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How to Stand Up to a Dictator: The Fight for Our Future
by Maria RessaIntroduction by Amal ClooneyFrom the recipient of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, an impassioned and inspiring memoir of a career spent holding power to account. Maria Ressa is one of the most renowned international journalists of our time. For decades, she challenged corruption and malfeasance in her native country, the Philippines, on its rocky path from an authoritarian state to a democracy. As a reporter from CNN, she transformed news coverage in her region, which led her in 2012 to create a new and innovative online news organization, Rappler. Harnessing the emerging power of social media, Rappler crowdsourced breaking news, found pivotal sources and tips, harnessed collective action for climate change, and helped increase voter knowledge and participation in elections. But by their fifth year of existence, Rappler had gone from being lauded for its ideas to being targeted by the new Philippine government, and made Ressa an enemy of her country’s most powerful man: President Duterte. Still, she did not let up, tracking government seeded disinformation networks which spread lies to its own citizens laced with anger and hate. Hounded by the state and its allies using the legal system to silence her, accused of numerous crimes, and charged with cyberlibel for which she was found guilty, Ressa faces years in prison and thousands in fines. There is another adversary Ressa is battling. How to Stand Up to a Dictator is also the story of how the creep towards authoritarianism, in the Phillipines and around the world, has been aided and abetted by the social media companies. Ressa exposes how they have allowed their platforms to spread a virus of lies that infect each of us, pitting us against one another, igniting, even creating, our fears, anger, and hate, and how this has accelerated the rise of authoritarians and dictators around the world. She maps a network of disinformation—a heinous web of cause and effect—that has netted the globe: from Duterte’s drug wars to America's Capitol Hill; Britain’s Brexit to Russian and Chinese cyber-warfare; Facebook and Silicon Valley to our own clicks and votes.Democracy is fragile. How to Stand Up to a Dictator is an urgent cry for Western readers to recognize and understand the dangers to our freedoms before it is too late. It is a book for anyone who might take democracy for granted, written by someone who never would. And in telling her dramatic and turbulent and courageous story, Ressa forces readers to ask themselves the same question she and her colleagues ask every day: What are you willing to sacrifice for the truth?
Computational Intelligence Paradigms in Economic and Financial Decision Making (Intelligent Systems Reference Library #99)
by Marina RestaThe book focuses on a set of cutting-edge research techniques, highlighting the potential of soft computing tools in the analysis of economic and financial phenomena and in providing support for the decision-making process. In the first part the textbook presents a comprehensive and self-contained introduction to the field of self-organizing maps, elastic maps and social network analysis tools and provides necessary background material on the topic, including a discussion of more recent developments in the field. In the second part the focus is on practical applications, with particular attention paid to budgeting problems, market simulations, and decision-making processes, and on how such problems can be effectively managed by developing proper methods to automatically detect certain patterns. The book offers a valuable resource for both students and practitioners with an introductory-level college math background.
Computadoras para todos: Quinta edicion, revisada y actualizada (Vintage Espanol Ser.)
by Jaime Restrepo¡Conozca a fondo su computadora y todo lo que puede hacer con ella! ¿Necesita saber usar las computadoras para mejorar su empleo y nivel de vida, pero no sabe por dónde empezar? ¿No entiende la terminología inglesa que se usa en la computación? ¿Quiere descubrir y aprovechar todo lo que el Internet tiene que ofrecer? ¿Quiere mantenerse en contacto con sus amigos y familiares por correo electrónico, llamadas telefónicas por Internet o a través de las redes sociales virtuales? Computadoras para todos es la entrada al mundo de la informática, educación, negocios, diversión y relaciones sociales para la familia hispana. Jaime Restrepo le brinda al lector —tanto al principiante como al más conocedor— una guía más práctica y eficaz para quien quiera saber cómo usar una computadora y cómo sacarle todo el provecho. En esta edición ampliada y actualizada, Computadoras para todos le enseña lo último en: Programas y dispositivos • Microsoft Windows 10 • Microsoft Word, Excel y Powerpoint • Microsoft Internet Explorer • Microsoft Outlook y Windows Live Mail • iTunes para iPod, iPhone y iPad • Streaming de videos y música Internet • Gmail • Skype • YouTube • Google Maps • Facebook • Twitter • Amazon.com Dirigido al público hispanohablante, Computadoras para todos contiene más de 400 ilustraciones detalladas, incluyendo pantallas en inglés y el vocabulario en inglés que domina la computación, explicado y presentado todo de una manera comprensible para cualquiera que no se sienta cómodo con ese idioma.
Computadoras para todos
by Jaime Restrepo¡Conozca a fondo su computadora y todo lo que puede hacer con ella! ¿Necesita saber usar las computadoras para mejorar su empleo y nivel de vida, pero no sabe por dónde empezar? ¿No entiende la terminología de lengua inglesa que se usa en la computación? ¿Quiere comunicarse con sus amigos y su pa’s de origen por correo electrónico o por llamadas telefónicas por Internet pero no sabe cómo hacerlo? ¿Sabe ya cómo entrar en el Internet pero le cuesta trabajo aprovecharse de todo lo que ofrece? Computadoras para todos, 2 a ediciónes su entrada al mundo de la informática, educación, negocios y diversión para la familia hispana. Jaime Restrepo le brinda al lector—tanto el principiante como el más conocedor—la guía más práctica y actualizada para aquel que quisiera saber lo que es una computadora, cómo funciona, y cómo usarla y sacarle provecho. En esta edición actualizada,Computadoras para todos, 2 a ediciónle enseña lo œltimo en: Cómo usar los sistemas operativos Microsoft® Windows® 98/Me, 2000 y XP, y las ventajas de cada uno Cómo funciona el programa de computación Microsoft® Office 2003, incluyendo los programas Word®, Excel® y PowerPoint® Cómo utilizar los navegadores más populares: Internet Explorer y Safari Cómo enviar y recibir correo electrónico mediante los programas Microsoft® Outlook® y Hotmail Cómo utilizar el programa de mensajero instantáneo Windows Messenger para realizar llamadas gratis a cualquier parte del mundo Además, el autor esclarece el vocabulario de lengua inglesa que domina la computación al presentarlo de una manera comprensible para cualquiera que no se siente cómodo con ese idioma. Escrito para el público hispanoparlante y con ilustraciones detalladas,Computadoras para todos, 2 a ediciónes un recurso imprescindible que esclarece todos los pormenores que se necesita saber para usar todos los componentes de una computadora de forma eficaz. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Computadoras para todos: Quinta Edicion, Revisada Y Actualizada (Vintage Espanol Ser.)
by Jaime Restrepo¡Conozca a fondo su computadora y todo lo que puede hacer con ella!¿Necesita saber usar las computadoras para mejorar su empleo y nivel de vida, pero no sabe por dónde empezar?¿No entiende la terminología de lengua inglesa que se usa en la computación?¿Quiere comunicarse con sus amigos y su pas de origen por correo electrónico o por llamadas telefónicas por Internet pero no sabe cómo hacerlo?¿Sabe ya cómo entrar en el Internet pero le cuesta trabajo aprovecharse de todo lo que ofrece?Computadoras para todos, 2 a edición es su entrada al mundo de la informática, educación, negocios y diversión para la familia hispana. Jaime Restrepo le brinda al lectortanto el principiante como el más conocedorla guía más práctica y actualizada para aquel que quisiera saber lo que es una computadora, cómo funciona, y cómo usarla y sacarle provecho.En esta edición actualizada, Computadoras para todos, 2 a edición le enseña lo ltimo en:Cómo usar los sistemas operativos Microsoft® Windows® 98/Me, 2000 y XP, y las ventajas de cada unoCómo funciona el programa de computación Microsoft® Office 2003, incluyendo los programas Word®, Excel® y PowerPoint®Cómo utilizar los navegadores más populares: Internet Explorer y SafariCómo enviar y recibir correo electrónico mediante los programas Microsoft® Outlook® y HotmailCómo utilizar el programa de mensajero instantáneo Windows Messenger para realizar llamadas gratis a cualquier parte del mundoAdemás, el autor esclarece el vocabulario de lengua inglesa que domina la computación al presentarlo de una manera comprensible para cualquiera que no se siente cómodo con ese idioma. Escrito para el público hispanoparlante y con ilustraciones detalladas, Computadoras para todos, 2 a edición es un recurso imprescindible que esclarece todos los pormenores que se necesita saber para usar todos los componentes de una computadora de forma eficaz.
Computadoras para todos
by Jaime Restrepo¡Conozca a fondo su computadora y todo lo que puede hacer con ella! ¿Necesita saber usar las computadoras para mejorar su empleo y nivel de vida, pero no sabe por dónde empezar? ¿No entiende la terminología inglesa que se usa en la computación? ¿Quiere descubrir y aprovechar todo lo que el Internet tiene que ofrecer? ¿Quiere mantenerse en contacto con sus amigos y familiares por correo electrónico, llamadas telefónicas por Internet o a través de las redes sociales virtuales? Computadoras para todos es la entrada al mundo de la informática, educación, negocios, diversión y relaciones sociales para la familia hispana. Jaime Restrepo le brinda al lector tanto al principiante como al más conocedor una guía más práctica y eficaz para quien quiera saber cómo usar una computadora y cómo sacarle todo el provecho. En esta edición ampliada y actualizada, Computadoras para todos le enseña lo último en: Programas y dispositivos Microsoft Windows 10 Microsoft Word, Excel y Powerpoint Microsoft Internet Explorer Microsoft Outlook y Windows Live Mail iTunes para iPod, iPhone y iPad Streaming de videos y música Internet Gmail Skype YouTube Google Maps Facebook Twitter Amazon.com Dirigido al público hispanohablante, Computadoras para todos contiene más de 400 ilustraciones detalladas, incluyendo pantallas en inglés y el vocabulario en inglés que domina la computación, explicado y presentado todo de una manera comprensible para cualquiera que no se sienta cómodo con ese idioma.
Computadoras para todos, cuarta edicion (Vintage Espanol Ser.)
by Jaime Restrepo¡Conozca a fondo su computadora y todo lo que puede hacer con ella! ¿Necesita saber usar las computadoras para mejorar su empleo y nivel de vida, pero no sabe por dónde empezar? ¿No entiende la terminología inglesa que se usa en la computación? ¿Quiere descubrir y aprovechar todo lo que el Internet tiene que ofrecer? ¿Quiere mantenerse en contacto con sus amigos y familiares por correo electrónico, llamadas telefónicas por Internet o a través de las redes sociales virtuales? Computadoras para todos es la entrada al mundo de la informática, educación, negocios, diversión y relaciones sociales para la familia hispana. Jaime Restrepo le brinda al lector tanto al principiante como al más conocedor una guía más práctica y eficaz para quien quiera saber cómo usar una computadora y cómo sacarle todo el provecho. En esta edición ampliada y actualizada, Computadoras para todos le enseña lo último en: Programas y dispositivos Microsoft Windows 7 y Vista Microsoft Word, Excel y Powerpoint Microsoft Internet Explorer Microsoft Outlook y Windows Live Mail iTunes para iPod, iPhone y iPad Kindle Internet Gmail, Yahoo Mail y AOL Mail Skype You Tube Yahoo Maps Facebook Twitter Amazon.com Dirigido al público hispanohablante, Computadoras para todos contiene más de 400 ilustraciones detalladas, incluyendo pantallas en inglés y el vocabulario en inglés que domina la computación, explicado y presentado todo de una manera comprensible para cualquiera que no se sienta cómodo con ese idioma.
Computadoras para todos, cuarta edicion
by Jaime Restrepo¡Conozca a fondo su computadora y todo lo que puede hacer con ella! ¿Necesita saber usar las computadoras para mejorar su empleo y nivel de vida, pero no sabe por dónde empezar? ¿No entiende la terminología inglesa que se usa en la computación? ¿Quiere descubrir y aprovechar todo lo que el Internet tiene que ofrecer? ¿Quiere mantenerse en contacto con sus amigos y familiares por correo electrónico, llamadas telefónicas por Internet o a través de las redes sociales virtuales? Computadoras para todos es la entrada al mundo de la informática, educación, negocios, diversión y relaciones sociales para la familia hispana. Jaime Restrepo le brinda al lector --tanto al principiante como al más conocedor-- una guía más práctica y eficaz para quien quiera saber cómo usar una computadora y cómo sacarle todo el provecho. En esta edición ampliada y actualizada, Computadoras para todos le enseña lo último en: Programas y dispositivos * Microsoft Windows 7 y Vista * Microsoft Word, Excel y Powerpoint * Microsoft Internet Explorer * Microsoft Outlook y Windows Live Mail * iTunes para iPod, iPhone y iPad * Kindle Internet * Gmail, Yahoo Mail y AOL Mail * Skype * You Tube * Yahoo Maps * Facebook * Twitter * Amazon.com Dirigido al público hispanohablante, Computadoras para todos contiene más de 400 ilustraciones detalladas, incluyendo pantallas en inglés y el vocabulario en inglés que domina la computación, explicado y presentado todo de una manera comprensible para cualquiera que no se sienta cómodo con ese idioma.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Internet para todos: Aprenda Todo Lo Que Usted Necesita Saber Acerca Del Internet!
by Jaime Restrepo¡Aprenda todo lo que usted necesita saber acerca del Internet!Cómo utilizar los navegadores más populares: Internet Explorer, Safari, NetscapeCómo funciona el correo electrónico, incluyendo los programas MS Outlook® y Hotmail Cómo usar el mensajero instantáneo, inclusive para hacer llamadas por el Internet
Windows 98/Me Para Todos
by Jaime Restrepo¿Sabe cómo más o menos usar las computadoras, pero no sabe cómo sacarle provecho a todo lo que ofrece el sistema operativo Windows® 98/Me?¿No sabe cómo usar el teclado para poder escribir en español más fácilmente?¿No entiende la terminología de lengua inglesa que se usa en la computación?¿Quiere usar el programa Windows® 98/Me para obtener archivos cibernéticos, pero no sabe cómo hacerlo?¿Sabe ya cómo entrar en el Internet pero le cuesta trabajo encontrar todo lo que ofrece?Escrito en español para los hispanoparlantes y con ilustraciones detalladas, Windows® 98/Me para todos es un recurso imprescindible que esclarece todos los pormenores que se necesita saber para usar el sistema operativo de computación más popular del mundo de forma eficaz, ya sea para uso personal, para hacer compras, en el trabajo, para desarrollar un negocio, o para pasar el tiempo.Paso a paso, Windows® 98/Me para todos abarca todo sobre el uso de todas las funciones y las opciones que ofrece Windows® 98/Me: > cómo instalar los programas que funcionan con Windows® 98/Me > cómo usar los CD-ROM y tocar los CD de música grabada> cómo trabajar con los LAN o redes locales. Además, el autor explica el vocabulario inglés que domina la computación al presentarlo de una manera comprensible para cualquiera que no se sienta cómodo con ese idioma. Windows® 98/Me para todos también incluye un útil glosario de terminología de computadoras de interés para los hispanos.En Windows® 98/Me para todos, Jaime Restrepo le abre a la familia hispana la puerta al mundo de la informática, educación, negocios y diversión.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Internet para todos
by Jaime A. Restrepo"Con Internet para todos, dar el primer paso para adentrarse en el mundo de las computadoras no es mas difícil que aprender a montar en bicicleta. Una vez que usted pierda el temor inicial a usarlo, el maravilloso universo del Internet estará a su alcance. " --Enrique Gonzales, Director, Hispanic Online (www. hisp. com) Usando este libro aprenderá todo lo necesario para usar el Internet: Cómo usar los navegadores Cómo usar el correo electrónico Cómo crear una página personal o "home page" Cómo bajar programas del Internet a su disco duro Con ilustraciones detalladas, un glosario de terminología de computadoras, y una lista de lugares del Web para hispanoparlantes, este as el úníco libro que usted necesitará. Deje que, con ilustraciones pormenorizadas, sea su guía mientras explora esta maravillosa tecnología llamada el Internet.
eXist
by Adam Retter Erik SiegelGet a head start with eXist, the open source NoSQL database and application development platform built entirely around XML technologies. With this hands-on guide, you'll learn eXist from the ground up, from using this feature-rich database to work with millions of documents to building complex web applications that take advantage of eXist's many extensions.If you're familiar with XML--as a student, professor, publisher, or developer--you'll find that eXist is ideal for all kinds of documents. This book shows you how to store, query, and search documents with XQuery and other XML technologies, and how to construct applications on top of the database with tools such as eXide and eXist's built-in development environment.Manage both data-oriented and text-oriented markup documents securelyBuild a sample application that analyzes and searches Shakespeare's playsGo inside the architecture and learn how eXist processes documentsLearn how to work with eXist's internal development environmentChoose among various indexes, including a full-text index based on Apache LuceneDive into eXist's APIs for integrating or interacting with the databaseExtend eXist by building your own Triggers, Scheduled Tasks, and XQuery extension modules
Professional HTML5 Mobile Game Development
by Pascal RettigCreate mobile game apps for the lucrative gaming market If you're an experienced developer seeking to break into the sizzling mobile game market, this is the book for you. Covering all mobile and touchscreen devices, including iPhones, iPads, Android, and WP7. 5, this book takes you through the steps of building both single- and multi-player mobile games. Topics include standard patterns for building games in HTML5, what methods to choose for building (CSS3, SVG, or Canvas), popular game engines and frameworks, and much more. Best of all, code for six basic games is provided, so you can modify, further develop, and make it your own. Shows intermediate developers how to develop games in HTML5 and build games for iPhone, iPad, Android, and WP7. 5 mobile and touchscreen devices Explains single-player and multi-player mobile game development Provides code for six basic games in a GitHub repository, so readers can collaborate and develop the code themselves Explores specific APIs to make games even more compelling, including geolocation, audio, and device orientation Reviews three popular open-source HTML5 game engines--crafty. js, easel. js, and enchant. js Covers simple physics as well as using an existing physics library The world is going mobile, as is the game industry. Professional HTML5 Mobile Game Development helps savvy developers join in this exploding market.
Hands-On Dark Web Analysis: Learn what goes on in the Dark Web, and how to work with it
by Sion RetzkinUnderstanding the concept Dark Web and Dark Net to utilize it for effective cybersecurity Key Features Understand the concept of Dark Net and Deep Web Use Tor to extract data and maintain anonymity Develop a security framework using Deep web evidences Book Description The overall world wide web is divided into three main areas - the Surface Web, the Deep Web, and the Dark Web. The Deep Web and Dark Web are the two areas which are not accessible through standard search engines or browsers. It becomes extremely important for security professionals to have control over these areas to analyze the security of your organization. This book will initially introduce you to the concept of the Deep Web and the Dark Web and their significance in the security sector. Then we will deep dive into installing operating systems and Tor Browser for privacy, security and anonymity while accessing them. During the course of the book, we will also share some best practices which will be useful in using the tools for best effect. By the end of this book, you will have hands-on experience working with the Deep Web and the Dark Web for security analysis What you will learn Access the Deep Web and the Dark Web Learn to search and find information in the Dark Web Protect yourself while browsing the Dark Web Understand what the Deep Web and Dark Web are Learn what information you can gather, and how Who this book is for This book is targeted towards security professionals, security analyst, or any stakeholder interested in learning the concept of deep web and dark net. No prior knowledge on Deep Web and Dark Net is required
Limits of Computation
by Bernhard ReusThis textbook discusses the most fundamental and puzzling questions about the foundations of computing. In 23 lecture-sized chapters it provides an exciting tour through the most important results in the field of computability and time complexity, including the Halting Problem, Rice's Theorem, Kleene's Recursion Theorem, the Church-Turing Thesis, Hierarchy Theorems, and Cook-Levin's Theorem. Each chapter contains classroom-tested material, including examples and exercises. Links between adjacent chapters provide a coherent narrative. Fundamental results are explained lucidly by means of programs written in a simple, high-level imperative programming language, which only requires basic mathematical knowledge. Throughout the book, the impact of the presented results on the entire field of computer science is emphasised. Examples range from program analysis to networking, from database programming to popular games and puzzles. Numerous biographical footnotes about the famous scientists who developed the subject are also included. "Limits of Computation" offers a thorough, yet accessible, introduction to computability and complexity for the computer science student of the 21st century.
Modeling and Simulating Software Architectures: The Palladio Approach
by Ralf H. Reussner Steffen Becker Jens Happe Robert Heinrich Anne KoziolekA new, quantitative architecture simulation approach to software design that circumvents costly testing cycles by modeling quality of service in early design states.Too often, software designers lack an understanding of the effect of design decisions on such quality attributes as performance and reliability. This necessitates costly trial-and-error testing cycles, delaying or complicating rollout. This book presents a new, quantitative architecture simulation approach to software design, which allows software engineers to model quality of service in early design stages. It presents the first simulator for software architectures, Palladio, and shows students and professionals how to model reusable, parametrized components and configured, deployed systems in order to analyze service attributes.The text details the key concepts of Palladio's domain-specific modeling language for software architecture quality and presents the corresponding development stage. It describes how quality information can be used to calibrate architecture models from which detailed simulation models are automatically derived for quality predictions. Readers will learn how to approach systematically questions about scalability, hardware resources, and efficiency. The text features a running example to illustrate tasks and methods as well as three case studies from industry. Each chapter ends with exercises, suggestions for further reading, and “takeaways” that summarize the key points of the chapter. The simulator can be downloaded from a companion website, which offers additional material. The book can be used in graduate courses on software architecture, quality engineering, or performance engineering. It will also be an essential resource for software architects and software engineers and for practitioners who want to apply Palladio in industrial settings.
A European Perspective on Crisis Informatics: Citizens’ and Authorities’ Attitudes Towards Social Media for Public Safety and Security
by Christian ReuterMobilising helpers in the event of a flood or letting friends know that you are okay in the event of a terrorist attack – more and more people are using social media in emergency, crisis or disaster situations. Storms, floods, attacks or pandemics (esp. COVID-19) show that citizens use social media to inform themselves or to coordinate. This book presents qualitative and quantitative studies on the attitudes of emergency services and citizens in Europe towards social media in emergencies. Across the individual sub-studies, almost 10,000 people are surveyed including representative studies in the Netherlands, Germany, the UK and Italy. The work empirically shows that social media is increasingly important for emergency services, both for prevention and during crises; that private use of social media is a driving force in shaping opinions for organisational use; and that citizens have high expectations towards authorities, especially monitoring social media is expected, and sometimes responses within one hour. Depending on the risk culture, the data show further differences, e.g. whether the state (Germany) or the individual (Netherlands) is seen as primarily responsible for coping with the situation.
Shape in Medical Imaging: International Workshop, ShapeMI 2020, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2020, Lima, Peru, October 4, 2020, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #12474)
by Martin Reuter Christian Wachinger Hervé Lombaert Beatriz Paniagua Orcun Goksel Islem RekikThis book constitutes the proceedings of the International Workshop on Shape in Medical Imaging, ShapeMI 2020, which was held in conjunction with the 23rd International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assistend Intervention, MICCAI 2020, in October 2020. The conference was planned to take place in Lima, Peru, but changed to a virtual format due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 12 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 18 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: methods; learning; and applications.
Easy Steps to Managing Cybersecurity
by Jonathan ReuvidProviding an insight to the extent and scale a potential damage could cause when there is a breech in cyber security, this guide includes case studies and advice from leading industry professionals, giving you the necessary strategies and resources to prevent, protect and respond to any threat. It covers: Introduction to cyber security, Security framework, Cyber security developments, Routing a map for resilience, Protecting financial data, Countermeasures to advance threats, Managing incidents and breaches, Preparing for further threats, and Updating contingency plans.
Managing Cybersecurity Risk: Cases Studies and Solutions
by Jonathan ReuvidThe first edition, published November 2016, was targeted at the directors and senior managers of SMEs and larger organisations that have not yet paid sufficient attention to cybersecurity and possibly did not appreciate the scale or severity of permanent risk to their businesses. <P><P> The book was an important wake-up call and primer and proved a significant success, including wide global reach and diverse additional use of the chapter content through media outlets. <P><P> The new edition, targeted at a similar readership, will provide more detailed information about the cybersecurity environment and specific threats. It will offer advice on the resources available to build defences and the selection of tools and managed services to achieve enhanced security at acceptable cost. A content sharing partnership has been agreed with major technology provider Alien Vault and the 2017 edition will be a larger book of approximately 250 pages.
Managing Cybersecurity Risk: Book 3
by Jonathan ReuvidCybersecurity is the practice of protecting systems, networks and programs from digital attacks. These attacks are usually aimed at accessing, changing or destroying sensitive information, extorting money from users or interrupting normal business processes.This new edition will provide valuable information on the cyber environment and threats that businesses may encounter. Such is the scale and variety of cyber threats, it is essential to recognise issues such as gaps in the workforce and the skills required to combat them. The guide also addresses the social and financial impacts of cyber breaches and the development of cyber protection for the future.Offering understanding and advice the book covers topics such as the following, all from key speakers and industry experts:TrainingTechnology trendsNew theoriesCurrent approachesTactical risk managementStories of human errors and their resultsManaging Cybersecurity Risk is an essential read for all businesses, whether large or small.With a Foreword by Don Randall, former head of Security and CISO, the Bank of England, contributors include Vijay Rathour, Grant Thornton and Digital Forensics Group, Nick Wilding, General Manager of Cyber Resilience at Axelos, IASME Consortium Ltd, CyberCare UK, DLA Piper, CYBERAWARE and more.
Recording and Voice Processing, Volume 2: Working in the Studio
by Jean-Michel RéveillacCapturing, recording and broadcasting the voice is often difficult. Many factors must be taken into account and achieving a true representation is much more complex than one might think.The capture devices such as the position of the singer(s) or narrator(s), the acoustics, atmosphere and equipment are just some of the physical aspects that need to be mastered. Then there is the passage through the analog or digital channel, which disrupts the audio signal, as well as the processes that are often required to enrich, improve or even transform the vocal timbre and tessitura. While in the past these processes were purely material, today digital technologies and software produce surprising results that every professional in recording and broadcasting should know how to master.Recording and Voice Processing 2 focuses on live and studio voice recordings. It presents the various pieces of hardware and software necessary for voice recording, and details possible sound channel configurations based on recording location. An actual recording, and its various constraints, is then considered, addressing the pitfalls to avoid and the strategies to use in order to achieve a satisfactory result. Different special effects (vocoder, auto-tune, Melodyne, etc.) that can be used on the voice, whether spoken or sung, are also presented.
Mental Models: Design of User Interaction and Interfaces for Domestic Energy Systems
by Kirsten M. Revell Neville A. StantonThere is a resurgence of interest in mental models due to advances in our understanding of how they can be used to help design and due to the development of practical methods to elicit them. This book brings both areas together with a focus on reducing domestic energy consumption. The book focuses on how mental models can be applied in design to bring out behaviour change resulting in increased achievement of home heating goals (reduced waste and improved comfort). This book also offers a method to extract and apply mental models to interface design. The approach enables mental models to be applied across domains when behaviour change was sought, and is validated as a useful design method.
Computer Vision Projects with OpenCV and Python 3: Six end-to-end projects built using machine learning with OpenCV, Python, and TensorFlow
by Matthew ReverGain a working knowledge of advanced machine learning and explore Python's powerful tools for extracting data from images and videos Key Features Implement image classification and object detection using machine learning and deep learning Perform image classification, object detection, image segmentation, and other Computer Vision tasks Crisp content with a practical approach to solving real-world problems in Computer Vision Book Description Python is the ideal programming language for rapidly prototyping and developing production-grade codes for image processing and Computer Vision with its robust syntax and wealth of powerful libraries. This book will help you design and develop production-grade Computer Vision projects tackling real-world problems. With the help of this book, you will learn how to set up Anaconda and Python for the major OSes with cutting-edge third-party libraries for Computer Vision. You'll learn state-of-the-art techniques for classifying images, finding and identifying human postures, and detecting faces within videos. You will use powerful machine learning tools such as OpenCV, Dlib, and TensorFlow to build exciting projects such as classifying handwritten digits, detecting facial features,and much more. The book also covers some advanced projects, such as reading text from license plates from real-world images using Google's Tesseract software, and tracking human body poses using DeeperCut within TensorFlow. By the end of this book, you will have the expertise required to build your own Computer Vision projects using Python and its associated libraries. What you will learn Install and run major Computer Vision packages within Python Apply powerful support vector machines for simple digit classification Understand deep learning with TensorFlow Build a deep learning classifier for general images Use LSTMs for automated image captioning Read text from real-world images Extract human pose data from images Who this book is for Python programmers and machine learning developers who wish to build exciting Computer Vision projects using the power of machine learning and OpenCV will find this book useful. The only prerequisite for this book is that you should have a sound knowledge of Python programming.
New Trends in Databases and Information Systems: Selected Papers Of The 17th East European Conference Adbis 2013 And Associated Satellite Events, Genoa, Italy, September 1-4 2013 (Advances In Intelligent Systems and Computing #241)
by Peter Z. Revesz Csaba Sidló Tania Cerquitelli Silvia Chiusano Tomáš Horváth Bernhard Thalheim András BenczúrThis book constitutes the thoroughly refereed short papers, workshops and doctoral consortium papers of the 22th European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems, ADBIS 2018, held in Budapest, Hungary, in September 2018.The 20 full and the 4 short workshop papers as well as the 3 doctoral consortium papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 54 submissions to the workshops and 6 submissions to the doctoral consortium. Furthermore, there are 10 short papers included, which were accepted for the main conference. The papers are organized according to the 6 workshops and the doctoral consortium: ADBIS 2018 short papers; First Workshop on Advances on Big Data Management, Analytics, Data Privacy and Security, BigDataMAPS 2018; First International Workshop on New Frontiers on Meta-data Management and Usage, M2U 2018; First Citizen Science Applications and Citizen Databases Workshop, CSADB 2018; First International Workshop on Articial Intelligence for Question Answering, AI*QA 2018; First International Workshop on BIG Data Storage, Processing and Mining for Personalized MEDicine, BIGPMED 2018; First Workshop on Current Trends in Contemporary Information Systems and Their Architectures, ISTREND 2018; Doctoral Consortium.