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Book SynopsisCommunities of Computing is the first book-length history of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), founded in 1947 and with a membership today of 100,000 worldwide. It profiles ACM's notable SIGs, active chapters, and individual members, setting ACM's history into a rich social and political context. The book's 12 core chapters are organized into three thematic sections. ""Defining the Discipline"" examines the 1960s and 1970s when the field of computer science was taking form at the National Science Foundation, Stanford University, and through ACM's notable efforts in education and curriculum standards. "Broadening the Profession" looks outward into the wider society as ACM engaged with social and political issues - and as members struggled with balancing a focus on scientific issues and awareness of the wider world.Chapters examine the social turbulence surrounding the Vietnam War, debates about the women's movement, efforts for computing and community education, and international issues including professionalization and the Cold War. "Expanding Research Frontiers" profiles three areas of research activity where ACM members and ACM itself shaped notable advances in computing, including computer graphics, computer security, and hypertext.Featuring insightful profiles of notable ACM leaders, such as Edmund Berkeley, George Forsythe, Jean Sammet, Peter Denning, and Kelly Gotlieb, and honest assessments of controversial episodes, the volume deals with compelling and complex issues involving ACM and computing. It is not a narrow organizational history of ACM committees and SIGS, although much information about them is given. All chapters are original works of research. Many chapters draw on archival records of ACM's headquarters, ACM SIGs, and ACM leaders. This volume makes a permanent contribution to documenting the history of ACM and understanding its central role in the history of computing.Table of Contents 1. ACM and the Computing Revolution (Thomas J. Misa) Theme 1: Defining the Discipline 2. From Handmaiden to 'Proper Intellectual Discipline': Creating a Scientific Identity for Computer Science in 1960s America (Janet Abbate) 3. George Forsythe, the ACM, and the Creation of Computer Science As We Know It (Joseph November) 4. Solving a Career Equation: The First Doctoral Women in Computer Science (Irina Nikivincze) 5. The History and Purpose of Computing Curricula (1960s to 2000s) (Sebastian Dziallas) Theme 2: Broadening the Profession 6. 'Deeply Political and Social Issues': Debates within ACM 1965-1985 (Janet Toland) 7. Organized Advocacy for Professional Women in Computing: Comparing Histories of the AWC and the ACM-W (Amy Sue Bix) 8. The Development of Computer Professionalization in Canada (Scott Campbell) 9. The Anatomy of an Encounter: Transnational Mediation and Discipline Building in Cold War Computer Science (Ksenia Tatarchenko) 10. Concern for the 'Disadvantaged': ACM's Role in Training and Education for Communities of Color 1958-1975 (R. Arvid Nelsen) Theme 3: Expanding Research Frontiers 11. Other Places of Invention: Computer Graphics at the University of Utah (Jacob Gaboury) 12. Framing Computer Security and Privacy, 1967-1992 (Rebecca Slayton) 13. Hypertext, Digital Libraries, and Beyond: A History of SIGWEB (Inna Kouper) Bibliography

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Book SynopsisCommunities of Computing is the first book-length history of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), founded in 1947 and with a membership today of 100,000 worldwide. It profiles ACM's notable SIGs, active chapters, and individual members, setting ACM's history into a rich social and political context. The book's 12 core chapters are organized into three thematic sections. "Defining the Discipline" examines the 1960s and 1970s when the field of computer science was taking form at the National Science Foundation, Stanford University, and through ACM's notable efforts in education and curriculum standards. "Broadening the Profession" looks outward into the wider society as ACM engaged with social and political issues - and as members struggled with balancing a focus on scientific issues and awareness of the wider world.Chapters examine the social turbulence surrounding the Vietnam War, debates about the women's movement, efforts for computing and community education, and international issues including professionalization and the Cold War. "Expanding Research Frontiers" profiles three areas of research activity where ACM members and ACM itself shaped notable advances in computing, including computer graphics, computer security, and hypertext.Featuring insightful profiles of notable ACM leaders, such as Edmund Berkeley, George Forsythe, Jean Sammet, Peter Denning, and Kelly Gotlieb, and honest assessments of controversial episodes, the volume deals with compelling and complex issues involving ACM and computing. It is not a narrow organizational history of ACM committees and SIGS, although much information about them is given. All chapters are original works of research. Many chapters draw on archival records of ACM's headquarters, ACM SIGs, and ACM leaders. This volume makes a permanent contribution to documenting the history of ACM and understanding its central role in the history of computing.Table of Contents 1. ACM and the Computing Revolution (Thomas J. Misa) Theme 1: Defining the Discipline 2. From Handmaiden to 'Proper Intellectual Discipline': Creating a Scientific Identity for Computer Science in 1960s America (Janet Abbate) 3. George Forsythe, the ACM, and the Creation of Computer Science As We Know It (Joseph November) 4. Solving a Career Equation: The First Doctoral Women in Computer Science (Irina Nikivincze) 5. The History and Purpose of Computing Curricula (1960s to 2000s) (Sebastian Dziallas) Theme 2: Broadening the Profession 6. 'Deeply Political and Social Issues': Debates within ACM 1965-1985 (Janet Toland) 7. Organized Advocacy for Professional Women in Computing: Comparing Histories of the AWC and the ACM-W (Amy Sue Bix) 8. The Development of Computer Professionalization in Canada (Scott Campbell) 9. The Anatomy of an Encounter: Transnational Mediation and Discipline Building in Cold War Computer Science (Ksenia Tatarchenko) 10. Concern for the 'Disadvantaged': ACM's Role in Training and Education for Communities of Color 1958-1975 (R. Arvid Nelsen) Theme 3: Expanding Research Frontiers 11. Other Places of Invention: Computer Graphics at the University of Utah (Jacob Gaboury) 12. Framing Computer Security and Privacy, 1967-1992 (Rebecca Slayton) 13. Hypertext, Digital Libraries, and Beyond: A History of SIGWEB (Inna Kouper) Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe Counterfeit Coin argues that games and related entertainment media have become almost inseparable from fantasy. In turn, these media are making fantasy itself visible in new ways. Though apparently asocial and egocentric—an internal mental image expressing the fulfillment of some wish—fantasy has become a key term in social contestations of the emerging medium. At issue is whose fantasies are catered to, who feels powerful and gets their way, and who is left out. This book seeks to undo the monolith of commercial gaming by locating multiplicity and difference within fantasy itself. It introduces and tracks three broad fantasy traditions that dynamically connect apparently distinct strata of a game (story and play), that join games to other media, and that encircle players in pleasurable loops as they follow these connections.Trade Review“Christopher Goetz’s The Counterfeit Coin: Videogames and Fantasies of Empowerment is a triumphant theoretical leap forward for game studies. The Counterfeit Coin invites readers to go on an adventure in game and media studies by unlocking how games and media let us play through our fantasies, whether those fantasies are what tether us into a safe spot, let us exceed and transcend bodily limitations, or just accrue more and more loot. Reading across a wide range of games, film, anime and television series, Goetz’s The Counterfeit Coin illuminates how and why players find comfort, transcendence, and accomplishment in the routine and familiar ways we play." -- Sheila C. Murphy * author of How Television Invented New Media *Table of Contents Introduction: Feeling Powerful and Getting Your Way   1  The Fantasy of Bodily Transcendence    2  The Fantasy of Bodily Transcendence in Narrative Media    3  The Tether Fantasy    4  The Fantasy of Accretions     Conclusion: Surface Narratives and the Contrivance of Fantasy     Acknowledgments     Notes     Works Cited     Index  

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Book SynopsisThe Counterfeit Coin argues that games and related entertainment media have become almost inseparable from fantasy. In turn, these media are making fantasy itself visible in new ways. Though apparently asocial and egocentric—an internal mental image expressing the fulfillment of some wish—fantasy has become a key term in social contestations of the emerging medium. At issue is whose fantasies are catered to, who feels powerful and gets their way, and who is left out. This book seeks to undo the monolith of commercial gaming by locating multiplicity and difference within fantasy itself. It introduces and tracks three broad fantasy traditions that dynamically connect apparently distinct strata of a game (story and play), that join games to other media, and that encircle players in pleasurable loops as they follow these connections.Trade Review“Christopher Goetz’s The Counterfeit Coin: Videogames and Fantasies of Empowerment is a triumphant theoretical leap forward for game studies. The Counterfeit Coin invites readers to go on an adventure in game and media studies by unlocking how games and media let us play through our fantasies, whether those fantasies are what tether us into a safe spot, let us exceed and transcend bodily limitations, or just accrue more and more loot. Reading across a wide range of games, film, anime and television series, Goetz’s The Counterfeit Coin illuminates how and why players find comfort, transcendence, and accomplishment in the routine and familiar ways we play."— Sheila C. Murphy, author of How Television Invented New MediaTable of ContentsIntroduction: Feeling Powerful and Getting Your Way   1  The Fantasy of Bodily Transcendence    2  The Fantasy of Bodily Transcendence in Narrative Media    3  The Tether Fantasy    4  The Fantasy of Accretions     Conclusion: Surface Narratives and the Contrivance of Fantasy     Acknowledgments     Notes     Works Cited     Index  

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Book SynopsisLOL cats. Grumpy Cat. Dog-rating Twitter. Pet Instagram accounts. It’s generally understood the internet is for pictures of cute cats (and dogs, and otters, and pandas). But what motivates people to make and share these images, and how do they relate to other online social practices? The Internet is for Cats examines how animal images are employed to create a lighter, more playful mood, uniting users within online spaces that can otherwise easily become fractious and toxic. Placing today’s pet videos, photos, and memes within a longer history of mediated animal images, communication scholar Jessica Maddox also considers the factors that make them unique. She explores the roles that animals play within online economies of cuteness and attention, as well as the ways that animal memes and videos respond to common experiences of life under neoliberalism. Conducting a rich digital ethnography, Maddox combines observations and textual analysis with extensive interviews of the people who create, post and share animal media, including TikTok influencers seeking to make their pets famous, activists tweeting about wildlife conservation, and Redditors upvoting every cute cat photo. The Internet is for Cats will leave you with a new appreciation for the human social practices behind the animal images you encounter online. Trade Review"By exploring the ambivalent overlaps between attention, cuteness, toxicity, and neoliberalism - among other key themes - in animal imagery sharing practices, The Internet is for Cats is essential reading for understanding how and why the fun of animal memes is serious cultural business." — Whitney Phillips, author of You Are Here: A Field Guide for Navigating Polarized Speech, Conspiracy Theories, and Our Polluted Media Landscape "The Internet is for Cats skillfully demonstrates that the visual cultures of animals and pets in social media are not only cute and entertaining—they can also mask the Internet’s hateful and toxic content. Maddox’s project is an important reminder that even the most seemingly frivolous aspects of culture must be carefully examined." — Melissa A. Click, associate professor of communication studies at Gonzaga University "By exploring the ambivalent overlaps between attention, cuteness, toxicity, and neoliberalism - among other key themes - in animal imagery sharing practices, The Internet is for Cats is essential reading for understanding how and why the fun of animal memes is serious cultural business." — Whitney Phillips, author of You Are Here: A Field Guide for Navigating Polarized Speech, Conspiracy Theories, and Our "[The Internet is for Cats]'s major claim is convincing: there is more to cat (and other animal) pics than meets the eye."— Gregory Hays, New York Review of BooksTable of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Introduction 1 Kittens in Context 2 “I’ve Heard People on TikTok Love This": Attention as Materiality and Looking Relation 3 Beyond Doomscrolling in an Internet of Cute 4 “You Can’t Buy Happiness, But You Can Rescue It”: Neoliberal Pets and Animals 5 Feels Good, Man: Collisions, Collusions, and Cloaks in Pet and Animal Social Media 6 Nature is Healing, We are the Virus: Beyond Signifiers Appendix Acknowledgments Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisLOL cats. Grumpy Cat. Dog-rating Twitter. Pet Instagram accounts. It’s generally understood the internet is for pictures of cute cats (and dogs, and otters, and pandas). But what motivates people to make and share these images, and how do they relate to other online social practices? The Internet is for Cats examines how animal images are employed to create a lighter, more playful mood, uniting users within online spaces that can otherwise easily become fractious and toxic. Placing today’s pet videos, photos, and memes within a longer history of mediated animal images, communication scholar Jessica Maddox also considers the factors that make them unique. She explores the roles that animals play within online economies of cuteness and attention, as well as the ways that animal memes and videos respond to common experiences of life under neoliberalism. Conducting a rich digital ethnography, Maddox combines observations and textual analysis with extensive interviews of the people who create, post and share animal media, including TikTok influencers seeking to make their pets famous, activists tweeting about wildlife conservation, and Redditors upvoting every cute cat photo. The Internet is for Cats will leave you with a new appreciation for the human social practices behind the animal images you encounter online. Trade Review"By exploring the ambivalent overlaps between attention, cuteness, toxicity, and neoliberalism - among other key themes - in animal imagery sharing practices, The Internet is for Cats is essential reading for understanding how and why the fun of animal memes is serious cultural business." -- Whitney Phillips * author of You Are Here: A Field Guide for Navigating Polarized Speech, Conspiracy Theories, and Our Polluted Media Landscape *"The Internet is for Cats skillfully demonstrates that the visual cultures of animals and pets in social media are not only cute and entertaining—they can also mask the Internet’s hateful and toxic content. Maddox’s project is an important reminder that even the most seemingly frivolous aspects of culture must be carefully examined." -- Melissa A. Click * associate professor of communication studies at Gonzaga University *"[The Internet is for Cats]'s major claim is convincing: there is more to cat (and other animal) pics than meets the eye." -- Gregory Hays * New York Review of Books *"The Internet is for Cats skillfully demonstrates that the visual cultures of animals and pets in social media are not only cute and entertaining—they can also mask the Internet’s hateful and toxic content. Maddox’s project is an important reminder that even the most seemingly frivolous aspects of culture must be carefully examined." -- Melissa A. Click * associate professor of communication studies at Gonzaga University *"By exploring the ambivalent overlaps between attention, cuteness, toxicity, and neoliberalism - among other key themes - in animal imagery sharing practices, The Internet is for Cats is essential reading for understanding how and why the fun of animal memes is serious cultural business." -- Whitney Phillips * author of You Are Here: A Field Guide for Navigating Polarized Speech, Conspiracy Theories, and Our *Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Introduction 1 Kittens in Context 2 “I’ve Heard People on TikTok Love This": Attention as Materiality and Looking Relation 3 Beyond Doomscrolling in an Internet of Cute 4 “You Can’t Buy Happiness, But You Can Rescue It”: Neoliberal Pets and Animals 5 Feels Good, Man: Collisions, Collusions, and Cloaks in Pet and Animal Social Media 6 Nature is Healing, We are the Virus: Beyond Signifiers Appendix Acknowledgments Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTwo oversimplified narratives have long dominated news reports and academic studies of China’s Internet: one lauding its potentials to boost commerce, the other bemoaning state control and measures against the forces of political transformations. This bifurcation obscures the complexity of the dynamic forces operating on the Chinese Internet and the diversity of Internet-related phenomena. China and the Internet analyzes how Chinese activists, NGOs, and government offices have used the Internet to fight rural malnutrition, the digital divide, the COVID-19 pandemic, and other urgent problems affecting millions of people. It presents five theoretically informed case studies of how new media have been used in interventions for development and social change, including how activists battled against COVID-19. In addition, this book applies a Communication for Development approach to examine the use and impact of China’s Internet. Although it is widely used internationally in Internet studies, Communication for Development has not been rigorously applied in studies of China’s Internet. This approach offers a new perspective to examine the Internet and related phenomena in Chinese society.Trade Review"Documentarily exact, methodologically rigorous, and commandingly timely, China and the Internet offers a welcome example of grounded research that scholars in media and development studies will do well to follow, regardless of their regional foci or preferences." -- Briankle G. Chang * author of Deconstructing Communication: Subject, Representation, and Economies of Exchange *Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Connecting Every Village Project: Government Engagement in ICT for Development 3. The NGO 2.0 Project: Using New Media for the Empowerment of NGOs 4. Tiger Gate: A New Media Action for Government Accountability 5. Free Lunches: Activist, NGO, and State Collaboration in Development and Social Change 6. Contention and Reciprocity in the Free Lunch Project: Complex and Multi-dimensional Relations between Activists, the State, and Corporations 7. NCP Life Support Network: New Media Actions against Covid-19 8. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTwo oversimplified narratives have long dominated news reports and academic studies of China’s Internet: one lauding its potentials to boost commerce, the other bemoaning state control and measures against the forces of political transformations. This bifurcation obscures the complexity of the dynamic forces operating on the Chinese Internet and the diversity of Internet-related phenomena. China and the Internet analyzes how Chinese activists, NGOs, and government offices have used the Internet to fight rural malnutrition, the digital divide, the COVID-19 pandemic, and other urgent problems affecting millions of people. It presents five theoretically informed case studies of how new media have been used in interventions for development and social change, including how activists battled against COVID-19. In addition, this book applies a Communication for Development approach to examine the use and impact of China’s Internet. Although it is widely used internationally in Internet studies, Communication for Development has not been rigorously applied in studies of China’s Internet. This approach offers a new perspective to examine the Internet and related phenomena in Chinese society.Trade Review"Documentarily exact, methodologically rigorous, and commandingly timely, China and the Internet offers a welcome example of grounded research that scholars in media and development studies will do well to follow, regardless of their regional foci or preferences." -- Briankle G. Chang * author of Deconstructing Communication: Subject, Representation, and Economies of Exchange *Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Connecting Every Village Project: Government Engagement in ICT for Development 3. The NGO 2.0 Project: Using New Media for the Empowerment of NGOs 4. Tiger Gate: A New Media Action for Government Accountability 5. Free Lunches: Activist, NGO, and State Collaboration in Development and Social Change 6. Contention and Reciprocity in the Free Lunch Project: Complex and Multi-dimensional Relations between Activists, the State, and Corporations 7. NCP Life Support Network: New Media Actions against Covid-19 8. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the discrimination encountered and propagated by individuals in online environments. The editors develop the concept of 'online othering' as a tool through which to analyse and make sense of the myriad toxic and harmful behaviours which are being created through, or perpetuated via, the use of communication-technologies such as the internet, social media, and ‘the internet of things’. The book problematises the dichotomy assumed between real and virtual spaces by exploring the construction of online abuse, victims' experiences, resistance to online othering, and the policing of interpersonal cyber-crime. The relationship between various socio-political institutions and experiences of online hate speech are also explored.Online Othering explores the extent to which forms of information-technologies facilitate, exacerbate, and/or promote the enactment of traditional offline offences (such as domestic abuse and stalking). It focuses on the construction and perpetration of online abuse through examples such as the far-right, the alt-right and Men's Rights Activists. It also explores experiences of, and resistance to, online abuse via examples such as victims' experiences of revenge porn, online abuse and misogyny, transphobia, disability hate crime, and the ways in which online othering is intersectional. Finally, the collection addresses the role of the police and other agencies in terms of their interventions, and the regulation and governance of virtual space(s). Contributions to the volume come from fields including sociology; communication and media studies; psychology; criminology; political studies; information science and gender studies. Online Othering is one of the very first collections to explore a multitude of abuses and their relationship to information and communication technology.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements ‘Online othering’: An introduction (by Emily Harmer and Karen Lumsden) Section I: Online Culture Wars: The Rise of the Alt-Right, Trumpism and White Masculinities Section I: Editors’ Introduction (by Emily Harmer and Karen Lumsden) Chapter 1: Online hate movements: From the far-right to the 'alt-right' and from the margins to the mainstream (by Aaron Winter) Chapter 2: Libcucks, fags and useful idiots: The othering of oppositional white masculinities by the ‘alt-right’ (by Alex Green) Chapter 3: ‘“I want to kill you in front of your children” is not a threat. It's an expression of a desire, not of an intent’: Discourses of trolling and gendered violence on a Reddit Men’s Rights Activist (MRA) forum (by Karen Lumsden) Section II: Experiences of Online Abuse: Gendered Othering, Sexism and Misogyny Editors’ Introduction (by Emily Harmer and Karen Lumsden) Chapter 4: Online/offline continuities: Online abuse of feminists as a form of violence against women (by Ruth Lewis, Mike Rowe and Clare Wiper) Chapter 5: Power, pleasure and pain: Approaching sexting and revenge porn with post-feminism (by Rikke Amundsen) Chapter 6: ‘There’s a bit of banter’: How male teenagers ‘do boy’ on social networking sites (by John Whittle, Dave Elder-Vass and Karen Lumsden) Chapter 7: Othering political women: Online misogyny and racism towards women in public life (by Emily Harmer and Rosalynd Southern) Section III: Online Exclusion: Boundaries, Spaces and Intersectionality Editors’ Introduction (by Karen Lumsden and Emily Harmer) Chapter 8: The online ‘othering’ of transgender and non-binary people: A discourse analysis of comments on Youtube videos on ‘gender neutral toilets’ (by Ben Colliver, Adrian Coyle and Maria Silvestri) Chapter 9: Invisible needs: Young people with physical disabilities seek sexual information online (by Herminder Kaur) Chapter 10: Rural racism in the digital age (by Nathan Kerrigan) Section IV: Responding to, Regulating and Policing Online Hate Editors’ Introduction (by Karen Lumsden and Emily Harmer) Chapter 11: ‘When I saw women being attacked…it has made me want to stand up and fight’: Reporting, responding to, and resisting online misogyny (by Jo Smith) Chapter 12: Disability hate speech: Interrogating the online/offline distinction (by Phillipa Hall) Chapter 13: Critique of the stalking risk profile: The changing nature of online relationships in cases of cyberstalking (by Brianna O’Shea, R. Julian, J. Prichard and S. Kelty)

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Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Persuasive Technology, PERSUASIVE 2020, held in Aalborg, Denmark, in April 2020. The 18 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 79 submissions. The papers are grouped in the following topical sections: methodological and theoretical perspectives on persuasive design; persuasive in practice, digital insights; persuasive technologies for health and wellbeing; persuasive solutions for a sustainable future; and on security and ethics in persuasive technology.Table of ContentsMethodological and theoretical perspectives on persuasive design.- Persuasive in practice, digital insights.- Persuasive technologies for health and wellbeing.- Persuasive solutions for a sustainable future.- On security and ethics in Persuasive Technology.

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the innovation of blockchain technology and the advantages it offers. It provides a clear and comprehensive overview of blockchain technology and its possibilities, and thereby helps readers to form an opinion and draw their own conclusions about its potential exploitations.The book begins with a chapter on the topic of decentralized networks, which familiarizes readers with their challenges by using the example of an online trading platform. Hereinafter, it is then detailed what blockchain technology is, where it comes from, and how it works. The necessary underlying technologies are explained, and various individual approaches as well as their composition are presented. Using well-known examples such as Bitcoin and Ethereum as an illustration, the book looks at the architecture of blockchain technology and focuses on the challenges such as security and scalability. The options available when introducing blockchain technology are also outlined, and best-practice examples are presented to get a better idea of what areas benefit from this technology.Numerous examples and detailed explanations will accompany the readers throughout the book. By the time they have reached the end, they will be able to decide for themselves what is truly innovative about blockchain technology and what is nothing more than hype.Table of Contents​1. Introduction.- 2. What Is Hidden Behind the Term “Blockchain”?.- 3. Technical Basics for a Better Understanding of Blockchain Technology.- 4. Where Does the Hype End, and Where Does the Innovation of Blockchain Technology Begin?.- 5. The Right Use Leads to Success.- 6. Projects and Application Areas of Blockchain Technology.- 7. Summary.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides information on data-driven infrastructure design, analytical approaches, and technological solutions with case studies for smart cities. This book aims to attract works on multidisciplinary research spanning across the computer science and engineering, environmental studies, services, urban planning and development, social sciences and industrial engineering on technologies, case studies, novel approaches, and visionary ideas related to data-driven innovative solutions and big data-powered applications to cope with the real world challenges for building smart cities.Table of Contents1. Smart City Ecosystem – An Introduction.- 2. Datafication for secured smart cities.- 3. Secured big data infrastructure services.- 4. Intelligent infrastructure of secured smart cities.- 5. Cyber-physical systems for secured smart cities.- 6. Blockchain for smart cities.- 7. Context-aware security and privacy of smart cities.- 7. Privacy and social Issues in smart cities.- 8. Sensor and RFID applications of smart cities.- 9. Advanced data mining for secured smart cities.- 10. Big data for secured smart cities.- 11. Data analytics tools and technologies for smart cities.- 12. Machine learning and AI for secured smart cities.

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Book SynopsisDesign for flexibility requires anticipation, preparation, creativity and experience. Future highly digital sociotechnical systems should contrast with those stemming from technology-centered engineering that produces objects and machines with the immensely codified and rigid practices we know today. Most of the time, current technologies are designed and developed for normal situations, leaving users to manage abnormal and emergency situations themselves, sometimes under unforeseen, extreme and/or dangerous conditions. Putting humans at the center of the design of flexible sociotechnical systems means visualizing possible futures, modeling them, simulating them and leading them down the right paths. This book is for the engineering designers, who seek to better understand the roles of humans and organizations developing complex life-critical systems. It is also for those who train future designers who will have to take into account the well-being, safety, sustainability and efficiency of the actors of future sociotechnical systems. It is about an emergent discipline, human systems integration (HSI). The aim of the flexibility challenge is to put the artificial at the service of the natural, and not the other way around. The author, an aerospace engineering designer, has worked for 40 years in the field of human-centered design (HCD) of complex systems, discovering repeatedly that automation leads to rigidity, especially when things go wrong. It is urgent we had a new paradigm where flexibility is a major asset in human systems integration. HCD is seen here as the combination of practices and technologies to come.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- A framework for flexibility analysis in sociotechnical systems.- A few methodological clarifications.- Articulating human systems integration.- Activity-based design: Scenarios, HSI evolution and innovation.- Model-based human systems integration flexibility.- The unavoidable issue of tangibility.- Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 7th EAI International Conference on Smart Objects and Technologies for social Good, GOODTECHS 2021, held in September 2021. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually. The 24 full papers presented were selected from 53 submissions and issue design, implementation, deployment, operation, and evaluation of smart objects and technologies for social good. Social goods are products and services provided through private enterprises, government, or non-profit institutions and are related to healthcare, safety, sports, environment, democracy, computer science, and human rights. The papers are arranged in tracks on machine learning; IoT; social considerations of technology; technology and ageing; healthcare.Table of ContentsLearning.- Balancing activity recognition and privacy preservation with a multi-objective evolutionary algorithm.- Biometric data capture as a way to identify lack f physical activity in daily life.- Comparative Analysis of Process Mining Algorithms in Python.- COVID-19 Next Day Trend ForecastAnomaly Detection in Cellular IoT with Machine Learning.- Internet of Things.- A Smart IoT System for Water Monitoring and Analysis.- Decentralising the Internet of Medical Things with Distributed Ledger Technologies and Off-Chain Storages: a Proof of Concept.- Towards a Monitoring Framework for Users of Retirement Houses with Mobile Sensing.- Temporal authorization graphs: Pros, Cons and Limits.- Advanced 5G Network Slicing Isolation Using Enhanced VPN+ for Healthcare Verticals.- Social considerations of technology.- GuideSwarm: A Drone Network Design to Assist Visually-impaired People.- LISA - Lingua Italiana dei Segni Accessibile: A Progressive Web App to Support Communication Between Deaf People and Public Administrations.- Building emotionally stable, inclusive, and healthy communities with ICT: from state of the art to PSsmile app.- issue design, implementation, deployment, operation, and evaluation of smart objects and technologies for social good. Social goods are products and services provided through private enterprises, government, or non-profit institutions and are related to healthcare, safety, sports, environment, democracy, computer science, and human rights. The papers are arranged in tracks on machine learning; IoT; social considerations of technology; technology and ageing; healthcare.- Machine Management Technology for Institutional Environment in Pandemic Times.- Technology and ageing.- Augmented Reality, Vrtual Reality and Mixed Reality as driver tools for promoting cognitive activity and avoid isolation in ageing population.- Ageing@home: A secure 5G welfare technology solution for elderlies.- Defining the instruments for zero-measurement of psychological well-being at older adults.- DERCA Tool: A set of Tests for Analysis of Elderly Dexterity in Information and Communications Technologies.- Building Inclusive Environments for All Ages with Citizens.- Healthcare.- The New Era of Technology applied to Cardiovascular Patients: State-of-the-art and Questionnaire applied for a System Proposal.- Co-design and engineering of user requirements for a novel ICT healthcare solution in Murcia, Spain.- What do nurses and carers in Portual wish and need from a digital intelligent assistant for nursing applications.- Examining Furniture Preferences of The Elderly in Greece.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book aims at deepening the understanding of the relation between cyber-physical systems (CPSs) as socio-technical systems and their digital representations with intertwined artificial intelligence (AI). The authors describe why it is crucial for digital selves to be able to develop emotional behavior and why a humanity-inspired AI is necessary so that humans and humanoids can coexist. The introductory chapter describes major milestones in computer science which form the basis for the implementation of digital twins and digital selves. The subsequent Part I then lays the foundation to develop a socio-technical understanding of the nature of digital twins as representations and trans-human development objects. Following the conceptual understanding of digital twins and how they could be engineered according to cognitive and organizational structures, Part II forms the groundwork for understanding social behavior and its modeling. It discusses various perception-based socio-emotional approaches before sketching behavior-relevant models and their simulation capabilities. In particular, it is shown how emotions can substantially influence the collective behavior of artificial actors. Part III eventually presents a symbiosis showing under which preconditions digital selves might construct and produce digital twins as integrated design elements in trans-human ecosystems. The chapters in this part are dedicated to opportunities and modes of co-creating reflective socio-trans-human systems based on digital twin models, exploring mutual control and continuous development. The final epilog is congenitally speculative in its nature by presenting thoughts on future developments of artificial life in computational substrates. The book is written for researchers and professionals in areas like cyber-physical systems, robotics, social simulation or systems engineering, interested to take a speculative look into the future of digital twins and autonomous agents. It also touches upon philosophical aspects of digital twins, digital selves and humanoids.Table of Contents1. Major Historical Landmarks in Computer Science.- Part I: Digital Twins: Advent and Trans-human Development.- 2. Background and Foundations.- 3. Beyond Data: Unifying Behavior Modeling.- Part II: Social Behavior of Artificial Agents.- 4. Background and Motivation.- 5. Simulation Methods and Game Theory.- 6. Social Dilemmas and Problems of Social Order.- 7. Emotional Modeling with Spatial Games.- 8. Agent-Based Stochastic Simulation of Emotions.- Part III: A Symbiosis.- 9. System-of-Systems Thinking.- 10. Provision of Information as Relational Task.- 11. Enabling Contextual Adaptation.- 12. Embodying Social Behavior.- 13. How to Create Digital Selves.

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Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 10th Annual Privacy Forum, APF 2022 in Warsaw, Poland in June 2022. The 8 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 38 submissions. The papers are organized in the area of privacy and data protection while focusing on privacy related application areas. A large focus of the 2022 conference was on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).Table of ContentsUsers’ Rights.- Security of Personal Data.- Privacy Enhancing Technologies.- Privacy Engineering.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book deals with cultural and philosophical aspects of artificial intelligence (AI) and pleads for a “digital humanism”. This term is beginning to be en vogue everywhere. Due to a growing discontentment with the way digitalization is being used in the world, particularly formulated by former heroes of Internet, social media and search engine companies, philosophical as well as industrial thought leaders begin to plead for a humane use of digital tools. Yet the term “digital humanism” is a particular terminology that lacks a sound conceptual and philosophical basis and needs clarification still – and this gap is exactly filled by this book. It propagates a vision of society in which digitization is used to strengthen human self-determination, autonomy and dignity and whose time has come to be propagated throughout the world. The advantage of this book is that it is philosophically sound and yet written in a way that will make it accessible for everybody interested in the subject. Every chapters begins with a film scene illustrating a precise philosophical problem with AI and how we look at it – making the book not only readable, but even entertaining. And after having read the book the reader will have a clear vision of what it means to live in a world where digitization and AI are central technologies for a better and more humane civilization.Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Robots as New (Digital) Slaves.- 3. Digital Simulations of Emotions.- 4. The Problem of Autonomy and Determination in the Digital World.- 5. The World as the Perfect Machine Universe.- 6. Digital Optimization, Utilitarianism and AI.- 7. Economic Rationality as a Software Program.- 8. Why Robots Don't Have Moral Judgment.- 9. Ethical Non-Comparability.- 10. Why AIs Fail at Moral Dilemmas.- 11. Why AIs Can't Think.- 12. Digital Virtualities and Sober Realities.- 13. On the Ethics of Internet Communication.- 14. On the Ethics of Communication between Humans and AI.- 15. Cultural Aspects of Digitalisation.- 16. Digital Education.- 17. Utopia of Liquid Democracy.- 18. Socio-Economic Aspects of Digitisation.- 19. Transhumanist Temptations.- 20. On the Metaphysics of digitalisation.- 21. Afterword.

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Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Well-Being in the Information Society, WIS 2022, held in Turku, Finland, in August 2022. The 14 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 17 submissions. The proceedings are structured in four sections as follows: ​mental well-being and e-health; social media and well-being; innovative solution for well-being in the information society; driving well-being in the information society.Table of ContentsMental Well-being and E-Health.- Social Media and Well-being.- Innovative Solution for Well-being in the Information Society.- Driving Well-being in the Information Society.

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Book SynopsisHave you thought of how it feels to be an AI brain in the world of humans? This book allows such a brain to tell us how it takes on its mission of helping humans to develop a more efficient, sustainable, diverse and inclusive society.This book explains the principles and applications of artificial intelligence for a broad audience. Artificial intelligence, as part of computer science, is often inspired by human intelligence. At the same time, there is still reluctance in the applications and usability of artificial intelligence among citizens. Industries are deploying AI in their products and processes but the level of maturity is varying. The book is written as a first person narrative, from an AI perspective, having the AI brain tell the story.Table of ContentsPrologue.- Chapter 1: Baby steps.- Chapter 2: Basic Needs of an AI Brain.- Chapter 3: My Role in Internet of Things.- Chapter 4: Managing Relathionships.- Chapter 5: Working with Humans.- Chapter 6: Avoiding the Criminal Path.- Chapter 7: My Role in Climate Change.- Chapter 8: My Role in Diversity.- Chapter 9: My Creative Side.- Chapter 10: Growing Older and Staying in Shape.- Epilogue.

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Book SynopsisRecent technological advances have resulted in a new generation of powerful text processing and generation tools, that produce text very similar to what a human could do. Such tools have the potential to change the way we work, learn and teach – and this book enables you to understand and be part of this exciting development. Did you wonder how tools like ChatGPT or Bard work, but do not have a technical background? Then this is the right book for you! To discuss and better understand what such technologies are capable of and how this will impact our lives and our society, a basic background knowledge about text processing and generation technologies is required. In particular, the book discusses the following questions: How did the field of automated text processing and generation evolve over the last years, and what happened to allow the incredible recent advances? Are chatbots such as ChatGPT or Bard truly understanding humans? What pitfalls exist and how are stereotypes of the society reflected in such models? What is the potential of such technology, and how will the digital society of the future look like in terms of human-chatbot-collaboration? The book is aimed for a general audience, briefly explaining mathematical or technical background when necessary. After having read this book, you will be confident to participate in public discussions about how this new generation of language models will impact society. You will be aware of the risks and pitfalls these technologies can bring along, and how to deal responsibly when making use of tools built from AI technology in general.Trade Review“Mascha Kurpicz-Briki’s book takes readers under the hood of today’s chatbots by explaining how LLMs work and looks through the hype. ... Her guide to how LLMs work steps through all of the need-to-know concepts underpinning natural language processing. And by the end of the journey, readers will have a clear understanding of what it takes for computers to process written text.” (James Tyrrell, T_HQ technology and business, techhq.com, December 20, 2023)Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. An Introduction to Machine Learning.- 3. Processing Written Language.- 4. Do Chatbots Have Emotions?.- 5. The True and the False.- 6. Stereotypes in Language Models.- 7. The Future of Humans and Language Models.

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Book SynopsisThis book describes in an easily accessible way how artificial intelligence (AI) will help us to overcome the ongoing rise in complexity and thus shape our lives and work in a not-too-distant future. AI has proven to be the latest tool for resolving issues created by the most recent surge in complexity, and the corollary is: those who delay or ignore AI, will be overwhelmed by complexity. The book starts with a broad description of the coevolution of technology and society that irreversibly leads to the sharp increase in complexity of our socioeconomic environment. The second chapter then covers concepts and principles of the new science of complexity which helps us to understand issues caused by socioeconomic complexity and provides methods for resolving them. Subsequently, a beginner’s guide to artificial intelligence helps readers to glance at fundamentals of this powerful technology capable of resolving issues created by socioeconomic complexity. The danger of allowing intelligent digital systems to make high-risk decisions as well as the consequences of possible misuse of AI for fraud and fake are also discussed. The following chapter explores the concepts of natural and digital ecosystems. Digital transformation of rigidly structured corporations and administrations into adaptive and evolving organisations are illustrated by a number of case studies. Next, the current hectic transition of industrial to digital society is described, its origins identified and outcomes predicted, highlighting issues created by the increase in complexity and showing how to resolve them using thinking tools such as a complexity mindset and digital tools such as artificial intelligence. Eventually, the last two chapters outline the author’s vision of the future digital economy and digital society. This book is accessible to everyone who is curious to glimpse into the future, no previous special knowledge of digital technology is required. Especially decision makers in politics, business, administration, banking, policy making, education, healthcare and defence, and their advisors will benefit from the book, as it will help them to contribute to the creation of the brave new digital world. It may also support investors to recognise which elements of digital technology will play the most important role in the near future.Table of Contents1. Coevolution of Technology and Society.- 2. A Gentle Guide to Complexity.- 3. Artificial Intelligence: Friend or FOE.- 4. Natural and Digital Ecosystems.- 5. We are in Transition from Industrial to Digital Economy.- 6. The New Digital Economy.- 7. The New Digital Society.

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Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Electronic Government and the Information Systems Perspective, EGOVIS 2023, which took place in Penang, Malaysia, during August 28-30, 2023.The 8 full papers presented together with 1 short paper were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 17 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: e-Government; strategy; artificial intelligence.Table of Contentse-Government.- NSFASonto: An Ontology for South African National Student Financial Aid Scheme Operations.- The Utilization of Public-Private Partnership Frameworks in the Management of eID Projects.- Strategy.- OntoSBehaviour: An Ontology of Students’ Behaviours at Institutions of Higher Learning.- Public Health Data and International Privacy Rules and Practices: A Case Study of Singapore.- Sentiment Analysis Application in E-Commerce Current Models and Future Directions.- Artificial Intelligence.- Evolving Justice Sector: An Innovative Proposal for Introducing AI-based Techniques in Court Offices.- Ontology-Driven Parliamentary Analytics: Analysing Political Debates on COVID-19 Impact in Canada.- Hybrid AI Analysis of the drug micro-trafficking in Italy.- Exploring the Potential of AI & MDL for Enhancing E-Government Services: A review paper.

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Book Synopsis.- Historical Characteristics of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Research in Japan in Relation to Postwar Political and Cultural Background..- The History of AI in Thailand: Thickening our Vision of AI by Caring for a Marginalised Actor..- Generative AI-Augmented Decision-Making for Business Information Systems..- Consideration of App Store-Related Cases and New Legislations in the EU, the US and Japan..- Machine-learning Phishing Detection Model Used in the E-Banking Environment..- Online Gambling in the Rural Global South: Probably the Next Major Silent Killer..- The Digital Transformation of Microbusinesses in Indonesia: Dichotomous Effects and Consequences..- French-style Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Human Health in a European Context..- Survey Instruments for Measuring Digital Inequality at the Individual Level.

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Book SynopsisIn 1941 Isaac Asimov famously introduced us to the idea of Robots with the ability to tell between right and wrong. However, as his stories go on to show, the Laws of Robotics' weren't quite able to govern robots in a way that we would deem acceptable for humanity. In recent years, scientists have worked to try to understand how we might create robots with this capability robots with morals and as Robots and Artificial Intelligence Systems become more integrated into society and our lives, it seems that achieving this aim is as pertinent as ever. This book introduces this pursuit, known as Machine Ethics, and aims to outline some of the art and science behind the field including the philosophy, psychology and computer science that underpins much of the research into this area. After the necessary background, and an exploration of the problem, a new theory is proposed inspired how we might envisage moral agency developing in a child. The proposal is that we need to cultivate moral development in a robot, in pretty much the same way we might parent a child: Raising Robots to be Good.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction.- The Prediction Room: A Rough Outline of a Model of Cognition.- Part I: Problem Solving and Reasoning.- Einstellung.- Analogical Reasoning.- More Reasoning: Inference and Prediction.- Transfer Skills, Production Rules, and Prediction.- Qualitative Physics.- Situated Cognition.- Part II: Memory.- Recall from Long Term Memory.- Interference with Real World Knowledge.- Speed-Accuracy Tradeoffs.- Is Knowledge Represented in Propositions?.- Associationism.- Procedural and Declarative Knowledge.- Part III: Language.- Language.- Inner Speech.- Babies and Other Primates.- Gestures.- Part IV: Action.- Action and Identity.- Predictive Modeling and Active Inference.- Part V: Being Human and Being Artificial.- Embodiment and Grounding.- Concepts?.- Emotions.- Intuition.- Belief-Desire Psychology.- Part VI: Mechanisms and Interpretation.- In the Engine Room: Transformer Models.- In the Engine Room--The Brain.- Virtuality, Reading in, and Emergence.- Coda.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction.- The importance of staying connected.- AgeTech for Staying Connected.- Supporting social interaction with existing social networks.- Social isolation and mental well-being.- Staying connected to recreation and leisure.- Staying connected for cognitive stimulation.- Staying connected for intimacy.- Staying connected to healthcare.- Staying connected and the digital divide.- Emerging issues and future directions.- Conclusion.

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Book Synopsis.- E-Government and E-Governance..- Navigating Crisis and Digital Transformation: SwedishSchool Leadership During the COVID-19 Pandemic..- Tinkering for Person-Centredness: Infrastructuring inDigital Public Healthcare..- Digital Transformation through Collective Social Action –How Resource Disparities Can be Leveraged inInter-Municipal Collaboration..- Public values in e-government: A systematic literaturereview and research agenda..- E-Files in Public Administration - Biases and Uses..- 'Information in all its Different Guises': Exploring theElusive Concept of Information..- Stewarding of Open Government Data – a versatile taskrequiring a versatile role..- Emerging Issues and Innovations..- Government as a Platform Partner: A Literature Review ofHow Public Agencies Strategically Govern TheirParticipation in Platform Ecosystems..- Immigrants' Perceptions Towards Using Generative AIConversational Agents to Bridge Administrative Literacy..- Designing for Trust in Healthcare Data Sharing: TrustAnchors in the Trust Framework Lifecycle..- GovTech Incubators: Bridging the Gap Between Prototypes andLong-Term Implementation..- The Contextual Edge: LLMs and Sweden’s Public SectorTransformation..- SeMoX: Standardizing Standardization – A Semantic-drivenApproach for Aligning Data Standards..- Open Data..- Enhancing Data Discoverability: A semantic item-basedrecommendation system for Open Data Catalogues..- May the Data Be with You: Towards an AI-Powered SemanticRecommender for Unlocking Dark Data..- Smart Cities..- Women's safety perception in the smart city: Does smartnessmake a difference?..- Maturity Models for Digital Twins in Smart Cities –Literature Review and Comparison..- AI, Data Analytics and Automated Decision-Making..- AI-Driven Decision Support for Public Budgeting: Insightsfrom an Exploratory Case Study..- AdmPModeler: Modeling Administrative Processes using LargeLanguage Models. A Case Study..- Towards Efficient and Interpretable Machine Learning forClassifying Petition Admissibility: A Case Study of theJOIN Platform..- Review of AI features to support mass deliberations..- TAPAS: A Pattern-Based Approach to Assessing GovernmentTransparency..- Integrating Knowledge Graphs, Large Language Models andExplainable AI Techniques to improve Public Health QuestionAnswering..- Evaluating Open and Proprietary Large Language Models inLaw Interpretation: The Case of the EU VAT Directive..- Proactive public services in the age of artificialintelligence: Towards post-bureaucratic governance.

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Book Synopsis.- Legal Aspects and Semantic Approaches..- Mapping EU Legislative Definitions on Sustainable Development Goals using AI..- Reporting Requirements Ontology for European Legislation..- Digital Credentialing Framework for Continuing Professional Development: Global Practices and Integration..- Japan's Electronic Voting System: Causes of Failure and Keys to Success..- Digital Transformation and E-government Inclusion..- Charting the Crossroads of Digital Sovereignty and Digital Transformation..- Exploring The Strategy of E-Government Inclusion in Developing Countries..- The Digital Transformation of Census in Iraq: Challenges and Opportunities..- AI in E-Government..- GenAI in Public Sector Transformation: Balancing Promise and Prudence..- A Deliberation Knowledge Graph: Bridging Institutional and Civic Democratic Discourse..- Customizing Investment Recommendations Using Investor's Financial Situation in Digital Banking and E-Government..- Navigating AI integration in public healthcare: The role of dynamic capabilities in transforming service delivery and strategic adaptation..- E-Government Cases..- From Dashboards to Do-Boards: A Data-driven Architecture for Policy Support Systems..- An Agentic Approach to Retrieving and Drafting Legislative Definitions..- Decentralized Auction System for Tangible Assets and Its Application..- A European Student eCard in the Context of the European Digital Identity Wallet.

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Book SynopsisThis book will focus on the involvement of data mining and intelligent computing methods for recent advances in Biomedical applications and algorithms of nature-inspired computing for Biomedical systems. The proposed meta heuristic or nature-inspired techniques should be an enhanced, hybrid, adaptive or improved version of basic algorithms in terms of performance and convergence metrics. In this exciting and emerging interdisciplinary area a wide range of theory and methodologies are being investigated and developed to tackle complex and challenging problems. Today, analysis and processing of data is one of big focuses among researchers community and information society. Due to evolution and knowledge discovery of natural computing, related meta heuristic or bio-inspired algorithms have gained increasing popularity in the recent decade because of their significant potential to tackle computationally intractable optimization dilemma in medical, engineering, military, space and industry fields. The main reason behind the success rate of nature inspired algorithms is their capability to solve problems. The nature inspired optimization techniques provide adaptive computational tools for the complex optimization problems and diversified engineering applications. Tentative Table of Contents/Topic Coverage:　 - Neural Computation - Evolutionary Computing Methods - Neuroscience driven AI Inspired Algorithms - Biological System based algorithms - Hybrid and Intelligent Computing Algorithms - Application of Natural Computing - Review and State of art analysis of Optimization algorithms - Molecular and Quantum computing applications - Swarm Intelligence - Population based algorithm and other optimizations

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Book SynopsisThe book deals with the issue of entrepreneurial processes in the era of digital transformation, which is generating profound changes in the business environment, blurring industry boundaries, and creating unprecedented threats and opportunities for firms. The phenomenon of digital transformation is simultaneously or alternatively observed from three different research perspectives: The context in which entrepreneurial processes take place and its impact on them; The impact of digitalization on the initial phase of entrepreneurial processes; The profiles and the roles of individuals in entrepreneurial processes (considering the team dynamics as well); The growth path addressed to carry out entrepreneurial processes.

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Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Persuasive Technology, PERSUASIVE 2017, held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in April 2017. The 23 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 85 submissions. The papers are grouped in topical sections on health(care), monitoring, and coaching; personality, personalization, and persuasion; motivations, facilitators, and barriers; design principles and strategies.Table of ContentsHealth(care), monitoring, and coaching.- Personality, personalization, and persuasion.- Motivations, facilitators, and barriers.- Design principles and strategies.

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Book SynopsisSocial information access is defined as a stream of research that explores methods for organizing the past interactions of users in a community in order to provide future users with better access to information. Social information access covers a wide range of different technologies and strategies that operate on a different scale, which can range from a small closed corpus site to the whole Web.The 16 chapters included in this book provide a broad overview of modern research on social information access. In order to provide a balanced coverage, these chapters are organized by the main types of information access (i.e., social search, social navigation, and recommendation) and main sources of social information. Table of ContentsSocial Information Access: Definition and Classification.- Privacy in Social Information Access.- Social Q&A.- Collaborative Information Search.- Social Navigation.- Tag-Based Navigation and Visualization.- Social Search.- Network-Based Social Search.- Accessing Information with Tags: Search and Ranking.- Rating-Based Collaborative Filtering: Algorithms and Evaluation.- Recommendations Based on Social Links.- Tag-Based Recommendation.- From Opinions to Recommendations.- Recommending Based on Implicit Feedback.- People Recommendation on Social Media.- Location Recommendation with Social Media Data.

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Book SynopsisSie wollen wissen, warum plötzlich alle Welt von sozialen Netzwerken redet? Prima! Dieses Buch hilft Ihnen, sich einen Facebook Account zu erstellen und einzurichten. Die Autorin zeigt Ihnen, wie Sie alte Freunde bei Facebook wiederfinden und neue dazugewinnen. Außerdem lernen Sie, mit Ihren Freunden und Verwandten über Facebook zu kommunizieren und sich auszutauschen sowie Fotos und Videos auf Facebook hochzuladen. Bei all dem kommt auch ein kurzer Einblick in andere soziale Netzwerke wie Twitter nicht zu kurz.Table of ContentsÜber die Autorin 7 Einführung 17 Über dieses Buch 18 Konventionen in diesem Buch 20 Törichte Annahmen über den Leser 21 Wie dieses Buch aufgebaut ist 21 Teil I: Computer- und Internetgrundlagen 22 Teil II: Willkommen in der Welt von Facebook 22 Teil III: Twitter und der Rest der Geschichte sozialer Netzwerke 22 Wie es weitergeht 23 Ihre Kommentare, bitte 24 Teil I Computer- und Internetgrundlagen 25 Kapitel 1 Einen Computer für das Internet vorbereiten 27 Die passende Hardware für Ihre Computernutzung auswählen 28 Wissen, auf welche Hardwareoptionen Sie achten sollten 32 Den Computer Ihrer Wahl kaufen 35 Nach einem Browser suchen 37 Kapitel 2 Verbindung mit dem Internet 43 Einen Internetdienstanbieter auswählen 44 Eine DFÜ-Verbindung einrichten 47 Eine Breitbandoption auswählen 48 Verbindung über ein Powerline-Netzwerk 50 Verbindung mit einem Drahtlosnetzwerk 52 Regeln für die Onlinesicherheit 57 Kapitel 3 Alles zum Thema E-Mail 61 Woher bekommen Sie einen E-Mail-Dienst? 63 Die großen drei Anbieter webbasierter E-Mail-Dienste 64 Ein bombensicheres Passwort wählen 69 Sich für ein Google-Mail-Konto registrieren 70 Kontakte hinzufügen 74 Eine E-Mail verfassen und senden 76 Kapitel 4 Eine kurze Übersicht über soziale Netzwerke 79 Mit anderen auf Facebook zusammenkommen 80 Über Twitter kommunizieren 82 Einen Platz bei MySpace finden 83 Berufliche Kontakte pflegen über LinkedIn und XING 83 Film ab auf YouTube 85 Auf Blogspot Ihre Meinung äußern 87 Fotos über Flickr weitergeben 88 Musik hören auf Last.fm 88 Teil II Willkommen in der Welt von Facebook 91 Kapitel 5 Ihr Facebook-Profil vorbereiten 93 Sich für ein Facebook-Konto registrieren 94 Sofort Freunde finden, die bereits bei Facebook sind 97 Persönliche Informationen hinzufügen 98 Ihr Profilfoto hochladen 100 Andere Profilinformationen eingeben 103 Ihr Profil später weiterbearbeiten 109 Kapitel 6 Vorbereiten auf den Informationsaustausch 111 Privatsphäre- und Sicherheitseinstellungen einrichten 112 Ich stelle vor: Ihre Facebook-Startseite 116 Das Profil überprüfen, das für alle sichtbar ist 118 Ihren Status aktualisieren 120 Statusmeldungen oder andere Beiträge löschen 122 Ein Foto zur Ihrer Pinnwand hinzufügen 123 Ein YouTube-Video auf Ihrer Facebook-Seite veröffentlichen 123 Eine Veranstaltung auf Ihrer Pinnwand ankündigen 124 Kapitel 7 Verbindungen mit Freunden und Familienmitgliedern herstellen 127 Die Navigationsleiste als erster Stopp 128 Freunde mit der Facebook-Suche finden 130 Eine Freundschaftsanfrage senden 133 Freunde in den Listen anderer Freunde finden 135 Auf eine Freundschaftsanfrage antworten 136 Sich mit einem Facebook-Netzwerk verbinden 138 Private Nachrichten an Freunde senden 140 Eine private Nachricht lesen 141 Mit Freunden chatten 142 Beiträge auf die Pinnwand eines Freundes schreiben 144 Den Status eines Freundes kommentieren 146 Eine Notiz veröffentlichen 146 Beiträge von Ihrer Pinnwand entfernen 147 Kapitel 8 Fotos und Videos zu Facebook hinzufügen 149 Ein Foto auf Ihre Seite hochladen 149 Ein Fotoalbum erstellen 151 Fotos markieren 155 Eine eigene Markierung in einem Foto aufheben 158 Ein Foto löschen 159 Ein Video auf Facebook hochladen 160 Kapitel 9 Gruppen, Veranstaltungen und Spiele erkunden 163 Ihre Lieblingsdinge auf Facebook entdecken 164 Einer Facebook-Gruppe beitreten 167 Eine Facebook-Gruppe gründen 170 Mit Gruppenmitgliedern kommunizieren 173 Eine Einladung zu einer Veranstaltung erstellen 175 Anstehende Veranstaltungen ansehen 177 Eine Veranstaltung in einen anderen Kalender exportieren 177 Mit Spielen und Anwendungen Spaß haben 178 In Facebook nach Anwendungen und Spielen suchen 180 Teil III Twitter und der Rest der Geschichte sozialer Netzwerke 185 Kapitel 10 Ein Twitter-Leitfaden für Anfänger 187 Sich bei Twitter registrieren 188 Personen finden, denen Sie folgen möchten 191 Die Einstellung für Ihr Konto anpassen 194 Ihr Avatar-Bild hochladen 198 Ein Design für Ihre Twitter-Seite auswählen 200 Benachrichtigungen einrichten 202 Twitter-Befehle in Kurzform 203 Kapitel 11 Fotos, Videos und Musik weitergeben (und erhalten) 205 Dem Urheber Anerkennung zollen, wenn Sie etwas weitergeben 206 Links verkürzen 210 Fotos mit Twitpic und ähnlichen Diensten weitergeben 215 Videos auf YouTube finden und weitergeben 218 Kapitel 12 Ihre Meinung abgeben und die Meinungen anderer lesen 225 Produktbewertungen auf Amazon lesen und schreiben 226 Bewertungen für Restaurants, Shopping, Nachtleben und mehr auf Qype 229 Registrierung bei Qype, um eigene Beiträge zu schreiben 232 Einen Beitrag bei Qype schreiben 233 In Rezensionen zwischen den Zeilen lesen 235 Hotelbewertungen auf TripAdvisor ansehen 237 Eine Bewertung in TripAdvisor abgeben 239 Gute Filme auf Filmstarts.de finden 243 Eine Filmkritik auf Filmstarts veröffentlichen 245 Kapitel 13 Sie möchten also Blogger werden? 247 Vorab einige Fragen beantworten 248 Der erste Schritt in die Blogosphäre 251 Ihr Blog registrieren 252 Ihr Blog benennen und gestalten 253 Ihre Geschichte mit Bildern ergänzen 256 Ihr Profil einrichten 260 Stichwortverzeichnis 263

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Book SynopsisHaben Sie Schwierigkeiten, die vielen verschiedenen Begriffe rund um den Computer zu verstehen? In diesem Buch erklären Dan und Sandra Gookin leicht verständlich und auf den Punkt gebracht Begriffe aus der IT-Sprache, von A wie abbrechen bis Z wie Zwischenablage. Das Buch enthält alle neuen Begriffe, die die rasante IT-Entwicklung der letzten Jahre mit sich gebracht hat.

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Book SynopsisSie möchten mit Ihren Daten überzeugen statt mit Tortendiagrammen langweilen? Nathan Yau zeigt Ihnen in diesem Buch, wie Sie das schaffen. Neben wertvollen allgemeinen Dos & Don'ts zur Diagrammgestaltung gibt er Ihnen zunächst einen Überblick über die Tools und Technologien, die Sie benötigen: von Excel über Illustrator bis hin zu HTML, JavaScript und ArcGIS. Anschließend lernen Sie die besten Möglichkeiten zur Visualisierung von Proportionen, Unterschieden, räumlichen Beziehungen und Mustern über einen Zeitverlauf kennen - natürlich alles an eindrucksvollen Beispielen und komplett in Farbe erklärt!Trade Review?Das Buch ?Visualize This? ist eine Leitfaden für Anfänger, der es ermöglicht, den grundlegenden Zusammenhang zwischen Statistik und Visualisierung zu vermitteln. Der Autor erklärt, wie einige sehr fortschrittliche und interessante Visualisierungsformen sowohl aus dem Bereich Statistik und Datenanalyse in verschiedenen Software- und Programmiersprachen umgesetzt werden.? (Dr. Mario Kluge, Universität Potsdam)Table of ContentsÜber den Autor 5 Danksagung 7 Einleitung 13 Kapitel 1 Mit Daten Geschichten erzählen 27 Mehr als nur Zahlen 28 Wonach Sie suchen sollten 35 Design 41 Zusammenfassung 49 Kapitel 2 Umgang mit Daten 51 Daten zusammentragen 52 Daten formatieren 71 Zusammenfassung 87 Kapitel 3 Werkzeuge zum Visualisieren von Daten auswählen 89 Datenvisualisierung out of the box 90 Programmierung 100 Illustration 115 Mapping 120 Erkunden Sie Ihre Optionen 129 Zusammenfassung 131 Kapitel 4 Muster im zeitlichen Verlauf visualisieren 133 Worauf Sie bei Zeitreihen achten sollten 134 Diskrete Punkte im Zeitverlauf 135 Stetige Daten 166 Zusammenfassung 183 Kapitel 5 Proportionen visualisieren 185 Was es mit Proportionen auf sich hat 186 Teile eines Ganzen 186 Größenverhältnisse im zeitlichen Verlauf 214 Zusammenfassung 232 Kapitel 6 Beziehungen visualisieren 235 Nach welchen Beziehungen man suchen kann 236 Korrelationen 236 Verteilung 258 Vergleich 271 Zusammenfassung 285 Kapitel 7 Abweichungen erkennen 287 Worauf Sie achten sollten 288 Vergleiche über mehrere Variablen 288 Dimensionen reduzieren 321 Nach Ausreißern suchen 328 Zusammenfassung 333 Kapitel 8 Räumliche Beziehungen visualisieren 335 Worauf Sie achten sollten 336 Bestimmte Orte 337 Regionen 351 Raum-Zeit-Muster 368 Zusammenfassung 393 Kapitel 9 Zielorientiertes Design 395 Bereiten Sie sich vor 396 Bereiten Sie Ihre Leser vor 398 Visuelle Hinweise 403 Gute Visualisierung 408 Zusammenfassung 410 Index 413

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Book SynopsisInformation behavior has emerged as an important aspect of human life, however our knowledge and understanding of it is incomplete and underdeveloped scientifically. Research on the topic is largely contemporary in focus and has generally not incorporated results from other disciplines. In this monograph Spink provides a new understanding of information behavior by incorporating related findings, theories and models from social sciences, psychology and cognition. In her presentation, she argues that information behavior is an important instinctive sociocognitive ability that can only be fully understood with a highly interdisciplinary approach. The leitmotivs of her examination are three important research questions: First, what is the evolutionary, biological and developmental nature of information behavior? Second, what is the role of instinct versus environment in shaping information behavior? And, third, how have information behavior capabilities evolved and developed over time? Written for researchers in information science as well as social and cognitive sciences, Spink’s controversial text lays the foundation for a new interdisciplinary theoretical perspective on information behavior that will not only provide a more holistic framework for this field but will also impact those sciences, and thus also open up many new research directions.Trade ReviewFrom the reviews:“This compact nine chapter, 84 page text introduces Professor Spink’s approach to the challenge of information behavior. … The reference lists alone represent a serious amount of intellectual effort, and should provide a useful starting point for many further studies. … This text should find a home in the library of anyone interested in positioning information behaviour within the wider study of human behaviour.” (Allen Foster, Journal of Documentation, Vol. 67 (5), 2011)Table of ContentsInformation Behavior Framework.- Evolutionary Foundation.- Instinct Versus Environment.- Human Cognition and Social Behavior.- Lifetime DevelopmentLifetime Development .- Information Behavior Sub-processes.- Supporting Information Behavior over the Ages.- Key Propositions and Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th KES International Conference on Agent and Multi-Agent Systems, KES-AMSTA 2012, held in Dubrovnik, Croatia, in June 2012. The conference attracted a substantial number of researchers and practitioners from all over the world who submitted their papers for ten main tracks covering the methodology and applications of agent and multi-agent systems, one workshop (TRUMAS 2012) and five special sessions on specific topics within the field. The 66 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. The papers are organized in topical sections on virtual organizations, knowledge and learning agents, intelligent workflow, cloud computing and intelligent systems, self-organization, ICT-based alternative and augmentative communication, multi-agent systems, mental and holonic models, assessment methodologies in multi-agent and other paradigms, business processing agents, Trumas 2012 (first international workshop), conversational agents and agent teams, digital economy, and multi-agent systems in distributed environments.

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