Parallel and Distributed Computing and Networks

Gereon Krebber (born 1973) utilizes such materials as plastic film, burnt wood, construction foam, gelatin, Post-it notes and even preserved pig's trotters to create astonishing, large-scale, site-spe

From the twitch of a finger to the expansion of the universe, motion informs and shapes every facet of our world and culture. "Figure of Motion" is itself a dynamic publication, shifting easily from r

This volume is a chronology-cum-travelogue of the "Knot" project, a curator's collective that initiated temporary platforms for art in public spaces in Berlin, Warsaw and Bucharest, operating in each

Like his contemporaries Neo Rauch and Michael Triegel, Leipzig painter Peter Krauskopf (born 1966) was a student of Arno Rink, who encouraged his students to pursue their own paths, however unfashiona

This fourth installation in the "World Images" series (begun in 2005) accompanies the exhibition at Helmhaus Zurich and includes photographic series by Darren Almond, Edward Burtynsky, Georg Gatsas, A

The Viennese architect Michael Wallraff has spent years examining the use of vertical spaces in the city's fabric and devising new ways of fostering public spaces. This first overview of Wallraff's pr

This is a major new approach to the military revolution and the relationship between warfare and the power of the state in early modern Europe. Whereas previous accounts have emphasised the growth of state-run armies during this period, David Parrott argues instead that the delegation of military responsibility to sophisticated and extensive networks of private enterprise reached unprecedented levels. This included not only the hiring of troops but their equipping, the supply of food and munitions, and the financing of their operations. The book reveals the extraordinary prevalence and capability of private networks of commanders, suppliers, merchants and financiers who managed the conduct of war on land and at sea, challenging the traditional assumption that reliance on mercenaries and the private sector results in corrupt and inefficient military force. In so doing, the book provides essential historical context to contemporary debates about the role of the private sector in warfare.

"Notes from a Quiet Life" provides a rare opportunity to view works by a true photographer's photographer, who has traded prints with America's leading artists, but who refused museum and gallery exhi

The technique of data fusion has been used extensively in information retrieval due to the complexity and diversity of tasks involved such as web and social networks, legal, enterprise, and many other

~成功取得IC3國際證照必勝秘笈~本書是專為通過IC3(Internet and Computing Core Certification)計算機綜合能力國際認證而準備的教材。架構完整，完全符合IC3應考範圍之要求，加上作者豐富的教學經驗與實地應考之過程分享。內容特色如下：■ 在「計算機基礎」方面，具備計算機的基礎知識，包含電腦軟硬體、周邊設備及作業系統；在「常用應用軟體」方面，以Office的軟

Kevin Mitnick was the most elusive computer break-in artist in history. He accessed computers and networks at the world's biggest companies--and however fast the authorities were, Mitnick was faster,

Data replication by employing quorum systems is an important concept to improve operation availability on data objects in distributed systems that have strong data consistency demands. These data repl

Founded in c.1120, in the aftermath of the First Crusade in Jerusalem, the Order of the Temple was a Christian brotherhood dedicated to the military protection of pilgrims and the Holy Land, attracting followers and supporters throughout Christian Europe. This detailed study explores the close relationship between the Order of the Temple and the landowning families it relied upon for support. Focussing on the regions of Burgundy, Champagne and Languedoc, Jochen Schenk investigates the religious expectations that guided noble and knightly families to found and support Templar communities in the European provinces, and examines the social dynamics and mechanisms that tied these families to each other. The book illustrates the close connection between the presence of Cistercians and the incidence of crusading within Templar family networks, and offers new insights into how collective identities and memory were shaped through ritual and tradition among medieval French-speaking social elite

'In a short life he accomplished much, and to the roll of great names in the history of his particular studies added his own.' So is described one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century, yet Alan Turing's name was not widely recognised until his contribution to the breaking of the German Enigma code became public in the 1970s. The story of Turing's life fascinates and in the years since his suicide, Turing's reputation has only grown, as his contributions to logic, mathematics, computing, artificial intelligence and computational biology have become better appreciated. To commemorate the centenary of Turing's birth, this republication of his mother's biography is enriched by a new foreword by Martin Davis and a never-before-published memoir by Alan's older brother. The contrast between this memoir and the original biography reveals tensions and sheds new light on Turing's relationship with his family, and on the man himself.

Mobile context-awareness is a popular research trend in the field of ubiquitous computing. Advances in mobile device sensory hardware and the rise of ‘virtual’ sensors such as web application programm

DUNE, the Distributed and Unified Numerics Environment, is an open-source modular toolbox for solving partial differential equations with grid-based methods. This book covers recent advances in the de

Includes a new Afterword by the author on the 2011 Japan Earthquake, the lessons learned, and the parallel threat to North America. A new study just published by the US Geological Survey confirms and

This book explores the potentials - and perils and pitfalls - of the new technology of pervasive adaptation. Miniaturisation and Moore's Law have combined to make pervasive computing a reality, while

What do road infrastructures, media networks, ferry boats, cell phones, automobiles, and airplanes have in common? As attempts to come to terms with the virtual and material distance separating people

A Global Clan explores the impact of Scottish migration on New World development. With a new approach linking personal accounts to "networks" of kin and social groups, this book taps into the expandin

This study aimed at analysing the impact of two different land reform strategies on rural poverty in CIS countries, particularly in Georgia and Moldova. While Georgia distributed agricultural land par

The information infrastructure – comprising computers, embedded devices, networks and software systems – is vital to day-to-day operations in every sector: information and telecommunications, banking

Digital forensics deals with the acquisition, preservation, examination, analysis and presentation of electronic evidence. Networked computing, wireless communications and portable electronic devices

In just under three decades, the world has witnessed an enormous rise in obesity with a parallel growth in cardiometabolic disease risk factors characterized by insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, and

The emergence of the cloud and modern, fast corporate networks demands that you perform judicious balancing of computational loads.Practical Load Balancing presents an entire analytical framework to i

Although female communication networks abound in many contexts and have received a good measure of critical scrutiny, no study has addressed their unique significance within narrative culture writ lar

This monograph is aiming at researchers of systems control, especially those interested in multiagent systems, distributed and decentralized control, and structured systems. The book assumes no prior

Colleges and universities are best understood as networks of departments working together to fulfill a mission of education, innovation, and community partnership. To better understand how these large

With this ambitious volume, The Why Factory throws down the gauntlet to the city of Hong Kong. A theoretical and visual expedition into Hong Kong's future, "Hong Kong Fantasies" plots out alternative

Graphs, networks and agent-based modeling are the most thriving and attracting sciences used in ecology and environmental sciences. As such, this book is the first comprehensive treatment of the subje

This book offers a unique insight into the building of virtual machines for sequential, object-oriented and parallel languages, and uses comparisons of different VMs to provide actual, practical examp

Artist, singer, curator and visual poet Boris Ondreicka (born 1969) compiles two series in this volume: the long poem "John Doe & Joe Bloggs," typeset in a portrait orientation; and "Spoken Word/W

Since 2009, photographer Armin Linke and architect Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss have been documenting ex-Yugoslav Socialist architecture-buildings that were either left vacant or only recently repurposed wh

The Banco de Londres y America del Sud in Buenos Aires was built between 1959 and 1966 through the efforts of a large team of designers and engineers, headed by the collaborative offices of Sepra and

Tatiana Bilbao's single-family house on a lake front in the Mexican state of Jalisco and Derek Dellekamp's medium-rise apartment building at the center of Mexico City are the focus of this fourth publ

At once a day book and an artist's book, this volume compiles black-and-white pencil and India ink drawings made by Sean Scully (born 1945) in Barcelona and New York between August 24 and October 10,

Produced in collaboration with the artist's estate, this Matador "Artist's Portfolio "compiles some 20 unpublished black-and-white drawings by the Spanish painter and sculptor Pablo Palazuelo (1916-20

Best known for his wry and witty drawings, British artist David Shrigley has built up an artistic practice that, over the past two decades, has expanded well beyond drawing to include photography, scu

Kehinde Wiley's acclaimed "World Stage" series inserts into the language of old master portraiture the very ethnicities and ethnic iconography that western art has most excluded from it, or that weste

"Whatever Happened to Sex in Scandinavia?" is a reader that brings together essays, artists' writings and works, and countercultural publications to examine the juncture of the political and the eroti