Next Generation Internet
The development of the internet, particularly the World Wide Web, is currently hitting its limits--both technically and socio-culturally, as well as economically. A new internet is promised as a solution, one that aims to overcome the boundaries between the real and the virtual world, merging reality and digitality--the metaverse. Technical, semantic, and organizational details are closely intertwined in this context. But what does this mean upon closer examination? What technical and technological challenges must be overcome to achieve such a merging? What economic opportunities arise--and which ones may be precluded? How can we ensure that an open and universally accessible metaverse is created? And how can we prevent a few large providers from imposing their proprietary ideas in this new metaverse? This book aims to provide answers to these questions.
Exam Ref MD-102 Microsoft Endpoint Administrator
Prepare for Microsoft Exam MD-102 and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of the skills and knowledge required to deploy, manage, and protect modern endpoints at scale in Microsoft 365 environments. Designed for endpoint administrators, this Exam Ref focuses on the critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Certified Associate level. Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives: Prepare infrastructure for devices Manage and maintain devices Manage applications Protect devices This Microsoft Exam Ref: Organizes its coverage by exam objectives Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you Assumes you have experience with Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft 365 technologies, including Intune, as well as strong skills and experience in deploying, configuring, and maintaining Windows client and non-Windows devices About the Exam Exam MD-102 focuses on the knowledge needed to prepare infrastructure for devices; enroll devices to Microsoft Intune; implement identity and compliance; deploy and upgrade Windows clients by using cloud-based tools; plan and implement device configuration profiles; plan remote actions on devices; manage applications; deploy and update apps; plan and implement app protection and app configuration policies; configure endpoint security; and manage device updates by using Intune. About Microsoft Certification Passing this exam fulfills your requirements for the Microsoft 365 Certified: Endpoint Administrator Associate credential, demonstrating your ability to implementing solutions for efficient deployment and management of endpoints on various operating systems, platforms, and device types; implement and manage endpoints at scale by using Microsoft Intune, Microsoft Intune Suite, Windows Autopilot, Microsoft Copilot for Security, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Microsoft Entra ID, Azure Virtual Desktop, and Windows 365; and implement identity, security, access, policies, updates, and apps for endpoints. See full details at: microsoft.com/learn
The Impact of the Digitalization on the Human Resource Management
Image Analysis in Stroke Diagnosis and Interventions
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International MICCAI Stroke Workshop on Imaging and Treatment Challenges, SWITCH 2024, as well as the Ischemic Stroke Lesion Segmentation Challenge, ISLES 2024, held in conjunction with MICCAI 2024, in Marrakesh, Morocco, on October 10, 2024. The 12 revised full papers presented in this volume were selected form 16 submissions. The papers describe research advancements in image analysis for the diagnosis and intervention of ischemic and haemorrhagic stroke and present the latest developments in segmentation, disease prognosis, stroke diagnosis and treatment, and other clinically relevant applications.
Computing, Communication and Learning
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Computing, Communication and Learning, CoCoLe 2024, held in Warangal, India, in September 2024. The 24 full papers and 10 short papers presented here were carefully reviewed and selected from 149 submissions. These papers have been categorized under the following topical sections: Advancements in AI for Predictive Modeling, Quality Enhancement, and Real-Time Detection Across Various Domains; Machine Learning Advances in Medical Imaging, Agricultural Monitoring, and Multimedia Processing; Advancements in Privacy-Preservation and Intelligent Detection Systems for Federated Learning and Edge Computing.
Improving Decision Making Using Semantic Web Technologies
As technology becomes integral to our lives, its influence on decision making in smart cities, healthcare, and manufacturing is undeniable. However, challenges such as limited contextual awareness, domain knowledge, explainability of machine learning (ML), and issues of interoperability, data quality, and GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) compliance in data sharing hinder effective decision making. This book addresses these critical challenges by exploring how the synergy of semantic technologies (SW), like ontologies and knowledge graphs, with or without ML, can overcome these challenges to improve decision making. Through real-world case studies in data sharing, manufacturing, and agriculture, it offers theoretical and practical insights and guidelines of how SW can enhance prediction accuracy, integrate domain knowledge, support ML explainability, and tackle interoperability, data quality, and GDPR challenges.
Artificial Intelligence: Methodology, Systems, and Applications
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence: Methodology, Systems, and Applications, AIMSA 2024, held in Varna, Bulgaria, during September 18-20, 2024. The 18 revised full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 23 submissions. They cover a wide range of topics in AI and its applications: natural language processing, sentiment analyses, image processing, optimization, reinforcement learning, from deep ANNs to spike timing NNs, applications in economics, medicine and process control.
The Essential Book of AI
Explore the impact and potential of AI technologies in this full-color hardback guide, written by award-winning science author Anne Rooney. Artificial intelligence is one of the most significant technological developments of recent times, with the possibility to reshape society as we know it. In this engaging volume, the author explains the cutting-edge science behind artificial intelligence models as well as the philosophical implications in simple and accessible language. Covering subjects such as deep learning, neural networks, large language models, The Essential Book of Artificial Intelligence provides the perfect starting point for anyone interested in the subject. - Illustrated with full-color images and diagrams throughout- Split into 12 easy-to-understand chapters which can be read in a single sitting- This beautiful gold-embossed hardback make the perfect gift for the intellectually curious ABOUT THE SERIES: Concepts is a series of titles diving into some of the most compelling subjects in modern science. Written by a variety of experts, these beautifully illustrated foil-stamped hardbacks provide a perfect starting point to a range of fascinating topics.
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
The two-volume proceedings set CCIS 2299 and 2300, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 43rd IBIMA Conference on Artificial intelligence and Machine Learning, IBIMA-AI 2024, held in Madrid, Spain, in June 26-27, 2024. The 44 full papers and 18 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 119 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning; Information Systems and Communications Technologies. Part II: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning; Software Engineering; Computer Security and Privacy.
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
The two-volume proceedings set CCIS 2299 and 2300, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 43rd IBIMA Conference on Artificial intelligence and Machine Learning, IBIMA-AI 2024, held in Madrid, Spain, in June 26-27, 2024. The 44 full papers and 18 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 119 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning; Information Systems and Communications Technologies. Part II: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning; Software Engineering; Computer Security and Privacy.
Intelligent Systems
The four-volume set LNAI 15412-15415 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 34th Brazilian Conference on Intelligent Systems, BRACIS 2024, held in Bel矇m do Par獺, Brazil, during November 17-21, 2024. The 116 full papers presented here were carefully reviewed and selected from 285 submissions. They were organized in three key tracks: 70 articles in the main track, showcasing cutting-edge AI methods and solid results; 10 articles in the AI for Social Good track, featuring innovative applications of AI for societal benefit using established methodologies; and 36 articles in other AI applications, presenting novel applications using established AI methods, naturally considering the ethical aspects of the application.
Intelligent Systems
The four-volume set LNAI 15412-15415 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 34th Brazilian Conference on Intelligent Systems, BRACIS 2024, held in Bel矇m do Par獺, Brazil, during November 17-21, 2024. The 116 full papers presented here were carefully reviewed and selected from 285 submissions. They were organized in three key tracks: 70 articles in the main track, showcasing cutting-edge AI methods and solid results; 10 articles in the AI for Social Good track, featuring innovative applications of AI for societal benefit using established methodologies; and 36 articles in other AI applications, presenting novel applications using established AI methods, naturally considering the ethical aspects of the application.
Advanced Sensors for Smart Healthcare
Advanced Sensors for Smart Healthcare provides an invaluable resource for researchers and healthcare practitioners who are eager to use technology to improve the lives of patients. Sections highlight data from sensor networks via the smart hospital framework, including data, insights, and access. This book shows how the use of sensors to gather data on a patient's condition and the environment their care takes place in can allow healthcare professionals to monitor well-being and make informed decisions about treatment.
Sensor Networks for Smart Hospitals
Sensor Networks for Smart Hospitals shows how the use of sensors to gather data on a patient's condition and the environment in which their care takes place can allow healthcare professionals to monitor well-being and make informed decisions about treatment. Written by experts in the field, this book is an invaluable resource for researchers and healthcare practitioners in their drive to use technology to improve the lives of patients. Data from sensor networks via the smart hospital framework is comprised of three main layers: data, insights, and access. Medical data is collected in real-time from an array of intelligent devices/systems deployed within the hospital. This data offers insight from the analytics or machine learning software that is accessible to healthcare staff via a smartphone or mobile device to facilitate swifter decisions and greater efficiency.
Intelligent Systems
The four-volume set LNAI 15412-15415 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 34th Brazilian Conference on Intelligent Systems, BRACIS 2024, held in Bel矇m do Par獺, Brazil, during November 18-21, 2024. The 116 full papers presented here were carefully reviewed and selected from 285 submissions. They were organized in three key tracks: 70 articles in the main track, showcasing cutting-edge AI methods and solid results; 10 articles in the AI for Social Good track, featuring innovative applications of AI for societal benefit using established methodologies; and 36 articles in other AI applications, presenting novel applications using established AI methods, naturally considering the ethical aspects of the application.
Intelligent Systems
The four-volume set LNAI 15412-15415 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 34th Brazilian Conference on Intelligent Systems, BRACIS 2024, held in Bel矇m do Par獺, Brazil, during November 17-21, 2024. The 116 full papers presented here were carefully reviewed and selected from 285 submissions. They were organized in three key tracks: 70 articles in the main track, showcasing cutting-edge AI methods and solid results; 10 articles in the AI for Social Good track, featuring innovative applications of AI for societal benefit using established methodologies; and 36 articles in other AI applications, presenting novel applications using established AI methods, naturally considering the ethical aspects of the application.
Imperfect Oracle
Best-selling author Cass R. Sunstein outlines the promise and limits of artificial intelligence Imperfect Oracle is about the promise and limits of artificial intelligence. The promise is that in important ways AI is better than we are at making judgments. Its limits are evidenced by the fact that AI cannot always make accurate predictions--not today, not tomorrow, and not the day after, either. Natural intelligence is a marvel, but human beings blunder because we are biased. We are biased in the sense that our judgments tend to go systematically wrong in predictable ways, like a scale that always shows people as heavier than they are, or like an archer who always misses the target to the right. Biases can lead us to buy products that do us no good or to make foolish investments. They can lead us to run unreasonable risks, and to refuse to run reasonable risks. They can shorten our lives. They can make us miserable. Biases present one kind of problem; noise is another. People are noisy not in the sense that we are loud, though we might be, but in the sense that our judgments show unwanted variability. On Monday, we might make a very different judgment from the judgment we make on Friday. When we are sad, we might make a different judgment from the one we would make when we are happy. Bias and noise can produce exceedingly serious mistakes. AI promises to avoid both bias and noise. For institutions that want to avoid mistakes it is now a great boon. AI will also help investors who want to make money and consumers who don't want to buy products that they will end up hating. Still, the world is full of surprises, and AI cannot spoil those surprises because some of the most important forms of knowledge involve an appreciation of what we cannot know and why we cannot know it. Written in clear, jargon-free English and grounded in deep understanding, Imperfect Oracle provides a distinctly useful perspective on this complex debate.
Microsoft Copilot for Dummies
Straightforward guidance on the AI tool that's built into Windows, Microsoft 365, and more Microsoft is enhancing all its most widely used productivity software--including Windows and apps like Word and Excel--with the power of AI. And now you can learn to make the most of this revolutionary new tool with Microsoft Copilot For Dummies! You'll discover how to write Copilot-friendly prompts, enhance output with integrated Copilot tools, and how to apply Copilot functions to project management and other specific tasks and disciplines. In the book, you'll find out how to: Use text or your voice to prompt reliable results from Microsoft Copilot Customize Microsoft Copilot to respond to your unique needs and demands Add plug-ins to the Microsoft Copilot service to extend its functionality even more Learn to supercharge your efficiency with Microsoft Copilot For Dummies. This book is perfect for professional and home users of Windows, Microsoft 365, and other Microsoft products and software who want to increase their productivity. Grab a copy today!
Proceedings of 5th International Ethical Hacking Conference
Optimization and Data Science in Industrial Engineering
This two-volume set CCIS 2204 and 2205 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Optimization and Data Science in Industrial Engineering, ODSIE 2023, held in Istanbul, Turkey, during November 16-17, 2023. The 33 full papers and 2 short papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 311 submissions. The papers were organized in the following topical sections: Part I: smart and intelligent transportation systems; machine/deep/reinforcement learning in industries; and advances of artificial intelligence/operational research tools in healthcare. Part II: technology, learning and analytics in intelligent systems; expert systems, decision analysis, and advanced optimization; digital transformation of supply chain and logistics systems.
Optimization and Learning
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Optimization and Learning, OLA 2024, held in Dubrovnik, Croatia, during May 13-15, 2024. The 24 full papers presented here were carefully reviewed and selected from 64 submissions. They were organized in the following topical sections: synergies between optimization and machine learning; enhancing optimization and learning techniques; transportation and routing; and applications.
Optimization and Data Science in Industrial Engineering
This two-volume set CCIS 2204 and 2205 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Optimization and Data Science in Industrial Engineering, ODSIE 2023, held in Istanbul, Turkey, during November 16-17, 2023. The 33 full papers and 2 short papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 311 submissions. The papers were organized in the following topical sections: Part I: smart and intelligent transportation systems; machine/deep/reinforcement learning in industries; and advances of artificial intelligence/operational research tools in healthcare. Part II: technology, learning and analytics in intelligent systems; expert systems, decision analysis, and advanced optimization; digital transformation of supply chain and logistics systems.
Strategic Writing for UX
When you depend on users to perform specific actions--like buying tickets, playing a game, or riding public transit--well-placed words are most effective. But how do you choose the right words? And how do you know if they work? With this practical book, you'll learn how to write strategically for UX, using tools to build foundational pieces for UI text and UX voice strategy. This second edition by Torrey Podmajersky is an essential resource, thoroughly updated to incorporate the latest in collaborative tools and considerations for AI-generated UX content. It reflects significant advancements in the field of content design, updating every chapter with the latest UX methods and styles. Understand the integration of UX content with the software development lifecycle Learn content-first design to anchor UX text in meaningful dialogue Apply UX text patterns effectively across varied brand voices Enhance product usability and conversion with strategic UI text applications Clearly articulate the business value of dedicated UX content efforts
Intelligent Robotics and Applications
The 10-volume set LNAI 15201-15210 constitutes the proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications, ICIRA 2024, which took place in Xi'an, China, during July 31-August 2, 2024. The 321 full papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 489 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Part I: Innovative Design and Performance Evaluation of Robot Mechanisms. Part II: Robot Perception and Machine Learning; Cognitive Intelligence and Security Control for Multi-domain Unmanned Vehicle Systems. Part III: Emerging Techniques for Intelligent Robots in Unstructured Environment; Soft Actuators and Sensors; and Advanced Intelligent and Flexible Sensor Technologies for Robotics. Part IV: Optimization and Intelligent Control of Underactuated Robotic Systems; and Technology and application of modular robots. Part V: Advanced actuation and intelligent control in medical robotics: Advancements in Machine Vision for Enhancing Human-Robot Interaction; and Hybrid Decision-making and Control for Intelligent Robots. Part VI: Advances in Marine Robotics; Visual, Linguistic, Affective Agents: Hybrid-augmented Agents for Robotics; and Wearable Robots for Assistance, Augmentation and Rehabilitation of human movements. Part VII: Integrating World Models for Enhanced Robotic Autonomy; Advanced Sensing and Control Technologies for Intelligent Human-Robot Interaction; and Mini-Invasive Robotics for In-Situ Manipulation. Part VIII: Robot Skill Learning and Transfer; Human-Robot Dynamic System: Learning, Modelling and Control; AI-Driven Smart Industrial Systems; and Natural Interaction and Coordinated Collaboration of Robots in Dynamic Unstructured Environments. Part IX: Robotics in Cooperative Manipulation, MultiSensor Fusion, and Multi-Robot Systems; Human-machine Co-adaptive Interface; Brain inspired intelligence for robotics; Planning, control and application of bionic novel concept robots; and Robust Perception for Safe Driving. Part X: AI Robot Technology for Healthcare as a Service; Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Models for Adaptive Human-Robot Interactions; Dynamics and Perception of Human-Robot Hybrid Systems; and Robotics for Rehabilitation: Innovations, Challenges, and Future Directions.
Games and Learning Alliance
This volume LNCS constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Games and Learning Alliance, GALA 2024, held in Berlin, Germany during November 20-22, 2024. The 30 full papers and 15 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 103 submissions. They focus on Designing for Engagement;​​​​​​, Sustainability and Environmental Literacy in Serious Games; Detecting Deception and Developing Leadership; Futures Literacy; Serious Games for Health and Immersive Learning.
Design of Intelligent Applications using Machine Learning and Deep Learning Techniques
Sport and Video Games
This book explores the complex relationships between sport and video games, two of the largest entertainment sectors globally. Focusing on those games that depict real-life sports and athletic competitions, from FIFA, Madden, and NBA 2K to Football Manager and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, the book examines how sport has influenced gaming, and vice versa, and how this relationship is likely to develop in the future. Arguing that sports games are a unique interface between virtual worlds and our real-life social worlds, the book examines the concept of simulation; how the performance of athletes and teams in the real world influences video games; and whether those close links enhance or limit the player's experience. It also considers how video games are used by leagues and sports franchises, through sponsorship and in-game advertisements, to reinforce their brands. Furthermore, it presents a concise history of sports video games, and using narrative methods, it takes a close look at the importance of storytelling in sports video games, not only in the sense of the stories built into the structure of a game but also in the way that fans and media organizations build their own stories in sport, in both real and virtual worlds. The book also asks how sports video games illuminate our understanding of key social issues, including race and gender. This is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in the sociology or culture of sport or video games, sport business, or the gaming industry.
Artificial Intelligence
Explore humanity's most transformative technology: artificial intelligence... In ten short and informative essays, Professor of AI at University College London, Tim Rockt瓣schel, reveals everything we need to know about artificial intelligence. From what the futures holds for AI and why it continues to improve with more data, to how superhuman AI is attainable and why we still have to fold our own laundry, discover all of this and much, much more! Artificial Intelligence: 10 Things You Should Know is an illuminating and engaging guide to the most important area of science and technology today.
