General Computing category: 15796 books
The Universal Machine
From the Dawn of Computing to Digital Consciousness
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2012
The computer unlike other inventions is universal; you can use a computer for many tasks: writing, composing music, designing buildings, creating movies, inhabiting virtual worlds, communicating...
This popular science history isn't just about technology but introduces the pioneers: Babbage, Turing,...
Architecture of Computing Systems - ARCS 2017
30th International Conference, Vienna, Austria, April 3–6, 2017, Proceedings
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Architecture of Computing Systems, ARCS 2017, held in Vienna, Austria, in April 2017.
The 19 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 42 submissions. They were organized in topical...
Women and Underrepresented Minorities in Computing
A Historical and Social Study
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2016
This text examines in detail the issue of the underrepresentation of women, African Americans, American Indians, and Hispanics in the computing disciplines in the U.S. The work reviews the underlying causes, as well as the efforts of various nonprofit organizations to correct the situation, in order...
by Kevin Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2015
Get the most out of Windows 8.1 for your every day computing tasks, with no jargon. Clear, concise and to the point. This brief book, Everyday Computing With Windows 8.1 provides the essentials of using a desktop or laptop running Windows 8 or 8.1, providing a fast read for the beginner and the enthusiast....
Unconventional Computation and Natural Computation
15th International Conference, UCNC 2016, Manchester, UK, July 11-15, 2016, Proceedings
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2016
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Unconventional Computation and Natural Computation, UCNC 2016, held in Manchester, UK, in July 2016.
The 15 revised full papers presented together with 5 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from...
Proceeding of International Conference on Intelligent Communication, Control and Devices
ICICCD 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2016
The book presents high-quality research papers presented at the first international conference, ICICCD 2016, organised by the Department of Electronics, Instrumentation and Control Engineering of University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun on 2nd and 3rd April, 2016. The book is broadly divided...
Natural Language Processing and Chinese Computing
7th CCF International Conference, NLPCC 2018, Hohhot, China, August 26–30, 2018, Proceedings, Part II
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2018
This two volume set of LNAI 11108 and LNAI 11109 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th CCF Conference on Natural Language Processing and Chinese Computing, NLPCC 2018, held in Hohhot, China, in August 2018.
The 55 full papers and 31 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and...
Natural Language Processing and Chinese Computing
7th CCF International Conference, NLPCC 2018, Hohhot, China, August 26–30, 2018, Proceedings, Part I
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2018
This two volume set of LNAI 11108 and LNAI 11109 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th CCF Conference on Natural Language Processing and Chinese Computing, NLPCC 2018, held in Hohhot, China, in August 2018.
The 55 full papers and 31 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and...
by Ivanka Menken
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
Software as a service, is software that is deployed over the internet and/or is deployed to run behind a firewall on a local area network or personal computer. With SaaS, a provider licenses an application to customers as a service on demand, through a subscription, in a "pay-as-you-go" model, or increasingly...
Transactions on Computational Science XXIV
Special Issue on Reversible Computing
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2014
The LNCS journal Transactions on Computational Science reflects recent developments in the field of Computational Science, conceiving the field not as a mere ancillary science but rather as an innovative approach supporting many other scientific disciplines. The journal focuses on original high-quality...
Ada's Legacy
Cultures of Computing from the Victorian to the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Ada’s Legacy illustrates the depth and diversity of writers, thinkers, and makers who have been inspired by Ada Lovelace, the English mathematician and writer. The volume, which commemorates the bicentennial of Ada’s birth in December 1815, celebrates Lovelace’s many achievements as well as...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Conventional computational methods, and even the latest soft computing paradigms, often fall short in their ability to offer solutions to many real-world problems due to uncertainty, imprecision, and circumstantial data. Hybrid intelligent computing is a paradigm that addresses these issues to a considerable...
Bio-Inspired Models of Network, Information, and Computing Systems
7th International ICST Conference, BIONETICS 2012, Lugano, Switzerland, December 10--11, 2012, Revised Selected Papers
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Bio-Inspired Models of Network, Information and Computing Systems (Bionetics 2012), held in Lugano, Switzerland, in December 2012. The 23 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed...
by Kevin Jeffay, Hong Jiang Zhang
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2001
Readings in Multimedia Computing and Networking captures the broad areas of research and developments in this burgeoning field, distills the key findings, and makes them accessible to professionals, researchers, and students alike. For the first time, the most influential and innovative papers on...