Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
This book constitutes selected papers presented at the First International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, ICAIDS 2021, held in Hyderabad, India, in December 2021. The 43 papers presented in this volume were thoroughly reviewed and selected from the 195 submissions. They focus on topics of artificial intelligence for intelligent applications and data science for emerging technologies.
Biometric Recognition
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 16th Chinese Conference on Biometric Recognition, CCBR 2022, which took place in Beijing, China, in November 2022.The 70 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 115 submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics such as Fingerprint, Palmprint and Vein Recognition; Face Detection, Recognition and Tracking; Gesture and Action Recognition; Affective Computing and Human-Computer Interface; Speaker and Speech Recognition; Gait, Iris and Other Biometrics; Multi-modal Biometric Recognition and Fusion; Quality Evaluation and Enhancement of Biometric Signals; Animal Biometrics; Trustworthy, Privacy and Personal Data Security; Medical and Other Applications.
Hci International 2022 - Late Breaking Papers: Interacting with Extended Reality and Artificial Intelligence
This proceedings LNCS 13518 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2022, which was held virtually as part of the 24th International Conference, HCII 2022, in June/July 2022. HCII 2022 received a total of 5583 submissions from academia, research institutes, industry, and governmental agencies from 88 countries submitted contributions, and 1276 papers and 275 posters were included in the proceedings that were published just before the start of the conference. Additionally, 296 papers and 181 posters are included in the volumes of the proceedings published after the conference, as "Late Breaking Work" (papers and posters). The contributions thoroughly cover the entire field of human-computer interaction, addressing major advances in knowledge and effective use of computers in a variety of application areas.
Intelligent Information and Database Systems
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th Asian Conference on Intelligent Information and Database Systems, ACIIDS 2022, held Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in November 2022.The 113 full papers accepted for publication in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 406 submissions. The papers of the 2 volume-set are organized in the following topical sections: data mining and machine learning methods, advanced data mining techniques and applications, intelligent and contextual systems, natural language processing, network systems and applications, computational imaging and vision, decision support and control systems, and data modeling and processing for industry 4.0. The accepted and presented papers focus on new trends and challenges facing the intelligent information and database systems community.
AI 2022: Advances in Artificial Intelligence
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 35th Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AI 2022, which took place in Perth, WA, Australia, in December 5-8, 2022. The 56 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 90 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Computer Vision; Deep Learning; Ethical/Explainable AI; Genetic Algorithms; Knowledge Representation and NLP; Machine Learning; Medical AI; Optimization; and Reinforcement Learning.
Hci International 2022 - Late Breaking Papers. Interaction in New Media, Learning and Games
Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications
This book constitutes selected papers of the Fourth International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications, CHIRA 2020, held virtually, in November 2020.The 8 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 44 submissions. The papers selected to be included in this book contribute to the understanding of relevant trends of current research on computer-human interaction, including Interaction design, human factors, entertainment, cognition, perception, user-friendly software and systems, pervasive technologies and interactive devices.
Advances in Artificial Intelligence - Iberamia 2022
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th Ibero-American Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IBERAMIA 2022, held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, in November 2022. The 33 full and 4 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 67 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: applications of AI; ethics and smart city; green and sustainable AI; machine learning; natural language processing; robotics and computer vision; simulation and forecasting.
Reinforcement Learning from Scratch
In ancient games such as chess or go, the most brilliant players can improve by studying the strategies produced by a machine. Robotic systems practice their own movements. In arcade games, agents capable of learning reach superhuman levels within a few hours. How do these spectacular reinforcement learning algorithms work? With easy-to-understand explanations and clear examples in Java and Greenfoot, you can acquire the principles of reinforcement learning and apply them in your own intelligent agents. Greenfoot (M.K繹lling, King's College London) and the hamster model (D. Bohles, University of Oldenburg) are simple but also powerful didactic tools that were developed to convey basic programming concepts. The result is an accessible introduction into machine learning that concentrates on reinforcement learning. Taking the reader through the steps of developing intelligent agents, from the very basics to advanced aspects, touching on a variety of machine learning algorithms along the way, one is allowed to play along, experiment, and add their own ideas and experiments.
The Triumph of Artificial Intelligence
The book demonstrates to readers interested in social life in an understandable way how AI works and how it will dramatically change all areas of life. From the history of AI to its techniques and its diverse fields of application to its ethical-philosophical implications, all relevant aspects are presented in detail. The author does not remain descriptive, but also takes a critical stance on AI development in clear words. For the reader, the explanations are designed as a professional support corset, in order to be able to act as a knowledgeable counterpart to the AI experts. The last two chapters take the reader into the future of life with super AI. With daring scenarios, the author alerts the reader in an enjoyable way to the breathtaking and socially highly explosive perspectives associated with AI and the ethical and philosophical questions that arise from it.This book is a translation of the original German 1st edition Machtwechsel der Intelligenzen by G羹nter Cisek, published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature in 2021. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.
3D Deep Learning with Python
Visualize and build deep learning models with 3D data using PyTorch3D and other Python frameworks to conquer real-world application challenges with easeKey Features: Understand 3D data processing with rendering, PyTorch optimization, and heterogeneous batchingImplement differentiable rendering concepts with practical examplesDiscover how you can ease your work with the latest 3D deep learning techniques using PyTorch3DBook Description: With this hands-on guide to 3D deep learning, developers working with 3D computer vision will be able to put their knowledge to work and get up and running in no time.Complete with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts and practical examples, this book lets you explore and gain a thorough understanding of state-of-the-art 3D deep learning. You'll see how to use PyTorch3D for basic 3D mesh and point cloud data processing, including loading and saving ply and obj files, projecting 3D points into camera coordination using perspective camera models or orthographic camera models, rendering point clouds and meshes to images, and much more. As you implement some of the latest 3D deep learning algorithms, such as differential rendering, Nerf, synsin, and mesh RCNN, you'll realize how coding for these deep learning models becomes easier using the PyTorch3D library.By the end of this deep learning book, you'll be ready to implement your own 3D deep learning models confidently.What You Will Learn: Develop 3D computer vision models for interacting with the environmentGet to grips with 3D data handling with point clouds, meshes, ply, and obj file formatWork with 3D geometry, camera models, and coordination and convert between themUnderstand concepts of rendering, shading, and more with easeImplement differential rendering for many 3D deep learning modelsAdvanced state-of-the-art 3D deep learning models like Nerf, synsin, mesh RCNNWho this book is for: This book is for beginner to intermediate-level machine learning practitioners, data scientists, ML engineers, and DL engineers who are looking to become well-versed with computer vision techniques using 3D data.
UX Decoded
Industry-proven methods for determining user needs and designing successful products KEY FEATURES ● Practical approaches for identifying user pain spots, behavior, goals, and overcoming biases.● Includes detailed examples, graphs, and drawings to explain various user research strategies.● Industry-accepted approach to product thinking and user-centric design. DESCRIPTIONThis book aims to provide UX professionals with the information, tools, and techniques they need to apply a user-centric approach to product design. It will show you how to learn about your customers' wants and create products that they will enjoy.The book takes the reader on a journey that begins with learning to understand user behavior, needs, goals, and pain areas and then develops solutions to those needs. Next, it delves into a thorough examination of several user research methods that aid in discovering user wants and issues areas and mapping strategies used to portray user research results.The book details a five-stage design process and teaches how to apply problem-first design, design validation methodologies, and numerous user experience benchmarking tools. You also learn to compute UX ROI to properly convey to your business and users why specific UX is excellent for both. This book helps UX professionals utilize the concepts and tools covered in this book to adopt an outside-in approach to design. They first explore and discover user problems and then develop a viable solution. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN● Learn to follow a five-step design workflow using the right tools and techniques.● Use design validation and UX benchmarking to test and enhance your designs.● Utilize qualitative or quantitative research approaches to conduct user research.● Visualize user research data using several mapping approaches.● Improve cross-functional team communication, collaboration, and user advocacy. WHO THIS BOOK IS FORThis book is intended for UX designers, product designers, visual designers, UX researchers, and content strategists who seek to improve their UX research and design techniques.
Argo CD in Practice
Build CD pipelines following GitOps principles like declarative and immutable changes stored in version control, all continuously reconciled by Argo CD, and minimize the failure of deployments.Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in the PDF format.Key Features: Discover how to apply GitOps principles to build real-world CD pipelinesUnderstand Argo CD components and how they work together to reconcile cloud native applicationsLearn to run Argo CD in production with declarative config changes, security, observability, disaster recovery, and moreBook Description: GitOps follows the practices of infrastructure as code (IaC), allowing developers to use their day-to-day tools and practices such as source control and pull requests to manage apps. With this book, you'll understand how to apply GitOps bootstrap clusters in a repeatable manner, build CD pipelines for cloud-native apps running on Kubernetes, and minimize the failure of deployments.You'll start by installing Argo CD in a cluster, setting up user access using single sign-on, performing declarative configuration changes, and enabling observability and disaster recovery. Once you have a production-ready setup of Argo CD, you'll explore how CD pipelines can be built using the pull method, how that increases security, and how the reconciliation process occurs when multi-cluster scenarios are involved. Next, you'll go through the common troubleshooting scenarios, from installation to day-to-day operations, and learn how performance can be improved. Later, you'll explore the tools that can be used to parse the YAML you write for deploying apps. You can then check if it is valid for new versions of Kubernetes, verify if it has any security or compliance misconfigurations, and that it follows the best practices for cloud-native apps running on Kubernetes.By the end of this book, you'll be able to build a real-world CD pipeline using Argo CD.What You Will Learn: Understand GitOps principles and how they relate to IaCDiscover how Argo CD lays the foundation for reconciling Git state with the cluster stateRun Argo CD in production with an emphasis on reliability and troubleshootingBootstrap Kubernetes clusters with essential utilities following the GitOps approachSet up a CD pipeline and minimize the failure of deploymentsExplore ways to verify and validate the YAML you put together when working with KubernetesUnderstand the democratization of GitOps and how the GitOps engine will enable its further adoptionWho this book is for: If you're a software developer, DevOps engineer, or SRE who is responsible for building CD pipelines for projects running on Kubernetes and wants to advance in your career, this book is for you. Basic knowledge of Kubernetes, Helm, or Kustomize and CD pipelines will help you to get the most out of this book.
Well Played Retrospective
Well Played is a concept of providing in-depth close readings of video games that parse out the various meanings to be found through the experience of playing a game.Around Halloween in 2020, the Well Played Journal started its 10th volume. Looking back, the first "well played" presentation and article was in 2003, with the first book coming out in 2009, and the first journal issue released in 2011. Thinking of Well Played during the pandemic underscored how games have been a part of our experiences, and the value and role games have had in people's lives this past year or so.This Well Played retrospective, along with companion essays on games during the pandemic, capture a critical history of Well Played and highlight how much games can matter in our lives. The retrospective essays and the pandemic essays have resonant themes, so we've woven them together to share a written tapestry of Well Played and games, value, and meaning.
Hci International 2022 - Late Breaking Papers: Hci for Today’s Community and Economy
This proceedings LNCS 13516 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2022, which was held virtually as part of the 24th International Conference, HCII 2022, during June 26 to July 1, 2022. HCII 2022 received a total of 5583 submissions from academia, research institutes, industry, and governmental agencies from 88 countries submitted contributions, and 1276 papers and 275 posters were included in the proceedings that were published just before the start of the conference. Additionally, 296 papers and 181 posters are included in the volumes of the proceedings published after the conference, as "Late Breaking Work" (papers and posters). The contributions thoroughly cover the entire field of human-computer interaction, addressing major advances in knowledge and effective use of computers in a variety of application areas.
Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and IoT for Smart Healthcare
The concepts of telemedicine and e-healthcare have eased as well as improved the reachability of experienced doctors and medical staff to remote patients. A patient who is living in a remote village area can directly connect to specialist doctors across the globe though his/her mobile phone using telemedicine systems and e-healthcare services. In pandemic situations like COVID-19, these online platforms helped society to get medical treatment from their residence without any physical movement. Technology is transforming human lives by playing an important role in the planning, designing, and development of intelligent systems for better service. This book presents a cross-disciplinary perspective on the concept of machine learning, blockchain and IoT by congregating cutting-edge research and insights. It also identifies and discusses various advanced technologies such as internet of things (IoT), big data analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, cyber security, cloud computing, sensors and so on that are vital to foster the development of smart healthcare and telemedicine systems by providing effective solutions to the medical challenges faced by humankind.
Machine Learning Control by Symbolic Regression
This book provides comprehensive coverage on a new direction in computational mathematics research: automatic search for formulas. Formulas must be sought in all areas of science and life: these are the laws of the universe, the macro and micro world, fundamental physics, engineering, weather and natural disasters forecasting; the search for new laws in economics, politics, sociology. Accumulating many years of experience in the development and application of numerical methods of symbolic regression to solving control problems, the authors offer new possibilities not only in the field of control automation, but also in the design of completely different optimal structures in many fields. For specialists in the field of control, Machine Learning Control by Symbolic Regression opens up a new promising direction of research and acquaints scientists with the methods of automatic construction of control systems.For specialists in the fieldof machine learning, the book opens up a new, much broader direction than neural networks: methods of symbolic regression. This book makes it easy to master this new area in machine learning and apply this approach everywhere neural networks are used. For mathematicians, the book opens up a new approach to the construction of numerical methods for obtaining analytical solutions to unsolvable problems; for example, numerical analytical solutions of algebraic equations, differential equations, non-trivial integrals, etc. For specialists in the field of artificial intelligence, the book offers a machine way to solve problems, framed in the form of analytical relationships.
Advances in Computational Intelligence
The two-volume set LNAI 13612 and 13613 constitutes the proceedings of the 21st Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, MICAI 2022, held in Monterrey, Mexico, in October 2022.The total of 63 papers presented in these two volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from 137 submissions.The first volume, Advances in Computational Intelligence, contains 34 papers structured into three sections: Machine and Deep LearningImage Processing and Pattern RecognitionEvolutionary and Metaheuristic AlgorithmsThe second volume contains 29 papers structured into two sections: Natural Language ProcessingIntelligent Applications and Robotics
Big Data
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th CCF Conference on BigData 2022, which took place in Chengdu, China, in November 2022. The 8 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 28 submissions. The topics of accepted papers include theories and methods of data science, algorithms and applications of big data.
Optimization and Learning
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Optimization and Learning, OLA 2022, which took place in Syracuse, Sicilia, Italy, in July 2022. The 19 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 52 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: Optimization and Learning; Novel Optimization Techniques; Logistics; and Applications.
The Handbook on Socially Interactive Agents
The Handbook on Socially Interactive Agents provides a comprehensive overview of the research fields of Embodied Conversational Agents;Intelligent Virtual Agents;and Social Robotics. Socially Interactive Agents (SIAs);whether virtually or physically embodied;are autonomous agents that are able to perceive an environment including people or other agents;reason;decide how to interact;and express attitudes such as emotions;engagement;or empathy. They are capable of interacting with people and one another in a socially intelligent manner using multimodal communicative behaviors;with the goal to support humans in various domains.Written by international experts in their respective fields;the book summarizes research in the many important research communities pertinent for SIAs;while discussing current challenges and future directions. The handbook provides easy access to modeling and studying SIAs for researchers and students;and aims at further bridging the gap between the research communities involved.In two volumes;the book clearly structures the vast body of research. The first volume starts by introducing what is involved in SIAs research;in particular research methodologies and ethical implications of developing SIAs. It further examines research on appearance and behavior;focusing on multimodality. Finally;social cognition for SIAs is investigated using different theoretical models and phenomena such as theory of mind or pro-sociality. The second volume starts with perspectives on interaction;examined from different angles such as interaction in social space;group interaction;or long-term interaction. It also includes an extensive overview summarizing research and systems of human-agent platforms and of some of the major application areas of SIAs such as education;aging support;autism;and games.
The Handbook on Socially Interactive Agents
The Handbook on Socially Interactive Agents provides a comprehensive overview of the research fields of Embodied Conversational Agents;Intelligent Virtual Agents;and Social Robotics. Socially Interactive Agents (SIAs);whether virtually or physically embodied;are autonomous agents that are able to perceive an environment including people or other agents;reason;decide how to interact;and express attitudes such as emotions;engagement;or empathy. They are capable of interacting with people and one another in a socially intelligent manner using multimodal communicative behaviors;with the goal to support humans in various domains.Written by international experts in their respective fields;the book summarizes research in the many important research communities pertinent for SIAs;while discussing current challenges and future directions. The handbook provides easy access to modeling and studying SIAs for researchers and students;and aims at further bridging the gap between the research communities involved.In two volumes;the book clearly structures the vast body of research. The first volume starts by introducing what is involved in SIAs research;in particular research methodologies and ethical implications of developing SIAs. It further examines research on appearance and behavior;focusing on multimodality. Finally;social cognition for SIAs is investigated using different theoretical models and phenomena such as theory of mind or pro-sociality. The second volume starts with perspectives on interaction;examined from different angles such as interaction in social space;group interaction;or long-term interaction. It also includes an extensive overview summarizing research and systems of human-agent platforms and of some of the major application areas of SIAs such as education;aging support;autism;and games.
Book Writing Guide & Planner
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Hybrid Cloud Security Patterns
Understand unique security patterns related to identity and access management, infrastructure, data and workload protection, compliance and posture management, and zero trust for your hybrid cloud deploymentsKey Features: Secure cloud infrastructure, applications, data, and shift left security to create DevSecOpsExplore patterns for continuous security, automated threat detection and accelerated incident responseLeverage hybrid cloud security patterns for protecting critical data using a zero trust modelPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free eBook in the PDF formatBook Description: Security is a primary concern for enterprises going through digital transformation and accelerating their journey to multi-cloud environments. This book recommends a simple pattern-based approach to architecting, designing and implementing security for workloads deployed on AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and IBM Cloud.The book discusses enterprise modernization trends and related security opportunities and challenges. You'll understand how to implement identity and access management for your cloud resources and applications. Later chapters discuss patterns to protect cloud infrastructure (compute, storage and network) and provide protection for data at rest, in transit and in use. You'll also learn how to shift left and include security in the early stages of application development to adopt DevSecOps. The book also deep dives into threat monitoring, configuration and vulnerability management, and automated incident response. Finally, you'll discover patterns to implement security posture management backed with intelligence and automated protection to stay ahead of threats.By the end of this book, you'll have learned all the hybrid cloud security patterns and be able to use them to create zero trust architecture that provides continuous security and compliance for your cloud workloads.What You Will Learn: Address hybrid cloud security challenges with a pattern-based approachManage identity and access for users, services, and applicationsUse patterns for secure compute, network isolation, protection, and connectivityProtect data at rest, in transit and in use with data security patternsUnderstand how to shift left security for applications with DevSecOpsManage security posture centrally with CSPMAutomate incident response with SOARUse hybrid cloud security patterns to build a zero trust security modelWho this book is for: The book is for cloud solution architects, security professionals, cloud engineers, and DevOps engineers, providing prescriptive guidance on architecture and design patterns for protecting their data and securing applications deployed on hybrid cloud environments. Basic knowledge of different types of cloud providers, cloud deployment models, and cloud consumption models is expected.
Analyzing Blockchain in Healthcare
How the Blockchain Technology is Changing the Landscape of HealthCare KEY FEATURES ● Includes detailed implementations of the blockchain technology in the real world to support evidence-based practices.● Includes patient satisfaction, medical device installation, and Covid-19 prediction use cases. DESCRIPTION Before deciding whether or not a new piece of technology has credibility, institutions that specialize in the health sciences demand to see extensive documentation of it being used in clinical practice and published in academic journals. This book gives convincing facts to educate readers on this technology's advantages and limitations for advancing healthcare. This book discusses the deployment and use of blockchain technologies in real-world scientific, biomedical, and data applications. Applying the unique possibilities inherent to distributed ledger systems, the book reveals significant developments in health science research and development. Each chapter reveals the present applications of blockchain in drug development, drug and device tracking, real-world data collection, and more significant patient interaction. These all are utilized to open chances to further health science research. From the views of pharmaceutical executives, biotechnology startups, regulatory agencies, ethical review boards, and blockchain developers, this paradigm shift is investigated. After reading this book, the reader will understand the possibilities for enhancing and facilitating data use in health science research. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN● Employ blockchain in a supervised environment and maintain data integrity and transparency.● Connect distant data sources to encourage virtual trials.● Connect different data sources to make big data analytics and visualizations elastic and real-time.● Create crowdsourcing and data challenges without compromising IP.● Disseminate blockchain education to the next generation of health science users.WHO THIS BOOK IS FORThis book will interest academicians, blockchain consultants, machine learning instructors, and anyone working toward utilizing blockchain technology in the health science sector.
Combining DataOps, MLOps and DevOps
Accelerate the delivery of software, data, and machine learning KEY FEATURES ● Each chapter harmonizes the DevOps, Data Engineering, and Optimized Machine Learning cultures.● Equips readers with AGILE skills to continuously re-prioritize production backlogs.● Containerization, Docker, Kubernetes, DataOps, and MLOps are all rolled together. DESCRIPTION This book instructs readers on how to operationalize the creation of systems, software applications, and business information using the best practices of DevOps, DataOps, and MLOps, among other things. From software unit packaging code and its dependencies to automating the software development lifecycle and deployment, the book provides a learning roadmap that begins with the basics and progresses to advanced topics. This book teaches you how to create a culture of cooperation, affinity, and tooling at scale using DevOps, Docker, Kubernetes, Data Engineering, and Machine Learning. Microservices design, setting up clusters and maintaining them, processing data pipelines, and automating operations with machine learning are all topics that will aid you in your career. When you use each of the xOps methods described in the book, you will notice a clear shift in your understanding of system development. Throughout the book, you will see how every stage of software development is modernized with the most up-to-date technologies and the most effective project management approaches. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN● Learn about the Packaging code and all its dependencies in a container.● Utilize DevOps to automate every stage of software development.● Learn how to create Microservices that are focused on a specific issue.● Utilize Kubernetes to containerize applications in a variety of settings.● Using DataOps, you can align people, processes, and technology.WHO THIS BOOK IS FORThis book is meant for the Software Engineering team, Data Professionals, IT Operations and Application Development Team with prior knowledge in software development.
Emerging Practices in Telehealth
**Selected for 2025 Doody's Core Titles(R) in Ambulatory** Emerging Practices in Telehealth: Best Practices in a Rapidly Changing Field is an introduction to telehealth basics, best practices and implementation methods. The book guides the reader from start to finish through the workflow implementation of telehealth technology, including EMRs, clinical workflows, RPM, billing systems, and patient experience. It also explores how telehealth can increase healthcare access and decrease disparities across the globe. Practicing clinicians, medical fellows, allied healthcare professionals, hospital administrators, and hospital IT professionals will all benefit from this practical guidebook.
Swarm Systems in Art and Architecture
This book presents the recent computational developments inspired by swarms in art known as swarm art and discusses applying swarm intelligence concepts in architecture. Non-human art is a great leap in the evolution of contemporary art, removing the requirement of an artist's production from the creative process. Furthermore, it is a critical declaration in opposition to the anthropomorphic vision which is so destructive for all other life forms and the planet's ecology. When accepted and integrated into human culture, non-human art done by artificial systems or machines boosts creativity and stimulates innovative fusions. We analyze 120 swarm systems with unique and diverse conceptual contexts, agent design, and audience engagement that can be utilized as inspiration for future projects or to design new swarm algorithms by artists, architects, or computer scientists.
Proceedings of the 2022 Quantitative User Experience Conference (QuantUXCon 2022)
Proceedings of the 2022 Quantitative User Experience Conference (QuantUXCon 2022). QuantUXCon 2022 was the first industry wide event for Quantiative User Experience Researchers and anyone interested in quantitative UX. The inaugural event in June 2022 was attended by more than 2500 researchers, designers, engineers, managers, students, and faculty from 73 countries worldwide. QuantUXCon occurred online and in watch parties in 12 locations in the US and Europe. This volume compiles slide presentations, written papers, and other materials from 40 presentations at QuantUXCon 2022. These materials are also available online. This printed publication is for anyone who prefers a physical reference for convenient reading, browsing, and archival purposes.
Intelligent Information and Database Systems
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th Asian Conference on Intelligent Information and Database Systems, ACIIDS 2022, held Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in November 2022.The 113 full papers accepted for publication in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 406 submissions. The papers of the 2 volume-set are organized in the following topical sections: data mining and machine learning methods, advanced data mining techniques and applications, intelligent and contextual systems, natural language processing, network systems and applications, computational imaging and vision, decision support and control systems, and data modeling and processing for industry 4.0. The accepted and presented papers focus on new trends and challenges facing the intelligent information and database systems community.
Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition, ICFHR 2022, which took place in Hyderabad, India, during December 4-7, 2022.The 36 full papers and 1 short paper presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 61 submissions. The contributions were organized in topical sections as follows: Historical Document Processing; Signature Verification and Writer Identification; Symbol and Graphics Recognition; Handwriting Recognition and Understanding; Handwriting Datasets and Synthetic Handwriting Generation; Document Analysis and Processing.
Intelligent Systems
The two-volume set LNAI 13653 and 13654 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th Brazilian Conference on Intelligent Systems, BRACIS 2022, which took place in Campinas, Brazil, in November/December 2022. The 89 papers presented in the proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 225 submissions. The conference deals with theoretical aspects and applications of artificial and computational intelligence.
Knowledge Graphs and Semantic Web
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 4th Iberoamerican Conference and third Indo-American Conference on Knowledge Graphs and Semantic Web, KGSWC 2022, which took place in Madrid, Spain, in November 2022.The 22 full and 3 short research papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 63 submissions. The papers cover topics related to software and its engineering, software creation and management, Emerging technologies, Analysis and design of emerging devices and systems, Emerging tools and methodologies and others.
Human Brain and Artificial Intelligence
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Human Brain and Artificial Intelligence, HBAI 2022, held in conjunction with IJCAI-ECAI 2022, Vienna, Austria, on July 23, 2022. The 19 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 21 submissions. The papers present most recent research in the fields of brain-inspired computing, brain-machine interfaces, computational neuroscience, brain-related health, neuroimaging, cognition and behavior, learning, and memory, neuron modulation, and closed-loop brain stimulation.
Hci International 2022 - Late Breaking Papers: Hci for Health, Well-Being, Universal Access and Healthy Aging
This proceedings LNCS 13521 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2022, which was held virtually as part of the 24th International Conference, HCII 2022, in June 26 to July 1, 2022. HCII 2022 received a total of 5583 submissions from academia, research institutes, industry, and governmental agencies from 88 countries submitted contributions, and 1276 papers and 275 posters were included in the proceedings that were published just before the start of the conference. Additionally, 296 papers and 181 posters are included in the volumes of the proceedings published after the conference, as "Late Breaking Work" (papers and posters). The contributions thoroughly cover the entire field of human-computer interaction, addressing major advances in knowledge and effective use of computers in a variety of application areas.
Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision
The 4-volume set LNCS 13534, 13535, 13536 and 13537 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th Chinese Conference on Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision, PRCV 2022, held in Shenzhen, China, in November 2022.The 233 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 564 submissions. The papers have been organized in the following topical sections: Theories and Feature Extraction; Machine learning, Multimedia and Multimodal; Optimization and Neural Network and Deep Learning; Biomedical Image Processing and Analysis; Pattern Classification and Clustering; 3D Computer Vision and Reconstruction, Robots and Autonomous Driving; Recognition, Remote Sensing; Vision Analysis and Understanding; Image Processing and Low-level Vision; Object Detection, Segmentation and Tracking.
Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision
The 4-volume set LNCS 13534, 13535, 13536 and 13537 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th Chinese Conference on Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision, PRCV 2022, held in Shenzhen, China, in November 2022.The 233 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 564 submissions. The papers have been organized in the following topical sections: Theories and Feature Extraction; Machine learning, Multimedia and Multimodal; Optimization and Neural Network and Deep Learning; Biomedical Image Processing and Analysis; Pattern Classification and Clustering; 3D Computer Vision and Reconstruction, Robots and Autonomous Driving; Recognition, Remote Sensing; Vision Analysis and Understanding; Image Processing and Low-level Vision; Object Detection, Segmentation and Tracking.
Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, Norms, and Ethics for Governance of Multi-Agent Systems XIV
This book constitutes revised selected papers from the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the International Workshop on Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, Norms, and Ethics for Governance of Multi-Agent Systems XIV, COINE 2021, held in London, UK, May 3, 2021. The 9 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 12 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Invited talk; conceptual frameworks architectures for collaboration and coordination; and modelling and understanding social behaviour using COINE technologies.
Introduction to Compiler Design
This book is designed primarily for use as a textbook in a one-semester course on compiler design for undergraduate students and beginning graduate students. The only prerequisites for this book are familiarity with basic algorithms and data structures (lists, maps, recursion, etc.), a rudimentary knowledge of computer architecture and assembly language, and some experience with the Kotlin programming language or a closely related language such as Java.A complete study of compilers could easily fill several graduate-level courses, and therefore some simplifications and compromises are necessary for a one-semester course that is accessible to undergraduate students. Following are some of the decisions made in order to accommodate the goals of this book.1. The book has a narrow focus as a project-oriented course on compilers. Compiler theory is kept to a minimum, but the project orientation retains the "fun" part of studying compilers. 2. The source language being compiled is relatively simple, but it is powerful enough to be interesting and challenging. It has basic data types, arrays, procedures, functions, and parameters, but it relegates many other interesting language features to the project exercises.3. The target language is assembly language for a virtual machine with a stack-based architecture, similar to but much simpler than the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). This approach greatly simplifies code generation. Both an assembler and an emulator for the virtual machine are provided on the course web site.4. No special compiler-related tools are required or used within the book. Students require access only to a Kotlin compiler and a text editor, but most students will want to use Kotlin with an Integrated Development Environment (IDE).5. One very important component of a compiler is the parser, which verifies that a source program conforms to the language syntax and produces an intermediate representation of the program that is suitable for additional analysis and code generation. There are several different approaches to parsing, but in keeping with the focus on a one-semester course, this book emphasizes only one approach, recursive descent parsing with several lookahead tokens.
Human and Machines
This book shares Chinese scholars' philosophical views on artificial intelligence. The discussions range from the foundations of AI--the Turing test and creation of machine intelligence--to recent applications of AI, including decisions in games, natural languages, pattern recognition, prediction in economic contexts, autonomous behaviors, and collaborative intelligence, with the examples of AlphaGo, Microsoft's Xiao Bing, medical robots, etc. The book's closing chapter focuses on Chinese machines and explores questions on the cultural background of artificial intelligence. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable resource for all members of the general public who are interested in the future development of artificial intelligence, especially from the perspective of respected Chinese scholars.
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence became one of the hottest topics in the modern economy, where everything is driven by software, network and data. There exists nearly no startup nor traditional business where Artificial Intelligence is not used extensively across many fields such as search engines, image recognition, robotics or finance.This book gives a ground up, step by step introduction about how a Neural Network is used to learn a given function and to make intelligent data-driven decisions. In this book, you will learn: How to ensure success in building artificial intelligence products, How to mitigate risks through best practices, How to create a long-lasting value with artificial intelligence, How to prevent mistakes to build artificial intelligence solutions.This revised and fully updated fourth edition contains several new sections, covering a broader set of topics than before, but retains the no-nonsense style of the original.Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning are now mainstream business tools. They are being applied across many industries to increase profits, reduce costs, save lives and improve customer experiences. Consequently, organizations that understand these tools and know how to use them are benefiting at the expense of their rivals.
Comptia Project＋ Certification Kit
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A Thousand Brains
A bestselling author, neuroscientist, and computer engineer unveils a theory of intelligence that will revolutionize our understanding of the brain and the future of AI. For all of neuroscience's advances, we've made little progress on its biggest question: How do simple cells in the brain create intelligence? Jeff Hawkins and his team discovered that the brain uses maplike structures to build a model of the world--not just one model, but hundreds of thousands of models of everything we know. This discovery allows Hawkins to answer important questions about how we perceive the world, why we have a sense of self, and the origin of high-level thought. A Thousand Brains heralds a revolution in the understanding of intelligence. It is a big-think book, in every sense of the word. One of the Financial Times' Best Books of 2021One of Bill Gates' Five Favorite Books of 2021
