Michael Gelfond has been an extraordinary mentor, teacher, and colleague for
many people in the knowledge representation and reasoning (KR&R), logic programming
(LP), and answer set programming (ASP) communities.
Michael’s current and former students often like to tell stories about their
experience with Michael as...
Ruby is famous for being easy to learn, but most users only scratch the surface of what it can do. While other books focus on Ruby's trendier features, The Book of Ruby reveals the secret inner workings of one of the world's most popular programming languages, teaching you to write clear, maintainable code.
Introduction to Microcontrollers is a comprehensive introductory text/reference for electrical and computer engineers, students, and even hobbyists who have little experience in a high-level programming language. The book helps them understand how a typical microcontroller executes assembly language instructions and addressing modes on...
The primary aim of this book is to make the principles of program derivation
from specifications accessible to undergraduates early in their study of
computing science.
The proliferation of personal computers in the home and in schools
has meant that there are large numbers of people who have had exposure to
using computers...
The telegraph, telephone, radio, and especially the computer
have put everyone on the globe within earshot— at the price of our
privacy. It may feel like we're performing an intimate act when,
sequestered in our rooms and cubicles, we casually use our cell
phones and computers to transmit our thoughts, confidences,...
On behalf of the ICSECS 2011 Program Committee and the Universiti Malaysia
Pahang in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia, we welcome readers to proceedings of
the Second International Conference on Software Engineering and Computer
Systems (ICSECS 2011).
ICSECS 2011 explored new advances in software engineering including software...
This earliest recorded attempt to regulate the engineering profession reminds
us, in the bluntest way possible, that the paramount purpose of engineering and
engineering design is to serve the user. One would assume that the engineer’s
responsibility to users is so self evident that it goes without saying. Various
professional...
Where does that kernel of inspiration come from? Does it hit you
when you are in the shower or when you are driving on the turnpike?
Wherever it takes hold of you, it marks the beginning of the process of
making a piece of art. Some artists agonize step-by-step in the creation
process. For some people the work fl ows seamlessly from...
Service-Oriented Architecture is becoming the leading architecture for IT, and it is changing the way organisations work. IT is slowly but steadily gaining maturity, and becoming the flexible yet stable and reliable support for business it should be. At the same time, IT is regaining its potential to create real business innovation. SOA will...
The 14th International Conference on Human–Computer Interaction, HCI International
2011, was held in Orlando, Florida, USA, July 9–14, 2011, jointly
with the Symposium on Human Interface (Japan) 2011, the 9th International
Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, the 6th International
Conference on...
From its beginnings, the Internet has fostered communication, collaboration and
networking between users. However, the first boom at the turn of the millennium
was mainly driven by a rather one-sided interaction: e-commerce, portal sites and
the broadcast models of mainstream media were introduced to theWeb. Over the
last six or seven...
During recent years a great deal of progress has been made in performance modelling and evaluation of the Internet, towards the convergence of multi-service networks of diverging technologies, supported by internetworking and the evolution of diverse access and switching technologies. The 44 chapters presented in this handbook are revised...
