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Describing Nature Through Visual Data

Author : Ursyn, Anna
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1799857549
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Describing Nature Through Visual Data written by Ursyn, Anna and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2020-07-03 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People have described nature since the beginning of human history. They do it for various purposes, including to communicate about economic, social, governmental, meteorological, sustainability-related, strategic, military, and survival issues as well as artistic expression. As a part of the whole world of living beings, we use various types of senses, known and unknown, labeled and not identified, to both communicate and create. Describing Nature Through Visual Data is a collection of impactful research that discusses issues related to the visualization of scientific concepts, picturing processes, and products, as well as the role of computing in advancing visual literacy skills. Organized into four sections, the book contains descriptions, theories, and examples of visual and music-based solutions concerning the selected natural or technological events that are shaping present-day reality. The chapters pertain to selected scientific fields, digital art, computer graphics, and new media and confer the possible ways that visuals, visualization, simulation, and interactive knowledge presentation can help us to understand and share the content of scientific thought, research, artistic works, and practice. Featuring coverage on topics that include mathematical thinking, music theory, and visual communication, this reference is ideal for instructors, professionals, researchers, and students keen on comprehending and enhancing the role of knowledge visualization in computing, sciences, design, media communication, film, advertising, and marketing.

The Science of Describing

Author : Brian W. Ogilvie
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226620867
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book The Science of Describing written by Brian W. Ogilvie and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-09-15 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Out of the diverse traditions of medical humanism, classical philology, and natural philosophy, Renaissance naturalists created a new science devoted to discovering and describing plants and animals. Drawing on published natural histories, manuscript correspondence, garden plans, travelogues, watercolors, and drawings, The Science of Describing reconstructs the evolution of this discipline of description through four generations of naturalists. In the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, naturalists focused on understanding ancient and medieval descriptions of the natural world, but by the mid-sixteenth century naturalists turned toward distinguishing and cataloguing new plant and animal species. To do so, they developed new techniques of observing and recording, created botanical gardens and herbaria, and exchanged correspondence and specimens within an international community. By the early seventeenth century, naturalists began the daunting task of sorting through the wealth of information they had accumulated, putting a new emphasis on taxonomy and classification. Illustrated with woodcuts, engravings, and photographs, The Science of Describing is the first broad interpretation of Renaissance natural history in more than a generation and will appeal widely to an interdisciplinary audience.

The Book of Visual Studio .NET

Author : Robert B. Dunaway
Publisher : No Starch Press
ISBN 13 : 1886411697
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Visual Studio .NET written by Robert B. Dunaway and published by No Starch Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers topics such as integrating multiple .NET technologies, cross-language integration, versioning, database and monitoring tools for application development, accessing data, and COM+.

Cognitive Techniques in Visual Data Interpretation

Author : Lidia Ogiela
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3642026931
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Cognitive Techniques in Visual Data Interpretation written by Lidia Ogiela and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-07-10 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extremely rapid progress of science dealing with the design of new computer systems and the development of intelligent algorithmic solutions for solving c- plex problems has become apparent also in the field of computational intelligence and cognitive informatics methods. The progress of these new branches of inf- matics has only started a few years ago, but they are already making a very s- nificant contribution to the development of modern technologies, and also forming the foundations for future research on building an artificial brain and systems i- tating human thought processes. We are already able to build robots with basic machine intelligence, which can sometimes perform complex actions and also - erate by adapting to changing conditions of their surroundings. This very impr- sive development of intelligent systems is manifested in the creation of robotic devices which use artificial intelligence algorithms in their operations, mo- ments, when solving difficult problems or communicating with humans. It is also evidenced by the introduction of new methods of reasoning about and interpreting objects or events surrounding the system. One of the fields in which the need to deploy such modern solutions is obvious are cognitive vision systems used both in mobile robots and in computer systems which recognise or interpret the meaning of recorded signals or patterns.

Perspectives on Content-Based Multimedia Systems

Author : Jian Kang Wu
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0306470330
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (64 download)

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Book Synopsis Perspectives on Content-Based Multimedia Systems by : Jian Kang Wu

Download or read book Perspectives on Content-Based Multimedia Systems written by Jian Kang Wu and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-04-11 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multimedia data comprising of images, audio and video is becoming increasingly common. The decreasing costs of consumer electronic devices such as digital cameras and digital camcorders, along with the ease of transportation facilitated by the Internet, has lead to a phenomenal rise in the amount of multimedia data generated and distributed. Given that this trend of increased use of multimedia data is likely to accelerate, there is an urgent need for providing a clear means of capturing, storing, indexing, retrieving, analyzing and summarizing such data. Content-based access to multimedia data is of primary importance since it is the natural way by which human beings interact with such information. To facilitate the content-based access of multimedia information, the first step is to derive feature measures from these data so that a feature space representation of the data content can be formed. This can subsequently allow for mapping the feature space to the symbol space (semantics) either automatically or through human intervention. Thus, signal to symbol mapping, useful for any practical system, can be successfully achieved. Perspectives on Content-Based Multimedia Systems provides a comprehensive set of techniques to tackle these important issues. This book offers detailed solutions to a wide range of practical problems in building real systems by providing specifics of three systems built by the authors. While providing a systems focus, it also equips the reader with a keen understanding of the fundamental issues, including a formalism for content-based multimedia database systems, multimedia feature extraction, object-based techniques, signature-based techniques and fuzzy retrieval techniques. The performance evaluation issues of practical systems is also explained. This book brings together essential elements of building a content-based multimedia database system in a way that makes them accessible to practitioners in computer science and electrical engineering. It can also serve as a textbook for graduate-level courses.

Visual Data and Their Use in Science Education

Author : Jon Pedersen
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1623962064
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (239 download)

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Download or read book Visual Data and Their Use in Science Education written by Jon Pedersen and published by IAP. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visual Data in Science Education builds upon previous work done by the editors to bring some definition to the meaning of visual data as it relates to education, and highlighted the breadth of types and uses of visual data across the major academic disciplines. In this book, the editors have brought this focus specifically to science education through the contributions of colleagues in the field who actively research about and engage in teaching with visual data. The book begins by examining how the brain functions with respect to processing visual data, then explores models of conceptual frameworks, which then leads into how related ideas are actuated in education settings ranging from elementary science classrooms to college environments. As a whole, this book fosters a more coherent image of the multifaceted process of science teaching and learning that is informed by current understandings of science knowledge construction, the scientific enterprise, and the millennium student as they relate to visual data.

When the Machine Made Art

Author : Grant D. Taylor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1623565618
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (235 download)

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Download or read book When the Machine Made Art written by Grant D. Taylor and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-04-10 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considering how culturally indispensable digital technology is today, it is ironic that computer-generated art was attacked when it burst onto the scene in the early 1960s. In fact, no other twentieth-century art form has elicited such a negative and hostile response. When the Machine Made Art examines the cultural and critical response to computer art, or what we refer to today as digital art. Tracing the heated debates between art and science, the societal anxiety over nascent computer technology, and the myths and philosophies surrounding digital computation, Taylor is able to identify the destabilizing forces that shape and eventually fragment the computer art movement.

Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Author : Ankur Choudhary
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811630674
Total Pages : 738 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning written by Ankur Choudhary and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-07-27 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book presents a collection of peer-reviewed articles from the International Conference on Advances and Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning - ICAAAIML 2020. The book covers research in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning applications in healthcare, agriculture, business, and security. This volume contains research papers from academicians, researchers as well as students. There are also papers on core concepts of computer networks, intelligent system design and deployment, real-time systems, wireless sensor networks, sensors and sensor nodes, software engineering, and image processing. This book will be a valuable resource for students, academics, and practitioners in the industry working on AI applications.

Advanced Intelligent Computing Technology and Applications

Author : De-Shuang Huang
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9819947618
Total Pages : 823 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book Advanced Intelligent Computing Technology and Applications written by De-Shuang Huang and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-07-30 with total page 823 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This three-volume set of LNCS 14086, LNCS 14087 and LNCS 14088 constitutes - in conjunction with the double-volume set LNAI 14089-14090- the refereed proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Intelligent Computing, ICIC 2023, held in Zhengzhou, China, in August 2023. The 337 full papers of the three proceedings volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 828 submissions. This year, the conference concentrated mainly on the theories and methodologies as well as the emerging applications of intelligent computing. Its aim was to unify the picture of contemporary intelligent computing techniques as an integral concept that highlights the trends in advanced computational intelligence and bridges theoretical research with applications. Therefore, the theme for this conference was "Advanced Intelligent Computing Technology and Applications". Papers that focused on this theme were solicited, addressing theories, methodologies, and applications in science and technology.

Qualitative Methods in Business Research

Author : Päivi Eriksson
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1473952514
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (739 download)

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Download or read book Qualitative Methods in Business Research written by Päivi Eriksson and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2015-11-02 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pragmatic, applied textbook showcases the potential and impact of qualitative research in business and management. Using case studies and a global approach it provides you with an overview of the philosophies, methodologies and methods you will need to research in this field. Demystifying the whole process, it walks you through every aspect of conducting and using research in business, including generating questions, collecting useful data, evaluating the research and disseminating your findings. It also: Explores the challenges of working with qualitative data Introduces qualitative methods including interviews, focus groups & ethnography New to the 2nd edition: The role of digital tools and social media, and how you can use them for data collection 3 new chapters on qualitative content analysis, visual research and publishing research. Praise for the 1st edition: `Comprehensive, current and compelling, a winning combination for any research student or practitioner interested in increasing his/her knowledge about qualitative methods as they apply to business research′ - The Qualitative Report

The Nature of Mathematical Thinking

Author : Robert J. Sternberg
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136487433
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (364 download)

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Download or read book The Nature of Mathematical Thinking written by Robert J. Sternberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do some children seem to learn mathematics easily and others slave away at it, learning it only with great effort and apparent pain? Why are some people good at algebra but terrible at geometry? How can people who successfully run a business as adults have been failures at math in school? How come some professional mathematicians suffer terribly when trying to balance a checkbook? And why do school children in the United States perform so dismally in international comparisons? These are the kinds of real questions the editors set out to answer, or at least address, in editing this book on mathematical thinking. Their goal was to seek a diversity of contributors representing multiple viewpoints whose expertise might converge on the answers to these and other pressing and interesting questions regarding this subject. The chapter authors were asked to focus on their own approach to mathematical thinking, but also to address a common core of issues such as the nature of mathematical thinking, how it is similar to and different from other kinds of thinking, what makes some people or some groups better than others in this subject area, and how mathematical thinking can be assessed and taught. Their work is directed to a diverse audience -- psychologists interested in the nature of mathematical thinking and abilities, computer scientists who want to simulate mathematical thinking, educators involved in teaching and testing mathematical thinking, philosophers who need to understand the qualitative aspects of logical thinking, anthropologists and others interested in how and why mathematical thinking seems to differ in quality across cultures, and laypeople and others who have to think mathematically and want to understand how they are going to accomplish that feat.

Metadata and Semantic Research

Author : Emmanouel Garoufallou
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030365999
Total Pages : 471 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Metadata and Semantic Research written by Emmanouel Garoufallou and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Metadata and Semantic Research, MTSR 2019, held in Rome, Italy, in October 2019. The 27 full and 15 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 96 submissions. The papers are organized in the following tracks: metadata and semantics for digital libraries, information retrieval, big, linked, social and open data; metadata and semantics for agriculture, food, and environment; digital humanities and digital curation; cultural collections and applications; european and national projects; metadata, identifiers and semantics in decentralized applications, blockchains and P2P systems.

Trends and Innovations in Information Systems and Technologies

Author : Álvaro Rocha
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030456978
Total Pages : 619 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Trends and Innovations in Information Systems and Technologies written by Álvaro Rocha and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-05-17 with total page 619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gathers selected papers presented at the 2020 World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST’20), held in Budva, Montenegro, from April 7 to 10, 2020. WorldCIST provides a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss recent results and innovations, current trends, professional experiences with and challenges regarding various aspects of modern information systems and technologies. The main topics covered are A) Information and Knowledge Management; B) Organizational Models and Information Systems; C) Software and Systems Modeling; D) Software Systems, Architectures, Applications and Tools; E) Multimedia Systems and Applications; F) Computer Networks, Mobility and Pervasive Systems; G) Intelligent and Decision Support Systems; H) Big Data Analytics and Applications; I) Human–Computer Interaction; J) Ethics, Computers & Security; K) Health Informatics; L) Information Technologies in Education; M) Information Technologies in Radiocommunications; and N) Technologies for Biomedical Applications.

Perceptions of Knowledge Visualization: Explaining Concepts through Meaningful Images

Author : Ursyn, Anna
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1466647043
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (666 download)

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Download or read book Perceptions of Knowledge Visualization: Explaining Concepts through Meaningful Images written by Ursyn, Anna and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multisensory perception is emerging as an important factor in shaping current lifestyles. Therefore, computer scientists, engineers, and technology experts are acknowledging the comparative power existing beyond visual explanations. Perceptions of Knowledge Visualization: Explaining Concepts through Meaningful Images discusses issues related to visualization of scientific concepts, picturing processes and products, as well as the role of computing in the advancement of visual literacy skills. By connecting theory with practice, this book gives researchers, computer scientists, and academics an active experience which enhances the perception and the role of computer graphics.

Design, User Experience, and Usability. Practice and Case Studies

Author : Aaron Marcus
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030235351
Total Pages : 659 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Design, User Experience, and Usability. Practice and Case Studies written by Aaron Marcus and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-07-10 with total page 659 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The four-volume set LNCS 11583, 11584, 11585, and 11586 constitutes the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability, DUXU 2019, held as part of the 21st International Conference, HCI International 2019, which took place in Orlando, FL, USA, in July 2019. The total of 1274 papers and 209 posters included in the 35 HCII 2019 proceedings volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from 5029 submissions. DUXU 2019 includes a total of 167 regular papers, organized in the following topical sections: design philosophy; design theories, methods, and tools; user requirements, preferences emotions and personality; visual DUXU; DUXU for novel interaction techniques and devices; DUXU and robots; DUXU for AI and AI for DUXU; dialogue, narrative, storytelling; DUXU for automated driving, transport, sustainability and smart cities; DUXU for cultural heritage; DUXU for well-being; DUXU for learning; user experience evaluation methods and tools; DUXU practice; DUXU case studies.

Foundation Models for Natural Language Processing

Author : Gerhard Paaß
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031231902
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (312 download)

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Download or read book Foundation Models for Natural Language Processing written by Gerhard Paaß and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-05-23 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in research and applications of Foundation Models and is intended for readers familiar with basic Natural Language Processing (NLP) concepts. Over the recent years, a revolutionary new paradigm has been developed for training models for NLP. These models are first pre-trained on large collections of text documents to acquire general syntactic knowledge and semantic information. Then, they are fine-tuned for specific tasks, which they can often solve with superhuman accuracy. When the models are large enough, they can be instructed by prompts to solve new tasks without any fine-tuning. Moreover, they can be applied to a wide range of different media and problem domains, ranging from image and video processing to robot control learning. Because they provide a blueprint for solving many tasks in artificial intelligence, they have been called Foundation Models. After a brief introduction to basic NLP models the main pre-trained language models BERT, GPT and sequence-to-sequence transformer are described, as well as the concepts of self-attention and context-sensitive embedding. Then, different approaches to improving these models are discussed, such as expanding the pre-training criteria, increasing the length of input texts, or including extra knowledge. An overview of the best-performing models for about twenty application areas is then presented, e.g., question answering, translation, story generation, dialog systems, generating images from text, etc. For each application area, the strengths and weaknesses of current models are discussed, and an outlook on further developments is given. In addition, links are provided to freely available program code. A concluding chapter summarizes the economic opportunities, mitigation of risks, and potential developments of AI.

Emerging Artificial Intelligence Applications in Computer Engineering

Author : Ilias G. Maglogiannis
Publisher : IOS Press
ISBN 13 : 1586037803
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Emerging Artificial Intelligence Applications in Computer Engineering written by Ilias G. Maglogiannis and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides insights on how computer engineers can implement artificial intelligence (AI) in real world applications. This book presents practical applications of AI.