This book has a specific focus on advanced methods for programming Body Sensor Networks (BSNs) based on the reference SPINE project. It features an on-line website (http://spine.deis.unical.it) to sup
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Create an inclusive classroom with these fun and accessible activities for science and computing lessons. Each lesson is tailored to objectives for children working below National Curriculum levels an
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Applied Reconfigurable Computing, ARC 2018, held in Santorini, Greece, in May 2018. The 29 full papers and 22 short
We have always built tools to improve our productivity and help us lead better lives; however we find ourselves constantly battling against our new computerized tools, making us less productive and pu
This volume contains the technical papers presented in the workshops, which took place at the 6th European Conference on Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing, ESOCC 2017, held in Oslo, Norway, Septemb
Image Quality Assessment is well-known for measuring the perceived image degradation of natural scene images but is still an emerging topic for computer-generated images. This book addresses this prob
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Internet Multimedia Computing and Service, ICIMCS 2017, held in Qingdao, China, in August 2017.The 20 revised full
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Pervasive Computing Paradigms for Mental Health, MindCare 2016, held in Barcelona, Spain, in November 2016, and the
How Britain lost its early dominance in computing by systematically discriminating against its most qualified workers: women.In 1944, Britain led the world in electronic computing. By 1974, the Britis
Computing 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 st
This volume contains the technical papers presented in the workshops associated with the European Conference on Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing, ESOCC 2016, held in Vienna, Austria, in September
This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 11th IFIP TC 3 World Conference on Computers in Education, WCCE 2017, held in Dublin, Ireland, in July 2017.The 57 revised full pa
Learn the basics of serverless computing and how to develop event-driven architectures with the three major cloud platforms: Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud. This hands-on guide
The edited volume contains original papers contributed to 1st International Conference on Smart System, Innovations and Computing (SSIC 2017) by researchers from different countries. The contributions
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"This book addresses cloud-based development concepts that offer a new way to educate the way we think, share, learn and collaborate inside and outside of the classroom, the impact of cloud computing
This book discusses key conceptual aspects and explores the connection between triangulated manifolds and quantum physics, using a set of case studies ranging from moduli space theory to quantum compu
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th Chinese Conference on Trusted Computing and Information Security, CTCIS 2017, held in Changsha, China, in September 2017. The 28 revised full
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference,on Theory and Practice of Natural Computing, TPNC 2017, held in Prague, Czech Republic, December 2017.The 22 full pap
The contributions gathered here provide an overview of current research projects and selected software products of the Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing SCAI. They show the
This book constitutes revised selected papers from 10 workshops that were held as the ISC High Performance 2017 conference in Frankfurt, Germany, in June 2017. The 59 papers presented in this volu
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Information, Communication and Computing Technology, ICICCT 2017, held in New Delhi, India, in May 2017. The 2
This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence, UCAmI 2017, held in Philadelphia, PA, USA in November 2
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 23th International Conference on DNA Computing and Molecular Programming, DNA 23, held Austin, TX, USA, in September 2017. The 16 full papers pres
This book offers a timely snapshot of current soft-computing research and solutions to decision-making and optimization problems, which are ubiquitous in the current social and technological context,
This book presents a detailed review of the state of the art in deep learning approaches for semantic object detection and segmentation in medical image computing, and large-scale radiology database m
The book focuses on both theory and applications in the broad areas of communication technology, computer science and information security. This two volume book contains the Proceedings of 4th Interna
Health Professionals' Education in the Age of Clinical Information Systems, Mobile Computing and Social Networks addresses the challenges posed by information and communication technology to health pr
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Advanced Informatics for Computing Research , ICAICR 2017, held in Jalandhar, India, in March 2017. Th
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Advances in Computing and Data Sciences, ICACDS 2016, held in Ghaziabad, India, in November 2016.The 64 full pap
This three-volume set LNCS 10361, LNCS 10362, and LNAI 10363 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Intelligent Computing, ICIC 2017, held in Liverpool, UK,
Melanie Holloway explores a cloud broker offering service level agreement negotiation and monitoring as a service to consumers. She proposes a negotiation mechanism, which enables the achievement of e
The book focuses on both theory and applications in the broad areas of communication technology, computer science and information security. This two volume book contains the Proceedings of 4th Interna
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications, and Worksharing, CollaborateCom 2016, held in Beiji
The two-volume set LNAI 10245 and LNAI 10246 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing, ICAISC 2017, held in Zak
本書特色We live in an increasingly multi-lingual world. While in the past it was sufficient to be proficient in one natural language, it is becoming essential for the engineer to have a working knowledge
The two-volume set LNAI 10245 and LNAI 10246 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing, ICAISC 2017, held in Zak
This unique volume explores cutting-edge management approaches to developing complex software that is efficient, scalable, sustainable, and suitable for distributed environments. Practical insights ar
