Internet of Things From Hype to Reality
Internet of Things From Hype to Reality

Author: Ammar Rayes

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-10-22

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 3319448609

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This book comprehensively describes an end-to-end Internet of Things (IoT) architecture that is comprised of devices, network, compute, storage, platform, applications along with management and security components. It is organized into five main parts, comprising of a total of 11 chapters. Part I presents a generic IoT reference model to establish a common vocabulary for IoT solutions. This includes a detailed description of the Internet protocol layers and the Things (sensors and actuators) as well as the key business drivers to realize the IoT vision. Part II focuses on the IoT requirements that impact networking protocols and provides a layer-by-layer walkthrough of the protocol stack with emphasis on industry progress and key gaps. Part III introduces the concept of Fog computing and describes the drivers for the technology, its constituent elements, and how it relates and differs from Cloud computing. Part IV discusses the IoT services platform, the cornerstone of the solution followed by the Security functions and requirements. Finally, Part V provides a treatment of the topic of connected ecosystems in IoT along with practical applications. It then surveys the latest IoT standards and discusses the pivotal role of open source in IoT. “Faculty will find well-crafted questions and answers at the end of each chapter, suitable for review and in classroom discussion topics. In addition, the material in the book can be used by engineers and technical leaders looking to gain a deep technical understanding of IoT, as well as by managers and business leaders looking to gain a competitive edge and understand innovation opportunities for the future.” Dr. Jim Spohrer, IBM “This text provides a very compelling study of the IoT space and achieves a very good balance between engineering/technology focus and business context. As such, it is highly-recommended for anyone interested in this rapidly-expanding field and will have broad appeal to a wide cross-section of readers, i.e., including engineering professionals, business analysts, university students, and professors.” Professor Nasir Ghani, University of South Florida

The Hype Machine
The Hype Machine

Author: Sinan Aral

Publisher: Currency

Published: 2020-09-15

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 0525574522

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A landmark insider’s tour of how social media affects our decision-making and shapes our world in ways both useful and dangerous, with critical insights into the social media trends of the 2020 election and beyond “The book might be described as prophetic. . . . At least two of Aral’s three predictions have come to fruition.”—New York NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY WIRED • LONGLISTED FOR THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD Social media connected the world—and gave rise to fake news and increasing polarization. It is paramount, MIT professor Sinan Aral says, that we recognize the outsize effect social media has on us—on our politics, our economy, and even our personal health—in order to steer today’s social technology toward its great promise while avoiding the ways it can pull us apart. Drawing on decades of his own research and business experience, Aral goes under the hood of the most powerful social networks to tackle the critical question of just how much social media actually shapes our choices, for better or worse. He shows how the tech behind social media offers the same set of behavior influencing levers to everyone who hopes to change the way we think and act—from Russian hackers to brand marketers—which is why its consequences affect everything from elections to business, dating to health. Along the way, he covers a wide array of topics, including how network effects fuel Twitter’s and Facebook’s massive growth, the neuroscience of how social media affects our brains, the real consequences of fake news, the power of social ratings, and the impact of social media on our kids. In mapping out strategies for being more thoughtful consumers of social media, The Hype Machine offers the definitive guide to understanding and harnessing for good the technology that has redefined our world overnight.

Hype
Hype

Author: Nina Shapiro

Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

Published: 2018-05-01

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1250149312

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“[A] top doctor. . . . cuts through the clutter of confusion when it comes to the best advice for your health. . . . Every home should have a copy of Hype.” —Sanjay Gupta, MD, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent and New York Times–bestselling author There is a lot of misinformation thrown around these days, especially online. Headlines tell us to do this, not that—all in the name of living longer, better, thinner, younger. Dr. Shapiro wants to distinguish between the falsehoods and the evidence-backed truth. In her work at Harvard and UCLA, with more than twenty years of experience in both clinical and academic medicine, she helps patients make important health decisions every day. She’s bringing those lessons to life here with a blend of personal storytelling and science to discuss her dramatic new definition of “a healthy life.” Hype covers everything from exercise to supplements, alternative medicine to vaccines, and medical testing to media coverage. Shapiro tackles popular misconceptions such as toxic sugar and the importance of drinking eight glasses of water a day. She provides simple solutions anyone can implement, such as drinking 2% milk instead of fat free and using SPF 30 sunscreen instead of SPF 100. This book is as much for single individuals in the prime of their lives as it is for parents with young children and the elderly. Never has there been a greater need for this reassuring, and scientifically backed reality check. “[A] feisty, fact-filled diatribe. [Shapiro’s] skeptical, no-nonsense approach and probing assessment of fact versus fiction make for lively reading that is likely to help readers make better health and medical choices.” —Publishers Weekly

Intelligent Systems for Engineers and Scientists
Intelligent Systems for Engineers and Scientists

Author: Adrian A. Hopgood

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2012-02-02

Total Pages: 455

ISBN-13: 1466516178

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The third edition of this bestseller examines the principles of artificial intelligence and their application to engineering and science, as well as techniques for developing intelligent systems to solve practical problems. Covering the full spectrum of intelligent systems techniques, it incorporates knowledge-based systems, computational intelligence, and their hybrids. Using clear and concise language, Intelligent Systems for Engineers and Scientists, Third Edition features updates and improvements throughout all chapters. It includes expanded and separated chapters on genetic algorithms and single-candidate optimization techniques, while the chapter on neural networks now covers spiking networks and a range of recurrent networks. The book also provides extended coverage of fuzzy logic, including type-2 and fuzzy control systems. Example programs using rules and uncertainty are presented in an industry-standard format, so that you can run them yourself. The first part of the book describes key techniques of artificial intelligence—including rule-based systems, Bayesian updating, certainty theory, fuzzy logic (types 1 and 2), frames, objects, agents, symbolic learning, case-based reasoning, genetic algorithms, optimization algorithms, neural networks, hybrids, and the Lisp and Prolog languages. The second part describes a wide range of practical applications in interpretation and diagnosis, design and selection, planning, and control. The author provides sufficient detail to help you develop your own intelligent systems for real applications. Whether you are building intelligent systems or you simply want to know more about them, this book provides you with detailed and up-to-date guidance. Check out the significantly expanded set of free web-based resources that support the book at: http://www.adrianhopgood.com/aitoolkit/

Information Warfare
Information Warfare

Author: Leigh Armistead

Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781597970570

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Clarifies a critical topic for today's leaders

Wirelessness
Wirelessness

Author: Adrian Mackenzie

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2010-10-08

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 0262288672

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An account of the sensations associated with being entangled with wireless technologies that draws on the philosophical techniques of William James's radical empiricism. How has wirelessness—being connected to objects and infrastructures without knowing exactly how or where—become a key form of contemporary experience? Stretching across routers, smart phones, netbooks, cities, towers, Guangzhou workshops, service agreements, toys, and states, wireless technologies have brought with them sensations of change, proximity, movement, and divergence. In Wirelessness, Adrian Mackenzie draws on philosophical techniques from a century ago to make sense of this most contemporary postnetwork condition. The radical empiricism associated with the pragmatist philosopher William James, Mackenzie argues, offers fresh ways for matching the disordered flow of wireless networks, meshes, patches, and connections with felt sensations. For Mackenzie, entanglements with things, gadgets, infrastructures, and services—tendencies, fleeting nuances, and peripheral shades of often barely registered feeling that cannot be easily codified, symbolized, or quantified—mark the experience of wirelessness, and this links directly to James's expanded conception of experience. “Wirelessness” designates a tendency to make network connections in different times and places using these devices and services. Equally, it embodies a sensibility attuned to the proliferation of devices and services that carry information through radio signals. Above all, it means heightened awareness of ongoing change and movement associated with networks, infrastructures, location, and information. The experience of wirelessness spans several strands of media-technological change, and Mackenzie moves from wireless cities through signals, devices, networks, maps, and products, to the global belief in the expansion of wireless worlds.

Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Fintech Hype Meets Reality in the Remittances Market
Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Fintech Hype Meets Reality in the Remittances Market

Author: Tito Nícias Teixeira da Silva Filho

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2022-12-02

Total Pages: 45

ISBN-13:

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Fintech has become one of the most popular topics among policymakers and experts. It usually comes with the qualifier “disruptive”. Thus, the hype is easy to understand: fintech would upend the financial system due to its disruptive nature, as it would allow financial services to be completed faster, cheaper, and more efficiently. Indeed, many have predicted that the remittances market was on the verge of being disrupted as remittances are considered too costly while remittance service providers inefficient, opaque, and outdated. Therefore, there seems to be no better setting for assessing the allegedly disruptive effects of fintech. Against that background, this paper investigates how those predictions have fared so far. Contrary to expectations, it found that instead of disrupting incumbents fintechs have increasingly been entangled with them. Therefore, not only there is no evidence of disruption, but it is unlikely to occur in the foreseeable future. Even so, the paper argues that fintechs play an important role in the remittances market.

Trading Realities
Trading Realities

Author: Jeffrey Augen

Publisher: FT Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 0137070098

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"Trading Realities" teaches investors and traders the universal principles that apply to every market. Augen illuminates key issues such as leverage, liquidity, risk, valuation, and the impact of events, and shows how to apply this knowledge to trade and invest more profitably.

Smart Grid Hype and Reality
Smart Grid Hype and Reality

Author: Paul Alvarez

Publisher: Wired Group Publishing

Published: 2014-06-04

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 9780615887951

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ENDORSEMENTS ." . . the most thorough discussion on Smart Grid currently available." -- Calvin Timmerman, Assistant Executive Director, Maryland Public Service Commission. " . . . a much needed contribution to the smart grid body of knowledge." - Jesse Berst, Founding Editor, Smart Grid News " . . . an excellent explanation for non-technical readers of the new functionalities of modern grids." good reference source for a variety of stakeholders" -- Eric Ackerman, Director Alternative Regulation, Edison Electric Institute. " . . . a balanced perspective that will serve all levels of smart grid experience, from novice to veteran." -- Dan Johnson, Chief, Planning and Market Analysis, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. " . . . a must read for consumer advocates and students of engineering, law, policy, urban planning, and economics." - Stacia Harper, Director Regulatory Affairs, Ohio Partners for Affordable Energy " . . . a must read for anyone who cares about energy!" -- Patty Durand, Executive Director, Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative SUMMARY Utilities around the world are making or planning massive investments to bring distribution grids into the information age. Simultaneously, customers and communities are poised to place increasing demands on distribution grids and utilities in the face of mounting technical, weather, and cybersecurity challenges. "Smart Grid Hype and Reality" asks provocative questions about massive grid investments in light of the demands and challenges, and presents definitive research on smart grid capabilities, costs, benefits, drivers, and limiters in typical and ideal case scenarios. It is designed to help utilities, regulators, customers, and other stakeholders understand available technologies and the industry systems - utility, customer, and regulatory/governance - that ultimately determine the value delivered by distribution grids and utilities. Leaders (community, regulatory, utility) can use this information to anticipate the type of grids and utilities needed to meet society's future needs, and develop the technical, organizational, market, and compensation plans most likely to help them realize their visions. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Paul Alvarez is the President of the Wired Group, a consultancy helping clients unleash the latent value in distribution utility businesses. His perspectives have been formed by 15 years in the industry as both utility insider and consultant to industry regulators, associations, and suppliers. He has led comprehensive, unbiased evaluations of large smart grid deployments, including Boulder, Colorado for Xcel Energy and Cincinnati, Ohio for that state's Public Utilities Commission. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado's Global Energy Management Program and Michigan State University's Institute for Public Utilities. He holds a bachelor's degree from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business and a master's degree in Management from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University.