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In-Memory Computing: Synthesis and Optimization
by Saeideh Shirinzadeh Rolf DrechslerThis book describes a comprehensive approach for synthesis and optimization of logic-in-memory computing hardware and architectures using memristive devices, which creates a firm foundation for practical applications. Readers will get familiar with a new generation of computer architectures that potentially can perform faster, as the necessity for communication between the processor and memory is surpassed. The discussion includes various synthesis methodologies and optimization algorithms targeting implementation cost metrics including latency and area overhead as well as the reliability issue caused by short memory lifetime.Presents a comprehensive synthesis flow for the emerging field of logic-in-memory computing;Describes automated compilation of programmable logic-in-memory computer architectures;Includes several effective optimization algorithm also applicable to classical logic synthesis;Investigates unbalanced write traffic in logic-in-memory architectures and describes wear leveling approaches to alleviate it.
Networked Professional Learning: Emerging and Equitable Discourses for Professional Development (Research in Networked Learning)
by Allison Littlejohn Jimmy Jaldemark Emmy Vrieling-Teunter Femke NijlandOver the past decades a new form of professionalism has emerged, characterized by factors of fluidity, instability and continual change, leading to the necessitation of new forms of professional development that support agile and flexible expansion of professional practice. At the same time, the digitization of work has had a profound effect on professional practice. This digitization opens up opportunities for new forms of professional learning mediated by technologies through networked learning. Networked learning is believed to lead to a more efficient flow of complex knowledge and routine information within the organization, stimulate innovative behaviour, and result in a higher job satisfaction. In this respect, networked learning can be perceived as an important perspective on both professional and organizational development. This volume provides examples of Networked Professional Learning, it questions the impact of this emerging form of learning on the academy, and it interrogates the impact on teachers of the future. It features three sections that explore networked professional learning from different perspectives: questioning what legitimate forms of networked professional learning are across a broad sampling of professions, how new forms of professional learning impact institutions of higher education, and the value creation that Networked Learning offers professionals in broader educational, economic, and social contexts. The book is of interest to researchers in the area of professional and digital learning, higher education managers, organizational HR professionals, policy makers and students of technology enhanced learning.
Information Technology, Systems Research, and Computational Physics (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing #945)
by Piotr Kulczycki Janusz Kacprzyk László T. Kóczy Radko Mesiar Rafal WisniewskiThis book highlights a broad range of modern information technology tools, techniques, investigations and open challenges, mainly with applications in systems research and computational physics. Divided into three major sections, it begins by presenting specialized calculation methods in the framework of data analysis and intelligent computing. In turn, the second section focuses on application aspects, mainly for systems research, while the final section investigates how various tasks in the basic disciplines—mathematics and physics—can be tackled with the aid of contemporary IT methods. The book gathers selected presentations from the 3rd Conference on Information Technology, Systems Research and Computational Physics (ITSRCP'18), which took place on 2–5 July 2018 in Krakow, Poland. The intended readership includes interdisciplinary scientists and practitioners pursuing research at the interfaces of information technology, systems research, and computational physics.
Security, Privacy and Trust in the IoT Environment
by Zaigham MahmoodThe Internet of Things (IoT) is a network of devices and smart things that provides a pervasive environment in which people can interact with both the cyber and physical worlds. As the number and variety of connected objects continue to grow and the devices themselves become smarter, users’ expectations in terms of adaptive and self-governing digital environments are also on the rise. Although, this connectivity and the resultant smarter living is highly attractive to general public and profitable for the industry, there are also inherent concerns. The most challenging of these refer to the privacy and security of data, user trust of the digital systems, and relevant authentication mechanisms. These aspects call for novel network architectures and middleware platforms based on new communication technologies; as well as the adoption of novel context-aware management approaches and more efficient tools and devices.In this context, this book explores central issues of privacy, security and trust with regard to the IoT environments, as well as technical solutions to help address them. The main topics covered include:• Basic concepts, principles and related technologies• Security/privacy of data, and trust issues• Mechanisms for security, privacy, trust and authentication• Success indicators, performance metrics and future directions.This reference text is aimed at supporting a number of potential audiences, including• Network Specialists, Hardware Engineers and Security Experts • Students, Researchers, Academics and Practitioners.
Applied Machine Learning
by David ForsythMachine learning methods are now an important tool for scientists, researchers, engineers and students in a wide range of areas. This book is written for people who want to adopt and use the main tools of machine learning, but aren’t necessarily going to want to be machine learning researchers. Intended for students in final year undergraduate or first year graduate computer science programs in machine learning, this textbook is a machine learning toolkit. Applied Machine Learning covers many topics for people who want to use machine learning processes to get things done, with a strong emphasis on using existing tools and packages, rather than writing one’s own code.A companion to the author's Probability and Statistics for Computer Science, this book picks up where the earlier book left off (but also supplies a summary of probability that the reader can use).Emphasizing the usefulness of standard machinery from applied statistics, this textbook gives an overview of the major applied areas in learning, including coverage of:• classification using standard machinery (naive bayes; nearest neighbor; SVM)• clustering and vector quantization (largely as in PSCS)• PCA (largely as in PSCS)• variants of PCA (NIPALS; latent semantic analysis; canonical correlation analysis)• linear regression (largely as in PSCS)• generalized linear models including logistic regression• model selection with Lasso, elasticnet• robustness and m-estimators• Markov chains and HMM’s (largely as in PSCS)• EM in fairly gory detail; long experience teaching this suggests one detailed example is required, which students hate; but once they’ve been through that, the next one is easy• simple graphical models (in the variational inference section)• classification with neural networks, with a particular emphasis onimage classification• autoencoding with neural networks• structure learning
Frontiers in Algorithmics: 13th International Workshop, FAW 2019, Sanya, China, April 29 – May 3, 2019, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #11458)
by Yijia Chen Xiaotie Deng Mei LuThis book constitutes the proceedings of the 13th International Workshop on Frontiers in Algorithmics, FAW 2019, held in Sanya, China, in April/May 2019. The 15 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 21 submissions. The workshop provides a focused forum on current trends of research on algorithms, discrete structures, and their applications, and brings together international experts at the research frontiers in these areas to exchange ideas and to present significant new results.
Frontiers in Algorithmics: 13th International Workshop, FAW 2019, Sanya, China, April 29 – May 3, 2019, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #11458)
by Yijia Chen Xiaotie Deng Mei LuThis book constitutes the proceedings of the 13th International Workshop on Frontiers in Algorithmics, FAW 2019, held in Sanya, China, in April/May 2019. The 15 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 21 submissions. The workshop provides a focused forum on current trends of research on algorithms, discrete structures, and their applications, and brings together international experts at the research frontiers in these areas to exchange ideas and to present significant new results.
Advances in Knowledge Discovery and Management: Volume 8 (Studies in Computational Intelligence #834)
by Bruno Pinaud Fabrice Guillet Fabien Gandon Christine LargeronThis book highlights novel research in Knowledge Discovery and Management (KDM), gathering the extended, peer-reviewed versions of outstanding papers presented at the annual conferences EGC’2017 & EGC’2018. The EGC conference cycle was founded by the International French-speaking EGC society (“Extraction et Gestion des Connaissances”) in 2003, and has since become a respected fixture among the French-speaking community. In addition to the annual conference, the society organizes various other events in order to promote exchanges between researchers and companies concerned with KDM and its applications to business, administration, industry and public organizations. Addressing novel research in data science, semantic Web, clustering, and classification, the content presented here will chiefly benefit researchers interested in these fields, including Ph.D./M.Sc. students, at public and private laboratories alike.
The Era of Internet of Things: Towards a Smart World
by Khaled Salah MohamedThis book introduces readers to all the necessary components and knowledge to start being a vital part of the IoT revolution. The author discusses how to create smart-IoT solutions to help solve a variety of real problems. Coverage includes the most important aspects of IoT architecture, the various applications of IoT, and the enabling technologies for IoT. This book presents key IoT concepts and abstractions, while showcasing real case studies. The discussion also includes an analysis of IoT strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Readers will benefit from the in-depth introduction to internet of things concepts, along with discussion of IoT algorithms and architectures tradeoffs. Case studies include smart homes, smart agriculture, and smart automotive.
Educational Robotics in the Context of the Maker Movement (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing #946)
by Dimitris Alimisis Michele Moro Luca IocchiThis book gathers papers presented at the International Conference “Educational Robotics in the Maker Era – EDUROBOTICS 2018”, held in Rome, Italy, on October 11, 2018. The respective chapters explore the connection between the Maker Movement on the one hand, and Educational Robotics, which mainly revolves around the constructivist and constructionist pedagogy, on the other. They cover a broad range of topics relevant for teacher education and for designing activities for children and youth, with an emphasis on using modern low-cost technologies (including block-based programming environments, Do-It-Yourself electronics, 3D printed artifacts, intelligent distributed systems, IoT technology and gamification) in formal and informal education settings.The twenty contributions collected here will introduce researchers and practitioners to the latest advances in educational robotics, with a focus on science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) education. Teachers and educators at all levels will find valuable insights and inspirations into how educational robotics can promote technological interest and 21st century skills – e.g. creativity, critical thinking, teamwork, and problem-solving – with a special emphasis on new making technologies.
A General Theory of Entropy: Fuzzy Rational Foundations of Information-Knowledge Certainty (Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing #384)
by Kofi Kissi DompereThis book presents an epistemic framework for dealing with information-knowledge and certainty-uncertainty problems within the space of quality-quantity dualities. It bridges between theoretical concepts of entropy and entropy measurements, proposing the concept and measurement of fuzzy-stochastic entropy that is applicable to all areas of knowing under human cognitive limitations over the epistemological space. The book builds on two previous monographs by the same author concerning theories of info-statics and info-dynamics, to deal with identification and transformation problems respectively. The theoretical framework is developed by using the toolboxes such as those of the principle of opposites, systems of actual-potential polarities and negative-positive dualities, under different cost-benefit time-structures. The category theory and the fuzzy paradigm of thought, under methodological constructionism-reductionism duality, are used in the fuzzy-stochastic and cost-benefit spaces to point to directions of global application in knowing, knowledge and decision-choice actions. Thus, the book is concerned with a general theory of entropy, showing how the fuzzy paradigm of thought is developed to deal with the problems of qualitative-quantitative uncertainties over the fuzzy-stochastic space, which will be applicable to conditions of soft-hard data, fact, evidence and knowledge over the spaces of problem-solution dualities, decision-choice actions in sciences, non-sciences, engineering and planning sciences to abstract acceptable information-knowledge elements.
Secure and Trustworthy Cyberphysical Microfluidic Biochips: A practical guide to cutting-edge design techniques for implementing secure and trustworthy cyberphysical microfluidic biochips
by Jack Tang Mohamed Ibrahim Krishnendu Chakrabarty Ramesh KarriThis book describes novel hardware security and microfluidic biochip design methodologies to protect against tampering attacks in cyberphysical microfluidic biochips (CPMBs). It also provides a general overview of this nascent area of research, which will prove to be a vital resource for practitioners in the field.This book shows how hardware-based countermeasures and design innovations can be a simple and effective last line of defense, demonstrating that it is no longer justifiable to ignore security and trust in the design phase of biochips.
Algorithms for Computational Biology: 6th International Conference, AlCoB 2019, Berkeley, CA, USA, May 28–30, 2019, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #11488)
by Ian Holmes Carlos Martín-Vide Miguel A. Vega-RodríguezThis book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th InternationalConference on Algorithms for Computational Biology, AlCoB 2019, held in Berkeley, CA, USA, in May 2019. The 15 full papers presented together with 1 invited paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 30 submissions. They are organized in the following topical sections: Biological networks and graph algorithms; genome rearrangement, assembly and classification; sequence analysis, phylogenetics and other biological processes.
Smart and Sustainable Engineering for Next Generation Applications: Proceeding of the Second International Conference on Emerging Trends in Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering (ELECOM 2018), November 28–30, 2018, Mauritius (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering #561)
by Peter Fleming Beatrys Margaretha Lacquet Saeid Sanei Kalyanmoy Deb Andreas JakobssonThis book reports on advanced theories and methods in two related engineering fields: electrical and electronic engineering, and communications engineering and computing. It highlights areas of global and growing importance, such as renewable energy, power systems, mobile communications, security and the Internet of Things (IoT). The contributions cover a number of current research issues, including smart grids, photovoltaic systems, wireless power transfer, signal processing, 4G and 5G technologies, IoT applications, mobile cloud computing and many more. Based on the proceedings of the Second International Conference on Emerging Trends in Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering (ELECOM 2018), held in Mauritius from November 28 to 30, 2018, the book provides graduate students, researchers and professionals with a snapshot of the state-of-the-art and a source of new ideas for future research and collaborations.
An Integrated Framework for Energy-Economy-Emissions Modeling: A Case Study of India (SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science)
by Tejal KanitkarThis book combines three different energy-economy-emissions modeling methodologies into one Integrated Modeling Framework (IMF) in an attempt to fill gaps in current modeling research as it applies to developing countries. Through the analysis of existing mathematical models, including large macro-economic models and technology-explicit energy models, the work proposes planning methodologies for developing countries that face challenges on their economy and infrastructure due to climate change. The three modeling methodologies discussed in the chapters are a decomposition analysis of trends in emissions intensity of GDP, linear programming techniques to determine optimum energy supply pathways given various resource and emissions constraints, and an input-output analysis to evaluate the impact of energy policies on income and equity. After a brief introduction to the history of the development of energy studies and the linkages between energy, economic, and environmental systems, the book delves into the component methodologies of the IMF and their intended outcomes. The decomposition analysis is intended to gauge the energy intensity of GDP and the structural composition of the economy to provide a basis on which scenarios are constructed in the following two methodologies. The linear programs are meant to develop a methodology to determine energy options under a variety of scenarios that capture the technical and economic characteristics of the power sector of developing countries. Lastly, the input-output analysis aims to build a methodology through which energy policy decisions can be understood and quantified to ensure the best possible impacts on developing economies and societies. Those who will be interested in this book include policy makers, academics, and students and professionals working on energy studies and energy-economy modeling.
Temporal Modelling of Customer Behaviour (Springer Theses)
by Ling LuoThis book describes advanced machine learning models – such as temporal collaborative filtering, stochastic models and Bayesian nonparametrics – for analysing customer behaviour. It shows how they are used to track changes in customer behaviour, monitor the evolution of customer groups, and detect various factors, such as seasonal effects and preference drifts, that may influence customers’ purchasing behaviour. In addition, the book presents four case studies conducted with data from a supermarket health program in which the customers were segmented and the impact of promotional activities on different segments was evaluated. The outcomes confirm that the models developed here can be used to effectively analyse dynamic behaviour and increase customer engagement. Importantly, the methods introduced here can also be used to analyse other types of behavioural data such as activities on social networks, and educational systems.
Information Technology in Disaster Risk Reduction: First Ifip Tc 5 Dcdrr International Conference, Itdrr 2016, Sofia, Bulgaria, November 16-18,, 2016, Revised Selected Papers (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology #501)
by Yuko Murayama Dimiter Velev Plamena ZlatevaThis volume constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the Second IFIP TC 5 DCITDRR International Conference on Information Technology in Disaster Risk Reduction, ITDRR 2017, held in Sofia, Bulgaria, in October 2017. <P><P> The 16 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 43 submissions. The papers focus on various aspects and challenges of coping with disaster risk reduction. The main topics include areas such as natural disasters, big data, cloud computing, Internet of Things, mobile computing, emergency management, disaster information processing, and disaster risk assessment and management.
Advances in Artificial Intelligence: 32nd Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Canadian AI 2019, Kingston, ON, Canada, May 28–31, 2019, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #11489)
by Marie-Jean Meurs Frank RudziczThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 32nd Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Canadian AI 2019, held in Kingston, ON, Canada, in May 2019.The 27 regular papers and 34 short papers presented together with 8 Graduate Student Symposium papers and 4 Industry Track papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 132 submissions. The focus of the conference was on artificial intelligence research and advanced information and communications technology.
Computational Homogenization of Heterogeneous Materials with Finite Elements (Solid Mechanics and Its Applications #258)
by Julien YvonnetThis monograph provides a concise overview of the main theoretical and numerical tools to solve homogenization problems in solids with finite elements. Starting from simple cases (linear thermal case) the problems are progressively complexified to finish with nonlinear problems. The book is not an overview of current research in that field, but a course book, and summarizes established knowledge in this area such that students or researchers who would like to start working on this subject will acquire the basics without any preliminary knowledge about homogenization. More specifically, the book is written with the objective of practical implementation of the methodologies in simple programs such as Matlab. The presentation is kept at a level where no deep mathematics are required.
Information and Communication Technologies for Development. Strengthening Southern-Driven Cooperation as a Catalyst for ICT4D: 15th IFIP WG 9.4 International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, ICT4D 2019, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, May 1–3, 2019, Proceedings, Part I (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology #551)
by Petter Nielsen Honest Christopher KimaroThe two volumes IFIP AICT 551 and 552 constitute the refereed proceedings of the 15th IFIP WG 9.4 International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, ICT4D 2019, held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in May 2019.The 97 revised full papers and 2 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 185 submissions. The papers present a wide range of perspectives and disciplines including (but not limited to) public administration, entrepreneurship, business administration, information technology for development, information management systems, organization studies, philosophy, and management. They are organized in the following topical sections: communities, ICT-enabled networks, and development; digital platforms for development; ICT for displaced population and refugees. How it helps? How it hurts?; ICT4D for the indigenous, by the indigenous and of the indigenous; local technical papers; pushing the boundaries - new research methods, theory and philosophy in ICT4D; southern-driven human-computer interaction; sustainable ICT, informatics, education and learning in a turbulent world - "doing the safari way”.
Foundations and Practice of Security: 11th International Symposium, FPS 2018, Montreal, QC, Canada, November 13–15, 2018, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #11358)
by Nur Zincir-Heywood Guillaume Bonfante Mourad Debbabi Joaquin Garcia-AlfaroThis book constitutes the revised selected papers of the 11th International Symposium on Foundations and Practice of Security, FPS 2018, held in Montreal, QC, Canada, in March 2018. The 16 full papers, 1 short paper, 1 position paper and 2 invited papers presented in this book, were carefully reviewed and selected from 51 submissions. They cover a range of topics including mobile security; cloud security and big data; IoT security; software security, malware analysis, and vulnerability detection; cryptography; cyber physical security and hardware security; and access control.
Future Studies and Counterfactual Analysis: Seeds of the Future
by Theodore J. Gordon Mariana TodorovaIn this volume, the authors contribute to futures research by placing the counterfactual question in the future tense. They explore the possible outcomes of future, and consider how future decisions are turning points that may produce different global outcomes. This book focuses on a dozen or so intractable issues that span politics, religion, and technology, each addressed in individual chapters. Until now, most scenarios written by futurists have been built on cause and effect narratives or depended on numerical models derived from historical relationships. In contrast, many of the scenarios written for this book are point descriptions of future discontinuities, a form allows more thought-provoking presentations. Ultimately, this book demonstrates that counterfactual thinking and point scenarios of discontinuities are new, groundbreaking tools for futurists.
The UNESCO Memory of the World Programme: Key Aspects and Recent Developments (Heritage Studies)
by Ray Edmondson Lothar Jordan Anca Claudia ProdanThe volume “The UNESCO Memory of the World Programme: Key Aspects and Recent Developments” responds to the growing interest in the scientific study of the Memory of the World Programme (MoW) and its core concept of documentary heritage, which has received little attention from scholarship so far. This sixth publication in the Heritage Studies Series provides a first collection of differing approaches (including reflected reports, essays, research contributions, and theoretical reflections) for the study of the MoW Programme, offering a basis for follow-up activities. The volume, edited by Ray Edmondson, Lothar Jordan and Anca Claudia Prodan, brings together 21 scholars from around the globe to present aspects deemed crucial for understanding MoW, its development, relevance and potential. The aim is to encourage academic research on MoW and to enhance the understanding of its potential and place within Heritage Studies and beyond.
Towards the Internet of Things: Architectures, Security, and Applications (EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing)
by Mohammad Ali Jabraeil Jamali Bahareh Bahrami Arash Heidari Parisa Allahverdizadeh Farhad NorouziThis book presents a comprehensive framework for IoT, including its architectures, security, privacy, network communications, and protocols. The book starts by providing an overview of the aforementioned research topics, future directions and open challenges that face the IoT development. The authors then discuss the main architectures in the field, which include Three- and Five-Layer Architectures, Cloud and Fog Based Architectures, a Social IoT Application Architecture. In the security chapter, the authors outline threats and attacks, privacy preservation, trust and authentication, IoT data security, and social awareness. The final chapter presents case studies including smart home, wearables, connected cars, industrial Internet, smart cities, IoT in agriculture, smart retail, energy engagement, IoT in healthcare, and IoT in poultry and farming.Discusses ongoing research into the connection of the physical and virtual worlds;Includes the architecture, security, privacy, communications, and protocols of IoT;Presents a variety of case studies in IoT including wearables, smart cities, and energy management.
The Art and Science of Machine Intelligence: With An Innovative Application for Alzheimer’s Detection from Speech
by J. David Schaffer Walker H. Land Jr.This volume presents several machine intelligence technologies, developed over recent decades, and illustrates how they can be combined in application. One application, the detection of dementia from patterns in speech, is used throughout to illustrate these combinations. This application is a classic stationary pattern detection task, so readers may easily see how these combinations can be applied to other similar tasks. The expositions of the methods are supported by the basic theory they rest upon, and their application is clearly illustrated. The book’s goal is to allow readers to select one or more of these methods to quickly apply to their own tasks.Includes a variety of machine intelligent technologies and illustrates how they can work togetherShows evolutionary feature subset selection combined with support vector machines and multiple classifiers combinedIncludes a running case study on intelligent processing relating to Alzheimer’s / dementia detection, in addition to several applications of the machine hybrid algorithms