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MOOCs (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)
by Jonathan HaberEverything you always wanted to know about MOOCs: an account of massive open online courses and what they might mean for the future of higher education.The New York Times declared 2012 to be “The Year of the MOOC” as millions of students enrolled in massive open online courses (known as MOOCs), millions of investment dollars flowed to the companies making them, and the media declared MOOCs to be earth-shaking game-changers in higher education. During the inevitable backlash that followed, critics highlighted MOOCs' high dropout rate, the low chance of earning back initial investments, and the potential for any earth-shaking game change to make things worse instead of better. In this volume in the Essential Knowledge series, Jonathan Haber offers an account of MOOCs that avoids both hype and doomsaying. Instead, he provides an engaging, straightforward explanation of a rare phenomenon: an education innovation that captures the imagination of the public while moving at the speed of an Internet startup.Haber explains the origins of MOOCs, what they consist of, the controversies surrounding them, and their possible future role in education. He proposes a new definition of MOOCs based on the culture of experimentation from which they emerged, and adds a student perspective—missing in most MOOC discussion. Haber's unique Degree of Freedom experiment, during which he attempted to learn the equivalent of a four-year liberal arts degree in one year using only MOOCs and other forms of free education, informs his discussion.Haber urges us to avoid the fallacy of thinking that because MOOCs cannot solve all educational challenges they are not worth pursuing, and he helps us understand what MOOCs—despite their limitations—still offer the world. His book is required reading for anyone trying to sort out the competing claims, aspirations, and accusations that color the MOOC debate.
Developing AR Games for iOS and Android
by Hassan El Habbak Dominic CushnanA practical and fast-paced guide that gives you all the information you need to start developing augmented reality games for iOS and Android.This book is great for people who are either new to Vuforia and/or new to Unity. It is a great introductory guide for anyone with a very basic knowledge of xCode and iOS as well as a very basic knowledge of deploying to Android to start developing 3D-powered augmented reality apps.
Ubiquitous Networking: 5th International Symposium, UNet 2019, Limoges, France, November 20–22, 2019, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #12293)
by Oussama Habachi Vahid Meghdadi Essaid Sabir Jean-Pierre CancesThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Ubiquitous Networking, UNet 2019, held in Limoges, France, in November 2019.The 17 revised full papers presented together with 1 short paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 41 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections: ubiquitous communication technologies and networking; ubiquitous Internet of things; pervasive services and applications.
Bluetooth Security Attacks: Comparative Analysis, Attacks, and Countermeasures (SpringerBriefs in Computer Science)
by Keijo Haataja Konstantin Hyppönen Sanna Pasanen Pekka ToivanenBluetooth technology has enjoyed tremendous success, and it's now employed in billions of devices for short-range wireless data and real-time audio or video transfer. In this book the authors provide an overview of Bluetooth security. They examine network vulnerabilities and provide a literature-review comparative analysis of recent security attacks. They analyze and explain related countermeasures, including one based on secure simple pairing, and they also propose a novel attack that works against all existing Bluetooth versions. They conclude with a discussion on future research directions. The book is appropriate for practitioners and researchers in information security, in particular those engaged in the design of networked and mobile devices.
Advanced Data Acquisition and Intelligent Data Processing (River Publishers Series In Information Science And Technology Ser.)
by Vladimír Haasz Kurosh MadaniDAQ and data processing is a basic part of all automated production systems, diagnostic systems, watching over quality of production, energy distribution, transport control or in various other areas. Demands on the speed, accuracy and reliability increase in general. It is possible to achieve not only using superior (but also more expensive) hardware, but also applying advanced data acquisition and intelligent data processing. It deals e.g. optimal data fusion of a number of sensors, new stochastic methods for accuracy increasing, new algorithms for acceleration of data processing, etc. These are the grounds for publishing this book. Advanced Data Acquisition and Intelligent Data Processing offers 10 up-to-date examples of different applications of advanced data acquisition and intelligent data processing used in monitoring, measuring and diagnostics systems. The book arose based on the most interesting papers from this area published at IDAACS?2013 conference. However, the indivudual chapters include not only designed solution in wider context but also relevant theoretical parts, achieved results and possible future ways.Technical topics discussed in this book include: • advanced methods of data acquisition in application that are not routine;• measured data fusion using up-to-date advanced data processing;• nonlinear dynamical systems identification;• multidimensional image processing.Advanced Data Acquisition and Intelligent Data Processing is ideal for personnel of firms deals with advanced instrumentation, energy consumption monitoring, environment monitoring, non-descructive diagnostics robotics, etc., as well as academic staff and postgraduate students in electrical, control and computer engineering.Content: 1. Introduction; 2. Waveform acquisition with resolutions exceeding those of the ADC employed; 3. Different Disaggregation Algorithms in Non-Intrusive Home Energy Monitoring Systems; 4. Design and testing of an electronic nose system sensitive to the aroma of truffles; 5. DAQ System for Ultrasonic Transducer Evaluation under Spread Spectrum Excitation; 6. Optimal Data Fusion in Decentralized Stochastic Unknown Input Observers; 7. Odor Classification by Neural Networks; 8. ANFIS Based Approach for Improved Multisensors Signal Processing; 9. Neuro-Fuzzy Sensor's Linearization Based FPGA; 10. Interpolation Method of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems Identification Based on Volterra Model in Frequency Domain ; 11. Training Cellular Automata for Hyperspectral Image Segmentation
Process Variations and Probabilistic Integrated Circuit Design
by Joachim Haase Manfred DietrichUncertainty in key parameters within a chip and between different chips in the deep sub micron area plays a more and more important role. As a result, manufacturing process spreads need to be considered during the design process. Quantitative methodology is needed to ensure faultless functionality, despite existing process variations within given bounds, during product development. This book presents the technological, physical, and mathematical fundamentals for a design paradigm shift, from a deterministic process to a probability-orientated design process for microelectronic circuits. Readers will learn to evaluate the different sources of variations in the design flow in order to establish different design variants, while applying appropriate methods and tools to evaluate and optimize their design.
Models, Methods, and Tools for Complex Chip Design
by Jan HaaseThis book brings together a selection of the best papers from the fifteenth edition of the Forum on specification and Design Languages Conference (FDL), which was held in September 2012 at Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria. FDL is a well-established international forum devoted to dissemination of research results, practical experiences and new ideas in the application of specification, design and verification languages to the design, modeling and verification of integrated circuits, complex hardware/software embedded systems, and mixed-technology systems.
Androids: The Team that Built the Android Operating System
by Chet HaaseThe fascinating inside story of how the Android operating system came to be.In 2004, Android was two people who wanted to build camera software but couldn't get investors interested. Today, Android is a large team at Google, delivering an operating system (including camera software) to over 3 billion devices worldwide. This is the inside story, told by the people who made it happen.Androids: The Team that Built the Android Operating System is a first-hand chronological account of how the startup began, how the team came together, and how they all built an operating system from the kernel level to its applications and everything in between. It describes the tenuous beginnings of this ambitious project as a tiny startup, then as a small acquisition by Google that took on an industry with strong, entrenched competition. Author Chet Haase joined the Android team at Google in May 2010 and later recorded conversations with team members to preserve the early days of Android's history leading to the launch of 1.0. This engaging and accessible book captures the developers' stories in their own voices to answer the question: How did Android succeed?
Wireless Internet: 15th EAI International Conference, WiCON 2022, Virtual Event, November 2022, Proceedings (Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering #464)
by Zygmunt J. Haas Ravi Prakash Habib Ammari Weili WuThis book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Wireless Internet, WiCON 2022, held in November 2022. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually. The 16 full papers were selected from 45 submissions and are grouped into the following topics: Security and privacy; blockchain and wireless networks; Resource management, routing, and internet computing; social networks and learning.
Game Programming Using Qt: Beginner's Guide
by Lorenz Haas Witold WysotaA complete guide to designing and building fun games with Qt and Qt Quick 2 using associated toolsets About This Book * 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, Qt Quick, OpenGL, and Qt Creator, and learn the best practices to use them to design games * Learn Qt with the help of many sample games introduced step-by-step in each chapter Who This Book Is For If you want to create great graphical user interfaces and astonishing games with Qt, this book is ideal for you. Any previous knowledge of Qt is not required, however knowledge of C++ is mandatory. What You Will Learn * Install Qt on your system * Understand the basic concepts of every Qt game and application * Develop 2D object-oriented graphics using Qt Graphics View * Build multiplayer games or add a chat function to your games with Qt's Network module * Script your game with Qt Script * Program resolution-independent and fluid UI using QML and Qt Quick * Control your game flow as per the sensors of a mobile device * See how to test and debug your game easily with Qt Creator and Qt Test In Detail Qt is the leading cross-platform toolkit for all significant desktop, mobile, and embedded platforms and is becoming more popular by the day, especially on mobile and embedded devices. Despite its simplicity, it's a powerful tool that perfectly fits game developers' needs. Using Qt and Qt Quick, it is easy to build fun games or shiny user interfaces. You only need to create your game once and deploy it on all major platforms like iOS, Android, and WinRT without changing a single source file. The book begins with a brief introduction to creating an application and preparing a working environment for both desktop and mobile platforms. It then dives deeper into the basics of creating graphical interfaces and Qt core concepts of data processing and display before you try creating a game. As you progress through the chapters, you'll learn to enrich your games by implementing network connectivity and employing scripting. We then delve into Qt Quick, OpenGL, and various other tools to add game logic, design animation, add game physics, and build astonishing UI for the games. Towards the final chapters, you'll learn to exploit mobile device features such as accelerators and sensors to build engaging user experiences. If you are planning to learn about Qt and its associated toolsets to build apps and games, this book is a must have. Style and approach This is an easy-to-follow, example-based, comprehensive introduction to all the major features in Qt. The content of each chapter is explained and organized around one or multiple simple game examples to learn Qt in a fun way.
Personal Identification: Modern Development and Security Implications
by David J. HaasPersonal Identification: Modern Development and Security Implications, Second Edition explains how personal identification – and REAL ID – became part of the American fabric along with their past century’s historical ID development. The development of the “trusted and secure” personal identification documents began with passports and has continued as social changes made IDs more essential. This book describes the convergence of technologies and hundreds of patents that produced our “trusted and secure” documents and IDs from our past right up through to today.Key factors, that created today’s need for public-issued mass ID, are addressed: Chronicles the effects of large and mobile populations beginning a century ago Chronicles the effects of “impersonal” electronic & computer communications at a distance, and not face-to-face The distribution of services and money by government agencies based on a person’s identity – including “age” and “group” criteria Describes recent national security and terrorism concerns that necessitates the need to know: “You are who you say you are.” Personal identification documents (IDs) and the societal need for “trusted” identification by the public is a relatively new social phenomenon. In 1900, most people did not need or have any IDs until passports, with a photograph of the individual, became mandatory when Great Britain entered World War I in 1914. In the United States, the State-issued driver’s license is probably the only trusted ID in one’s wallet today, but they became “trusted and secure” documents only recently with the requirement for REAL ID. With the first photo driver’s license issued by the State of Colorado in 1959, it took until 1984 for the last State (New York, 25 years later) to comply.As a direct result of 9/11, where terrorists used fake driver’s licenses to board planes, Congress passed the Real ID Act in 2005 to make all State-issued driver’s licenses more trusted, uniform, and tamper-resistant – what is now called the Enhanced Driver’s License with non-drivers being issued Enhanced Identification Cards. And with this, every US citizen can now possess a trusted and secure personal identification document.Personal Identification, Second Edition chronicles the path of personal identification measures – including the latest developments of Real ID. Scholars and professional security managers understand that stability, security, and safety necessitate these identity measures to ensure a safer America. The book explains the various stages and advances, providing readers with a unique study of this fascinating history of the relationship between identity and the means by which one validates and proves their own identity. The enactment of the REAL ID Act of 2005, with more secure and tamper-resistant documents for each citizen of the United States, is being instituted so that one can trust: “you are who you say you are.” The State-issued driver’s license is not a National ID Card – it is a Nationally Recognized ID for each citizen.
Awakening on Orbis 4 (Softwire #4)
by P. J. HaarsmaThe Softwire series careens to a conclusion as JT comes to terms with the startling truth about his destiny on the Rings of Orbis. As the Scion's guardian, Johnny Turnbull is expected to begin training as a Space Jumper, a role he promised his girlfriend Max he would never take on, and which might not be enough to save his sister and friends when Orbis is threatened.
Betrayal on Orbis (Softwire #2)
by P. J. HaarsmaSci-fi fans will tear through this new adventure as Johnny Turnbull -- first human softwire -- finds more danger and intrigue on the next ring of Orbis. On Orbis 2, Johnny Turnbull has a new home and a new job, one that pushes his softwire abilities to painful limits. JT is the only one who can communicate with the Samirans, large aquatic aliens who have cooled the crystals on Orbis for nearly two thousand rotations. But as the Samirans' work rule ostensibly comes to a close, they have grown dangerously agitated, and JT must find out why. What he learns is that the prosperity of Orbis is built on a brutal system of enforced labor -- and that everyone seems to have something to hide. Can JT appease the Samirans before their threat is realized? And if he doesn't, will his friends survive? In this second episode of The Softwire, PJ Haarsma takes readers on another lightning-paced, cyber-fueled ride through the amazing universe he introduced in The Softwire: Virus on Orbis 1.
Wormhole Pirates on Orbis (Softwire #3)
by P. J. HaarsmaWormhole pirates close in on Johnny Turnbull and his fellow knudniks in this third installment of the Softwire series. JT senses something sinister in the air. Could it be the pirate he keeps spotting, with an alien skull and crossbones on his arm?
Beginning Oracle SQL: For Oracle Database 12c
by Lex De Haan Tim Gorman Inger Jørgensen Melanie CaffreyBeginning Oracle SQL is your introduction to the interactive query tools and specific dialect of SQL used with Oracle Database. These tools include SQL*Plus and SQL Developer. SQL*Plus is the one tool any Oracle developer or database administrator can always count on, and it is widely used in creating scripts to automate routine tasks. SQL Developer is a powerful, graphical environment for developing and debugging queries. Oracle's is possibly the most valuable dialect of SQLafrom a career standpoint. Oracle's database engine is widely used in corporate environments worldwide. It is also found in many government applications. Oracle SQL implements many features not found in competing products. No developer or DBA working with Oracle can afford to be without knowledge of these features and how they work, because of the performance and expressiveness they bring to the table. Written in an easygoing and example-based style, Beginning Oracle SQL is the book that will get you started down the path to successfully writing SQL statements and getting results from Oracle Database. Takes an example-based approach, with clear and authoritative explanations Introduces both SQL and the query tools used to execute SQL statements Shows how to create tables, populate them with data, and then query that data to generate business results"
Azure Containers Explained: Leverage Azure container technologies for effective application migration and deployment
by Wesley Haakman Richard HooperApply scenario-based learning to effectively handle the technical and business impact of various services like AKS, ACI, Azure Functions, and Azure Container Apps on AzurePurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey FeaturesUnderstand the what, why, and how of different container technologies available on Microsoft AzureExplore the practical implementation of various Azure container technologies with the help of use casesLearn common business strategies for selecting the right Azure container technology at optimized costBook DescriptionWhether you're working with a start-up or an enterprise, making decisions related to using different container technologies on Azure has a notable impact your app migration and modernization strategies. This is where companies face challenges, while choosing the right solutions and deciding when to move on to the next technology. Azure Containers Explained helps you make the right architectural choices for your solutions and get well-versed with the migration path to other platforms using practical examples.You'll begin with a recap of containers as technology and where you can store them within Azure. Next, you'll explore the different Microsoft Azure container technologies and understand how each platform, namely Azure Container Apps, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Container Instances (ACI), Azure Functions, and Azure App Services, work – you'll learn to implement them by grasping their respective characteristics and use cases. Finally, you'll build upon your own container solution on Azure using best practices from real-world examples and successfully transform your business from a start-up to a full-fledged enterprise.By the end of this book, you'll be able to effectively cater to your business and application needs by selecting and modernizing your apps using various Microsoft Azure container services.What you will learnMake the best-suited architectural choices to meet your business and application needsUnderstand the migration paths between different Azure Container servicesDeploy containerized applications on Azure to multiple technologiesKnow when to use Azure Container Apps versus Azure Kubernetes ServiceFind out how to add features to an AKS clusterInvestigate the containers on Azure Web apps and Functions appsDiscover ways to improve your current architecture without starting againExplore the financial implications of using Azure container servicesWho this book is forThis book is for cloud and DevOps architects, application developers, technical leaders, decision makers, and IT professionals working with Microsoft Azure and cloud native technologies, especially containers. Reasonable knowledge of containers and a solid understanding of Microsoft Azure will help you grasp the concepts in this book.
Serious Games: 9th Joint International Conference, JCSG 2023, Dublin, Ireland, October 26–27, 2023, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14309)
by Mads Haahr Alberto Rojas-Salazar Stefan GöbelThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th Joint International Conference on Serious Games, JCSG 2023, held in Dublin, Ireland, during October 26–27, 2023. The 18 full papers presented together with 9 short papers and 14 poster papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 53 submissions. They are grouped into the following topics: technology and systems; theoretical and design aspects; health and wellbeing; extended realities; soft and social skills; academic skills; and posters and exhibits.
Ember.js in Action
by Joachim Haagen SkeieSummaryEmber.js in Action is a crisp tutorial that introduces the Ember.js framework and shows you how to build production-quality web applications. You'll begin with the basic architecture: client- and server-side MVC, integrating Ember.js with your favorite back end, handling data ... and more. You'll explore the amazing Handlebars templating engine that automatically updates your apps when the data behind them changes. Along the way, you'll develop a complete Ember.js application and learn how to deploy, administer, and update it efficiently.Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.About the TechnologyEmber.js is a JavaScript MVC framework that handles important tasks like managing code modules, maintaining state, and expediting reliable data flow. It provides the patterns, components, and scaffolding you need to build ambitious web applications.About the BookEmber.js in Action introduces the Ember.js framework and shows you how to build full-featured, desktop-quality web applications. You'll begin with the basic architecture: client- and server-side MVC and how to integrate Ember.js with your favorite back end. Then you'll explore the amazing Handlebars templating engine that automatically updates your apps when the data behind them changes. Along the way, you'll develop a complete Ember.js application and learn how to deploy, administer, and update it efficiently.Readers of this book need to know JavaScript. No prior experience with Ember.js is required.What's InsideWorking with Ember DataMastering Handlebars templatesAdvanced JavaScript techniquesCovers Ember.js 1.0About the AuthorJoachim Haagen Skeie is an experienced web application developer and the author of Montric, an open source monitoring tool built using Ember.js.Table of ContentsPART 1 EMBER.JS FUNDAMENTALSPowering your next ambitious web applicationThe Ember.js wayPutting everything together using Ember.js RouterAutomatically updating templates with Handlebars.jsPART 2 BUILDING AMBITIOUS WEB APPS FOR THE REAL WORLDBringing home the bacon—interfacing with the server side using Ember DataInterfacing with the server side without using Ember DataWriting custom componentsTesting your Ember.js applicationPART 3 ADVANCED EMBER.JS TOPICSAuthentication through a third-party system—Mozilla PersonaThe Ember.js run loop—Backburner.jsPackaging and deployment
Computer Concepts in Action
by Stephen E. HaagGlencoe'sComputer Concepts in Actionrevised edition is designed for Microsoft Office 2007 and Windows Vista. It is written specifically to meet the needs of secondary students and teachers, and meets IC3 Standards. This highly visual text teaches essential computer concepts and skills through hands-on activities and projects. Concepts such as ethics, careers, hardware and software applications, the Internet, and e-commerce, are taught using high-interest topics and real-world scenarios that are designed to engage students.
Computer Concepts in Action
by Stephen E. HaagGlencoe'sComputer Concepts in Actionrevised edition is designed for Microsoft Office 2007 and Windows Vista. It is written specifically to meet the needs of secondary students and teachers, and meets IC3 Standards. This highly visual text teaches essential computer concepts and skills through hands-on activities and projects. Concepts such as ethics, careers, hardware and software applications, the Internet, and e-commerce, are taught using high-interest topics and real-world scenarios that are designed to engage students.
ICT Equipment Investment and Growth in Low- and Lower-Middle-Income Countries
by Markus HaackerA report from the International Monetary Fund.
Professional ASP.NET MVC 4
by Phil Haack Brad Wilson Scott Hanselman K. Scott Allen Jon GallowayAn outstanding author team presents the ultimate Wrox guide to ASP.NET MVC 4 Microsoft insiders join giants of the software development community to offer this in-depth guide to ASP.NET MVC, an essential web development technology. Experienced .NET and ASP.NET developers will find all the important information they need to build dynamic, data-driven websites with ASP.NET and the newest release of Microsoft's Model-View-Controller technology. <P><P>Featuring step-by-step guidance and lots of code samples, this guide gets you started and moves all the way to advanced topics, using plenty of examples. Designed to give experienced .NET and ASP.NET programmers everything needed to work with the newest version of MVC technology Expert author team includes Microsoft ASP.NET MVC insiders as well as leaders of the programming community Covers controllers, views, models, forms and HTML helpers, data annotation and validation, membership, authorization, security, and routing Includes essential topics such as Ajax and jQuery, NuGet, dependency injection, unit testing, extending MVC, and Razor Includes additional real-world coverage requested by readers of the previous edition as well as a new case study example chapter
Handbook of Hardware/Software Codesign
by Soonhoi Ha Jürgen TeichThis handbook presents fundamental knowledge on the hardware/software (HW/SW) codesign methodology. Contributing expert authors look at key techniques in the design flow as well as selected codesign tools and design environments, building on basic knowledge to consider the latest techniques. The book enables readers to gain real benefits from the HW/SW codesign methodology through explanations and case studies which demonstrate its usefulness. Readers are invited to follow the progress of design techniques through this work, which assists readers in following current research directions and learning about state-of-the-art techniques. Students and researchers will appreciate the wide spectrum of subjects that belong to the design methodology from this handbook.
Modern Approaches for Intelligent Information and Database Systems (Studies In Computational Intelligence #769)
by Quang Thuy Ha Manuel Nunez Adrianna Kozierkiewicz Andrzej SieminskiThis book offers a unique blend of reports on both theoretical models and their applications in the area of Intelligent Information and Database Systems. The reports cover a broad range of research topics, including advanced learning techniques, knowledge engineering, Natural Language Processing (NLP), decision support systems, Internet of things (IoT), computer vision, and tools and techniques for Intelligent Information Systems. They are extended versions of papers presented at the ACIIDS 2018 conference (10th Asian Conference on Intelligent Information and Database Systems), which was held in Dong Hoi City, Vietnam on 19–21 March 2018. What all researchers and students of computer science need is a state-of-the-art report on the latest trends in their respective areas of interest. Over the years, researchers have proposed increasingly complex theoretical models, which provide the theoretical basis for numerous applications. The applications, in turn, have a profound influence on virtually every aspect of human activities, while also allowing us to validate the underlying theoretical concepts.
Computational Data and Social Networks: 12th International Conference, CSoNet 2023, Hanoi, Vietnam, December 11–13, 2023, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #14479)
by Minh Hoàng Hà Xingquan Zhu My T. ThaiThis book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Computational Data and Social Networks, CSoNet 2023, held in Hanoi, Vietnam, in December 2023.The 23 full papers and 14 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 64 submissions. The papers are divided into the following topical sections: machine learning and prediction; optimization; security and blockchain; and network analysis.