guide cuts through the noise to deliver exactly what you need—fast.Crafted for busy professionals, students, and aspiring IT pros, this study guide covers all AZ-900 exam ... Read more

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Pass AZ-900 Fast: The Ultimate Study Guide is your streamlined path to passing the Microsoft Azure Fundamentals certification exam (AZ-900) on your first try. Whether you're new to cloud computing or need a refresher, this guide cuts through the noise to deliver exactly what you need—fast.Crafted for busy professionals, students, and aspiring IT pros, this study guide covers all AZ-900 exam
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Computer Supported Education

10th International Conference, CSEDU 2018, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, March 15–17, 2018, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Bruce M. McLaren, Rob Reilly, Susan Zvacek, James Uhomoibhi ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, CSEDU 2018, held in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, in March 2018.The 27 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 193 submissions. The papers deal with the following topics: new educational environments, best practices and case studies of innovative ... Read more

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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, CSEDU 2018, held in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, in March 2018.The 27 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 193 submissions. The papers deal with the following topics: new educational environments, best practices and case studies of innovative
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The Human Algorithm

50 Ways to Simplify, Create, and Thrive with Artificial Intelligence

by Zhouyu ...

Imagine a world where artificial intelligence saves you time, sparks creativity, and helps you live smarter—without losing your human touch.AI Tools for Everyday Life by Zhouyu is your friendly guide to using AI in daily life. From writing, productivity, and design to learning and business, this book shows you how to use the most powerful AI tools without feeling overwhelmed.Inside you'll discover ... Read more

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Imagine a world where artificial intelligence saves you time, sparks creativity, and helps you live smarter—without losing your human touch.AI Tools for Everyday Life by Zhouyu is your friendly guide to using AI in daily life. From writing, productivity, and design to learning and business, this book shows you how to use the most powerful AI tools without feeling overwhelmed.Inside you'll discover
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Human Interface and the Management of Information

Thematic Area, HIMI 2025, Held as Part of the 27th HCI International Conference, HCII 2025, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 22–27, 2025, Proceedings, Part III

Edited by Hirohiko Mori, Yumi Asahi ...

Series Book 3 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The three-volume set LNCS 15773 - 15775 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the thematic area Human Interface and the Management of Information, HIMI 2025, held as part of the 27th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2025 (HCII 2025), which was held in Gothenburg, Sweden, during June 22–27, 2025.The total of 1430 papers and 355 posters included ... Read more

$70.99 CAD

The three-volume set LNCS 15773 - 15775 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the thematic area Human Interface and the Management of Information, HIMI 2025, held as part of the 27th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2025 (HCII 2025), which was held in Gothenburg, Sweden, during June 22–27, 2025.The total of 1430 papers and 355 posters included
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Wearable Robotics: Challenges and Trends

Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Wearable Robotics, WeRob2020, and of WearRAcon Europe 2020, October 13–16, 2020

Edited by Juan C. Moreno, Jawad Masood, Urs Schneider, Christophe Maufroy, Jose L. Pons ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book reports on advanced topics in the areas of wearable robotics research and practice. It focuses on new technologies, including neural interfaces, soft wearable robots, sensors and actuators technologies, discussing industrially and medically-relevant issues, as well as legal and ethical aspects. It covers exemplary case studies highlighting challenges related to the implementation of ... Read more

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This book reports on advanced topics in the areas of wearable robotics research and practice. It focuses on new technologies, including neural interfaces, soft wearable robots, sensors and actuators technologies, discussing industrially and medically-relevant issues, as well as legal and ethical aspects. It covers exemplary case studies highlighting challenges related to the implementation of
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The Corporate Guide to the Universe with AI

by Akashni Ashok Latchanna ...

Discover how businesses can harness the power of AI to navigate through data deluges, optimize customer engagement, and catalyze growth, all while steering by the stars of ethical practices and sustainable progress. This book isn't just a repository of knowledge; it's a conversation. With each chapter, demystifying AI jargon and presenting the profound implications of AI for businesses. From ... Read more

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Discover how businesses can harness the power of AI to navigate through data deluges, optimize customer engagement, and catalyze growth, all while steering by the stars of ethical practices and sustainable progress. This book isn't just a repository of knowledge; it's a conversation. With each chapter, demystifying AI jargon and presenting the profound implications of AI for businesses. From
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The Discipline of Data

What Non-Technical Executives Don't Know About Data and Why It's Urgent They Find Out

by Jerald Savin ...

Pulling aside the curtain of ‘Big Data’ buzz, this book introduces C-suite and other non-technical senior leaders to the essentials of obtaining and maintaining accurate, reliable data, especially for decision-making purposes. Bad data begets bad decisions, and an understanding of data fundamentals — how data is generated, organized, stored, evaluated, and maintained — has never been more ... Read more

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Pulling aside the curtain of ‘Big Data’ buzz, this book introduces C-suite and other non-technical senior leaders to the essentials of obtaining and maintaining accurate, reliable data, especially for decision-making purposes. Bad data begets bad decisions, and an understanding of data fundamentals — how data is generated, organized, stored, evaluated, and maintained — has never been more
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Design, User Experience, and Usability

13th International Conference, DUXU 2024, Held as Part of the 26th HCI International Conference, HCII 2024, Washington, DC, USA, June 29 – July 4, 2024, Proceedings, Part III

Edited by Aaron Marcus, Elizabeth Rosenzweig, Marcelo M. Soares ...

Series Book 3 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This five-volume set LNCS 14712-14716 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability, DUXU 2024, held as part of the 26th International Conference, HCI International 2024, in Washington, DC, USA, during June 29 – July 4, 2024.The total of 1271 papers and 309 posters included in the HCII 2024 proceedings was carefully reviewed and ... Read more

$140.99 CAD

This five-volume set LNCS 14712-14716 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability, DUXU 2024, held as part of the 26th International Conference, HCI International 2024, in Washington, DC, USA, during June 29 – July 4, 2024.The total of 1271 papers and 309 posters included in the HCII 2024 proceedings was carefully reviewed and
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Human-Computer Interaction

Thematic Area, HCI 2025, Held as Part of the 27th HCI International Conference, HCII 2025, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 22–27, 2025, Proceedings, Part III

Edited by Masaaki Kurosu, Ayako Hashizume ...

Series Book 3 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This seven-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Human Computer Interaction thematic area of the 27th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2025, held in Gothenburg, Sweden, during June 22–27, 2025.The HCI Thematic Area constitutes a forum for scientific research and addressing challenging and innovative topics in Human-Computer Interaction theory, ... Read more

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This seven-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Human Computer Interaction thematic area of the 27th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2025, held in Gothenburg, Sweden, during June 22–27, 2025.The HCI Thematic Area constitutes a forum for scientific research and addressing challenging and innovative topics in Human-Computer Interaction theory,
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Music Technology with Swing

13th International Symposium, CMMR 2017, Matosinhos, Portugal, September 25-28, 2017, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Mitsuko Aramaki, Matthew E. P. Davies, Richard Kronland-Martinet, Sølvi Ystad ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Music Technology with Swing, CMMR 2017, held in Matosinhos, Portugal, in September 2017. The 44 full papers presented were selected from 64 submissions. The papers are grouped in eight sections: music information retrieval, automatic recognition, estimation and classification, electronic dance music and rhythm, ... Read more

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Music Technology with Swing, CMMR 2017, held in Matosinhos, Portugal, in September 2017. The 44 full papers presented were selected from 64 submissions. The papers are grouped in eight sections: music information retrieval, automatic recognition, estimation and classification, electronic dance music and rhythm,
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