Large language models (LLMs) are the reasoning engines of modern AI. Today, a major inflection point has arrived: as the world races to deploy AI at scale, model inference has moved to the center of the stack. Welcome to the inference era.Without proper optimization, however, LLMs can be expensive and slow to serve. Hands-On LLM Serving and Optimization is a comprehensive guide to the complexities of deploying and optimizing LLMs at scale.In this hands-on, engineer...

Site characterization is indispensable to good geotechnical or rock engineering practice as every site is unique, but technical, budget, time, or access constraints typically result in only a tiny fraction of the underground soil and rock in a site being visually inspected, sampled, or tested. This leads to a long- lasting challenge of sparse measurements in geo- sciences and engineering. This book introduces Bayesian compressive sensing or sampling (BCS) as a highly efficient spatial data...

A comprehensive look at intelligence. A brief guide to improve our skills.This work gives you more insight on what intelligence is. You will learn about intelligence and how it is measured.In this book, you will find out if there are different types of intelligence, if it is hereditary, or if you can improve it.You will learn about the concepts of intelligence, particularly multiple intelligences.Before the book ends, you will learn some practical w...

This book introduces shield construction risks under mixed face ground condition, analyzes the shield tunneling risks, gives definitions of relevant risks and creates the theoretical system of shield tunneling technology under mixed face ground condition, that is, geology is the foundation, TBM is the key, and people (management) is the essence. The content provides numbers of targeted solutions, such as dual-mode TBM, multi-mode TBM, millisecond delay blasting for boulders, Paste HDN, aux...

Learn how to read the right way. Unlock the secrets of your mind that will allow you to get and process information faster and better than most people.Speed reading is a skill that allows you to enjoy the following perks:Cover more written material by doubling or tripling the number of words that you can read in a minute2. Become more attentive to information that is importantMinimize or eliminate distraction

Capturing the exquisite and the powerful, the wise and innocent stories from Ancient China, each bursting with life and virtue.Chinese Folklore is drawn from over three thousand years of storytelling, with early legends of the gods and heroes, weird mysteries of sorcery and elemental forces, tales of the land and the animals within, and delightful sketches of love. Fantasy and philosophy often play important roles as the young and the old, the wise and the ignorant...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Data Security and Privacy Protection, DSPP 2025, held in Xi'an, China, during October 16–18, 2025.The 36 full papers and 11 short papers presented in these two volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 105 submissions.The papers are organized in the following topical sections:Part I:AI and System Security; Blockchain and Related Technologies; Privacy Preserving/Enhancing Technologie...

This book is concerned with the variance-constrained optimized filtering problems and their potential applications for nonlinear time-varying dynamical systems. The distinguished features of this book are highlighted as follows.(1) A unified framework is provided for handling the variance-constrained filtering problems of nonlinear time-varying dynamical systems with incomplete information.(2) The application potentials of variance-constrained optimized filtering in network...

A comprehensive treatment of high-tech concrete materials across research, engineering, and industrial practiceConcrete materials research has entered a transformative era, where technological innovation and advanced material science converge to redefine structural and functional performance. High-Tech Concrete Materials: Design, Preparation, and Applications addresses the pressing need for a systematic framework that integrates high-performance concrete d...

This book presents cutting-edge research on Green Intelligent Mobility Systems, guided by the overarching vision of achieving transportation that is green, intelligent, and safe. The contributions compiled in this volume aim to advance the development of sustainable mobility and intelligent transportation technologies by enhancing interconnectivity, resource sharing, flexibility, and operational efficiency.Given its interdisciplinary scope, the book will be of interest to researche...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Data Security and Privacy Protection, DSPP 2025, held in Xi'an, China, during October 16–18, 2025.The 36 full papers and 11 short papers presented in these two volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 105 submissions.The papers are organized in the following topical sections:Part I:AI and System Security; Blockchain and Related Technologies; Privacy Preserving/Enhancing Technologie...

Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass Feedstock and Solid Waste into Biofuels: Production and Pollutant Control offers a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art in biofuel production with a special focus on pollutants control, which is both necessary and beneficial for the target audience and the development of this research field. Biofuel is currently a major trend due to the existing environmental crises and global energy challenges. Developing sustainable biofuels from biomass fee...