| This book is primarily aimed at computer scientists and technologists in education and industry to enable them to keep abreast of the latest developments, across a diverse field of computing, all in one text. Its aim is to also to promote a much more cross disciplinary exchange of ideas within the sub fields of computing and between computer science and other associated fields. It interlinks several sub fields of computing, distributing computing, communication networks, artificial intel ligence and human computer interaction at its core, as well as explaining and extending designs which cover mobile services, service oriented computing, sensor nets, micro electromechanical systems, context aware computing, embedded systems and robotics, and new developments in the Internet and the Web. This is a good text to apply models in these fields.
The main prerequisite needed to understand this book is a basic level of understanding of computer science and technology. Parts of the book should be readily understandable by students towards the middle and end of undergraduate courses in computer science, although parts of it may also be used as an introduction textbook to highlight some of the amazing things that are happening in the world of ICT systems. It is also suitable for students atMSc level and for cross disciplinary use in courses which include computing as just one of the elements of the course. It is the author’s hope that this text will contribute to a renewed interest in some of the advanced ideas of computing by a wider audience and will lead to new advanced courses in computing being developed. An overview of the book is found at the end of the first chapter. |
