When I started playing with the first-generation iPhone back in 2008, I was amazed by the simplicity and versatility of the smart phone. With the iPhone in hand, I could take pictures, navigate with GPS, tell time, and of course, play games—especially when I was bored while waiting in line at the DMV for my license plate....

The techniques and technologies used in computer aided and integrated...

Human computation is a new and evolving research area that centers around harnessing human intelligence to solve computational problems that are beyond the scope of existing Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms. With the growth of the Web, human computation systems can now leverage the abilities of an unprecedented number of people via the...

This 5 volume MRW (Major Reference Work) is entitled "Computer Aided and Integrated Manufacturing Systems". A brief summary description of each of the 5 volumes will be noted in their respective PREFACES. An MRW is normally on a broad subject of major importance on the international scene. Because of the breadth of a major...

The techniques and technologies used in computer aided and integrated...

This volume collects the proceedings of two related international conferences on foundations and practical applications of mathematical methods of data analysis, of Formal Concept Analysis and of methods for information extraction from natural language texts. The first conference, named Knowledge - Ontology - Theory 2007 (KONT 2007),...

Networks today have outgrown exponentially both in size and complexity, becoming more multifaceted and increasingly challenging to secure. The blueprint of a core network requires a strong foundation, which can be simply provided with an integrated firewall architecture cemented at the core of the system. Today, the firewall has become...

On behalf of the INTECH 2011 Program Committee and the University of Sao Carlos in Brazil, we welcome you to the proceedings of the First International Conference on Integrated Computing Technology (INTECH 2011). The INTECH 2011 conference explored new advances in computing technology and its applications. It brought together...

My journey down the social media road began years ago, and many people have praised me for my foresight and brilliance. They are very kind, but the truth is, what really took me down this road was desperation. A few years ago—perhaps you remember—the economy took a heck of a dip. On its way down, it punched me in the...

I still remember deploying my first Microsoft Access application 10 years ago for a head hunting agency. They had a user base of about 200 users (I can already hear some of you groan) and they needed a system to manage job applicants and the companies that want to hire them. And they tossed my meager development team of two an...

The 10th International Conference on Unconventional Computation, UC 2011, was organized under the auspices of EATCS and Academia Europaea, by the Department of Mathematics of the University of Turku (Turku, Finland), and the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (Auckland, New Zealand). The event was held in...