Computer hardware Books

 Unlock the world of data science—no coding required.Curious about data science but not sure where to start? This book is a beginner-friendly guide to what data science is and how people use it. It walks you through the essential...

The 4-volume set LNCS constitutes the main proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Computational Science, ICCS 2025, which took place in Singapore, Singapore, during July 7–9, 2025.The 64 full papers and 52 short papers presented in...

The fourteen-volume set LNCS 15886-15899 constitutes the papers of several workshops which were held in conjunction with the 25th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2025, held in Istanbul, Turkey, during June...

The 6-volume set constitutes the workshop proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Computational Science, ICCS 2025, which took place in Singapore, Singapore, during July 7–9, 2025.The 137 full papers and 32 short papers presented in...

The two-volume set LNCS 15385 + 15386 constitutes the proceedings of the workshops and associated events that were held in conjunction with the 30th European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing, Euro-Par 2024, which took place in Madrid,...

This two-volume set, CCIS 2370 and CCIS 2371, constitutes the proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computer-Human Interaction Research and Applications, CHIRA 2024, held Porto, Portugal, during November 21-22, 2024.The 16 full papers and 45...

<p>Welcome to ACM TEI 2019, the 13th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interactions, hosted in Tempe, Arizona, United States, from the 17th to the 20th of March 2019. The TEI conference features top-tier work that...

This book intends to present emerging Federated Learning (FL)-based architectures, frameworks, and models in Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) applications. It intends to build on the basics of the healthcare industry, the current data sharing...

This book is on dependence concepts and general methods for dependence testing. Here, dependence means data dependence and the tests are compile-time tests. We felt the time was ripe to create a solid theory of the subject, to...

In contemporary research, the supercomputer now ranks, along with radio telescopes, particle accelerators and the other apparatus of "big science", as an expensive resource, which is nevertheless essential for state of the art...

Organized society depends on communication of all kinds, including the ability to communicate at a distance, instantaneously. With the development of solid­ state electronics and its application to digital processing, ...

This book is concerned with the aspects of real-time, parallel computing which are specific to the analysis of digitized images including both the symbolic and semantic data derived from such images. The subjects covered...

-1. Group Testing (Introduction, Basic Theory and Design, Applications in Network Security). -2.Size Constraint Group Testing and DoS Attacks (Overview, Network System Models, Size Constraint Group Testing, Matrix Construction and Latency Analyses,...

A central issue in computer vision is the problem of signal to symbol transformation. In the case of texture, which is an important visual cue, this problem has hitherto received very little attention. This book presents a...

This book presents an application-centric approach to the development of smart grid communication architecture. The coverage includes in-depth reviews of such cutting-edge applications as advanced metering infrastructure, distribution automation, demand...

This book presents a comprehensive review of key distributed graph algorithms for computer network applications, with a particular emphasis on practical implementation. Topics and features: introduces a range of fundamental graph algorithms, covering...

This book presents a review of the latest advances in speech and video compression, computer networking protocols, the assessment and monitoring of VoIP quality, and next generation network architectures for multimedia services...

The network management community has been pushed towards the design of alternative management approaches able to support heterogeneity, scalability, reliability, and minor human intervention. The employment of self-* properties and Peer-To-Peer (P2P) are...

Telecommunications is a major global industry, and this unique book chronicles the development of this complex technology from the electric telegraph to the Internet in a simple, accessible, and entertaining way. The book opens with the early years of...

Prehistory of Cryptography.- Conventional Cryptography.- Dedicated Conventional Cryptographic Primitives.- Conventional Security Analysis.- Security Protocols with Conventional Cryptography.- Algorithmic Algebra.- Algorithmic Number Theory.- Elements of...

The Science of Information.- The Science of Information.- Fundamentals of Network Coding.- Information Measures.- Information Measures.- Zero-Error Data Compression.- Weak Typicality.- Strong Typicality.- Discrete Memoryless Channels.- Rate-Distortion...

Building robots is a snap with LEGO Technic Robotics! This book shows you how to use LEGO bricks and Power Functions components such as motors and remote controls to create all kinds of robots. Best of all, you don’t have to learn any programming...

Practical Raspberry Pi takes you quickly through the hardware and software basics of the Raspberry Pi. Author Brendan Horan then gets you started on a series of fun and practical projects, including a simple temperature sensor, a media center, a...

Cloud Capacity Management helps readers in understanding what the cloud, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS are, how they relate to capacity planning and management and which stakeholders are involved in delivering value in the cloud value chain. It explains the role of...

Beginning C for Arduino is written for those who have no prior experience with microcontrollers or programming but would like to experiment and learn both. This book introduces you to the C programming language, reinforcing each programming structure...

Software drives innovation and success in today's business world. Yet critical software projects consistently come in late, defective, and way over budget. So what's the problem? Get ready for a shock, because the answer to the problem is to avoid...

Arduino Adventures: Escape from Gemini Station provides a fun introduction to the Arduino microcontroller by putting you (the reader) into the action of a science fiction adventure story. You'll find yourself following along as Cade and Elle explore...

Winning LEGO MINDSTORMS Programming is your ticket to successfully programming for fun and competition with LEGO MINDSTORMS and the NXT-G programming language commonly used in FIRST LEGO League events. The book is a companion title to author James...

Desktop or DIY 3D printers are devices you can either buy preassembled as a kit, or build from a collection of parts to design and print physical objects including replacement household parts, custom toys, and even art, science, or engineering projects...

What should an electronics hackerspace look like? Is it in your bedroom, garage, a classroom, or even a suitcase? And where do you start? What parts are essential, and which are just nice to have? And how do you organize it all? Dale Wheat, the author...

You've probably seen LED-decorated t-shirts and hats, and maybe even other electronic gadgets embedded in clothing, but with Arduino Wearables you can learn to make your own wearable electronic creations. This book is an introduction to wearable...

If you've done some Arduino tinkering and wondered how you could incorporate the Kinect-or the other way around-then this book is for you. The authors of Arduino and Kinect Projects will show you how to create 10 amazing, creative projects, from simple...

So, you've created a few projects with Arduino, and now it's time to kick it up a notch. Where do you go next? With Pro Arduino, you'll learn about new tools, techniques, and frameworks to make even more ground-breaking, eye-popping projects. You'll...

Meet the Kinect introduces the exciting world of volumetric computing using the Microsoft Kinect. You'll learn to write scripts and software enabling the use of the Kinect as an input device. Interact directly with your computer through physical motion...

Arduino Internals guides you to the heart of the Arduino board. Author Dale Wheat shares his intimate knowledge of the Arduino board-its secrets, its strengths and possible alternatives to its constituent parts are laid open to scrutiny in this book...

Hacking the Kinect is the technogeek’s guide to developing software and creating projects involving the groundbreaking volumetric sensor known as the Microsoft Kinect. Microsoft’s release of the Kinect in the fall of 2010 startled the...

Congratulations! You’re on Mars Base Alpha, the first human outpost on the red planet. Don’t relax, though. It’s not all roses and unicorns up here. Mars isn’t called "The Bringer of War" for nothing! You’ve just been rained...

Arduino Projects to Save the World shows that it takes little more than a few tools, a few wires and sensors, an Arduino board, and a bit of gumption to build devices that lower energy bills, help you grow our own food, monitor pollution in the air and...

Printing in Plastic: Build Your Own 3D Printer is your gateway into the exciting world of personal fabrication. The "printer" that you'll build from this book is a personal fabricator capable of creating small parts and other objects from drops of molten...