Harnessing the Power of Digital Data for Science and Society
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Published: 2009
Total Pages: 64
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The Data Bonanza
Author: Malcolm Atkinson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2013-03-19
Total Pages: 423
ISBN-13: 1118540301
DOWNLOAD EBOOKComplete guidance for mastering the tools and techniques of the digital revolution With the digital revolution opening up tremendous opportunities in many fields, there is a growing need for skilled professionals who can develop data-intensive systems and extract information and knowledge from them. This book frames for the first time a new systematic approach for tackling the challenges of data-intensive computing, providing decision makers and technical experts alike with practical tools for dealing with our exploding data collections. Emphasizing data-intensive thinking and interdisciplinary collaboration, The Data Bonanza: Improving Knowledge Discovery in Science, Engineering, and Business examines the essential components of knowledge discovery, surveys many of the current research efforts worldwide, and points to new areas for innovation. Complete with a wealth of examples and DISPEL-based methods demonstrating how to gain more from data in real-world systems, the book: Outlines the concepts and rationale for implementing data-intensive computing in organizations Covers from the ground up problem-solving strategies for data analysis in a data-rich world Introduces techniques for data-intensive engineering using the Data-Intensive Systems Process Engineering Language DISPEL Features in-depth case studies in customer relations, environmental hazards, seismology, and more Showcases successful applications in areas ranging from astronomy and the humanities to transport engineering Includes sample program snippets throughout the text as well as additional materials on a companion website The Data Bonanza is a must-have guide for information strategists, data analysts, and engineers in business, research, and government, and for anyone wishing to be on the cutting edge of data mining, machine learning, databases, distributed systems, or large-scale computing.
GeoComputation, Second Edition
Author: Robert J. Abrahart
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2014-06-23
Total Pages: 480
ISBN-13: 1466503289
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA revision of Openshaw and Abrahart’s seminal work, GeoComputation, Second Edition retains influences of its originators while also providing updated, state-of-the-art information on changes in the computational environment. In keeping with the field’s development, this new edition takes a broader view and provides comprehensive coverage across the field of GeoComputation. See What’s New in the Second Edition: Coverage of ubiquitous computing, the GeoWeb, reproducible research, open access, and agent-based modelling Expanded chapter on Genetic Programming and a separate chapter developed on Evolutionary Algorithms Ten chapters updated by the same or new authors and eight new chapters added to reflect state of the art Each chapter is a stand-alone entity that covers a particular topic. You can simply dip in and out or read it from cover to cover. The opening chapter by Stan Openshaw has been preserved, with only a limited number of minor essential modifications having been enacted. This is not just a matter of respect. Openshaw’s work is eloquent, prophetic, and his overall message remains largely unchanged. In contrast to other books on this subject, GeoComputation: Second Edition supplies a state-of-the-art review of all major areas in GeoComputation with chapters written especially for this book by invited specialists. This approach helps develop and expand a computational culture, one that can exploit the ever-increasing richness of modern geographical and geospatial datasets. It also supplies an instructional guide to be kept within easy reach for regular access and when need arises.
MegaMinds
Author: Larry Kilham
Publisher: Lawrence B. Kilham
Published: 2010-08-01
Total Pages: 147
ISBN-13: 0982836309
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMegaMinds: Hoe to Create and Invent in the Age of Google explains how people do genius level thinking and how this can be augmented by the new Web-based search and invent services. Kilham reviews the major creative epochs and thinkers such as Leonardo da Vinci and Einstein and then moves on to the latest in computer-aided thinking. He reviews artificial intelligence and highlights its limitations and then goes on to explore the possibilities with Google and other massive Web-based connected, collectivized intelligence. Noting that we are entering an era where the lone genius may no longer be equal to solving the problems such as ecology, Kilham proposes new problem solving approaches combing the best of the imaginative and creative individual and the computer. Kilham combines historical research, current laboratory studies using such modern techniques as fMRI, and his own experience as an inventor with several successful patents in complex technical areas. He offers suggestions along the way for everyone from emerging inventors and technical problem solvers to research teams seeking to utilize the best in cognitive science and computer technology.
Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program (NITRD)
Author: Patricia Moloney Figliola
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 2010-08
Total Pages: 19
ISBN-13: 1437927548
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContents: (1) Overview, Structure and Funding of NITRD:: Amer. Recovery and Reinvest. Act of 2009; Amer. Competitiveness Initiative; NCO, PITAC, and Related Reports and Activities: National Cyber Leap Year Summit; High-Confidence Medical Devices: Cyber-Physical Systems for 21st Cent. Health Care; Digital Data for Science and Society; Fed. Plan for Advanced Networking R&D; Info. Tech. R&D in a Competitive World; Fed. Plan for Cyber Security and Info. Assurance R&D; NSA Superconducting Tech. Assessment; Computational Science; Cyber Security; NITRD Enabling and Governing Legislation: High-Performance Computing Act of 1991; Next Generation Internet Research Act of 1998; (2) Fed. Tech. Funding. Illus.
Research Methods
Author: Kirsty Williamson
Publisher: Chandos Publishing
Published: 2017-11-27
Total Pages: 680
ISBN-13: 0081022212
DOWNLOAD EBOOKResearch Methods: Information, Systems, and Contexts, Second Edition, presents up-to-date guidance on how to teach research methods to graduate students and professionals working in information management, information science, librarianship, archives, and records and information systems. It provides a coherent and precise account of current research themes and structures, giving students guidance, appreciation of the scope of research paradigms, and the consequences of specific courses of action. Each of these valuable sections will help users determine the relevance of particular approaches to their own questions. The book presents academics who teach research and information professionals who carry out research with new resources and guidance on lesser-known research paradigms. - Provides up-to-date knowledge of research methods and their applications - Provides a coherent and precise account of current research themes and structures through chapters written by authors who are experts in their fields - Helps students and researchers understand the range of quantitative and qualitative approaches available for research, as well as how to make practical use of them - Provides many illustrations from projects in which authors have been involved, to enhance understanding - Emphasises the nexus between formulation of research question and choice of research methodology - Enables new researchers to understand the implications of their planning decisions
Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2009
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007)
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Published: 2009
Total Pages: 68
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKFacets of Knowledge Organization
Author: Alan Gilchrist
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Published: 2012-03-06
Total Pages: 437
ISBN-13: 1780526148
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe ISKO UK Biennial Conference, 4th - 5th July, 2011, London honoured the life and achievements of Brian C Vickery. This book celebrates his influence on the development of the information profession, with contributions from over 50 authors to address research and developments in knowledge organization.
Intelligent Techniques for Data Science
Author: Rajendra Akerkar
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-10-11
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13: 3319292064
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis textbook provides readers with the tools, techniques and cases required to excel with modern artificial intelligence methods. These embrace the family of neural networks, fuzzy systems and evolutionary computing in addition to other fields within machine learning, and will help in identifying, visualizing, classifying and analyzing data to support business decisions./p> The authors, discuss advantages and drawbacks of different approaches, and present a sound foundation for the reader to design and implement data analytic solutions for real‐world applications in an intelligent manner. Intelligent Techniques for Data Science also provides real-world cases of extracting value from data in various domains such as retail, health, aviation, telecommunication and tourism.
Development of Linguistic Linked Open Data Resources for Collaborative Data-Intensive Research in the Language Sciences
Author: Antonio Pareja-Lora
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2020-01-07
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 0262536250
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMaking diverse data in linguistics and the language sciences open, distributed, and accessible: perspectives from language/language acquistiion researchers and technical LOD (linked open data) researchers. This volume examines the challenges inherent in making diverse data in linguistics and the language sciences open, distributed, integrated, and accessible, thus fostering wide data sharing and collaboration. It is unique in integrating the perspectives of language researchers and technical LOD (linked open data) researchers. Reporting on both active research needs in the field of language acquisition and technical advances in the development of data interoperability, the book demonstrates the advantages of an international infrastructure for scholarship in the field of language sciences. With contributions by researchers who produce complex data content and scholars involved in both the technology and the conceptual foundations of LLOD (linguistics linked open data), the book focuses on the area of language acquisition because it involves complex and diverse data sets, cross-linguistic analyses, and urgent collaborative research. The contributors discuss a variety of research methods, resources, and infrastructures. Contributors Isabelle Barrière, Nan Bernstein Ratner, Steven Bird, Maria Blume, Ted Caldwell, Christian Chiarcos, Cristina Dye, Suzanne Flynn, Claire Foley, Nancy Ide, Carissa Kang, D. Terence Langendoen, Barbara Lust, Brian MacWhinney, Jonathan Masci, Steven Moran, Antonio Pareja-Lora, Jim Reidy, Oya Y. Rieger, Gary F. Simons, Thorsten Trippel, Kara Warburton, Sue Ellen Wright, Claus Zinn
