• Based on Rebecca Kirby’s time-tested Rule of 20, with a chapter devoted to each item on the...

This book explores an approach to social robotics based solely on autonomous unsupervised techniques and positions it within a structured exposition of related research in psychology, neuroscience, HRI, and data mining.  The authors present an autonomous and developmental approach that allows the robot to learn interactive behavior by...

Solar energy is clean, efficient, sustainable―and expensive. Or is it? Many homeowners simply assume that the cost of solar panels is out of their reach, but in reality, the technology is quickly becoming attainable for the middle class. Rather...

• Learn to create simple 2D to complex 3D graphics and games using all possible tools and widgets available for game development in Qt
• Understand technologies such as QML,...

The current social and economic context increasingly demands open data to improve scientific research and decision making. However, when published data refer to individual respondents, disclosure risk limitation techniques must be implemented to anonymize the data and guarantee by design the fundamental right to privacy of the subjects the...

You have too many projects, and firefighting and multitasking are keeping you from finishing any of them. You need to manage your project portfolio. This fully updated and expanded bestseller arms you with agile and lean ways to collect all your work and decide which projects you should do first, second, and never. See how to tie your work to...

• Learn how to plan, install, optimize, customize, and configure Moodle
• Guarantee a cutting-edge learning experience in a secure and customizable environment while optimizing your day-to-day workload
• A one-stop guide with a problem-solution approach and a wide range of real-world...