Recent developments in computer communications and networks have enabled the deployment of exciting new areas such as Internet of Things and collaborative big data analysis. The design and implementat
This book provides two general granular computing approaches to mining relational data, the first of which uses abstract descriptions of relational objects to build their granular representation, whil
This book aims to provide a deep look into Italian actions taken in some fields of science and high performance computing (HPC), and the Italian effort to bridge the HPC gap with respect to Europe. Th
Serving as a flagship driver towards advance research in the area of Big Data platforms and applications, this book provides a platform for the dissemination of advanced topics of theory, research eff
This two volume set LNCS 10039 and 10040 constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the Second International Conference on Cloud Computing and Security, ICCCS 2016, held in Nanjing, China
This volume presents 13 chapters on the use of ambient computing, the internet of things, and smart city design in urban spaces. Information technology, architecture, and other specialists from the
This volume constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the Third IFIP WG 9.7 International Conference on the History and Philosophy of Computing, held in Pisa, Italy in October 2015.The 1
As Star Trek celebrates its 50th anniversary, the futuristic tools of Kirk, Spock, Scott, and McCoy continue to come to life. This book merges Star Trek scientific lore – how the science of the time i
This book is a collection of refereed invited papers on the history of computing in education from the 1970s to the mid-1990s presenting a social history of the introduction and early use of computers
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Security in Computing and Communications, SSCC 2016, held in Jaipur, India, in September 2016. The 23 revised
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Collaboration Technologies, CollabTech 2016, held in Kanazawa, Japan, in September 2016. The 16 revised full paper
This timely volumeprovides a review of the state-of-the-art frameworks and methodologies forconnecting diverse objects and devices according to the vision for an Internetof Things (IoT). A specific fo
This two volume set (CCIS 623 and 634) constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference of Young Computer Scientists, Engineers and Educators, ICYCSEE 2016, held in Harbin,
This two volume set (CCIS 623 and 634) constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference of Young Computer Scientists, Engineers and Educators, ICYCSEE 2016, held in Harbin,
This book addresses three main areas: pervasive computing at the distributed level, at the nano-level, and the legal implications of pervasive computing in medicine. From studying the life cycle
This book introduces the readers to the new concept of cognitive cities.It demonstrates why cities need to become cognitive and why therefore a conceptof cognitive city is needed. It highlights the ma
This book offers a practical guide to the computational methods at the heart of most modern quantitative research. It will be essential reading for research assistants needing hands-on experience; stu
Computing is no longer a standalone activity on a single device. Apple Computing for Seniors in easy steps, 2nd edition will help you to explore the sleek and stylish world of Apple computing whether
After 4G, perhaps by 2020, mobile computing and wireless systems will enter the Fifth Generation (5G), which promises evolutionary or at least revolutionary services. What those advanced services will
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post conference proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Cloud Computing, CloudComp 2015, held in Daejeon, South Korea, in October 2015. The 24
This book provides a basic but complete coverage of material to use for Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) in various ways. It contains a framework encapsulating the CPS discipline, clearly showing where th
It’s the founding myth of humanities computing and digital humanities: In 1949, the Italian Jesuit scholar, Roberto Busa, S.J., persuaded IBM to offer technical and financial support for the mechanize
This proceedings volume contains selected papers that were presented in the 3rd International Symposium on Big data and Cloud Computing Challenges, 2016 held at VIT University, India on March 10 and 1
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 28th International Workshop on Languages and Compilers for Parallel Computing, LCPC 2015, held in Raleigh, NC, USA, in
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science, CLOSER 2015, held in Lisbon, Portugal, in May 2015.The 14 revised
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Cloud Computing and Big Data, CloudCom-Asia 2015, held in Huangshan City, China, in June 2015.The 29 full paper
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post proceedings of the 11th EAI International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications, and Worksharing, CollaborateCom 2015, held
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services (MobiCASE 2015) held in Berlin, Germany, i
Focusing on up-to-date artificial intelligence models to solve building energy problems,Artificial Intelligence for Building Energy Analysis reviews recently developed models for solving these issues,
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference, E-Democracy 2015, held in Athens, Greece, in December 2015.The 13 revised full papers presented together with 8 exte
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing, ICSOC 2015, held in Goa, India, in November 2015.The 23 full, 9 short, and 5 demo track papers
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First Workshop on Embracing Global Computing in Emerging Economies, EGC 2015, held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, in February 2015.The 13 revised full pap
This book constitutes thoroughly revised, selected papers of the proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Collaborative Agents Research and Development, CARE 2015 and the Second International
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th CCF Conference, NLPCC 2015, held in Nanchang, China, in October 2015.The 35 revised full papers presented together with 22 short papers were c
This book aims to deconstruct ethnography to alert systems designers, and other stakeholders, to the issues presented by new approaches that move beyond the studies of ‘work’ and ‘work practice’ withi
Advanced Computing, Networking and Informatics are three distinct and mutually exclusive disciplines of knowledge with no apparent sharing/overlap among them. However, their convergence is observed in
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Soft Computing in Data Science, SCDS 2015, held in Putrajaya, Malaysia, in September 2015.The 25 revised full papers p
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th European Conference on Service-Oriented and Cloud computing, ESOCC 2015, held in Taormina, Italy, in September 2015.The 13 research papers, th
