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Computer A History of the Information Machine

Computer A History of the Information Machine

Computer: A History of the Information Machine traces the history of the computer and its unlimited information-processing potential. Comprehensive and accessibly written this fully updated fourth edition adds new chapters on the globalization of information technology the rise of social media fake news and the gig economy and the regulatory frameworks being put in place to tame the ubiquitous computer. Computer is an insightful look at the pace of technological advancement and the seamless way computers are integrated into the modern world. The authors examine the history of the computer including the first steps taken by Charles Babbage in the nineteenth century and how wartime needs and the development of electronics led to the giant ENIAC the first electronic computer. For a generation IBM dominated the computer industry. In the 1980s the desktop PC liberated people from room-sized mainframe computers. Next laptops and smartphones made computers available to half of the world’s population leading to the rise of Google and Facebook and powerful apps that changed the way we work consume learn and socialize. The volume is an essential resource for scholars and those studying computer history technology history and information and society as well as a range of courses in the fields of computer science communications sociology and management. | Computer A History of the Information Machine

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Philosophy through Computer Science An Introduction

Philosophy through Computer Science An Introduction

What do philosophy and computer science have in common? It turns out quite a lot! In providing an introduction to computer science (using Python) Daniel Lim presents in this book key philosophical issues ranging from external world skepticism to the existence of God to the problem of induction. These issues and others are introduced through the use of critical computational concepts ranging from image manipulation to recursive programming to elementary machine learning techniques. In illuminating some of the overlapping conceptual spaces of computer science and philosophy Lim teaches readers fundamental programming skills and allows them to develop the critical thinking skills essential for examining some of the enduring questions of philosophy. Key Features Teaches readers actual computer programming not merely ideas about computers Includes fun programming projects (like digital image manipulation and Game of Life simulation) allowing the reader to develop the ability to write larger computer programs that require decomposition abstraction and algorithmic thinking Uses computational concepts to introduce clarify and develop a variety of philosophical issues Covers various aspects of machine learning and relates them to philosophical issues involving science and induction as well as to ethical issues Provides a framework to critically analyze arguments in classic and contemporary philosophical debates | Philosophy through Computer Science An Introduction

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Choosing and Keeping Computer Staff Recruitment Selection and Development of Computer Personnel

Choosing and Keeping Computer Staff Recruitment Selection and Development of Computer Personnel

This clear and detailed analysis first published in 1976 of recruitment methods staff development techniques staff motivation and organisational structures will be valuable to data processing managers and personnel officers alike. Its practical flavour and real understanding will also be welcomed by general management. The guidelines and detailed checklists will help cut the direct costs of recruiting and the often astonishingly high indirect costs of rapid staff turnover. | Choosing and Keeping Computer Staff Recruitment Selection and Development of Computer Personnel

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Integrating Computer Science Across the Core Strategies for K-12 Districts

Integrating Computer Science Across the Core Strategies for K-12 Districts

Integrating Computer Science Across the Core is a guide to systematizing computer science and computational thinking practices in your school. While most books explain how to teach computer science as a stand-alone discipline this innovative approach will help you leverage your existing curriculum to deepen and expand students’ learning experiences in all content areas. Effective equitable and sustainable this blueprint provides principals curriculum directors directors of technology and other members of your school or district leadership team with suggested organizational structures tips for professional learning and key resources like planning instruments. | Integrating Computer Science Across the Core Strategies for K-12 Districts

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Electoral Survey Methodology Insight from Japan on using computer assisted personal interviews

Electoral Survey Methodology Insight from Japan on using computer assisted personal interviews

While it has been some time since computer technologies were first introduced to social surveys their methodological advantages as well as potential limitations are not yet fully appreciated by the relevant communities of scholars mass media and governmental organizations. What can computer-assisted surveys do which ordinary paper and pencil interviews (PAPI) can never do? How does the usage of computer technology affect the quality of survey process and of collected data? More generally what are the issues pertinent to the methodology of public opinion inquiry that are now revealed by the availability of computer-assisted surveying technique? The book seeks to address these questions systematically with each individual chapter providing a well-focused analysis and ample evidence from Japan. As the computer-assisted survey is bound to be more dominant in the coming years this book provides an important foundation for future academic studies as well as their practical applications in the field. | Electoral Survey Methodology Insight from Japan on using computer assisted personal interviews

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Human–Computer Interaction Fundamentals and Practice

Human–Computer Interaction Fundamentals and Practice

Although life continues to become increasingly embedded with interactive computing services that make our lives easier human-computer interaction (HCI) has not been given the attention it deserves in the education of software developers at the undergraduate level. Most entry-level HCI textbooks are structured around high-level concepts and are not directly tied to the software development process. Filling this need Human-Computer Interaction: Fundamentals and Practice supplies an accessible introduction to the entire cycle of HCI design and implementation—explaining the core HCI concepts behind each step. Designed around the overall development cycle for an interactive software product it starts off by covering the fundamentals behind HCI. The text then quickly goes into the application of this knowledge. It covers the forming of HCI requirements modeling the interaction process designing the interface implementing the resulting design and evaluating the implemented product. Although this textbook is suitable for undergraduate students of computer science and information technology it is accessible enough to be understood by those with minimal programming knowledge. Supplying readers with a firm foundation in the main HCI principles the book provides a working knowledge of HCI-oriented software development. The core content of this book is based on the introductory HCI course (advanced junior or senior-level undergraduate) that the author has been teaching at Korea University for the past eight years. The book includes access to PowerPoint lecture slides as well as source code for the example applications used throughout the text. | Human–Computer Interaction Fundamentals and Practice

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Deep Learning in Computer Vision Principles and Applications

Deep Learning in Computer Vision Principles and Applications

Deep learning algorithms have brought a revolution to the computer vision community by introducing non-traditional and efficient solutions to several image-related problems that had long remained unsolved or partially addressed. This book presents a collection of eleven chapters where each individual chapter explains the deep learning principles of a specific topic introduces reviews of up-to-date techniques and presents research findings to the computer vision community. The book covers a broad scope of topics in deep learning concepts and applications such as accelerating the convolutional neural network inference on field-programmable gate arrays fire detection in surveillance applications face recognition action and activity recognition semantic segmentation for autonomous driving aerial imagery registration robot vision tumor detection and skin lesion segmentation as well as skin melanoma classification. The content of this book has been organized such that each chapter can be read independently from the others. The book is a valuable companion for researchers for postgraduate and possibly senior undergraduate students who are taking an advanced course in related topics and for those who are interested in deep learning with applications in computer vision image processing and pattern recognition. | Deep Learning in Computer Vision Principles and Applications

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Novice Programming Environments Explorations in Human-Computer Interaction and Artificial Intelligence

Novice Programming Environments Explorations in Human-Computer Interaction and Artificial Intelligence

This book originally published in 1992 encapsulates ten years of research at the Open University’s Human Cognition Research Laboratory. The research investigates the problems of novice programmers and is strongly oriented toward the design and implementation of programming environments aimed at eliminating or easing novices’ problems. A range of languages is studied: Pascal SOLO Lisp Prolog and Knowledge Engineering Programming. The primary emphasis of the empirical studies is to gain some understanding of novices’ mental models of the inner workings of computers. Such (erroneous) models are constructed by novices in their own heads to account for the idiosyncrasies of particular programming languages. The primary emphasis of the implementations described in the book is the provision of automatic debugging aids i. e. artificial intelligence programs which can analyse novices’ buggy programs and make sense of them thereby providing useful advice for the novices. Another related strand taken in some of the work is the concept of pre-emptive design i. e. the provision of tools such as syntax-directed editors and graphical tracers which help programmers avoid many frequently-occurring errors. A common thread throughout the book is its Cognitive Science/Artificial Intelligence orientation. AI tools are used for instance to construct simulation models of subjects writing programs in order to provide insights into what their deep conceptual errors are. At the other extreme AI programs which were developed in order to help student debug their programs are observed empirically in order to ensure that they provide facilities actually needed by real programmers. This book will be of great interest to advanced undergraduate postgraduate and professional researchers in Cognitive Science Artificial Intelligence and Human-Computer Interaction. | Novice Programming Environments Explorations in Human-Computer Interaction and Artificial Intelligence

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Friendship and Technology A Philosophical Approach to Computer Mediated Communication

Friendship and Technology A Philosophical Approach to Computer Mediated Communication

This book explores the nature of technology – participatory media in particular – and its effects on our friendships and our fundamental sense of togetherness. Situating the notion of friendship in the modern era the author examines the possibilities and challenges of technology on our friendships. Taking a media ecology approach to interpersonal communication she looks at issues around phenomenology recognition of friends as unique hermeneutics in a digital world and mediated communication social dimensions of time and space and communication ethics. Examining friendship as a communicative phenomenon and exploring the ways in which it is created sustained managed produced and reproduced this book will be relevant to scholars and students of interpersonal communication mediated communication communication theory and philosophy and media ecology. This book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4. 0 license. https://www. taylorfrancis. com/books/mono/10. 4324/9781003188810/friendship-technology-tiffany-petricini | Friendship and Technology A Philosophical Approach to Computer Mediated Communication

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Using Mentor Texts to Teach 6 + 1 Writing Traits Mini Lessons for K-8 Teachers

Using Mentor Texts to Teach 6 + 1 Writing Traits Mini Lessons for K-8 Teachers

In this book you’ll find a wealth of mini lessons designed to improve the quality of students’ writing. Each lesson uses a key mentor text and spotlights one of the 6 + 1 Writing Traits to allow students to focus on the essential aspects of good writing – content organization word choice voice sentence fluency conventions and presentation. Inviting and practical the lessons are concise and follow a consistent model for easy implementation. With seven lessons per chapter each includes step-by-step guidance open-ended prompts and suggestions for additional suitable mentor texts. The chapters are organized by genre – including fiction informational texts and poetry – and feature graphic novels and graphic informational mentor texts to inspire and engage students. Aligned with the Common Core State Standards this resource is essential for any K-8 or pre-service teacher who wants to instill in their students the skills to become independent confident writers. | Using Mentor Texts to Teach 6 + 1 Writing Traits Mini Lessons for K-8 Teachers

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Planning For Computing In Higher Education Proceedings Of The 1979 Educom Fall Conference

Planning For Computing In Higher Education Proceedings Of The 1979 Educom Fall Conference

This volume addresses planning for the use of computing and information resources on college and university campuses. The contributors consider computer applications in the areas of instruction research and administration and analyze these from the viewpoints of faculty administrators and computer center directors. One focus of the book which | Planning For Computing In Higher Education Proceedings Of The 1979 Educom Fall Conference

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The Industrialization of Intelligence Mind and Machine in the Modern Age

The Industrialization of Intelligence Mind and Machine in the Modern Age

Originally published in 1989 The Industrialization of Intelligence is a spirited blend of the principles of social science and computer technology. Critically praised in the United States and England by leading lights both literary and technological it develops an original and provocative model of the interplay between computer systems and social systems. Noah Kennedy has composed a compelling story from key episodes in the development of the computer and coupled it with a probing analysis of the true role of automation in modem society. The result firmly plants computer technology in the soil of western culture and denies the shrill claims that the information age represents a sudden break with the historical past. He starts with biographical vignettes from the lives of five pivotal thinkers weaving their crucial insights into the larger fabric of contemporary and future society. He then gives a provocative forecast of the role of artificial intelligence in future society and examines the probable impact of new computer technologies on employment and on the relationships between nations. The result is a reasoned understanding of our imminent future through a thoughtful analysis of our historical past. | The Industrialization of Intelligence Mind and Machine in the Modern Age

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Emotion in Animated Films

Emotion in Animated Films

Ranging from blockbuster movies to experimental shorts or documentaries to scientific research computer animation shapes a great part of media communication processes today. Be it the portrayal of emotional characters in moving films or the creation of controllable emotional stimuli in scientific contexts computer animation’s characteristic artificiality makes it ideal for various areas connected to the emotional: with the ability to move beyond the constraints of the empirical real world animation allows for an immense freedom. This book looks at international film productions using animation techniques to display and/or to elicit emotions with a special attention to the aesthetics characters and stories of these films and to the challenges and benefits of using computer techniques for these purposes. | Emotion in Animated Films

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Generative Systems Art The Work of Ernest Edmonds

Generative Systems Art The Work of Ernest Edmonds

In this unique book the author explores the history of pioneering computer art and its contribution to art history by way of examining Ernest Edmonds’ art from the late 1960s to the present day. Edmonds’ inventions of new concepts tools and forms of art along with his close involvement with the communities of computer artists constructive artists and computer technologists provides the context for discussion of the origins and implications of the relationship between art and technology. Drawing on interviews with Edmonds and primary research in archives of his work the book offers a new contribution to the history of the development of digital art and places Edmonds’ work in the context of contemporary art history. | Generative Systems Art The Work of Ernest Edmonds

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Displays Fundamentals & Applications Second Edition

Displays Fundamentals & Applications Second Edition

In the extensive fields of optics holography and virtual reality technology continues to evolve. Displays: Fundamentals and Applications Second Edition addresses these updates and discusses how real-time computer graphics and vision enable the application and displays of graphical 2D and 3D content. This book explores in detail these technological developments as well as the shifting techniques behind projection displays projector-camera systems stereoscopic and autostereoscopic displays. This new edition contains many updates and additions reflecting the changes in fast developing areas such as holography and near-eye displays for Augmented and Virtual reality applications. Perfect for the student looking to sharpen their developing skill or the master refining their technique Rolf Hainich and Oliver Bimber help the reader understand the basics of optics light modulation visual perception display technologies and computer-generated holography. With almost 500 illustrations Displays will help the reader see the field of augmentation and virtual reality display with new eyes. Features:• Covers physics technology and techniques behind flat-panel as well as projection displays projector-camera systems stereoscopic and autostereoscopic displays computer-generated holography and near-eye displays• Discusses how real-time computer graphics and computer vision enable the visualization of graphical 2D and 3D content • Augmented by close to 500 rich illustrations which give readers a clear understanding of existing and emerging display technology | Displays Fundamentals & Applications Second Edition

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Qualitative Computing: Using Software for Qualitative Data Analysis

Qualitative Computing: Using Software for Qualitative Data Analysis

As qualitative researchers incorporate computer assistance into their analytic approaches important questions arise about the adoption of new technology. Is it worth learning computer-assisted methods? Will the pay-off be sufficient to justify the investment? Which programs are worth learning? What are the effects on the analysis process? This book complements the existing literature by giving a detailed account of the use of four major programs in analyzing the same data. Priority is given to the tasks of qualitative analysis rather than to program capability and the programs are treated as tools rather than as a discipline to be acquired. The key is not what the programs allow researcher to do but whether the tasks that researchers need to undertake are facilitated by the software. Thus the study develops a user-centred approach to the adoption of computer-assisted qualitative data analysis. The author emphasises qualitative analysis as a creative craft but one which must increasingly be subject to rigorous methodological scrutiny. The adoption of computer-aided methods offers opportunities but also dangers and ultimately this book is about the scientific qualitative research. Written in a distinctive and succinct style this book will be valuable to social science researchers and students interested in qualitative research and in the potential for computer-assisted analysis. | Qualitative Computing: Using Software for Qualitative Data Analysis

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Computerization in Developing Countries Model and Reality

Computerization in Developing Countries Model and Reality

Originally published in 1991 this book looks at the problems of applying Western computer programmes to the developing world arguing that the difficulties are as much cultural as technological. The author shows that the underlying models for computer applications are made up from interpretations of reality which are closely related to Western scientific technological and cultural development originating from the Renaissance. The book includes a case study of an Egyptian manufacturing company which reveals the actual problems encountered in the process of computerization. | Computerization in Developing Countries Model and Reality

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Coding Robotics and Engineering for Young Students A Tech Beginnings Curriculum (Grades Pre-K-2)

Coding Robotics and Engineering for Young Students A Tech Beginnings Curriculum (Grades Pre-K-2)

Coding Robotics and Engineering for Young Students builds foundational computer science and robotics skills and knowledge in bright Pre-K-grade 2 students. Originally developed as enrichment courses for Northwestern University's Center for Talent Development this curriculum emphasizes active hands-on and collaborative learning. Students are challenged to learn computer science content such as coding and robotics and engineering concepts as well as practice high-level academic skills such as creative problem solving computational thinking and critical thinking. Instructional practices balance screen time with active collaborative classroom engagement. Learning is deepened when students are challenged to navigate the transition from a virtual learning environment to a tangible learning environment. The lessons can be implemented as standalone enrichment experiences or as part of a coordinated scope and sequence that leads to higher level computer science and engineering studies. Grades Pre-K-2 | Coding Robotics and Engineering for Young Students A Tech Beginnings Curriculum (Grades Pre-K-2)

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Computational Thinking in Education A Pedagogical Perspective

Computational Thinking in Education A Pedagogical Perspective

Computational Thinking in Education explores the relevance of computational thinking in primary and secondary education. As today’s school-aged students prepare to live and work in a thoroughly digitized world computer science is providing a wealth of new learning concepts and opportunities across domains. This book offers a comprehensive overview of computational thinking its history implications for equity and inclusion analyses of competencies in practice and integration into learning instruction and assessment through scaffolded teacher education. Computer science education faculty and pre- and in-service educators will find a fresh pedagogical approach to computational thinking in primary and secondary classrooms. | Computational Thinking in Education A Pedagogical Perspective

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Computing in Organizations Myth and Experience

Computing in Organizations Myth and Experience

Is any image in modern times more evocative of social change than the computer? Popular mythology ascribes extraordinary powers to computers in the ordering of human affairs. Computers are seen as instruments of social transformation and economic change. Indeed it is hard not to find computers in the modern workplace let alone in the home. They are ubiquitous in government offices businesses large and small alike the school and not-for-profit organizations. In this meticulously researched study of computers and computing authors James B. Rule Debra Gimlin and Sylvia Sievers present a fascinating entertaining and thought-provoking survey of the use of what may be the most powerful tool in today's workplace. In the chapter entitled The New York Study: Design and Execution the authors describe their inspiration for the undertaking of their study how they designed their research methods and how they obtained funding for the project. In the chapter What Computers Do; How Computing Changes case studies involving businesses that adopted greater computer usage are described and the authors explain how the new technology was employed for their benefit. In Employment and Efficiency time saving and cost-effectiveness qualities of computer technology are explored. And in Management and Structure the authors posit the role of the computer in organizational transformation. Computing in Organizations is a timely and relevant work and will prove of great benefit to strategic consultants business management personnel sociologists and students of information technology. | Computing in Organizations Myth and Experience

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