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Leveraging data science for global health
This open access book explores ways to leverage information technology and machine learning to combat disease and promote health, especially in resource-constrained settings. It focuses on digital disease surveillance through the application of machine learning to non-traditional data sources. Developing countries are uniquely prone to large-scale emerging infectious disease outbreaks due to di…
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- 9783030479947
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- XII, 475 p
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- 362.10285 LEO l
The datacenter as a computer : an introduction to the design of warehouse-sca…
This book describes warehouse-scale computers (WSCs), the computing platforms that power cloud computing and all the great web services we use every day. It discusses how these new systems treat the datacenter itself as one massive computer designed at warehouse scale, with hardware and software working in concert to deliver good levels of internet service performance. The book details the arch…
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- 9783031017612
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- XVIII, 189 p
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- 004 LUI t
Process mining workshops : icpm 2021 international workshops, eindhoven, the …
This open access book constitutes revised selected papers from the International Workshops held at the Third International Conference on Process Mining, ICPM 2021, which took place in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, during October 31–November 4, 2021. The conference focuses on the area of process mining research and practice, including theory, algorithmic challenges, and applications. The co-loc…
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- 9783030985813
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- XIV, 410 p
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- 006.312 PRO j
Handbook of digital face manipulation and detection : from DeepFakes to morph…
This open access book provides the first comprehensive collection of studies dealing with the hot topic of digital face manipulation such as DeepFakes, Face Morphing, or Reenactment. It combines the research fields of biometrics and media forensics including contributions from academia and industry. Appealing to a broad readership, introductory chapters provide a comprehensive overview of the t…
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- 9783030876647
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- IX, 487 p
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- 621.367 HAN c
Special topics in information technology
This open access book presents outstanding doctoral dissertations in Information Technology from the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Information Technology has always been highly interdisciplinary, as many aspects have to be considered in IT systems. The doctoral studies program in IT at Politecnico di Milano emphasizes this interdiscipli…
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- 9783031153747
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- VIII, 152 p
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- 004 CAR s
Programming for computations - MATLAB/Octave : a gentle introduction to numer…
This book presents computer programming as a key method for solving mathematical problems. There are two versions of the book, one for MATLAB and one for Python. The book was inspired by the Springer book TCSE 6: A Primer on Scientific Programming with Python (by Langtangen), but the style is more accessible and concise, in keeping with the needs of engineering students. The book outlines the s…
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- 9783319324524
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- XVI, 216 p
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- 004.0151 SVE p
Big data in organizations and the role of human resource management : a compl…
Big data are changing the way we work. This book conveys a theoretical understanding of big data and the related interactions on a socio-technological level as well as on the organizational level. Big data challenge the human resource department to take a new role. An organization’s new competitive advantage is its employees augmented by big data.
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- 9783631719046
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- ix, 237p ;ill.
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- 658.403801 MSC b
Digital technology and the practices of humanities research
This timely volume illuminates the different forces underlying the shifting practices in humanities research today, with especial focus on how humanists take ownership of, and are empowered by, technology in unexpected ways. Digital Technology and the Practices of Humanities Research is essential reading for scholars, students, and general readers interested in the changing culture of research …
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- 9781783748419
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- xi, 267p. : ill.
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- 001.3072 DIG d
Data science-based full-lifespan management of lithium-Ion battery
This open access book comprehensively consolidates studies in the rapidly emerging field of battery management. The primary focus is to overview the new and emerging data science technologies for full-lifespan management of Li-ion batteries, which are categorized into three groups, namely (i) battery manufacturing management, (ii) battery operation management, and (iii) battery reutilization ma…
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- 9783031013409
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- xxiii; 258 PG; ill.
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- Green Energy and Technology
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- 621.312424 DAT d
Wearable sensors applied in movement analysis
Recent advances in electronics have led to sensors whose sizes and weights are such that they can be placed on living systems without impairing their natural motion and habits. They may be worn on the body as accessories or as part of the clothing and enable personalized mobile information processing. Wearable sensors open the way for a nonintrusive and continuous monitoring of body orientation…
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- 9783036558592
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- vii, 143p.; ill.
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- 610.28405 WEA w
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