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Computer-Aided Graphing and Simulation Tools for AutoCAD Users
by P. A. SimionescuThis book allows readers to expand the versatility of AutoCAD design and documentation software. It provides ready-to-use procedures and computer programs for solving problems in a variety of application areas, including computer-aided design, data visualization, evolutionary computation, numerical methods, single and multicriteria optimization, li
Computer-Assisted and Robotic Endoscopy: Second International Workshop, CARE 2015, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2015, Munich, Germany, October 5, 2015, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #9515)
by Xiongbiao Luo Tobias Reichl Austin Reiter Gian-Luca MariottiniThis book constitutes the thoroughly refereedpost-conference proceedings of the Second International Workshop on ComputerAssisted and Robotic Endoscopy, CARE 2015, held in conjunction with MICCAI2015, in Munich, Germany, in October 2015. The 15 revised full papers were carefully selected out of20 initial submissions and focus on recent technical advances associated withcomputer vision; graphics; robotics and medical imaging; external trackingsystems; medical device control systems; information processing techniques;endoscopy; planning and simulation.
Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications: First International Conference, CHIRA 2017, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, October 31 – November 2, 2017, Revised Selected Papers (Communications in Computer and Information Science #654)
by Andreas Holzinger Markus Helfert Hugo Plácido SilvaThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications, CHIRA 2017, held in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, in October/November 2017.The 8 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 35 submissions. The papers selected to be included in this book contribute to the understanding of relevant trends of current research on computer-human interaction, including Interaction design, human factors, entertainment, cognition, perception, user-friendly software and systems, pervasive technologies and interactive devices.
Computer-Integrated Building Design
by Tim CornickComputer-Integrated Building Design is an accessible guide to the principles and applications of computer-integrated systems as applied to construction management. It describes current research, development and application of CAD related tools and techniques to the building design process and demonstrates the methods necessary to achieve knowledge-sharing in building design.
Computergestützte Audio- und Videotechnik: Multimediatechnik in der Anwendung
by Dieter StotzDiese Einführung in die moderne Audio- und Videotechnik ermöglicht Lesern mit technischem Grundverständnis einen leichten Einstieg - auch in komplexe Zusammenhänge. Der Autor vermittelt detailliertes Wissen, praxisnah und verständlich aufbereitet: von den Grundlagen der Ton- und Videotechnik über Abtastung und Digitalisierung, räumliches Hören, Datenkompression, MIDI-Standard und -Signale, digitale Audiomesstechnik bis zu hochauflösender Videotechnik, Genlock, Chromakeying, Schnittsystemen und Animation. Mit vielen Graphiken und Abbildungen.
Computergestützte Audio- und Videotechnik: Multimediatechnik in der Anwendung
by Dieter StotzDiese Einführung in die moderne Audio- und Videotechnik ermöglicht Lesern mit technischem Grundverständnis einen leichten Einstieg – auch in komplexe Zusammenhänge. Der Autor vermittelt detailliertes Wissen, praxisnah und verständlich aufbereitet: von den Grundlagen der Ton- und Videotechnik über Abtastung und Digitalisierung, räumliches Hören, Datenkompression, MIDI-Standard und -Signale, digitale Audiomesstechnik bis zu hochauflösender Videotechnik, Genlock, Chromakeying, Schnittsystemen und Animation. Mit vielen Graphiken und Abbildungen.
Computers Helping People with Special Needs: 18th International Conference, ICCHP-AAATE 2022, Lecco, Italy, July 11–15, 2022, Proceedings, Part I (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #13341)
by Roberto Manduchi Klaus Miesenberger Mario Covarrubias Rodriguez Georgios Kouroupetroglou Katerina Mavrou Petr PenázThe two-volume set LNCS 13341 and 13342 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Joint International Conference on Digital Inclusion, Assistive Technology, and Accessibility, ICCHP-AAATE 2022. The conference was held in Lecco, Italy, in July 2022.The 112 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 285 submissions. Included also are 18 introductions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: Part I: Art Karshmer Lectures in Access to Mathematics, Science and Engineering; Digital Solutions for Inclusive Mobility: solutions and accessible maps for indoor and outdoor mobility; implementation and innovation in the area of independent mobility through digital technologies; haptic and digital access to art and artefacts; accessibility of co-located meetings; interactions for text input and alternative pointing; cognitive disabilities and accessibility; augmentative and alternative communication (AAC): emerging trends, opportunities and innovations; language accessibility for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. Part II: Digital accessibility: readability and understandability; serious and fun games; internet of things: services and applications for people with disabilities and elderly persons; technologies for inclusion and participation at work and everyday activities; robotic and virtual reality technologies for children with disabilities and older adults; development, evaluation and assessment of assistive technologies; ICT to support inclusive education – universal learning design (ULD); design for assistive technologies and rehabilitation; assistive technologies and inclusion for older people.
Computers Of Star Trek
by Lois H. Gresh Robert WeinbergThe depiction of computers on the various "Star Trek" series has ranged from lame to breathtakingly imaginative. This book covers the gamut, and makes lucid and entertaining comparison of these fictional computers with those that now exist or are likely to inhabit our future. Throughout its history, "Star Trek" has been an accurate reflection of contemporary ideas about computers and their role in our lives. Affectionately but without illusions, The Computers of Star Trek shows how those ideas compare with what we now know we can and will do with computers.
Computers and Creativity
by Jon Mccormack Mark D’invernoThis interdisciplinary volume introduces new theories and ideas on creativity from the perspectives of science and art. Featuring contributions from leading researchers, theorists and artists working in artificial intelligence, generative art, creative computing, music composition, and cybernetics, the book examines the relationship between computation and creativity from both analytic and practical perspectives. Each contributor describes innovative new ways creativity can be understood through, and inspired by, computers. The book tackles critical philosophical questions and discusses the major issues raised by computational creativity, including: whether a computer can exhibit creativity independently of its creator; what kinds of creativity are possible in light of our knowledge from computational simulation, artificial intelligence, evolutionary theory and information theory; and whether we can begin to automate the evaluation of aesthetics and creativity in silico. These important, often controversial questions are contextualised by current thinking in computational creative arts practice. Leading artistic practitioners discuss their approaches to working creatively with computational systems in a diverse array of media, including music, sound art, visual art, and interactivity. The volume also includes a comprehensive review of computational aesthetic evaluation and judgement research, alongside discussion and insights from pioneering artists working with computation as a creative medium over the last fifty years. A distinguishing feature of this volume is that it explains and grounds new theoretical ideas on creativity through practical applications and creative practice. Computers and Creativity will appeal to theorists, researchers in artificial intelligence, generative and evolutionary computing, practicing artists and musicians, students and any reader generally interested in understanding how computers can impact upon creativity. It bridges concepts from computer science, psychology, neuroscience, visual art, music and philosophy in an accessible way, illustrating how computers are fundamentally changing what we can imagine and create, and how we might shape the creativity of the future. Computers and Creativity will appeal to theorists, researchers in artificial intelligence, generative and evolutionary computing, practicing artists and musicians, students and any reader generally interested in understanding how computers can impact upon creativity. It bridges concepts from computer science, psychology, neuroscience, visual art, music and philosophy in an accessible way, illustrating how computers are fundamentally changing what we can imagine and create, and how we might shape the creativity of the future.
Computers and Games: 12th International Conference, CG 2024, Virtual Event, November 25-29, 2024, Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #15550)
by Jonathan Schaeffer Michael Hartisch Chu-Hsuan HsuehThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Computers and Games, CG 2024, held as a virtual event, during November 25-29, 2024. The 17 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 40 submissions. They are organized in the following topical sections: Chess and its Variants; Go and NoGo; General Approaches for Solving and Playing Games; Nonograms; Social Aspects of Games; and Games with Uncertainty.
Computers in Broadcast and Cable Newsrooms: Using Technology in Television News Production (Routledge Communication Series)
by Phillip O. KeirsteadComputers in Broadcast and Cable Newsrooms: Using Technology in Television News Production takes readers through the use of computers and software in the broadcast/cable newsroom environment. Author Phillip O. Keirstead began writing about television news technology decades ago in an effort to help television news managers cope with technological change. In this text, he demonstrates the myriad ways in which today's journalism is tied to technology, and he shows how television news journalists rely on varied and complex technologies to produce timely, interesting, and informative broadcasts. Using a hands-on, practical approach to cover the role computers play in various parts of the newsroom, the volume will be of great practical value to undergraduate and graduate students in advanced broadcast/news television courses.
Computing Colour Image Processing: Digital Colour Primer (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology)
by Alan ParkinThis book proposes a new approach to colour in digital images, based on the standard sRGB colour space and Python scripting. It covers creating, storing, processing, displaying, printing, and viewing colour images. The fundamental ideas presented include systematic reduction of colour resolution to manageable sRGB sub-spaces, analysis of any image as a tabular colour scheme, general transformation and specific substitution of colours, and revival of the traditional notion of a neutral balance by adjusting all colours or by adjoining a colour frame. The text includes Python scripts for the processes discussed, downloadable in the e-book. It is of interest to artists, designers, and anyone who works with sRGB colour images.
Computing Intelligence in Capital Market (Studies in Computational Intelligence #1154)
by Asef Yelghi Aref Yelghi Mehmet Apan Shirmohammad TavangariThe book is divided into sections according to the content of the chapters. The first section covers AI concepts with NP and financial issues. The second section covers AI techniques in relation to Fintech issues. The remaining sections are implementation and analysis. As science and technology development and algorithms are widely used in various fields, their influence and development have increased efficiency and productivity. The introduction of algorithms in the financial field has not been an exception to this. In recent years, the growth and development of the financial system have been in sync with the growth of technology. Fintechs were born at the intersection of these two sectors. What happens through the application of computer knowledge in the financial field, or the examination of the efficiency and effectiveness of their use and the interaction and combination of these two fields has been written very infrequently in the majority of books. In Fintech, there are problems that researchers focus on such as customer support, portfolio management, trading algorithms, fraud detection, credit risk assessment, insurance, and wealth management. The mentioned problems are complex and are mapped to NP problems in the field of artificial intelligence. In the last two decades, optimization algorithms, neural networks, and deep learning have been widely applied in many scientific and engineering fields to solve the mentioned problems. The purpose of this book is to provide the reader with the most used artificial intelligence methods for scientific and engineering problems. This book is used by students, scientists, and practitioners in various fields. The chapters are self-explanatory, and the reader can read each one separately. They describe the algorithm used, the chosen problem, and the implementation. In addition, practical examples, comparisons, and experimental results are presented.
Computing Science, Communication and Security: Second International Conference, COMS2 2021, Gujarat, India, February 6–7, 2021, Revised Selected Papers (Communications in Computer and Information Science #1416)
by Nirbhay Chaubey Satyen Parikh Kiran AminThis book constitutes revised selected papers of the Second International Conference on Computing Science, Communication and Security, COMS2 2021, held in Gandhinagar, India, in February 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually. The 19 full papers were thoroughly reveiwed and selected from 105 submissions. Papers are organised according to the topical sections on artificial intelligence and machine learning; networking and communications.
Computing and Combinatorics: 25th International Conference, COCOON 2019, Xi'an, China, July 29–31, 2019, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #11653)
by Ding-Zhu Du Zhenhua Duan Cong TianThis book constitutes the proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Computing and Combinatorics, COCOON 2019, held in Xi’an, China, in July 2019. The 55 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 124 submissions. The papers cover various topics, including algorithm design, approximation algorithm, graph theory, complexity theory, problem solving, optimization, computational biology, computational learning, communication network, logic, and game theory.
Computing in Architectural Practice
by Christopher Woodward Jaki HowesThis book provides a concise introduction for small and medium sized architectural practices considering introducing computers or using them more widely.
Computing the Environment: Digital Design Tools for Simulation and Visualisation of Sustainable Architecture (AD Smart)
by Brady Peters Terri PetersComputing the Environment presents practical workflows and guidance for designers to get feedback on their design using digital design tools on environmental performance. Starting with an extensive state-of-the-art survey of what top international offices are currently using in their design projects, this book presents detailed descriptions of the tools, algorithms, and workflows used and discusses the theories that underlie these methods. Project examples from Transsolar Klimaengineering, Buro Happold´s SMART Group, Behnish Behnisch Architects, Thomas Herzog, Autodesk Research are contextualized with quotes and references to key thinkers in this field such as Eric Winsberg, Andrew Marsh, Michelle Addington and Ali Malkawi.
Compórtate, Pablo Picasso
by Jonah Winter Kevin HawkesFrom Jonah Winter and Kevin Hawkes (both beloved bestsellers and award winners), the story of how Pablo Picasso painted the way he wanted to paint, and left the world speechless! Pablo Picasso may have been one of the most famous artists of the 20th century, but that doesn't mean he painted what people wanted him to paint! In fact, some people hated his paintings! But Picasso didn't listen to all those people, and kept on working the way he wanted to work, until he created something so different. . . that people didn't know what to say! Pablo Picasso puede ser uno de los pintores más famosos del siglo XX, pero eso no quiere decir que él siempre pintó las cosas que los demás querían que pintara. De hecho, algunas personas detestaban sus pinturas. Pero a Picasso no le importaba la opinión de esas personas y se mantuvo pintando lo que él quería hasta llegar a pintar algo tan diferente que la gente no supo qué decir.
Con Artists in Cinema: Self-Knowledge, Female Power, and Love (Routledge Focus on Film Studies)
by Joseph H. KupferThis book examines the con artist film as a genre, exploring its main features while also addressing variations within it. The volume explores three diverse themes of the con artist film: edification, self-awareness, and liberation through con games; the femme fatale as con artist; and romantic love as a plot point. Analyzing movies such as Matchstick Men (2003), House of Games (1987), Body Heat (1981), The Last Seduction (1994), Birthday Girl (2001), and The Game (1997), the book also explores their psychological investigation of the con artist figure, the con artist’s mark, and how the dynamic between these roles implicates us as the audience. It also addresses the con artist film genre’s close association with neo-noir, especially through the femme fatale figure, investigating and updating the rich tradition of noir film. Demonstrating the range and flexibility of this understudied genre, this book will be of interest to scholars and students of film studies, ethics, and those studying the representation of women in film..
Con Men: Fascinating Profiles of Swindlers and Rogues from the Files of the Most Successful Broadcast in Television History
by Ian Jackman60 Minutes brings its award-winning journalistic skills and unmistakable broadcast style to the page, delving into its archives to present stories on one of the program's most popular subjects: the con man. Con Men exposes a truly eclectic group of swindlers and rogues: the extraordinary characters of ABSCAM, pyramid-scheme millionaires and stock-market crooks, snake-oil salesmen and art forgers. Many of them are diabolical -- all of them are intriguing. Here 60 Minutes captures each one in vivid det...
Con todo mi humor, Alexis Valdés: Del comediantes que ha hecho reír a millones de personas
by Alexis ValdésEn Con todo mi humor, Alexis Valdés, el conocido humorista y actor Alexis Valdés cuenta la historia y los pasajes más divertidos de su vida a través de anécdotas y monólogos de humor. Los lectores reirán a carcajadas al enterarse por qué Alexis Valdés viajó a Etiopía, cómo logró el personaje de Bandurria y cómo logró colarse Cristinito con su monólogo. Este es un libro para reír. Este es el libro que tantos admiradores de la buena comedia han estado esperando. En Con todo mi humor, Alexis Valdés, el entrañable comediante cubano nos invita a una tertulia en la que habla sin censura, contándonos todo lo que en televisión no ha podido decir. Las anécdotas que comparte sobre su vida nos ayudan a comprender de dónde le viene esa asombrosa capacidad para encontrar humor en toda situación, sin importar lo difícil o dolorosa que sea. ¿Quién puede hacernos reír con el relato de un viaje hasta el desierto de Etiopíaque casi le cuesta la vida? Sólo Alexis Valdés. Cada página nos hará reír a carcajadas y, como bien dice Alexis Valdés al final de este divertidísimo libro: «Seguramente, cuando me vuelvan a ver en televisión, en el cine, en el teatro, sonreirán de otra manera, más cómplice, y dirán: "A este tipo yo lo conozco bastante bien"».
Con total libertad
by Zadie SmithUn libro cargado de agudeza, frescura y empatía que nos ilumina en un mundo cada vez más cambiante y contradictorio. Zadie Smith ha demostrado ser una ensayista brillante y singular, haciendo que cada texto suyo sea un acontecimiento literario por derecho propio. Con total libertad, que recopila algunos de los más celebrados, abarca el amplísimo rango de intereses de Smith: desde todas las facetas de la cultura y la libertad artística hasta los temas más acuciantes de la política y la actualidad, siempre desde una perspectiva original y radicalmente personal. Gracias a su fina agudeza, una frescura contagiosa y una empatía extraordinaria, este libro es una guía imprescindible para entender un mundo, el nuestro, cada vez más complejo y contradictorio. La crítica ha dicho:«Ecléctica en sus gustos y centrífuga en su estilo, Zadie Smith disfruta, como articulista, de ampliar los límites de su pensamiento [...] En la línea de Hazlitt y Orwell, Woolf y Angela Carter.»The Financial Times «Interesante, sagaz [...]¿Se debe leer este libro brillante? ¡Por supuesto que sí!»The Independent «Un libro inteligente, ingenioso y a menudo hilarante que demuestra que (Zadie Smith) es una de las mentes más brillantes de la literatura británica de hoy en día.»NPR «Es un placer exquisito observar a Zadie Smith pensar a lo largo de estas páginas.»The New York Times Book Review «Smith lleva a la escritura de artículos sus dotes como novelista: buen ojo para el detalle, sutiles giros en las frases.»The Boston Globe «Estos ensayos en su conjunto reflejan una mente abierta, vivaz, natural, rigurosa, erudita y seria, ocupada en perfeccionar su manera de ver la vida, la literatura y la relación entre ambas. Smith demuestra que es mucho más que una cabeza adulta y comprensiva sobre unos hombros muy jóvenes. Y lo demuestra con su apasionada, compulsivamente dialéctica y atractiva indagación de la literatura».Los Angeles Times «No importa sobre lo que escriba -su padre, Kafka, Liberia, George Clooney-: colocar cualquier tema dentro del campo magnético de su cerebro incansable basta para volverlo fascinante. Smith [...] tiene el don de mostrarnos cómo lee y piensa; al ver cómo lo hace, uno se siente a su vez más inteligente y observador por ósmosis.»Time
Con/Artist: The Life and Crimes of the World's Greatest Art Forger
by Tony Tetro Giampiero AmbrosiThe world&’s most renowned art forger reveals the secrets behind his decades of painting like the masters—exposing an art world that is far more corrupt than we ever knew while providing an art history lesson wrapped in sex, drugs, and Caravaggio. The art world is a much dirtier, nastier business than you might expect. Tony Tetro, one of the most renowned art forgers in history, will make you question every masterpiece you&’ve ever seen in a museum, gallery, or private collection. Tetro&’s &“Rembrandts,&” &“Caravaggios,&” &“Miros,&” and hundreds of other works now hang on walls around the globe. In 2019, it was revealed that Prince Charles received into his collection a Picasso, Dali, Monet, and Chagall, insuring them for over 200 million pounds, only to later discover that they&’re actually &“Tetros.&” And the kicker? In Tony&’s words: &“Even if some tycoon finds out his Rembrandt is a fake, what&’s he going to do, turn it in? Now his Rembrandt just became motel art. Better to keep quiet and pass it on to the next guy. It&’s the way things work for guys like me.&” The Prince Charles scandal is the subject of a forthcoming feature documentary with Academy Award nominee Kief Davidson and coauthor Giampiero Ambrosi, in cooperation with Tetro. Throughout Tetro&’s career, his inimitable talent has been coupled with a reckless penchant for drugs, fast cars, and sleeping with other con artists. He was busted in 1989 and spent four years in court and one in prison. His voice—rough, wry, deeply authentic—is nothing like the high society he swanned around in, driving his Lamborghini or Ferrari, hobnobbing with aristocrats by day, and diving into debauchery when the lights went out. He&’s a former furniture store clerk who can walk around in Caravaggio&’s shoes, become Picasso or Monet, with an encyclopedic understanding of their paint, their canvases, their vision. For years, he hid it all in an unassuming California townhouse with a secret art room behind a full-length mirror. (Press #* on his phone and the mirror pops open.) Pairing up with coauthor Ambrosi, one of the investigative journalists who uncovered the 2019 scandal, Tetro unveils the art world in an epic, alluring, at times unbelievable, but all-true narrative.
Conan the Barbarian: The Official Story of the Film
by John WalshOfficial retrospective hardback book telling the story of the making of Conan The Barbarian, including interviews with cast and crew and featuring behind-the-scenes photography from the shoot.In 1982, Robert E. Howard's iconic literary anti-hero, Conan, slashed his way from page to screen after a perilous decades-long journey. With its potent mix of epic vistas and bloody battles, Conan the Barbarian thrilled moviegoers around the world and launched the career of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Forty years after its release, this cult-classic film is celebrated in Conan the Barbarian – The Official Story of the Film, a lush hardback volume that tells the full story of how the film was made. Brand new interviews with cast and crew, as well behind-the-scenes photography from the set and concept art created for the production, give fascinating insights into the development of one of the best-loved fantasy films of the 1980s.
Conceiving Virtuality: From Art To Technology (Numanities - Arts and Humanities in Progress #11)
by Joaquim BragaThis book provides new theoretical approaches to the subject of virtuality. All chapters reflect the importance of extending the analysis of the concept of “the virtual” to areas of knowledge that, until today, have not been fully included in its philosophical foundations. The respective chapters share new insights on art, media, psychic systems and technology, while also presenting new ways of articulating the concept of the virtual with regard to the main premises of Western thought. Given its thematic scope, this book is intended not only for a philosophical audience, but also for all scientists who have turned to the humanities in search of answers to their questions.