Social and ethical aspects Books
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Die digitale Evolution moderner Großstädte:
Book SynopsisDas Buch behandelt die Entwicklung von modernen zu digitalen Städten. Es skizziert neue Geschäftsmodelle durch Cloud Computing und Apps-Öko-Systeme im Umfeld von Smart-City-Projekten. Es geht auf die tiefgreifenden Veränderungen für Smart-City-Infrastruktur-Anbieter durch neuartige Daten-Management-basierte Geschäftsmodelle ein. Die Rolle der Bürger und das veränderte Selbstverständnis der Stadtverwaltungen ist ein weiterer Schwerpunkt. Die Autoren geben Handlungsempfehlungen für alle Akteure einer Smart City, um komplexe Lösungen im engen Verbund mit den Bürgern und Verwaltungen zu realisieren. Die erforderlichen Geschäftsmodelle werden praxistauglich in Anwendungsbeispielen dargestellt.Trade Review“... ein überschaubares Werk ... Handlungsempfehlungen für die Entscheidungsverantwortlichen solcher Initiativen ... gibt das Werk eine Anregung, wohin die urbane Mobilität hinführen könnte. Entsprechend richtet sich das Werk weniger an Informatiker oder Wirtschaftsinformatiker, sondern eher an Interessierte betreffend der Entwicklung urbaner Gebiete im digitalen Zeitalter.“ (in: HMD, Jg. 52, 2015, S. 638-639)Table of ContentsEinführung - Smart Cities: Herausforderungen und Chancen moderner Großstädte - Smart Cities: IT-Basistechnologien wie Cloud Computing und Apps-Öko-Systeme - Smart Cities: innovative Apps-basierte Geschäftsmodellansätze und Partner-Netzwerke - Smart Cities: Konsequenzen aus Sicht der Stadtverwaltungen - Mega Datendrehschreiben - Anwendungsbeispiele - Ausblick
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Springer Das Apple-Imperium 2.0: Die neuen
Book SynopsisDas Apple-Imperium 2.0Apple ist größer, wertvoller und mächtiger als je zuvor. Doch im Zenit der Macht liegt bekanntlich der Keim des Niedergangs. Wie andere Imperien in der Geschichte ist auch Apples scheinbar unangefochtene Regentschaft vom Verfall bedroht. Die Apple Watch, die erste neue Produktkategorie seit fünf Jahren, tut sich schwerer als erwartet. Und wie lange kann das iPhone eigentlich noch sein bemerkenswertes Wachstum fortsetzen? Das „Apple-Imperium 2.0“ beleuchtet Apple als Wirtschaftsunternehmen – und das vor allem in der Ära des neuen Regenten Tim Cook. Besichtigen Sie den wertvollsten Konzern der Welt, der sein Königreich mit aller Macht verteidigen will und sich dafür doch ein weiteres Mal neu erfinden muss.Der erfahrene Wirtschaftsjournalist und Apple-Experte Nils Jacobsen erzählt die packende Geschichte des beeindruckendsten Unternehmens unserer Zeit: Das Geheimnis des unglaublichen Apple-Erfolgs – und welchen Herausforderungen sich der Techpionier in Zukunft stellen muss.Der AutorNils Jacobsen, Jahrgang 1974, ist ausgewiesener Apple-Experte und Wirtschaftsjournalist mit knapp 20-jähriger redaktioneller Erfahrung. Der gebürtige Hanseat verfolgt seit Mitte der 90er Jahre in unzähligen Artikeln Apples erstaunlichen Aufstieg zum wertvollsten Konzern aller Zeiten und die darauffolgenden Turbulenzen der Tim Cook-Ära. Jacobsen berichtet über Apple täglich beim Medienportal MEEDIA, in einer wöchentlichen Kolumne bei Yahoo Finance und zuvor in zahlreichen Artikeln für manager magazin online, SPIEGEL Online, WELT Online, das Hamburger Abendblatt, Mac Life und anderen bekannten Medien und Apple-Magazinen. www.facebook.com/DasAppleImperiumTable of ContentsVorwort.- Über den Autor.- Prolog: Das Imperium schlägt zurück.- Teil I: Das größte Comeback aller Zeiten.- Teil II: Der iZyklus – Apples Königreich entsteht.- Teil III: Epische Schlachten auf dem Olymp.- Teil IV: Der unerwartete Abstieg vom Gipfel.- Teil V: Apples neue Kriegsschauplätze.- Teil VI: Leise Comebacksignale.- Teil VII: Zurück in die Zukunft.- Teil VIII: Die Rückkehr der Rekorde.- Teil IX: Aufbruch ins Apple Watch-Zeitalter.- Teil X: Gefechte um die Zukunft.- Teil XI: Apples alte und neue Gegner.- Teil XII: Der Lebenszyklus von Imperien.- Teil XIII: Segen und Fluch der Apple-Aktie.- Teil XIV: Alte und neue Regenten.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Cyber Security: Ein Einblick für
Book SynopsisIn diesem Buch erfahren Wirtschaftswissenschaftler, wie Firmen nach Hackerangriffen vom Markt verschwinden und wie Hacker Aktienkurse beeinflussen können. Lernen Sie, wie Homo oeconomicus beim Thema Cyber Security zum Homo carens securitate wird und wie es gelingt, mithilfe der wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen „Brille“ (oder: Perspektive/Sicht) ganz neue Lösungsansätze und Sichtweisen im Kampf gegen Wirtschaftsspione, Hacker und Cyber-Kriminelle zu erkennen. Cyber Security bzw. IT-Sicherheit ist ein Zukunftsthema, an dem kaum jemand vorbeikommt. Dieses Buch beschreibt anhand aktueller Vorfälle – ohne technisches Grundwissen vorauszusetzen –, was Ökonomen wissen müssen, um sich am Gespräch über eines der wichtigsten Zukunftsthemen unserer Zeit beteiligen zu können.Table of ContentsWas ist Cyber Security?.- Wichtige Begriffe anhand aktueller Vorfälle erklärt.- Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Sicht auf die Cyber Security.- Homo oeconomicus vs. Homo carens securitate.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Smart City: Strategie, Governance und Projekte
Book SynopsisMit diesem Buch geben die Herausgeber einen umfassenden Überblick zur Nutzung von Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien in Städten und urbanen Gebieten, um den sozialen und ökologischen Lebensraum nachhaltig zu entwickeln. Unter dem Begriff „Smart City“ werden entsprechende Initiativen zusammengefasst. Dazu zählen Projekte zur Verbesserung der Mobilität, Nutzung intelligenter Systeme für Wasser- und Energieversorgung, Förderung sozialer Netzwerke, Erweiterung politischer Partizipation, Ausbau von Entrepreneurship, Schutz der Umwelt sowie Erhöhung von Sicherheit und Lebensqualität. Das Herausgeberwerk widmet sich der Vielfalt dieser webbasierten Entwicklungen für urbane Räume und zeigt erste Erfahrungen aus Pionierprojekten.Das Werk richtet sich an Stadtentwickler, Politiker und Citoyen sowie Wirtschaftsinformatiker. Es hilft dem Leser, Einsatzgebiete im öffentlichen Lebensraum zu erkennen und Lösungsansätze zu bewerten.Table of ContentsSmart Governance - Smart Partizipation - Smart Living - Smart Education - Smart Mobility - Smart Energy - Smart Economy
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Die Macht der digitalen Plattformen: Wegweiser im
Book SynopsisDieses Buch bietet eine Einführung in die komplexe Welt digitaler Plattformen, ihr Wesen wird verständlich vermittelt und an Praxisbeispielen aufgezeigt. Damit beleuchtet der Autor ein charakterisierendes Kernelement der Digitalisierung. Ein besseres Verständnis für das Wesen und die Macht digitaler Plattformen ist dringend notwendig, denn digitale Plattformen spielen zunehmend eine strategische Rolle in allen Wirtschafts- und Lebensbereichen. Der Autor erläutert die Kernbausteine und die inneren Mechanismen digitaler Plattformen. Hinzu kommen Anregungen und Prinzipien für das Design digitaler Plattform-Ökosysteme. Table of ContentsProlog: Digitalisierung und das Dilemma der Disruption - Willkommen in der Welt der digitalen Plattformen - Die Revolution der digitalen Plattformen ist so nah - Entwickeln Sie doch mal eine Suchmaschine – die Zukunft - Epilog: Der Mensch schafft sich selbst ab oder HAL 9000
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Privatheit und selbstbestimmtes Leben in der
Book SynopsisPrivatheit ist eine wichtige Grundlage für ein selbstbestimmtes Leben. In einer immer stärker vernetzten digitalen Welt ist sie von vielen Seiten bedroht. Die Beiträge des Buches untersuchen aktuelle Herausforderungen für Privatheit und Datenschutz aus multidisziplinärer Perspektive. Thematisiert wird dabei u.a., welche Rolle Privatheit in der Gesellschaft einnimmt, wie Bürger diese heute verstehen und wie sie mit den zunehmenden Angriffen darauf umgehen. Darüber hinaus befassen sich die Beiträge mit der europäischen Datenschutzpolitik und neuen Regelungsformen für einen wirksameren Datenschutz.Table of ContentsPrivatheit, Öffentlichkeit und digitales Leben.- Wandel rechtlicher Normen in der digitalen Welt.- Privatheit in Kommunikation und Wirtschaft.- Technische Ansätze zum Schutz von Privatheit.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Digitale Bürgerbeteiligung: Forschung und Praxis
Book SynopsisBürgerbeteiligung, d. h. die Beteiligung der Bürgerinnen und Bürger an politischen Planungsprozessen oder Entscheidungen, wird bereits in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz gefördert und gelebt. In Zeiten der Digitalisierung werden immer häufiger technische Applikationen zur elektronischen Partizipation (E-Partizipation) eingesetzt. Die Nutzung von Technologien bietet Chancen und Herausforderungen gleichermaßen, so zum Beispiel in den Bereichen Sicherheit, Datenschutz und nutzerorientierte Gestaltung. Das Buch greift genau diese Themen im Bereich der E-Partizipation auf und erläutert insbesondere Gestaltungsaspekte der digitalen Bürgerbeteiligung. Es kombiniert aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse mit bestehenden Theorien der E-Partizipation und bietet eine umfassende, interdisziplinäre Analyse aus sozialwissenschaftlicher, rechtlicher und technologischer Perspektive. Schutz der Privatsphäre und Sicherheit sind dabei zentrale Aspekte des Buches, die langfristig das Vertrauen in digitale Bürgerbeteiligung fördern können. Table of ContentsDigitale Bürgerbeteiligung und elektronische Demokratie - Beispiele der elektronische Bürgerbeteiligung in der Praxis - Rechtliche Anforderungen der elektronischen Partizipation - Technologien für digitale Bürgerbeteiligung - Nutzerorientierte und interaktive Gestaltung - Design und Entwicklung eines E-Partizipationsökosystems - Multidimensionale Evaluierung von digitalen Beteiligungsverfahren
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Fuzzy Leadership: Trilogie Teil I: Von den
Book SynopsisDie unscharfe Logik (Fuzzy Logic) erweitert die klassische Logik, indem neben den beiden Wahrheitswerten 1 für ‚wahr’ und 0 für ‚falsch’ alle Werte des Einheitsintervalls zugelassen sind. Die unscharfe Logik entspricht der menschlichen Wahrnehmung, da sie unsichere Sachverhalte oder vage Aussagen in einem Entscheidungsprozess mitberücksichtigt. Edy Portmann und Andreas Meier geben in diesem essential über Fuzzy Leadership einen Überblick zu Grundlagen der unscharfen Logik und zeigen das Potenzial in unterschiedlichen Anwendungen der digitalen Wirtschaft sowie in der Informations- und Wissensgesellschaft auf. Die Autoren:Prof. Dr. Edy Portmann ist Swiss Post Professor of Computer Science am Human-IST Institut der Universität Fribourg, Schweiz. In seiner Forschung beschäftigt er sich mit Fragen rund um Informationssysteme, -verarbeitung und -beschaffung. Prof. Dr. Andreas Meier leitete in den Jahren 1999 bis 2018 den Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsinformatik an der Universität Fribourg, Schweiz. Seine Forschungsgebiete waren eBusiness, eGovernment und Informationsmanagement. Table of ContentsFuzzy Leadership.- Human Smart Cities.- eSociety Reloaded.- Wo führt die Reise hin?.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Fuzzy Management: Trilogie Teil II: Einsatz der
Book SynopsisAndreas Meier und Edy Portmann verwenden in diesem essential über Fuzzy Management die unscharfe Logik zur Lösung betriebswirtschaftlicher Probleme in der digitalen Wirtschaft. Die unscharfe Logik erweitert die klassische Logik mit den beiden Werten „wahr“ und „falsch“ und führt zu differenzierteren Beurteilungen. Neben Portfolio Management, Performance Measurement, Service Level Engineering und Reputationsmanagement wird die Business Intelligence mit weichen Faktoren angereichert, um den Entscheidungsprozess zu verbessern.Die Autoren: Prof. Dr. Andreas Meier leitete in den Jahren 1999 bis 2018 den Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsinformatik an der Universität Fribourg, Schweiz. Seine Forschungsgebiete waren eBusiness, eGovernment und Informationsmanagement. Prof. Dr. Edy Portmann ist Swiss Post Professor of Computer Science am Human-IST Institut der Universität Fribourg, Schweiz. In seiner Forschung beschäftigt er sich mit Fragen rund um Informationssysteme, -verarbeitung und -beschaffung.Table of ContentsFuzzy Management und Portfolio Management.- Performance Measurement und Service Level Engineering.- Reputationsanalysen und Business Intelligence.
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Springer Viruses in all Dimensions: How an Information Code Controls Viruses, Software and Microorganisms
Book SynopsisMicroorganisms, viruses, and computer programs encode all the information necessary to reproduce and spread themselves. Yet these mechanisms are amazingly similar in the animate world, in the world of viruses, and even in the world of technical systems. The book shows how great the parallels are between these various animate and inanimate replicating systems and what they are based on.The excursion also leads into the fascinating world of genetics, to the question of what defines life and into the programming of software that multiplies itself independently. Finally, the question is derived whether and to what extent such self-replicating technical systems can become as dangerous as infectious viruses in triggering pandemics, such as the Corona pandemic in 2020.Table of ContentsViruses, microorganisms and molecular genetics.- What is life?.-Basic concepts of molecular genetics.- Viruses and early genetics.- Algorithms and self-replicating computer programs.- What is information?.- Coding of information in technology and biology.- Coevolution of life and technology.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Computer und Gesellschaft: Roboter und KI als
Book SynopsisWelche Wirkungen haben Robotik und Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) auf die Gesellschaft? Wie verändern Algorithmen und Machine Learning unser soziales Umfeld? Vor welchen ethischen Herausforderungen stehen wir? Vorliegendes Buch bietet zu diesen und weiteren Fragen systematische Analysen. Allgemeine und spezielle Roboterkonzepte von Androiden über Social Robots bis hin zu kollaborativen Industrierobotern werden vorgestellt. Hinzu treten Drohnen im militärischen und zivilen Einsatz sowie diverse Formen der Mensch-Maschine-, Tier-Maschine- und Pflanze-Maschine-Interaktion. Verschiedene Begriffe und Paradigmen der KI werden auch abseits der Informatik herausgearbeitet, reale und spekulative Entwicklungen eingeordnet. Vor diesem Hintergrund geraten ethisch-gesellschaftliche Brennpunkte in den Blick. Beispiele, Aufgaben, vertiefende Infos zu Hintergründen und Übersichten laden zum kritischen Weiterdenken ein. Es bildet den dritten, in sich abgerundeten Teil der Buchreihe Grundlagen der Technikethik.Haben wir die Zukunft, die wir brauchen, und brauchen wir die Zukunft, die wir haben?Table of ContentsWas ist ein Roboter? - Roboterinteraktionen - Was ist eine Drohne? - Was ist Künstliche Intelligenz? - Fakt und Fiktion – „Wer Visionen hat, sollte zum Arzt gehen!“ - Schwache KI – Realgeschichten
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Constructed Truths: Truth and Knowledge in a
Book SynopsisIn a world in which more and more fake news is being spread, it is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish truth from lies, knowledge from opinion. Disinformation campaigns are not only perceived as a political problem, but the fake news debate is also about fundamental philosophical questions: What is truth? How can we recognize it? Is there such a thing as objective facts or is everything socially constructed? This book explains how echo chambers and alternative worldviews emerge, it blames post-factual thinking for the current truth crisis, and it shows how we can escape the threat of truth relativism.Table of ContentsFilter bubbles and echo chambers.- Conspiracy theories.- Fake news.- Epistemology of the post-factual.- Theories of truth.- Information and knowledge.
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Springer Truth and Fake in the Post-Factual Digital Age:
Book SynopsisThe increase in fake news, the growing influence on elections, increasing false reports and targeted disinformation campaigns are not least a consequence of advancing digitalisation. Information technology is needed to put a stop to these undesirable developments. With intelligent algorithms and refined data analysis, fakes must be detected more quickly in the future and their spread prevented. However, in order to meaningfully recognize and filter fakes by means of artificial intelligence, it must be possible to distinguish fakes from facts, facts from fictions, and fictions from fakes. This book therefore also asks questions about the distinctions of fake, factual and fictional. The underlying theories of truth are discussed, and practical-technical ways of differentiating truth from falsity are outlined. By considering the fictional as well as the assumption that information-technical further development can profit from humanities knowledge, the authors hope that content-related, technical and methodological challenges of the present and future can be overcome.Table of ContentsIntroduction - Truth relativism, scientific skepticism and the political consequences - Of Fakes and Frauds: Can scientific "hoaxes" be a legitimate tool of knowledge? - Fiction, Fake and Fact - Stranger than Fiction - The Marxist-Leninist Definition of Fascism and the Building of the Wall - Beware: possible "Fake News" - a technical approach to early detection - Countering Fake News technically - Detection and treatment approaches to support users - NewsDeps: Visualizing the Origin of Information in News Articles
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Springer Was Menschen verbindet
Book SynopsisHerausforderung heute: VUCA / BANI.- Differenz zur vorherigen Epoche.- Wertschätzung und Wertschöpfung: Baseline, auf der die nachfolgenden Kapitel aufbauen.- Facetten von Wertschätzung anhand unterschiedlicher Disziplinen: Wissenschaftliche Facette.- Einfluss auf Wertschöpfung.- Persönlicher Transfer.
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Springer Vieweg Bildungsautomaten
Book SynopsisGegenwärtige Debatten zur Digitalisierung des Bildungswesens und ihre Diskursgeschichte.- Pädagogische Praxis in einer Kultur der Digitalität.- Medienethik.
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Springer Next Generation Internet
Book SynopsisMetaverse?.- Where from ... where to ... or: what is it anyway?.- The merging of worlds and ... verses.- Another dimension: Economic merging.- What cannot be omitted: Critique.- The real vision.- Now is the time to build!.- Addendum 1 - Because it is so current: Artificial Intelligence in the Metaverse?.- Addendum 2 Almost Even More Current: Is the Hype Already Over?.
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Springer Einmal queer gespielt
Book SynopsisQueer Studies und Normkonstruktion.- Über Stereotypisierung, Diskriminierung und Marginalisierung.- Videospielen als Teil des Lebens und der Gesellschaft.- Wir brauchen mediale Repräsentation.- Ein analytischer Blick auf Charaktere im Videospiel.- Was in bisheriger Repräsentation „gut“ und „schlecht“ läuft.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Unsere digitale Zukunft: In welcher Welt wollen
Book SynopsisDroht die ferngesteuerte Gesellschaft?Dieses Buch greift das weithin diskutierte, zum Jahreswechsel 2015/16 veröffentlichte „Digital-Manifest“ auf und führt die Debatte entlang vielfältiger Themenlinien weiter. Es geht hierbei um nicht weniger als unsere – digitale – Zukunft: Welche Chancen eröffnen künstliche Intelligenz und digitale Technologien, welche Risiken und ethische Herausforderungen bergen sie? Wie schützen wir unsere Daten und die Privatsphäre? Wie sichern wir individuelle Freiheit und Demokratie vor Gefahren der digitalen Verhaltenssteuerung? Wie sollen selbstfahrende Autos, Roboter und autonome Agenten unser Leben prägen? Als Gesellschaft und als Individuen müssen wir uns mit verschiedenen Projektionen in die Zukunft auseinandersetzen. Dabei sollten wir die Einschätzungen führender Experten in der Zusammenschau vernehmen und diskutieren. Den kritischen Dialog zu beflügeln, ist das Ziel dieses Sammelbands mit den wichtigsten Beiträgen namhafter Wissenschaftler aus Spektrum der Wissenschaft, Spektrum – Die Woche und Spektrum.de.Trade Review“… Ein Buch für Leser, die sich grundsätzlich und tiefergehend mit der Digitalisierung befassen wollen.” (Controller Magazin, Jg. 43, Heft 1, Januar-Februar 2018)“…Dieses breit angelegte Buch versucht uns die digitale Welt von morgen schon heute vor Augen zu führen. ... Verständlich und informativ - wissenschaftsjournalistisch perfekt aufbereitet.” (RKW Bücherdienst, Heft 3, September 2017)“... Nach der munteren Diskussion rund um das Digital-Manifest, greifen mehrere Experten im weiteren Verlauf des Sachbuchs diverse Themen rund um die Digitalisierung auf. Dabei findet man neben theoretisch-wissenschaftlichen – und damit eher abgehobenen – Abhandlungen auch Beiträge mit aktuellem Praxisbezug. ... Nicht zuletzt lockern verschiedene Interviews die Materie zusätzlich auf ...” (IT-ZOOM, it-zoom.de, 2. August 2017)“… Ein empfehlenswertes Buch, das sich den Belangen unserer digitalen Zukunft widmet.” (Svenja Tasch, in: ONE to ONE, Heft 9, 4. September 2017)Table of ContentsI. Das Digital-Manifest.- Digitale Demokratie statt Datendiktatur.- Eine Strategie für das digitale Zeitalter.- Die Bürgerinnen und Bürger müssen mitbestimmen dürfen.- Technik braucht Menschen, die sie beherrschen.- Wenn intelligente Maschinen die digitale Gesellschaft steuern.- Digitale Selbstbestimmung durch ein "Recht auf Kopie".- Big Data zum Nutzen von Gesellschaft und Menschheit.- Demokratische Technologien und verantwortungsvolle Innovation.- Big Nudging – zur Problemlösung wenig geeignet.- II. Die Debatte über das Digital-Manifest.- Die Digitalisierung der Gesellschaft geht uns alle an.- Eine Ethik für Nerds.- Propheten einer digitalen Apokalypse?.- Unsere demokratische Internetprothese.- Fukushima der künstlichen Intelligenz.- Wider Vernunft und besseres Wissen.- III. Privatsphäre, Transparenz und Datensicherheit.- Was ist uns unsere Privatsphäre wert?.- Schützt die NSA vor sich selbst!.- Vertraulichkeit ist machbar.- Physiologische Daten müssen vertraulich bleiben!.- Wie digitale Transparenz die Welt verändert.- IV. Digitalisierung des Alltags und Menschenbild.- Die smarte Stadt der Zukunft.- Angriff auf das Stromnetz.- Intelligente Autos im Dilemma.- Intelligenz bei Mensch und Maschine.- Müssen wir autonome Killerroboter verbieten?.- Der Mensch im Netz.- Das Google-Gedächtnis
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Zum Frühstück gibt's Apps: Mehr Durchblick in der
Book SynopsisWarum wir schon beim Frühstück Apps anstarren … Smartphone und Smart Home: Technik schaltet immer mehr unser Denken ab, weil wir ein bequemes Leben voller Spaß vorziehen. Dafür zahlen wir einen hohen Preis: Verlernen wir durch Lernprogramme das Lernen? Manipuliert uns Facebook, indem es unserer Eitelkeit schmeichelt? Gibt es Schutz vor Shitstorms und Cybermobbing? Wird Technik zum Heilsversprechen? Und das bereits beim Frühstück? Genau diese unbequemen Fragen stellt Zum Frühstück gibt´s Apps, um mehr Durchblick in der digitalen Welt zu schaffen. Das Buch liefert praktische Tipps, wie Sie digitale Medien bewusst einsetzen. Geschichten aus dem Alltag illustrieren, wo Fallen im Netz lauern und wie Sie ihnen ausweichen. So schaffen Sie Raum für echte Kommunikation zwischen Menschen – und landen nicht in jeder Marketingfalle der IT-Industrie. Handfeste Informationen in unterhaltsamer Form: Zum Frühstück gibt´s Apps schärft den Blick! Humorvoll, mit analytischer Tiefe! Table of ContentsEinblick.- Lüge vom Multitasking.- Virtueller Rummelplatz.- Digitales Partner(un)glück.- Like-Wahn.- Shopping-Himmel.- Digitaler Knieschuss.- Totale Überwachung.- Terror durch E-Mails.- Hardware-Gläubige.- BILDung durch BILDschirm?.- Tobender Mob im Netz.- IT-Angriff auf Kinder.- Kühlschrank und Toaster im Gespräch.- Apps gegen Stress.- Digitale Deformation von Unternehmen.- Ausblick.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Behind the Cloud: A Theory of the Private Without
Book SynopsisThoughts are free - but they are no longer secret. Today, our data is automatically stored and analyzed by algorithms ”behind the cloud” - where we no longer have control over our data. Our most private and secret information is entrusted to the internet and permanently collected, stacked and linked to our digital twins. With and without our consent. "Privacy is dead", as Mark Zuckerberg put it. The question is: How did we get there? And, if the actors behind the cloud know everything: what is still private today, and are there any personal secrets at all when the "gods" behind the cloud possibly know us better than our friends and family?The book uses a wealth of case studies (e.g. cryptocurrencies, journalism, digital traces of sexual preferences) to develop a typology of privacy in the history of ideas. Furthermore, it shows the areas of life in which big data and artificial intelligence have already made inroads. This book is a translation of the original German 2nd edition Die Rückseite der Cloud by Peter Seele and Lucas Zapf, published by Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature in 2020. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.Table of ContentsIntroduction: The reverse side of the cloud.- Part 1: The secret private - introduction and derivation.- "Privacy is dead": How could it come to this?- Part 2: Symptoms of the structural change of the private.- Symptoms of an immanent digital omniscience.- Part 3: Theory of the structural change of the private.- Functional systematics of the structural change of the private.- Summary of the theory or: Thoughts are free - but no longer secret.- Conclusions.- Outlook: Digital authenticity - an immersive consumer experience.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Die Simulation menschlichen Panikverhaltens: Ein
Book SynopsisBernhard Schneider stellt eine neue Anwendung aus dem Sicherheitsbereich vor, in dessen Zentrum die Untersuchung von Verhaltensweisen, Kontroll- und Evakuierungsstrategien zur Vermeidung von Panik bei Massenzusammenkünften jeglicher Art steht. Auf der Grundlage etablierter psychologischer Theorien und Erkenntnisse bildet der entwickelte ganzheitliche Modellierungsansatz diese Aspekte menschlichen Verhaltens im Kontext realer Paniksituationen ab. Er basiert dabei technisch auf systemtheoretischen Prinzipien und projiziert reale Menschen auf autonome Agenten in der Simulation.Table of ContentsPanik: Sichtweisen, Theorien und Begriffsbestimmung; Analyse von Paniksituationen und Modellierungsanforderungen; Analyse bestehender Modellierungsansätze; Die Entwicklung des Referenzmodells SimPan; Eine Agenten- Architektur zur Umsetzung von SimPan; Experimente, Funktionalitätstests, Plausibilitätsbetrachtungen
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Transcript Verlag Digital Culture & Society: Vol. 2, Issue 2/2016 -
Book SynopsisDigital Culture & Society is a refereed, international journal, fostering discussion about the ways in which digital technologies, platforms and applications reconfigure daily lives and practices. It offers a forum for critical analysis and inquiries into digital media theory and provides a publication environment for interdisciplinary research approaches, contemporary theory developments and methodological innovation. The second issue "Quantified Selves Statistical Bodies" provides methodological and theoretical reflections on technologically generated knowledge about the body and socio-cultural practices that are subsumed, discussed, and criticized using the key concept "Quantified Self".
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Transcript Verlag Digital Culture & Society (DCS) – Vol. 3, Issue
Book SynopsisDigital Culture & Society is a refereed, international journal, fostering discussion about the ways in which digital technologies, platforms and applications reconfigure daily lives and practices. It offers a forum for inquiries into digital media theory, methodologies, and socio-technological developments. The fourth issue "Making and Hacking" sheds light on the communities and spaces of hackers, makers, DIY enthusiasts, and 'fabbers'. Academics, artists, and hackerspace members examine the meanings and entanglements of maker and hacker cultures - from conceptual, methodological as well as empirical perspectives. With contributions by Sabine Hielscher, Jeremy Hunsinger, Kat Braybrooke, Tim Jordan, among others, and an interview with Sebastian Kubitschko.
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Transcript Verlag Guides of the Atlas: An Ethnography of
Book SynopsisHow do digital media technologies shape or restructure social practice? And which transitions and demarcations of different forms of publicness arise in this context? Simon Holdermann examines this question in his ethnography of everyday life in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco. In order to approach the ongoing, historically situated social transformations of the region, he analyses a variety of media practices concerning the organizational work and transnational cooperation that take place there - in particular at the intersection of mountain tourism, NGO work, and local self-government.
£45.89
New India Publishing Agency Environmental Changes and Natural Disasters
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New India Publishing Agency Internet of Things (Iot) Enabled Automation in
Book SynopsisThe primary intention of composing this book is to offer a basis for automating agricultural fields using various sensors and transmitting the data to the cloud through the internet of things. This book supplies the fundamental knowledge required for programming and connecting devices to an IoT modem, as well as the essential steps for comprehending IoT and its application in the agricultural field. It serves as a useful resource for postgraduate and undergraduate engineering students, particularly those studying Electronics, Electrical, Mechatronics, Robotics, Mechanical, and Computer Science. The distinctive feature of this book is that it provides programming-based real-time project prototypes, which are based on the practical experiences of the authors while working on projects with students and industries.
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Deep & Deep Publications E Learning: New Trends and Innovations
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Kalpaz Publications Information Technology: a Revolutionary Change
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New India Publishing Agency Environmental Changes and Natural Disasters
Book SynopsisThis book covers the multidisciplinary nature of environment, public awareness case studies related to environment, current issues environment and natural changes. The book includes disaster management, mitigation and application of Remote Sensing and GIS for disaster management and environmental changes. It also consists of drawing a long-term policy to overcome the problems of environmental pollution and disaster management. The other important environmental issues that are highlighted are environmental impact assessment studies, environmental health hazards and ecological consequences in relation to the inter-linking of rivers in India. The issues of natural disasters includes landslides, flood and flood control, earthquakes and tsunamis. The book is useful for students and researchers of various disciplines like biology, microbiology, environment, ecology, pedology, geology, geography, hydrologists, remote sensing experts, social sciences, etc and others who are concerned with environment and disaster management. The whole book is divided into 2 parts including 30 chaptePart I covers environmental changes: their causes, impacts and assessment and part II highlights natural disasters: mitigation and management and other related aspects.
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Tapir Academic Press Design Guidelines for a Monitoring Environment
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Contra El Algoritmo del Amor: Un Viaje a Las Entrañas de
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£21.67
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial El enemigo conoce el sistema / The Enemy Knows
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£19.67
GEDISA Correo electronico Emails Como Escribir Mensajes
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£11.24
Amsterdam University Press Museums in a Digital Culture: How Art and
Book SynopsisThe experience of engaging with art and history has been utterly transformed by information and communications technology in recent decades. We now have virtual, mediated access to countless heritage collections and assemblages of artworks, which we intuitively browse and navigate in a way that wasn't possible until very recently. This collection of essays takes up the question of the cultural meaning of the information and communications technology that makes these new engagements possible, asking questions like: How should we theorise the sensory experience of art and heritage? What does information technology mean for the authority and ownership of heritage?Table of ContentsIntroduction Chiel van den Akker and Susan Legêne Touched from a Distance. The Practice of Affective Browsing Martijn Stevens Visual Touch. Ekphrasis and Interactive Art Installations Cecilia Lindhé Breathing Art. Art as an Encompassing and Participatory Experience Christina Grammatikopoulou Curiosity and the Fate of Chronicles and Narratives Chiel van den Akker Networked Knowledge and Epistemic Authority in the Development of Virtual Museums Anne Beaulieu and Sarah de Rijcke Between History and Commemoration: The Digital Monument to the Jewish Community in the Netherlands Serge ter Braake From the Smithsonian's MacFarlane Collection to 'Inuvialuit Living History' Kate Hennessy Conclusion Chiel van den Akker
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United Nations Digital economy report 2021: cross-border data
Book SynopsisThis publication takes stock of recent trends in the global data-driven digital landscape, examining opportunities and challenges for developing countries to benefit. It highlights the links to impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, which led to an acceleration of digitalization trends and a significant increase in cross-border data flows. With a focus on the development perspective, it further considers the implications of cross-border data flows and their regulation, taking into account ongoing discussions and providing a review of the related literature. It looks at various policies that countries are applying with regard to cross-border data flows and explores advantages and disadvantages, particularly for developing countries, while also addressing the evolution of different approaches to regulation at the international and regional level. Finally, the report concludes with policy recommendations for establishing a balanced approach to facilitating progress in the productive regulation of cross-border data flows.
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New India Publishing Agency Agricultural Finance & Cooperation
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New India Publishing Agency Farm Management, Production and Resource
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New India Publishing Agency Agricultural Statistics, Mathematics and Computer
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New India Publishing Agency Basic Agricultural Economics
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Screen-obsessed: Parenting In The Digital Age
Book SynopsisScreen-obsessed: Parenting in the Digital Age is the first book solely focusing on parental supervision of children's media use. This book distills important information regarding how parents can effectively guide their offspring living in the multimedia environment. This book discusses an extensive range of theories, issues, and subjects of parental mediation. Readers will discover how parental mediation works, new and traditional theoretical facets, and how this knowledge can be applied in various settings pertinent to the family.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Cyberspace & Sovereignty
Book SynopsisHow do you describe cyberspace comprehensively?This book examines the relationship between cyberspace and sovereignty as understood by jurists and economists. The author transforms and abstracts cyberspace from the perspective of science and technology into the subject, object, platform, and activity in the field of philosophy. From the three dimensions of 'ontology' (cognition of cyberspace and information), 'epistemology' (sovereignty evolution), and 'methodology' (theoretical refinement), he uses international law, philosophy of science and technology, political philosophy, cyber security, and information entropy to conduct cross-disciplinary research on cyberspace and sovereignty to find a scientific and accurate methodology. Cyberspace sovereignty is the extension of modern state sovereignty. Only by firmly establishing the rule of law of cyberspace sovereignty can we reduce cyber conflicts and cybercrimes, oppose cyber hegemony, and prevent cyber war. The purpose of investigating cyberspace and sovereignty is to plan good laws and good governance. This book argues that cyberspace has sovereignty, sovereignty governs cyberspace, and cyberspace governance depends on comprehensive planning. This is a new theory of political philosophy and sovereignty law.Table of ContentsNoumenon: Thing-in-Itself: Ontology of Cyberspace; Cyberspace Evolution; Cyberspace Security; Cyberspace Sovereignty; Epistemology: The Consideration of Cyberspace Order; The History of Cyberspace Legislation; The Rule of Law in Cyberspace Sovereignty; Methodology: Cyberspace and Order Coordination; Cyberspace and Overall Planning Entropy; The Overall Planning of Cyberspace Justice;
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Springer Verlag, Singapore When 5G Meets Industry 4.0
Book SynopsisSince the 1980s, mobile communication has undergone major transitions from 1G to 4G, at a rate of roughly one generation per decade. And the next upgrade is set to come soon, with 5G heralding a new era of large-bandwidth Internet, and a multi-connection, low-latency Internet of Everything.5G technology will be the standard for next-generation mobile Internet, and it will not only enhance the individual user’s experience, but also provide technical support for artificial-intelligence-based applications, such as smart manufacturing, smart healthcare, smart government, smart cities and driverless cars. As a result, 5G is regarded as the “infrastructure” of the industrial Internet and artificial intelligence and both China and the United States are striving to become the 5G leader and spearhead this new generation of international mobile communication standards. Though trade tensions between China and the United States continue to escalate, with products ranging from soybeans to mobile phones and automobiles being affected, 5G technology may be the true cause of trade wars between the world’s top two economies.In short, 5G will change not only society, but also international trade patterns. This book describes various 5G scenarios, changes and values; explains the standards, technologies and development directions behind 5G; and explores new models, new formats and new trends in 5G-based artificial intelligence.Table of ContentsChapter 1 The Development of 5G 1.1 Why is 5G important 1.2 The difference between 5G and 4G 1.3 What changes can 5G bring Chapter 2 The Advanced Technology of 5G 2.1 The premise of 5G is standard 2.2 The core of 5G is network deployment 2.3 The three new technologies of 5G 2.4 The flexibility of 5G Chapter 3 The Development of Industry 4.0 3.1 Traditional industrialization has lost competitiveness 3.2 The core of Industry 4.0 is algorithm-based intelligent manufacturing 3.3 The vision of Industry 4.0 is to break the impossible trinity of manufacturing 3.4 The key to Industry 4.0 is ICT technology Chapter 4 5G Provides Support for Industry 4.0 Communication System 4.1 Significance of 5G igh Bandwidth Network Speed (eMBB) for Industry 4.0 4.2 Significance of 5G to support large-scale networking (mMTC) for Industry 4.0 4.3 Significance of 5G Low Latency (uRLLC) for Industry 4.0 4.4 5G Local Area Network (Local 5G) Implementation Path Chapter 5 The Fusion Scenario between Industry 4.0 and 5G 5.1 Production process can be perceptible 5.2 Device status can be monitored 5.3 Product quality can be improved 5.4 Resource allocation can be predicated 5.5 Manufacturing can be cooperated Postscript: Industry 5G - A New Era of Intelligence
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social
Book SynopsisThe two-volume set CCIS 1491 and 1492 constitutes the refereed post-conferenceproceedings of the 16th CCF Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, ChineseCSCW 2021, held in Xiangtan, China, November 26–28, 2021. The conference was held in a hybrid mode i.e. online and on-site in Xiangtan due to the COVID-19 crisis.The 65 revised full papers and 22 revised short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 242 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections:Volume I:Collaborative Mechanisms, Models, Approaches, Algorithms and Systems; Cooperative Evolutionary Computation and Human-like Intelligent Collaboration; Domain-Specific Collaborative Applications;Volume II: Crowd Intelligence and Crowd Cooperative Computing; Social Media and Online Communities.Table of ContentsCrowd Intelligence and Crowd Cooperative Computing.- Locally Linear Embedding Discriminant Feature Learning Model.- Cache Optimization based on Linear Regression and DAG Task Graph.- A University Portrait System Incorporating Academic Social Network.- Multi-objective Optimization Of Ticket Assignment Problem In Large Data Centers.- Joint Embedding Multiple Feature and Rule for Paper Recommendation.- Predicting Drug-Target Interactions Binding Affinity by Using Dual Updating Multi-Task Learning.- GRE: A GAT-based Relation Embedding Model of Knowledge Graph for Recommendation.- Locating Hidden Sources in Evolutionary Games Based on Fuzzy Cognitive Map.- Deep bug triage model based on multi-head self-attention mechanism.- Taxi Pick-up Area Recommendation via Integrating Spatio-temporal Contexts into XDeepFM.- Learning When to Communicate among Actors with Centralized Critic for Multi-agent System.- Social Media and Online Communities.- Academic text classification algorithm based on pre-trained model and keyword extraction.- ResConvE: Deeper Convolution-based Knowledge Graph Embeddings.- Extractive-Abstractive: A Two-Stage Model for Long Text Summarization.- A Random-walk-based Heterogeneous Attention Network for Community Detection.- Attributed Network Embedding based on Attributed-subgraph-based Random Walk for Community Detection.- Adaptive Seed Expansion Based on Composite Similarity for Community Detection in Attributed Networks.- MDN: Meta-transfer Learning Method for Fake News Detection.- Local Community Detection Algorithm Based on Core Area Expansion.- Federated Clique Percolation for Overlapping Community Detection on Attributed Networks.- A new academic conference information management system based on social network.- A Full Information Enhanced Question Answering System Based on Hierarchical Heterogeneous Crowd Intelligence Knowledge Graph.- Exploring the Content Sharing Practice across Social Network Sites.- An Improved Label Propagation Algorithm for Community Detection Fusing Temporal Attributes.- Understanding Scholar Social Networks: Taking SCHOLAT as An Example.- SCHOLAT Link Prediction: A Link Prediction Dataset Fusing Topology and Attribute Information.- A Graph Neural Network-based Approach for Predicting Second Rise of Information Diffusion on Social Networks.- HPEMed: Heterogeneous Network Pair Embedding for Medical Diagnosis.- MR-LGC: A Mobile Application Recommendation Based on Light Graph Convolution Networks.- Neural Matrix Decomposition Model Based on Scholars’ Influence.- DOCEM: A Domain-embedding-based Open-source Community Event Monitoring Model.- Diversified Concept Attention Method for Knowledge Tracing.- Self-auxiliary Hashing for Unsupervised Cross Modality Retrieval.- RCBERT An Approach with transfer learning for App reviews classification.- The Impact of COVID-19 on Online Games: Machine Learning and Difference-In-Difference.- Uncertain Graph Publishing of Social Networks for Objective Weighting of Nodes.- Federated Multi-label Propagation Based on Neighbor Node Influence for Community Detection on Attributed Networks.- AcaVis: A Visual Analytics Framework for Exploring Evolution of Dynamic Academic Networks.- Dynamic Information Diffiusion Model Based on Weighted Information Entropy.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore AI Ethics: A Textbook
Book SynopsisThis book introduces readers to critical ethical concerns in the development and use of artificial intelligence. Offering clear and accessible information on central concepts and debates in AI ethics, it explores how related problems are now forcing us to address fundamental, age-old questions about human life, value, and meaning. In addition, the book shows how foundational and theoretical issues relate to concrete controversies, with an emphasis on understanding how ethical questions play out in practice. All topics are explored in depth, with clear explanations of relevant debates in ethics and philosophy, drawing on both historical and current sources. Questions in AI ethics are explored in the context of related issues in technology, regulation, society, religion, and culture, to help readers gain a nuanced understanding of the scope of AI ethics within broader debates and concerns. Written with both students and educators in mind, the book is easy to use, with key terms clearly explained, and numerous exercises designed to stretch and challenge. It offers readers essential insights into the evolving field of AI ethics. Moreover, it presents a range of methods and strategies that can be used to analyse and understand ethical questions, which are illustrated throughout with case studies. Table of Contents
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Association of Computing Machinery,U.S. From Algorithms to Thinking Machines: The New
Book SynopsisThis book introduces and provides an analysis of the basic concepts of algorithms, data, and computation and discusses the role of algorithms in ruling and shaping our world. It provides a clear understanding of the power and impact on humanity of the pervasive use of algorithms.From Algorithms to Thinking Machines combines a layman's approach with a well-founded scientific description to discuss both principles and applications of algorithms, Big Data, and machine intelligence. The book provides a clear and deep description of algorithms, software systems, data-driven applications, machine learning, and data science concepts, as well as the evolution and impact of artificial intelligence.After introducing computing concepts, the book examines the relationships between algorithms and human work, discussing how jobs are being affected and how computers and software programs are influencing human life and the labor sphere. Topics such as value alignment, collective intelligence, Big Data impact, automatic decision methods, social control, and political uses of algorithms are illustrated and discussed at length without excessive technical detail. Issues related to how corporations, governments, and autocratic regimes are exploiting algorithms and machine intelligence methods to influence people, laws, and markets are extensively addressed. Ethics principles in software programming and human value insertion into artificial intelligence algorithms are also discussed.
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Association of Computing Machinery,U.S. The Societal Impacts of Algorithmic
Book SynopsisThis book demonstrates the need for and the value of interdisciplinary research in addressing important societal challenges associated with the widespread use of algorithmic decision-making. Algorithms are increasingly being used to make decisions in various domains such as criminal justice, medicine, and employment. While algorithmic tools have the potential to make decision-making more accurate, consistent, and transparent, they pose serious challenges to societal interests. For example, they can perpetuate discrimination, cause representational harm, and deny opportunities.The Societal Impacts of Algorithmic Decision-Making presents several contributions to the growing body of literature that seeks to respond to these challenges, drawing on techniques and insights from computer science, economics, and law. The author develops tools and frameworks to characterize the impacts of decision-making and incorporates models of behavior to reason about decision-making in complex environments. These technical insights are leveraged to deepen the qualitative understanding of the impacts of algorithms on problem domains including employment and lending.The social harms of algorithmic decision-making are far from being solved. While easy solutions are not presented here, there are actionable insights for those who seek to deploy algorithms responsibly. The research presented within this book will hopefully contribute to broader efforts to safeguard societal values while still taking advantage of the promise of algorithmic decision-making.Table of Contents Introduction Part I: Theoretical Foundations for Fairness in Algorithmic Decision-Making 1. Inherent Tradeoffs in the Fair Determination of Risk Scores 2. On Fairness and Calibration 3. The Externalities of Exploration and How Data Diversity Helps Exploitation Part II: Models of Behavior 4. Selection Problems in the Presence of Implicit Bias 5. How Do Classifiers Induce Agents to Behave Strategically? 6. Algorithmic Monoculture and Social Welfare Part III: Application Domains 7. Mitigating Bias in Algorithmic Hiring: Evaluating Claims and Practices 8. The Hidden Assumptions Behind Counterfactual Explanations and Principal Reasons Part IV: Conclusion and Future Work 9. Future Directions
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Information Age Publishing Taking eService-Learning to the Next Level:
Book SynopsisThe chapters in this book provide an excellent story of the growth of e-learning and e-service-learning over the past many years. Strait takes us from the first chapter examining current issues and considerations for eService-Learning, to a second chapter that documents the growth and maturation of a program at Missouri State University, to chapters that introduce "critical" e-service learning with a social justice orientation (Gordon and Jackson-Brown), and chapters that address international experiences (Ong, Tan, et al., and Dietrich and Ekici) that involve e-service-learning in Singapore and long-distance relationships between the US and Afghanistan, to illustrate the multiplicity and diversity of current models of service and learning that occur through electronic means.The importance of the book and its chapters is that change happens. What was occurring in the early 21st century was altered by situations, such as the global pandemic of Covid 19, to increase the reliance on e-educational systems and promote the increased use of electronic educational programs that covered almost all areas of educational systems. While early mobile phones existed in the 1970s (Teixeira, T. 2010), they evolved, and more sophisticated versions were produced throughout the 20th century. By the end of the century, phones that could easily transmit emails were developed, and then came camera phones and then smart phones by 2003. And phone communication has continued to change, existing today as a total communication device used by people all over the world.Similarly, video, and visual systems have evolved and continue to change. Zoom was developed in 2011 and has continued to evolve and expand services all over the world. People are now able to visually and orally communicate with others on every continent 24 hours a day, and the complexity and utility of communication has similarly expanded. Now phones can instantaneously translate between languages and people in all parts of the world can share experiences and visual products without barriers of language, country, or time. Indeed, the electronic world is an amazing entity and continues to evolve each year.So, what are the implications of all these changes for education and service? Simply put, they are and will continue to evolve to more complex and more useful forms for all communication and interaction. And this current volume gives us much insight into the important areas of change in both e-learning and e-service-learning. All the chapters add great insight and information about important issues in the field and highlight some of the critical concepts embedded in its development.
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Information Age Publishing Taking eService-Learning to the Next Level:
Book SynopsisThe chapters in this book provide an excellent story of the growth of e-learning and e-service-learning over the past many years. Strait takes us from the first chapter examining current issues and considerations for eService-Learning, to a second chapter that documents the growth and maturation of a program at Missouri State University, to chapters that introduce "critical" e-service learning with a social justice orientation (Gordon and Jackson-Brown), and chapters that address international experiences (Ong, Tan, et al., and Dietrich and Ekici) that involve e-service-learning in Singapore and long-distance relationships between the US and Afghanistan, to illustrate the multiplicity and diversity of current models of service and learning that occur through electronic means.The importance of the book and its chapters is that change happens. What was occurring in the early 21st century was altered by situations, such as the global pandemic of Covid 19, to increase the reliance on e-educational systems and promote the increased use of electronic educational programs that covered almost all areas of educational systems. While early mobile phones existed in the 1970s (Teixeira, T. 2010), they evolved, and more sophisticated versions were produced throughout the 20th century. By the end of the century, phones that could easily transmit emails were developed, and then came camera phones and then smart phones by 2003. And phone communication has continued to change, existing today as a total communication device used by people all over the world.Similarly, video, and visual systems have evolved and continue to change. Zoom was developed in 2011 and has continued to evolve and expand services all over the world. People are now able to visually and orally communicate with others on every continent 24 hours a day, and the complexity and utility of communication has similarly expanded. Now phones can instantaneously translate between languages and people in all parts of the world can share experiences and visual products without barriers of language, country, or time. Indeed, the electronic world is an amazing entity and continues to evolve each year.So, what are the implications of all these changes for education and service? Simply put, they are and will continue to evolve to more complex and more useful forms for all communication and interaction. And this current volume gives us much insight into the important areas of change in both e-learning and e-service-learning. All the chapters add great insight and information about important issues in the field and highlight some of the critical concepts embedded in its development.
£86.70
