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The Sovereign Intelligence Playbook - How Any Nation Can Own Its AI Future, Protect Its Data, and Build a Prosperous Digital Economy

by JOHN KABAA KAMAU ...

SOVEREIGN BY DESIGN: THE GLOBAL ARCHITECT'S ROADMAP TO AI POWERThe Second Silicon Revolution has arrived. Will your nation hold the handle of the tool, or be caught in the gears?For decades, global power was measured in oil and geography. In 2026, the scoreboard has changed to FLOPS, megawatts, and "Governable Chips." Sovereign by Design is the definitive field manual for the "Great Divergence"; ... Read more

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SOVEREIGN BY DESIGN: THE GLOBAL ARCHITECT'S ROADMAP TO AI POWERThe Second Silicon Revolution has arrived. Will your nation hold the handle of the tool, or be caught in the gears?For decades, global power was measured in oil and geography. In 2026, the scoreboard has changed to FLOPS, megawatts, and "Governable Chips." Sovereign by Design is the definitive field manual for the "Great Divergence";
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Interactivity and Game Creation

9th EAI International Conference, ArtsIT 2020, Aalborg, Denmark, December 10–11, 2020, Proceedings

Edited by Anthony Brooks, Eva Irene Brooks, Duckworth Jonathan ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Interactivity and Game Creation, ArtsIT 2020, held in Aalborg, Denmark, in December 2020. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually.The 28 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from 60 submissions. The papers represent a forum for the dissemination of cutting-edge ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Interactivity and Game Creation, ArtsIT 2020, held in Aalborg, Denmark, in December 2020. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually.The 28 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from 60 submissions. The papers represent a forum for the dissemination of cutting-edge
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Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2021)

Volume V: Methods & Approaches

Edited by Nancy L. Black, W. Patrick Neumann, Ian Noy ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book presents the proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2021), held online on June 13-18, 2021. By highlighting the latest theories and models, as well as cutting-edge technologies and applications, and by combining findings from a range of disciplines including engineering, design, robotics, healthcare, management, computer science, human biology ... Read more

$143.99 USD

This book presents the proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2021), held online on June 13-18, 2021. By highlighting the latest theories and models, as well as cutting-edge technologies and applications, and by combining findings from a range of disciplines including engineering, design, robotics, healthcare, management, computer science, human biology
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Enterprise Information Systems

20th International Conference, ICEIS 2018, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, March 21-24, 2018, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Slimane Hammoudi, Michał Śmiałek, Olivier Camp, Joaquim Filipe ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes extended, revised and selected papers from the 20th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, ICEIS 2018, held in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, in March 2018.The 19 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in this book from a total of 242 submissions. They deal with topics such as data science and databases; ontologies ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes extended, revised and selected papers from the 20th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, ICEIS 2018, held in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, in March 2018.The 19 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in this book from a total of 242 submissions. They deal with topics such as data science and databases; ontologies
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Agentes: La nueva generación de inteligencias artificiales autónomas

IA desde cero: De la Nube a tu PC, #5

by LUMA LEZI ...

Series Book 5 - IA desde cero: De la Nube a tu PC
Primero aprendieron a responder. Ahora están aprendiendo a actuar.Los nuevos agentes de inteligencia artificial representan el siguiente salto evolutivo: sistemas capaces de decidir, ejecutar y mejorar sus acciones sin depender del usuario. Ya no necesitas darle instrucciones paso a paso; solo necesitas darle un objetivo.Agentes: La nueva generación de inteligencias artificiales autónomas es el ... Read more

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Primero aprendieron a responder. Ahora están aprendiendo a actuar.Los nuevos agentes de inteligencia artificial representan el siguiente salto evolutivo: sistemas capaces de decidir, ejecutar y mejorar sus acciones sin depender del usuario. Ya no necesitas darle instrucciones paso a paso; solo necesitas darle un objetivo.Agentes: La nueva generación de inteligencias artificiales autónomas es el
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Ultimate Beginner's Guide to AI

Practical Steps to Future-Proof Your Career, Boost Productivity & Thrive in a Rapidly Changing World of Innovation (Even if You're not Tech-Savvy)

by Morgan Hale ...

Future-proof your career with AI-no tech skills required.Feeling overwhelmed by the complexity of artificial intelligence?Worried about how it might impact your job?Afraid you're already falling behind the competition?This practical, empowering guide is designed for professionals like you: ambitious, curious, and eager to stay ahead, even if you're not a "tech person." In Ultimate Beginner's Guide ... Read more

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Future-proof your career with AI-no tech skills required.Feeling overwhelmed by the complexity of artificial intelligence?Worried about how it might impact your job?Afraid you're already falling behind the competition?This practical, empowering guide is designed for professionals like you: ambitious, curious, and eager to stay ahead, even if you're not a "tech person." In Ultimate Beginner's Guide
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Beyond and After Prompt Engineering: The Future of AI Communication

by Vladimir Geroimenko ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This pioneering book offers both a practical guide and a conceptual manifesto for rethinking our relationship with AI, exploring the future of AI communication and moving beyond traditional prompt engineering towards more natural, intuitive, multimodal, and context-aware interactions.It examines the personal, cultural, ethical, and philosophical aspects of AI communication, providing insights into ... Read more

$179.99 USD

This pioneering book offers both a practical guide and a conceptual manifesto for rethinking our relationship with AI, exploring the future of AI communication and moving beyond traditional prompt engineering towards more natural, intuitive, multimodal, and context-aware interactions.It examines the personal, cultural, ethical, and philosophical aspects of AI communication, providing insights into
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Contextual Design

Evolved

by Hugh Beyer, Karen Holtzblatt ...

Series series Synthesis Lectures on Human-Centered Informatics
Contextual Design is a user-centered design process that uses in-depth field research to drive innovative design. Contextual Design was first invented in 1988 and has since been used in a wide variety of industries and taught in universities all over the world. It is a complete front-end design process rooted in Contextual Inquiry, the widespread, industry-standard field data gathering technique. ... Read more

$41.99 USD

Contextual Design is a user-centered design process that uses in-depth field research to drive innovative design. Contextual Design was first invented in 1988 and has since been used in a wide variety of industries and taught in universities all over the world. It is a complete front-end design process rooted in Contextual Inquiry, the widespread, industry-standard field data gathering technique.
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Beginning Xcode

Swift 3 Edition

by Matthew Knott ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Get up and running with Apple's latest version of Xcode, and see how to use Swift in Xcode to build a variety of projects.If you already have some programming experience with iOS SDK and Objective-C, but want a more in-depth tutorial on Xcode, especially Xcode with Apple’s new programming language, Swift, then Beginning Xcode: Swift Edition is for you.The book focuses on the new technologies, ... Read more

$44.99 USD

Get up and running with Apple's latest version of Xcode, and see how to use Swift in Xcode to build a variety of projects.If you already have some programming experience with iOS SDK and Objective-C, but want a more in-depth tutorial on Xcode, especially Xcode with Apple’s new programming language, Swift, then Beginning Xcode: Swift Edition is for you.The book focuses on the new technologies,
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Inductive Logic Programming

31st International Conference, ILP 2022, Windsor Great Park, UK, September 28–30, 2022, Proceedings

Edited by Stephen H. Muggleton, Alireza Tamaddoni-Nezhad ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Inductive Logic Programming, ILP 2022, held during September 28-30, 2022.The 11 regular papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 26 submissionsThe papers in these proceedings represent the diversity and vitality in present ILP research, including statistical relational learning, ... Read more

$53.99 USD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Inductive Logic Programming, ILP 2022, held during September 28-30, 2022.The 11 regular papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 26 submissionsThe papers in these proceedings represent the diversity and vitality in present ILP research, including statistical relational learning,
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Introducing Vala Programming

A Language and Techniques to Boost Productivity

by Michael Lauer ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Get an introduction into the Vala programming language and learn about its syntax, semantics, and idioms. Do you want to boost your productivity? Are you interested in a programming language that combines the efficiency of a scripting language with the performance of a compiled language? Did you always want to write GTK+ or GNOME programs, but hate C with a passion? Read this book and learn Vala ... Read more

$40.99 USD

Get an introduction into the Vala programming language and learn about its syntax, semantics, and idioms. Do you want to boost your productivity? Are you interested in a programming language that combines the efficiency of a scripting language with the performance of a compiled language? Did you always want to write GTK+ or GNOME programs, but hate C with a passion? Read this book and learn Vala
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Talker Quality in Human and Machine Interaction

Modeling the Listener’s Perspective in Passive and Interactive Scenarios

by Benjamin Weiss ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
The book discusses subjective ratings of quality and preference of unknown voices and dialog partners – their likability, for example. Human natural and artificial voices are studied in passive listening and interactive scenarios. In this book, the background, state of research, and contributions to the assessment and prediction of talker quality that is constituted in voice perception and in ... Read more

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The book discusses subjective ratings of quality and preference of unknown voices and dialog partners – their likability, for example. Human natural and artificial voices are studied in passive listening and interactive scenarios. In this book, the background, state of research, and contributions to the assessment and prediction of talker quality that is constituted in voice perception and in
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Serious Games

Second Joint International Conference, JCSG 2016, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, September 26-27, 2016, Proceedings

Edited by Tim Marsh, Minhua Ma, Manuel Fradinho Oliveira, Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge, Stefan Göbel ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the Second Joint International Conference on Serious Games, JCSG 2016, held in Brisbane, QLD, Australia, in September 2016. This conference bundles the activities of the International Conference on Serious Games Development and Applications, SGDA, and the Conference on Serious Games, GameDays.The total of 36 full papers and 5 short papers was carefully ... Read more

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This book constitutes the proceedings of the Second Joint International Conference on Serious Games, JCSG 2016, held in Brisbane, QLD, Australia, in September 2016. This conference bundles the activities of the International Conference on Serious Games Development and Applications, SGDA, and the Conference on Serious Games, GameDays.The total of 36 full papers and 5 short papers was carefully
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Automotive Systems Engineering

Edited by Hermann Winner, Markus Maurer ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book reflects the shift in design paradigm in automobile industry. It presents future innovations, often referred as “automotive systems engineering”. These cause fundamental innovations in the field of driver assistance systems and electro-mobility as well as fundamental changes in the architecture of the vehicles. New driving functionalities can only be realized if the software programs of ... Read more

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This book reflects the shift in design paradigm in automobile industry. It presents future innovations, often referred as “automotive systems engineering”. These cause fundamental innovations in the field of driver assistance systems and electro-mobility as well as fundamental changes in the architecture of the vehicles. New driving functionalities can only be realized if the software programs of
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ChatGPT 4 $10,000 per Month #1 Beginners Guide to Make Money Online Generated by Artificial Intelligence

by Jake L Kent ...

"ChatGPT Riches: Your Beginner's Guide to Making Money Online with AI Conversations" is a captivating and comprehensive journey into the world of AI-driven technologies, centered around the powerful language model, ChatGPT. This book is a must-read for aspiring entrepreneurs, content creators, and professionals seeking to capitalize on the vast opportunities that AI presents.From the very first ... Read more

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"ChatGPT Riches: Your Beginner's Guide to Making Money Online with AI Conversations" is a captivating and comprehensive journey into the world of AI-driven technologies, centered around the powerful language model, ChatGPT. This book is a must-read for aspiring entrepreneurs, content creators, and professionals seeking to capitalize on the vast opportunities that AI presents.From the very first
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Social Computing and Social Media: Applications in Marketing, Learning, and Health

13th International Conference, SCSM 2021, Held as Part of the 23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Virtual Event, July 24–29, 2021, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Gabriele Meiselwitz ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This two-volume set LNCS 12774 and 12775 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Social Computing and Social Media, SCSM 2021, held as part of the 23rd International Conference, HCI International 2021, which took place in July 2021. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually.The total of 1276 papers and 241 posters included in the 39 HCII 2021 ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This two-volume set LNCS 12774 and 12775 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Social Computing and Social Media, SCSM 2021, held as part of the 23rd International Conference, HCI International 2021, which took place in July 2021. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually.The total of 1276 papers and 241 posters included in the 39 HCII 2021
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Advances in Affective and Pleasurable Design

Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Affective and Pleasurable Design, July 27-31, 2016, Walt Disney World®, Florida, USA

Edited by WonJoon Chung, Cliff Sungsoo Shin ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
This book discusses the latest advances in affective and pleasurable design. It reports on important theoretical and practical issues, covering a wealth of topics, including aesthetics in product and system design, design-driven innovation, affective computing, evaluation tools for emotion, Kansei engineering for products and services, and many more. This timely survey addresses experts and ... Read more

$188.99 USD

This book discusses the latest advances in affective and pleasurable design. It reports on important theoretical and practical issues, covering a wealth of topics, including aesthetics in product and system design, design-driven innovation, affective computing, evaluation tools for emotion, Kansei engineering for products and services, and many more. This timely survey addresses experts and
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Basics Interactive Design: User Experience Design

Creating designs users really love

by Gavin Allanwood, Mr Peter Beare ...

Series series Basics Interactive Design
By putting people at the centre of interactive design, user experience (UX) techniques are now right at the heart of digital media design and development. As a designer, you need to create work that will impact positively on everyone who is exposed to it. Whether it's passive and immutable or interactive and dynamic, the success of your design will depend largely on how well the user experience is ... Read more

$28.99 USD

By putting people at the centre of interactive design, user experience (UX) techniques are now right at the heart of digital media design and development. As a designer, you need to create work that will impact positively on everyone who is exposed to it. Whether it's passive and immutable or interactive and dynamic, the success of your design will depend largely on how well the user experience is
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101 Ways AI Can Benefit Your Business

by Cecilia Shortt ...

"100 Ways Artificial Intelligence Can Benefit Your Business" is an indispensable guidebook for any business leader or entrepreneur seeking to harness the power of AI to drive innovation, efficiency, and growth.This comprehensive book covers a wide range of AI applications, from natural language processing and image recognition to predictive analytics and robotic process automation. ... Read more

$16.99 USD

"100 Ways Artificial Intelligence Can Benefit Your Business" is an indispensable guidebook for any business leader or entrepreneur seeking to harness the power of AI to drive innovation, efficiency, and growth.This comprehensive book covers a wide range of AI applications, from natural language processing and image recognition to predictive analytics and robotic process automation.
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Understanding Industrial Design

Principles for UX and Interaction Design

by Simon King, Kuen Chang ...

With the coming flood of connected products, many UX and interaction designers are looking into hardware design, a discipline largely unfamiliar to them. If you’re among those who want to blend digital and physical design concepts successfully, this practical book helps you explore seven long-standing principles of industrial design.Two present and former design directors at IDEO, the ... Read more

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With the coming flood of connected products, many UX and interaction designers are looking into hardware design, a discipline largely unfamiliar to them. If you’re among those who want to blend digital and physical design concepts successfully, this practical book helps you explore seven long-standing principles of industrial design.Two present and former design directors at IDEO, the
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Languages and Compilers for Parallel Computing

32nd International Workshop, LCPC 2019, Atlanta, GA, USA, October 22–24, 2019, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Santosh Pande, Vivek Sarkar ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 32nd International Workshop on Languages and Compilers for Parallel Computing, LCPC 2019, held in Atlanta, GA, USA, in October 2019.The 8 revised full papers and 3 revised short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 17 submissions. The scope of the workshop includes advances in programming systems for ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 32nd International Workshop on Languages and Compilers for Parallel Computing, LCPC 2019, held in Atlanta, GA, USA, in October 2019.The 8 revised full papers and 3 revised short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 17 submissions. The scope of the workshop includes advances in programming systems for
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Building REST APIs with Flask

Create Python Web Services with MySQL

by Kunal Relan ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Develop RESTful web services using the Flask micro-framework and integrate them using MySQL. Use Flask to develop, deploy, and manage REST APIs with easy-to-read and understand Python code. Solve your problem from a choice of libraries. Learn to use MySQL as the web services database for your Flask API using SQLAlchemy ORM.Building REST APIs with Flask provides a primer on Flask, RESTful services, ... Read more

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Develop RESTful web services using the Flask micro-framework and integrate them using MySQL. Use Flask to develop, deploy, and manage REST APIs with easy-to-read and understand Python code. Solve your problem from a choice of libraries. Learn to use MySQL as the web services database for your Flask API using SQLAlchemy ORM.Building REST APIs with Flask provides a primer on Flask, RESTful services,
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Data Driven Mathematical Modeling in Agriculture

Tools and Technologies

Edited by Sabyasachi Pramanik, Sandip Roy, Rajesh Bose ...

Series series River Publishers Series in Mathematical, Statistical and Computational Modelling for Engineering
The research in this book looks at the likelihood and level of use of implemented technological components with regard to the adoption of different precision agricultural technologies. To identify the variables affecting farmers' choices to embrace more precise technology, zero-inflated Poisson and negative binomial count data regression models are utilized. Outcomes from the count data analysis ... Read more

$150.99 USD

The research in this book looks at the likelihood and level of use of implemented technological components with regard to the adoption of different precision agricultural technologies. To identify the variables affecting farmers' choices to embrace more precise technology, zero-inflated Poisson and negative binomial count data regression models are utilized. Outcomes from the count data analysis
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Versatile Hardware Analysis Techniques

From Waveform-based Analysis to Formal Verification

by Lucas Klemmer, Daniel Große ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book describes several versatile hardware analysis techniques that tackle existing and new challenges. These techniques cover different phases of the hardware development process, including the verification, debugging, and post-synthesis optimization phases. The authors introduce the Waveform Analysis Language (WAL), which allows users to code analysis tasks in the form of programs that run ... Read more

$134.99 USD

This book describes several versatile hardware analysis techniques that tackle existing and new challenges. These techniques cover different phases of the hardware development process, including the verification, debugging, and post-synthesis optimization phases. The authors introduce the Waveform Analysis Language (WAL), which allows users to code analysis tasks in the form of programs that run
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