Learn IT - Books tags future

Databases A Beginner's Guide

McGraw-Hill, 2009

Thirty-five years ago, databases were found only in special research laboratories, where computer scientists struggled with ways to make them efficient and useful, publishing their findings in countless research papers. Today databases are a ubiquitous part of the information technology (IT) industry and business in general. We directly and...

Applying Computational Intelligence: How to Create Value

Springer, 2009

The flow of academic ideas in the area of computational intelligence is impacting industrial practice at considerable speed. Practitioners face the challenge of tracking, understanding and applying the latest techniques, which often prove their value even before the underlying theories are fully understood. This book offers realistic guidelines...

Classification, Clustering, and Data Mining Applications: Proceedings

Smithers Rapra Technology, 2004

This book presents some of the key research undertaken by the members of the International Federation of Classification Societies during the two years since our last symposium. If the past is a guide to the future, these papers contain the seeds of new ideas that will invigorate our field.

The editors are grateful...

Hydrocephalus: A Guide for Patients, Families & Friends (Patient Centered Guides)

O'Reilly, 1999

Hydrocephalus, often referred to as "water on the brain," is a potentially life-threatening condition that affects one in a thousand babies born in the U.S. Hydrocephalus is now generally treated with surgical placement of a shunt system that drains excess fluid around the brain to another part of the body where it can be...

Beginning SVG: A Practical Introduction to SVG using Real-World Examples

Apress, 2018

Develop SVG functionality for use within websites quickly and natively, using basic tools such as HTML and CSS. This book is a project-oriented guide to creating and manipulating scalable vector graphics in the browser for websites or online applications, using little more than a text editor or free software, and the power of...

Sams' Teach Yourself Linux in 24 Hours

Sams Publishing, 1999

While this guide won't make you an expert in Linux, it will explain how to get Red Hat Linux to work and how to do basic things with it. Organized into 24 lessons that take about an hour apiece, this book helps you ensure that your system can handle Linux and walks you through the process of installing Red Hat Linux and the Xfree86 windowing...

Database Nation (Hardback)

O'Reilly, 2000

Forget the common cold for a moment. Instead, consider the rise of "false data syndrome," a deceptive method of identification derived from numbers rather than more recognizable human traits. Simson Garfinkel couples this idea with concepts like "data shadow" and "datasphere" in Database Nation, offering a...

Toward Artificial Sapience: Principles and Methods for Wise Systems

Springer, 2007

The current attempt to emulate human sapience (wisdom) by artificial means should be a step in the right direction beyond the Artificial/Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing disciplines, but is it warranted? Have humans achieved a level of modeling smart systems that justifies talking about sapience-wisdom?

This book presents...

Information Arts: Intersections of Art, Science, and Technology

MIT Press, 2001

A new breed of contemporary artist engages science and technology--not just to adopt the vocabulary and gizmos, but to explore and comment on the content, agendas, and possibilities. Indeed, proposes Stephen Wilson, the role of the artist is not only to interpret and to spread scientific knowledge, but to be an active partner in determining the...

Modern Image Quality Assessment (Synthesis Lectures on Image, Video, & Multimedia Processing)

Morgan and Claypool Publishers, 2006

This book is about objective image quality assessment—where the aim is to provide computational models that can automatically predict perceptual image quality. The early years of the 21st century have witnessed a tremendous growth in the use of digital images as a means for representing and communicating information. A considerable percentage...

Biotechnology and Agricultural Development: Transgenic Cotton, Rural Institutions and Resource-poor Farmers

Routledge, 2009

This book addresses the continuing controversy over the potential impact of genetically modified (GM) crops in developing countries. Supporters of the technology claim it offers one of the best hopes for increasing agricultural production and reducing rural poverty, while opponents see it as an untested intervention that will bring corporate...

Secure and Trust Computing, Data Management, and Applications: 8th FIRA International Conference

Springer, 2011

On behalf of the Organizing Committees, it is our pleasure towelcome you to the proceedings of the 8th FTRA International Conference on Secure and Trust Computing, Data Management, and Application (STA 2011),which was held in Loutraki, Greece, June 28–30, 2011.

STA 2011 was the first conference after the merger of the...

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