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Advanced Statistical Methods for the Analysis of Large Data-Sets (Studies in Theoretical and Applied Statistics)
by Jose Miguel Angulo Ibanez Mauro Coli Agostino Di CiaccioThe theme of the meeting was "Statistical Methods for the Analysis of Large Data-Sets". In recent years there has been increasing interest in this subject; in fact a huge quantity of information is often available but standard statistical techniques are usually not well suited to managing this kind of data. The conference serves as an important meeting point for European researchers working on this topic and a number of European statistical societies participated in the organization of the event. The book includes 45 papers from a selection of the 156 papers accepted for presentation and discussed at the conference on "Advanced Statistical Methods for the Analysis of Large Data-sets."
Advanced Statistical Methods in Data Science (ICSA Book Series in Statistics)
by Hao Yu Ding-Geng Chen Jiahua Chen Xuewen Lu Grace Y. YiThis book gathers invited presentations from the 2nd Symposium of the ICSA- CANADA Chapter held at the University of Calgary from August 4-6, 2015. The aim of this Symposium was to promote advanced statistical methods in big-data sciences and to allow researchers to exchange ideas on statistics and data science and to embraces the challenges and opportunities of statistics and data science in the modern world. It addresses diverse themes in advanced statistical analysis in big-data sciences, including methods for administrative data analysis, survival data analysis, missing data analysis, high-dimensional and genetic data analysis, longitudinal and functional data analysis, the design and analysis of studies with response-dependent and multi-phase designs, time series and robust statistics, statistical inference based on likelihood, empirical likelihood and estimating functions. The editorial group selected 14 high-quality presentations from this successful symposium and invited the presenters to prepare a full chapter for this book in order to disseminate the findings and promote further research collaborations in this area. This timely book offers new methods that impact advanced statistical model development in big-data sciences.
Advanced Styles and Insights with Midjourney: Imagine Beautiful AI Prompts
by Irina ShamaevaExplore advanced techniques in AI image generation with a focus on enhancing creativity and producing unique styles using the Midjourney platform, an AI image-generating (text-to-image) program unparalleled in the aesthetics of images it can produce. This book is for anyone ready to push their AI art further, with guidance straight from a seasoned AI artist and user of Midjourney. Unlike a basic tutorial, this book focuses on advanced prompt crafting strategies, understanding Midjourney's evolving algorithms, and harnessing these tools to produce art that resonates on personal and communal levels. Author Irina Shamaeva shares insights gained from creating and sharing art that has captivated over 8,000 followers on social media in a year. You’ll see how to think out of the box with AI art creation and gain practical tips and techniques for drawing. Expect practical tips on making the most of Midjourney for your art, insights from the author's experience, and stories from the AI art world. This book is not just about how to use Midjourney; it's about creating art that matters to you and others. Advanced Styles and Insights with Midjourney will allow you to channel your creativity with more sophisticated drawing techniques, concepts, and new complementary tools. What You Will Learn Combine the features of two recent Midjourney versions, getting the best qualities of each. Explore a "hidden" unofficial version of Midjourney that has a wild imagination. Use the Vary(Subtle), Vary(Strong), and Vary(Region) functions to manipulate your images. Work with multimedia - images along with text - as image prompts and style references. Who This Book Is For Graphic designers, architects, book illustrators, product photographers, game developers, fashion and interior designers, educators, AI researchers using text-to-image software, and any Midjourney user wanting to enhance their prompting skills.
Advanced Systems for Environmental Monitoring, IoT and the application of Artificial Intelligence (Studies in Big Data #143)
by Jamal Mabrouki Mourade AzrourEnvironmental risks put one in six people at risk, as well as our complex ecosystems. Today, IoT sites can monitor the environment and assess risks. Clean technologies can help detect toxic substances, chemical spills, hazardous pollutants, and other issues, enabling both governments and industries to clean or protect the air, land, water, and other environments, and how IoT can support these processes. IoT-enabled environmental intelligence is the constant measurement and collection of our physical environment, through sensors and smart devices. Integrated sensors in irrigation facilities, water supply systems, pipelines, cisterns, weather stations, ocean, and industrial facilities—anywhere on the globe—can record temperature, relative humidity, water content, leaks, and any other physical parameters.
Advanced Techniques and Applications of Cybersecurity and Forensics (Emerging Technologies)
by Keshav Kaushik Mariya Ouaissa Aryan ChaudharyThe book showcases how advanced cybersecurity and forensic techniques can be applied to various computational issues. It further covers the advanced exploitation tools that are used in the domain of ethical hacking and penetration testing.• Focuses on tools used in performing mobile and SIM forensics, static and dynamic memory analysis, and deep web forensics• Covers advanced tools in the domain of data hiding and steganalysis• Discusses the role and application of artificial intelligence and big data in cybersecurity• Elaborates on the use of advanced cybersecurity and forensics techniques in computational issues• Includes numerous open-source tools such as NMAP, Autopsy, and Wireshark used in the domain of digital forensicsThe text is primarily written for senior undergraduates, graduate students, and academicresearchers, in the fields of computer science, electrical engineering, cybersecurity,and forensics.
Advanced Techniques and Technology of Computer-Aided Feedback Control
by Jean MbihiThis book covers various modern theoretical, technical, practical and technological aspects of computerized numerical control and control systems of deterministic and stochastic dynamical processes.
Advanced Techniques for Audio Watermarking (Signals and Communication Technology)
by Rohit M. ThankiThis book provides information on digital audio watermarking, its applications, and its evaluation for copyright protection of audio signals – both basic and advanced. The author covers various advanced digital audio watermarking algorithms that can be used for copyright protection of audio signals. These algorithms are implemented using hybridization of advanced signal processing transforms such as fast discrete curvelet transform (FDCuT), redundant discrete wavelet transform (RDWT), and another signal processing transform such as discrete cosine transform (DCT). In these algorithms, Arnold scrambling is used to enhance the security of the watermark logo. This book is divided in to three portions: basic audio watermarking and its classification, audio watermarking algorithms, and audio watermarking algorithms using advance signal transforms. The book also covers optimization based audio watermarking.Describes basic of digital audio watermarking and its applications, including evaluation parameters for digital audio watermarking algorithms;Provides audio watermarking algorithms using advanced signal transformations;Provides optimization based audio watermarking algorithms.
Advanced Techniques for IoT Applications: Proceedings of EAIT 2020 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #292)
by Jyotsna Kumar Mandal Debashis DeThis book includes original, unpublished contributions presented at the Sixth International Conference on Emerging Applications of Information Technology (EAIT 2020), held at the University of Kalyani, Kalyani, West Bengal, India, on November 2020. The book covers the topics such as image processing, computer vision, pattern recognition, machine learning, data mining, big data and analytics, information security and privacy, wireless and sensor networks, and IoT. It will also include IoT application-related papers in pattern recognition, artificial intelligence, expert systems, natural language understanding, image processing, computer vision, applications in biomedical engineering, artificial neural networks, fuzzy logic, evolutionary optimization, data mining, Web intelligence, intelligent agent technology, virtual reality, and visualization.
Advanced Techniques in Optimization for Machine Learning and Imaging (Springer INdAM Series #61)
by Alessandro Benfenati Federica Porta Tatiana Alessandra Bubba Marco ViolaIn recent years, non-linear optimization has had a crucial role in the development of modern techniques at the interface of machine learning and imaging. The present book is a collection of recent contributions in the field of optimization, either revisiting consolidated ideas to provide formal theoretical guarantees or providing comparative numerical studies for challenging inverse problems in imaging. The work of these papers originated in the INdAM Workshop “Advanced Techniques in Optimization for Machine learning and Imaging” held in Roma, Italy, on June 20-24, 2022. The covered topics include non-smooth optimisation techniques for model-driven variational regularization, fixed-point continuation algorithms and their theoretical analysis for selection strategies of the regularization parameter for linear inverse problems in imaging, different perspectives on Support Vector Machines trained via Majorization-Minimization methods, generalization of Bayesian statistical frameworks to imaging problems, and creation of benchmark datasets for testing new methods and algorithms.
Advanced Techniques of Artificial Intelligence in IT Security Systems (Studies in Big Data #146)
by Marcin KorytkowskiThe book explores how modern technologies, including artificial intelligence and neural networks, are being used to enhance cybersecurity. In today's world, the development of the Internet is nothing short of transformative, affecting every aspect of our lives. Ensuring the safety of its users is a paramount concern, and it requires a diverse set of disciplines to address. Researchers from various fields, including IT, mathematics, psychology, and medicine, are collectively working to tackle this interdisciplinary challenge. The significance of this issue has been magnified by the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced many aspects of our lives into the digital realm, from online payments to remote work and education. This shift brought new security challenges, with data privacy and system integrity taking center stage. It delves into the intricacies of Big Data by having to analyze an immense volume of network traffic data that can only be effectively analyzed with specialized tools. Real-time threat detection is critical, and the book sheds light on cutting-edge approaches to achieving this goal. The content of the book covers a broad spectrum of topics related to IT system security, from user and system profiling to preventing data leaks and defending against phishing attacks. Additionally, innovative concepts such as “glial networks” are introduced, offering new ways to interpret knowledge stored in convolutional networks. These solutions are not limited to security alone; they have applications across various domains. The book highlights the advantages of these cutting-edge approaches over existing methods, demonstrating their relevance to large corporations, public institutions, schools, small businesses, and households. In a world where security threats are constantly evolving, this book is a valuable resource for understanding the dynamic landscape of network security and the role of artificial intelligence in safeguarding our digital ecosystems.
Advanced Technologies, Embedded and Multimedia for Human-centric Computing: HumanCom and EMC 2013 (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering #260)
by James J. Jong Hyuk Park Han-Chieh Chao Yueh-Min Huang Der-Jiunn DengThe theme of HumanCom and EMC is focused on the various aspects of human-centric computing for advances in computer science and its applications, embedded and multimedia computing and provides an opportunity for academic and industry professionals to discuss the latest issues and progress in the area of human-centric computing. And the theme of EMC (Advanced in Embedded and Multimedia Computing) is focused on the various aspects of embedded system, smart grid, cloud and multimedia computing, and it provides an opportunity for academic, industry professionals to discuss the latest issues and progress in the area of embedded and multimedia computing. Therefore this book will be include the various theories and practical applications in human-centric computing and embedded and multimedia computing.
Advanced Technologies for Cultural Heritage Monitoring and Conservation: The Collection of Chigi Palace in Ariccia, Italy (Digital Innovations in Architecture, Engineering and Construction)
by Sofia Ceccarelli Mauro Missori Roberta FantoniThis book provides the results of an extensive scientific measurements campaign using advanced technologies and innovative non-invasive approaches carried out for the first time in such large numbers inside one of the most important baroque residences in Italy, the Chigi Palace in Ariccia, near Rome (Italy), with the aims of monitoring, characterizing and documenting several kinds of heritage items with different conservative and artistic issues. The analyses involved several research groups from regional universities (Sapienza, Tor Vergata, Roma 3) and research institutions (ENEA, INFN, CNR) and they were performed within the ADAMO project, which was addressed to technologies of analysis, diagnostics and monitoring for the preservation and restoration of Cultural Heritage. The project was proposed by the Centre of Excellence at the Technological District for Cultural Heritage (DTC) financed by the Lazio Region. At the Chigi Palace, important collections of paintings, documents, statues and wall decorations are preserved, dating back from the 16th up to the 18th centuries. The purpose of this book is twofold: it provides an overview of methodologies and technologies currently available in the field of heritage science, through the presentation of their in situ applications for the study of different artworks and materials; furthermore, it shows how the non-invasive analyses and the integration of diagnostic results are useful and sometimes crucial, for the overall understanding of heritage items, their conservation status, and for their correct conservation. This book is addressed at a large audience with both humanistic and scientific backgrounds, focusing the reader's attention on the information gained from multidisciplinary studies, also allowing a curious look at scientific methodologies applied to an art-historical context.
Advanced Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems (Intelligent Systems Reference Library #139)
by Gianluigi Ferrari Marco Picone Stefano Busanelli Michele Amoretti Francesco ZanichelliThis book focuses on emerging technologies in the field of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSs) namely efficient information dissemination between vehicles, infrastructures, pedestrians and public transportation systems. It covers the state-of-the-art of Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANETs), with centralized and decentralized (Peer-to-Peer) communication architectures, considering several application scenarios. With a detailed treatment of emerging communication paradigms, including cross networking and distributed algorithms. Unlike most of the existing books, this book presents a multi-layer overview of information dissemination systems, from lower layers (MAC) to high layers (applications). All those aspects are investigated considering the use of mobile devices, such as smartphones/tablets and embedded systems, i. e. technologies that during last years completely changed the current market, the user expectations, and communication networks. The presented networking paradigms are supported and validated by means of extensive simulative analysis and real field deployments in different application scenarios. This book represents a reference for professional technologist, postgraduates and researchers in the area of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSs), wireless communication and distributed systems.
Advanced Technologies for Security Applications: Proceedings of the NATO Science for Peace and Security 'Cluster Workshop on Advanced Technologies', 17-18 September 2019, Leuven, Belgium (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics)
by Claudio PalestiniTechnology has been the spark that ignited NATO’s interest and commitment to scientific advancement during its history. Since its creation, the Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme has been instrumental to NATO’s commitment to innovation, science and technological advancement. During the years, SPS has demonstrated a flexible and versatile approach to practical scientific cooperation, and has promoted knowledge-sharing, building capacity, and projected stability outside NATO territory. The priorities addressed by the SPS Programme are aligned with NATO’s strategic objectives, and aim to tackle emerging security challenges that require dynamic adaptation for the prevention and mitigation of risks. By addressing priorities such as advanced technologies, hybrid threats, and counter-terrorism, the Programme deals with new, contemporary challenges. On 17-18 September 2019, the SPS Programme gathered at the KU Leuven University a wide number of researchers from a selection of on-going and recently closed SPS projects in the field of security-related advanced technologies for a “Cluster Workshop on Advanced Technologies”. The workshop covered, in particular, the following scientific domains: communication systems, advanced materials, sensors and detectors, and unmanned and autonomous systems. This book provides an overview on how these projects have contributed to the development of new technologies and innovative solutions and recommendations for future actions in the NATO SPS programme.
Advanced Technologies for the Rehabilitation of Gait and Balance Disorders (Biosystems & Biorobotics #19)
by Giorgio Sandrini Volker Homberg Leopold Saltuari Nicola Smania Alessandra PedrocchiThe book provides readers with a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in the field of gait and balance rehabilitation. It describes technologies and devices together with the requirements and factors to be considered during their application in clinical settings. The book covers physiological and pathophysiological basis of locomotion and posture control, describes integrated approaches for the treatment of neurological diseases and spinal cord injury, as well as important principles for designing appropriate clinical studies. It presents computer and robotic technologies currently used in rehabilitation, such as exoskeleton devices, functional electrical stimulation, virtual reality and many more, highlighting the main advantages and challenges both from the clinical and engineering perspective. Written in an easy-to-understand style, the book is intended for people with different background and expertise, including medical and engineering students, clinicians and physiotherapists, as well as technical developers of rehabilitation systems and their corresponding human-compute interfaces. It aims at fostering an increased awareness of available technologies for balance and gait rehabilitation, as well as a better communication and collaboration between their users and developers.
Advanced Technologies in Healthcare: AI, Signal Processing, Digital Twins and 5G
by Shuli Guo Lina Han Yanan GuoThis book explores the applications of cutting-edge technologies such as AI, blockchain, signal processing, digital twin technology, and 5G communication technology in healthcare. The writing style combines diagrams, tables, formulae, and text to enhance readability. The content combines theoretical analysis and medical application in every chapter. This book presents several innovative methods, including an AI-based computer-aided diagnosis system, a blockchain-based AI system framework for healthcare, pre-processing algorithms for medical imaging, digital twin models for healthcare, a healthcare platform based on cloud, fog, and edge computing, and a personal health device domain information model. This book will be valuable for researchers, engineers, and post-graduate students in the fields of medicine management and software engineering.
Advanced Technologies in Modern Robotic Applications
by Chenguang Yang Hongbin Ma Mengyin FuThis book presents in a systematic manner the advanced technologies used for various modern robot applications. By bringing fresh ideas, new concepts, novel methods and tools into robot control, robot vision, human robot interaction, teleoperation of robot and multiple robots system, we are to provide a state-of-the-art and comprehensive treatment of the advanced technologies for a wide range of robotic applications. Particularly, we focus on the topics of advanced control and obstacle avoidance techniques for robot to deal with unknown perturbations, of visual servoing techniques which enable robot to autonomously operate in a dynamic environment, and of advanced techniques involved in human robot interaction. The book is primarily intended for researchers and engineers in the robotic and control community. It can also serve as complementary reading for robotics at the both graduate and undergraduate levels.
Advanced Technologies in Practical Applications for National Security (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control #106)
by Aleksander Nawrat Karol Jędrasiak Damian BereskaThis book presents advanced technologies used in practice to enable early recognition and tracking of various threats to national security. It discusses practical applications, examples and recent challenges in the application fields using sophisticated sensory devices, embedded designs and airborne and ground unmanned vehicles. Undeniably rapid advances in the development of sophisticated sensory devices, significant increases of computing power available to embedded designs and the development of airborne and ground unmanned vehicles offer almost unlimited possibilities for fighting various types of pathologies affecting our societies. The book provides scientists, researchers, engineers and graduate students involved in computer vision, image processing, data fusion, control algorithms, mechanics, data mining, navigation and integrated circuit (IC) with numerous valuable, useful and practical suggestions and solutions.
Advanced Technologies in Robotics and Intelligent Systems: Proceedings of ITR 2019 (Mechanisms and Machine Science #80)
by Vigen Arakelian Sergey Yu. Misyurin Arutyun I. AvetisyanThis volume gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of intelligent systems such as robots, cyber-physical and embedded systems, as presented by leading international researchers and engineers at the International Conference on Intelligent Technologies in Robotics (ITR), held in Moscow, Russia on October 21-23, 2019. It covers highly diverse topics, including robotics, design and machining, control and dynamics, bio-inspired systems, Internet of Thing, Big Data, RFID technology, blockchain, trusted software, cyber-physical systems (CFS) security, development of CFS in manufacturing, protection of information in CFS, cybersecurity of CFS. The contributions, which were selected by means of a rigorous international peer-review process, highlight numerous exciting ideas that will spur novel research directions and foster multidisciplinary collaboration among different specialists, demonstrating that intelligent systems will drive the technological and societal change in the coming decades.
Advanced Technologies, Systems, and Applications II: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Innovative and Interdisciplinary Applications of Advanced Technologies (IAT) (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #28)
by Mirsad Hadžikadić Samir AvdakovićThis book presents innovative and interdisciplinary applications of advanced technologies. It includes the scientific outcomes of the 9th DAYS OF BHAAAS (Bosnian-Herzegovinian American Academy of Arts and Sciences) held in Banja Vrućica, Teslić, Bosnia and Herzegovina on May 25-28, 2017. This unique book offers a comprehensive, multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary overview of the latest developments in a broad section of technologies and methodologies, viewed through the prism of applications in computing, networking, information technology, robotics, complex systems, communications, energy, mechanical engineering, economics and medicine, to name just a few.
Advanced Technologies, Systems, and Applications III
by Samir AvdakovićThis book introduces innovative and interdisciplinary applications of advanced technologies. Featuring the papers from the 10th DAYS OF BHAAAS (Bosnian-Herzegovinian American Academy of Arts and Sciences) held in Jahorina, Bosnia and Herzegovina on June 21–24, 2018, it discusses a wide variety of engineering and scientific applications of the different techniques. Researchers from academic and industry present their work and ideas, techniques and applications in the field of power systems, mechanical engineering, computer modelling and simulations, civil engineering, robotics and biomedical engineering, information and communication technologies, computer science and applied mathematics.
Advanced Technologies, Systems, and Applications III
by Samir AvdakovićThis book introduces innovative and interdisciplinary applications of advanced technologies. Featuring the papers from the 10th DAYS OF BHAAAS (Bosnian-Herzegovinian American Academy of Arts and Sciences) held in Jahorina, Bosnia and Herzegovina on June 21–24, 2018, it discusses a wide variety of engineering and scientific applications of the different techniques. Researchers from academic and industry present their work and ideas, techniques and applications in the field of power systems, mechanical engineering, computer modelling and simulations, civil engineering, robotics and biomedical engineering, information and communication technologies, computer science and applied mathematics.
Advanced Technologies, Systems, and Applications IV -Proceedings of the International Symposium on Innovative and Interdisciplinary Applications of Advanced Technologies (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #83)
by Samir Avdaković Aljo Mujčić Adnan Mujezinović Tarik Uzunović Ismar VolićThis book presents the scientific outcomes of the conference 11th Days of Bosnian-Herzegovinian American Academy of Arts and Sciences, held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, June 20–23, 2019. Including innovative applications of advanced technologies, it offers a uniquely comprehensive, multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary overview of the latest developments in a broad range of technologies and methodologies, viewed through the prism of computing, networking, information technology, robotics, complex systems, communications, energy, mechanical engineering, economics and medicine, among others.
Advanced Technologies, Systems, and Applications IX: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Innovative and Interdisciplinary Applications of Advanced Technologies (IAT 2024) Volume 1 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #1143)
by Naida Ademović Zlatan Akšamija Almir KarabegovićThis book is a comprehensive compilation of articles that delve into the forefront of interdisciplinary applications of innovative technologies. It presents the scientific inquiries and outcomes showcased at the 15th Days of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian American Academy of Arts and Sciences conference, held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from June 20 to 23, 2024. The collection highlights the latest advancements and will draw the interest of researchers in diverse domains of engineering, including civil engineering, data science and geographic information systems, computer science and artificial intelligence, advanced environmental engineering and project management, information and communication technologies, and advanced electrical power systems. This book serves as a testament to the ongoing pursuit of knowledge and innovation in these fields, offering insights into the current research landscape and future directions. The contributions not only expand the theoretical foundations but also explore practical applications that address contemporary challenges in technology and engineering. The editors gratefully acknowledge the dedicated efforts of all the symposia chairs of the 15th Days of BHAAAS whose meticulous planning and scholarly oversight have enriched this book and contributed to its scholarly significance.
Advanced Technologies, Systems, and Applications VI: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Innovative and Interdisciplinary Applications of Advanced Technologies (IAT) 2021 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #316)
by Naida Ademović Edin Mujčić Zlatan Akšamija Jasmin Kevrić Samir Avdaković Ismar VolićThis book presents the innovative and interdisciplinary application of advanced technologies. It includes the scientific outcomes and results of the conference 12th Day of Bosnian-Herzegovinian American Academy of Art and Sciences held in Mostar, Bosnia, and Herzegovina, June 24-27, 2021. The latest developments in various fields of engineering have been presented through various papers in civil engineering, mechanical engineering, computing, electrical and electronics engineering, and others. A new session, Sustainable Urban Development: Designing Smart, Inclusive and Resilient Cities, was organized, enabling experts in this field to exchange their knowledge and expertise.