Both the editors of this book were exposed to human-in-the-loop simulations while
pursuing their doctoral degrees in the Center for Human-Machine Systems at
Georgia Tech. In fact, S. Narayanan served as Ling Rothrock’s teaching assistant
for the simulation course taught by Prof. Christine Mitchell. It has been over 15
years...
How did today's rich states first establish modern fiscal systems? To answer this question, Political Transformations and Public Finances by Mark Dincecco examines the evolution of political regimes and public finances in Europe over the long term. The book argues that the emergence of efficient fiscal institutions was the result of two...
Parallel computing has been confined, for much of its over 40 year history, to highly
specialized, technology-wise advanced domains such as scientific computing or
telecommunications. There were only a few experts who had the background and
experience to write efficient, robust and scalable programs for these parallel machines.
Mixed-mode switching circuits distinguish themselves from other circuits
by including switches that are either clocked externally or controlled
internally. These circuits have found broad applications in telecommunication
networks, instrumentation, and power electronic systems, to
name a few. It is the emergence of switched capacitor...
Thirty years ago mathematical, as opposed to applied numerical, computation was difficult to perform and so relatively little used. Three threads changed that: the emergence of the personal computer; the discovery of fiber-optics and the consequent development of the modern internet; and the building of the Three “M’s”...
Making a robot that looks and behaves like a human being has been the subject of many
popular science fiction movies and books. Although the development of such a robot
faces many challenges, the making of a virtual human has long been potentially possible.
With recent advances in various key technologies related to hardware and...
IBWAS 2009, the Iberic Conference on Web Applications Security, was the first
international conference organized by both the OWASP Portuguese and Spanish chapters
in order to join the international Web application security academic and industry
communities to present and discuss the major aspects of Web applications security.
In recent years, the UNIX operating system has seen a huge boost in its popularity, especially
with the emergence of Linux. For programmers and users of UNIX, this comes as no
surprise: UNIX was designed to provide an environment that’s powerful yet easy to use.
One of the main strengths of UNIX is that it comes with a...
One of the most debated consequences regarding the increased availability and use
of information and communication technologies (ICTs), especially since the early
1990s, have been their impact on economic growth. Generally speaking, ICT can
serve to reduce transaction costs at all levels of a commercial transaction. With the
emergence...
The ubiquitous nature of the Internet is dramatically revolutionizing the manner in which
organizations and individuals share information. Developed out of necessity during the cold
war, the Internet was created as a means to help governmental institutions and collegiate
institutions send documents and research materials electronically...
In today’s world virtually all available information on any technical topic is
just a few clicks away on the web. This is especially true of an emerging area
such as cloud computing. So why write a book, and, who should read this
book and why?
Every few years a new ‘buzzword’ becomes the rage of the...
concerned with the study of the development and use of advanced information
technologies and systems for national, international, and societal security-related
applications. In the past few years,we have witnessed that ISI experienced tremendous
growth and attracted significant interest involving academic researchers in
related fields...
