I was first exposed to what would become the Internet way back in 1969,
while I was still an undergraduate at Brandeis University working on
ARPANet, the forerunner to the present Internet, which operated at the
then blazing speed of 2,400 bps, ultimately increased to 50 Kbps (see
http://www.computerhistory.org/internet_history/). I...
We have witnessed significant advances in multimedia research and applications due to
the rapid increase in digital media, computing power, communication speed, and storage
capacity. Multimedia has become an indispensable aspect in contemporary daily life,
and we can feel its presence in many applications ranging from online...
With an emphasis on social science applications, Event History Analysis with R presents an introduction to survival and event history analysis using real-life examples. Keeping mathematical details to a minimum, the book covers key topics, including both discrete and continuous time data, parametric proportional...
Over the last few years daily papers as well as weekly and monthly magazines and
the media have been heralding “digital U.S.,” “digital Europe,” and “digital Asia.”
America and most countries of the European Union are already wired. They score
highly on access to broadband, while Internet has...
This book is about project success. It reveals a secret for project success: effective
project leadership. It shows where pure project management falls short and why
project leadership is the decisive factor for project success. It outlines five simple yet
powerful leadership principles which, if applied systematically, can help...
Contextual computing has been around for several years with a variety of names such as pervasive computation and omnipresent computing. Recently there has been a drive toward making personal digital assistants (PDAs) more aware of their environment. For example, a cell phone may sense that it is in a conference room and reason that it should...
Drawing on the author’s practical work from the last 20 years, Techniques in High Pressure Neutron Scattering is one of the first books to gather recent methods that allow neutron scattering well beyond 10 GPa. The author shows how neutron scattering has to be adapted to the pressure range and type of measurement.
Offering rare insiders’ perspectives, Trends in Corrections: Interviews with Corrections Leaders Around the World is a comprehensive survey of correctional programming and management styles used across nations. Twelve chapters present transcribed interviews of corrections leaders along with a brief portrait of the...
Full of real-world case studies and practical advice, Exploratory Multivariate Analysis by Example Using R focuses on four fundamental methods of multivariate exploratory data analysis that are most suitable for applications. It covers principal component analysis (PCA) when variables are quantitative, correspondence analysis...
Following in the tradition of its popular predecessor, A Practical Guide to Content Delivery Networks, Second Edition offers an accessible and organized approach to implementing networks capable of handling the increasing data requirements of today's always on mobile society. Describing how content delivery networks...
Now that prohibitions against stem cell research are relaxing, it is time for the field to move forward with the advances that promise to eliminate so much human suffering. However, it would be naïve to ignore the fact that regenerative medicines pose a whole new set of challenges to an industry sector that for decades has geared itself...
A collection of works authored by leading scientists from the US and Russia, Human-Computer Interaction and Operators’ Performance: Optimizing Work Design with Activity Theory describes applied and systemic-structural activity theory as it is used to study human-computer interaction, aviation, design, and training....
