Toward an International Virtual Observatory
Toward an International Virtual Observatory

Author: Peter J. Quinn

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2004-07-09

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 9783540210016

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The book is the first thorough overview of the first important steps to develop a worldwide virtual observatory so that, in the future, it could be easier to "dial-up" a part of the sky than wait many months to access a telescope. The articles in this book present details on the status of the first efforts to develop a standardized framework for the virtual observatory, including steps towards completion and deployment of technical infrastructure, uptake by data providers worldwide, and utilization by the scientific community.

China’s e-Science Blue Book 2018
China’s e-Science Blue Book 2018

Author: Chinese Academy of Sciences

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2019-11-19

Total Pages: 387

ISBN-13: 9811393907

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This book is jointly compiled by Chinese Academy of Sciences, Cyberspace Administration of China, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, National Natural Science Foundation of China and Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Over the past several years, Chinese scholars have contributed numerous research works on the development of Chinese scientific information and technology, and produced a range of outstanding achievements. Focusing on the main topic of e-Science, this book explores the forefront of science and technology around the globe, the major demands in China and the main fields in China’s economic development. Furthermore, it reviews the major achievements and the typical cases in China's e-Science research. It provides a valuable reference source for future technological innovations and will introduce researchers and students in the area of e-Science to the latest results in China.

Web Information Systems Engineering – WISE 2007 Workshops
Web Information Systems Engineering – WISE 2007 Workshops

Author: Mathias Weske

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2007-11-22

Total Pages: 526

ISBN-13: 3540770100

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This book constitutes the joint refereed proceedings of six workshops held in conjunction with the 8th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering, WISE 2007 in Nancy, France, in December 2007. The 44 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions for presentation in the six workshops. The workshops discuss a broad range of subjects.

Knowledge Discovery in Big Data from Astronomy and Earth Observation
Knowledge Discovery in Big Data from Astronomy and Earth Observation

Author: Petr Skoda

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2020-04-09

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 0128191546

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Knowledge Discovery in Big Data from Astronomy and Earth Observation: Astrogeoinformatics bridges the gap between astronomy and geoscience in the context of applications, techniques and key principles of big data. Machine learning and parallel computing are increasingly becoming cross-disciplinary as the phenomena of Big Data is becoming common place. This book provides insight into the common workflows and data science tools used for big data in astronomy and geoscience. After establishing similarity in data gathering, pre-processing and handling, the data science aspects are illustrated in the context of both fields. Software, hardware and algorithms of big data are addressed. Finally, the book offers insight into the emerging science which combines data and expertise from both fields in studying the effect of cosmos on the earth and its inhabitants.

Highlights of Astronomy: Volume 14
Highlights of Astronomy: Volume 14

Author: Karel van der Hucht

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2008-01-21

Total Pages: 758

ISBN-13: 9780521896832

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Recording the proceedings of the IAU XXVI General Assembly, this volume of the IAU Highlights of Astronomy covers virtually all aspects of modern astrophysics as discussed by 2400 participants from 73 countries. Notably, the common aspects of astrophysical phenomena known to exist in widely differing interstellar environments is thoroughly examined, providing fertile cross correlation from one specialisation to another. This text highlights the importance of the triennial IAU General Assemblies in bringing together the work of observers and theoreticians in widely different fields, but working towards a common goal: understanding the physics of the Universe. Together with the Proceedings of the IAU Symposia 235-240, this volume examines all of the astrophysics presented at the General Assembly.

Inductive Databases and Constraint-Based Data Mining
Inductive Databases and Constraint-Based Data Mining

Author: Sašo Džeroski

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2010-11-18

Total Pages: 458

ISBN-13: 1441977384

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This book is about inductive databases and constraint-based data mining, emerging research topics lying at the intersection of data mining and database research. The aim of the book as to provide an overview of the state-of- the art in this novel and - citing research area. Of special interest are the recent methods for constraint-based mining of global models for prediction and clustering, the uni?cation of pattern mining approaches through constraint programming, the clari?cation of the re- tionship between mining local patterns and global models, and the proposed in- grative frameworks and approaches for inducive databases. On the application side, applications to practically relevant problems from bioinformatics are presented. Inductive databases (IDBs) represent a database view on data mining and kno- edge discovery. IDBs contain not only data, but also generalizations (patterns and models) valid in the data. In an IDB, ordinary queries can be used to access and - nipulate data, while inductive queries can be used to generate (mine), manipulate, and apply patterns and models. In the IDB framework, patterns and models become ”?rst-class citizens” and KDD becomes an extended querying process in which both the data and the patterns/models that hold in the data are queried.

Developing Basic Space Science World-Wide
Developing Basic Space Science World-Wide

Author: Willem Wamsteker

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2004-03-31

Total Pages: 483

ISBN-13: 1402016816

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This book brings together the historical activities, the plans which have been developed over the past decade in the different nations, and the results which have materialized during this time in different developing nations. It aims to achieve for development agencies to be assisted in ways to find more effective tools for the application of development aid. The last section of the book contains a guide for teachers to introduce astrophysics into university physics courses. This will be of use to teachers in many nations.

The Jewel on the Mountaintop
The Jewel on the Mountaintop

Author: Claus Madsen

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2013-02-26

Total Pages: 600

ISBN-13: 3527671684

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Authored by ESO senior advisor Claus Madsen, the present book comprises 576 action-packed pages of ESO history and dramatic stories about the people behind the organisation. This is the ultimate historical account about ESO and its telescopes in the southern hemisphere, but also about a truly remarkable European success story in research. Spanning the range from the first telescopes to the future platforms of the next generation, it shows how the improvement of the telescopes leads to a continuously changing view of the Universe. With 150 photos and illustrations. Produced especially for ESO's 50th anniversary.