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The Computing collection presents a range of foundational and applied content across computer and data science, including fields such as Artificial Intelligence; Computational Modelling; Computer Networks, Computer Organization & Architecture, Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition, Data Management; Embedded Systems & Computer Engineering; HCI/User Interface Design; Information Security; Machine Learning; Network Security; Software Engineering.

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    • Observing the User Experience

      • 3rd Edition
      • January 1, 2026
      • Elizabeth Goodman + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Observing the User Experience: A Practitioner's Guide to User Research, Third Edition helps readers bridge the gap to understand what users want and need from their product. Filled with real-world experience and a wealth of practical information, the book presents a complete toolbox of techniques to help designers, developers, and other stakeholders see through the eyes of their users. Sections discuss the benefits of end-user research and the ways it fits into the development of useful, desirable, and successful products and present techniques for understanding people’s needs, desires, and abilities, providing a basis for developing better products, whether Web, software, or mobile-based.Final chapters explain the communication and application of research results.

    • Foundations of High Performance Computing

      • 1st Edition
      • April 1, 2026
      • Oscar Diez
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Foundations of High Performance Computing offers a comprehensive and up-to-date reference to high-performance computing (HPC). Laying the ground work for the companion text, High-Performance Computing: Applications and Frontiers, Foundations of High Performance Computing serves as a comprehensive introduction to the fundamental concepts, systems, and introductory programming techniques required for high performance computing. It is designed for graduate students, early-career professionals, and researchers seeking to build a solid foundation in HPC. This volume focuses on infrastructure, programming basics, and practical access to HPC systems. Foundations of High Performance Computing utilises a five-part structure to guide the reader through the concepts and applications of high performance computing. The first part introduces HPC, covering the evolution of HPC and offering an architectural overview of HPC systems. Part Two looks at the basics of HPC programming, beginning with resource management and performance metrics in parallel systems, discussing practical access to HPC, and considering the concepts behind distributed and shared memory. Part Three, Foundations of Parallel Computing, focuses on OpenMP for multithreading, MPI programming, GPU computing, OpenACC, and CUDA. In Part Four, the author concentrates on parallel I/O, data management, filesystems, cloud based HPC and virtualization. The book concludes with a reference and glossary. Foundations of High Performance Computing equips the reader with a thorough grounding in the basics of HPC, providing a comprehensive, multidisciplinary guide to the principles, and concepts that underpin high performance computing.

    • Transforming Industries, Empowering Societies

      • 1st Edition
      • January 12, 2026
      • Parikshit Narendra Mahalle + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      With the ever-increasing use of AI technologies, ethical considerations take on greater importance. Human-centric AI emphasizes transparency, making sure that AI systems work in a way that users can comprehend and trust. Additionally, it addresses bias and discrimination issues, ensuring fairness and inclusion in the design and implementation of AI apps. By emphasizing user experience, security, and human-centric AI, the goal is to improve collaboration between people and machines, rather than replacing human decisions, creating a future where technology is a force for good, benefiting both businesses and society. Written from a technological point of view, Industry 5.0 for Society 5.0 explores the impact of cutting-edge technologies, including the Internet of Things, cloud, artificial intelligence, and digital twin, on individuals and community, and considers how they can be used to solve societal problems. The book considers how these technologies can positively affect industry, healthcare, agriculture, design and manufacture, contributing to the development of a sustainable environment that ultimately creates a positive and mutually beneficial relationship between people and AI.

    • Adaptive AI in Sensor Informatics

      • 1st Edition
      • January 1, 2026
      • Karthik Ramamurthy + 4 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Adaptive AI in wireless sensor networks is crucial for ensuring user understanding and confidence in AI outputs across fields such as healthcare, environmental monitoring, smart cities, and industrial automation. It enables compliance with regulations specific to these domains and encourages the design of user-centric AI systems that align with human values and operational requirements. Adaptive AI in Sensor Informatics: Methods, Applications, and Implications delves into the need for efficiency, interpretability, and reliability in Adaptive AI systems that are designed specifically for wireless sensor networks and related domains. It sheds light on how Adaptive AI can provide decisions made by AI models, facilitating effective collaboration between humans and AI within the context of wireless sensor networks. The book serves as a comprehensive guide for academics, professionals, and students interested in the intersection of adaptive AI and wireless sensor networks. It examines the challenges and opportunities inherent in deploying Adaptive AI in these contexts and offers practical insights into methods, approaches, and best practices for developing and deploying AI models that are both understandable and reliable within wireless sensor networks.

    • Federated Learning for the Metaverse

      • 1st Edition
      • January 11, 2026
      • Noor Zaman Jhanjhi + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Federated Learning for the Metaverse: Applications in Virtual Environments provides readers with insights into how federated learning, a decentralized machine learning paradigm, can be strategically applied to address critical aspects of the metaverse. The book covers a wide range of topics, including privacy-preserving personalization, security, collaboration, adaptive learning environments, real-time communication, decentralized governance, language understanding, immersive learning experiences, avatar customization, and dynamic scene rendering.

    • Wearable Sensing and Assistive Devices for Robotic Rehabilitation

      • 1st Edition
      • April 1, 2026
      • Wei Meng + 4 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      “Wearable Sensing and Assistive Devices for Robotic Rehabilitation” provides an overview of current research and developments in the field of innovative technologies for advanced wearable sensing and assistive devices in medical rehabilitation. This book presents a systematic investigation of the wearable acquisition and deep learning-based processing of biological signals and the applications with wearable robotic devices. It provides fundamental bio-mechatronics engineering knowledge to analyze and design new wearable sensing and assistive devices. It includes human wearable sensors design and development, biological signals acquisition and processing, brain-computer interface and neuromuscular interfaces, wearable exoskeleton and soft robotic devices, as well as human-centered interactive robot control.

    • Internet of Multimedia Things Security

      • 1st Edition
      • January 12, 2026
      • Gururaj H L + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      The proliferation of IoT devices and the exponential growth of multimedia brings opportunities and challenges. IoMT has uses in a variety of fields, including healthcare, education, agriculture, communication and entertainment, but IoMT networks are susceptible to security issues that must be addressed. Internet of Multimedia Things Security: Tools and Applications introduces the principles behind the IoMT by exploring three converging three domains: Internet of Things, Data Security, and Multimedia. It covers vulnerabilities such as cyber-attacks, unauthorized access, data breaches, and privacy preservation, and provides case studies to assist research students and engineers in securely incorporate multimedia into their applications.

    • Computer Animation

      • 4th Edition
      • January 9, 2026
      • Andrew Hogue + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Computer Animation: Algorithms and Techniques, Fourth Edition surveys computer algorithms and programming techniques for specifying and generating motion for graphical objects, that is, computer animation. It is primarily concerned with three-dimensional (3D) computer animation. In this edition, the most current techniques are covered along with the theory and high-level computation that have earned the book a reputation as the best technically oriented animation resource. As in previous editions, the book addresses practical issues, provides accessible techniques, and offers straightforward implementations.

    • ARM Processors for Power Electronic Applications

      • 1st Edition
      • February 2, 2026
      • P. Ponnambalam + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      ARM Processors for Power Electronic Applications: Fundamentals to Programming teaches the concept of controlling power converters using the ARM processor, from its fundamentals to implementation procedure, including using advanced controllers for energy management. The book discusses coding the ARM processor for different power converters and a variety of applications. It covers the step-by-step procedure in the design of advanced controllers, the ARM processor and parallel processing, creating driver circuits to interface the ARM processor with power circuits, the peripherals to ARM processors so it can used to control power converters and coding for power circuits.

    • Digital Transformation and Equitable Global Health

      • 1st Edition
      • April 1, 2026
      • Arletty Pinel + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Digital Transformation and Equitable Global Health: A Future-Ready Perspective presents a collective body of knowledge and global experiences that demonstrate current status and future trends in the use of exponential technologies and their potential for poverty reduction, improving health outcomes, strengthening health systems, and transforming traditional development aid structures. The book uses a translational innovation perspective to guide the reader—regardless of their area of expertise—on the rationale behind the co-creation of human-centered, affordable, and sustainable digital solutions.It addresses the interest of professionals from multiple areas (e.g., technology, health, social development, global financing), and it is a valuable resource for professionals, social scientists, practitioners, researchers, instructors, and undergraduate and graduate students interested in understanding the challenges and complexities of global public health and the applied uses of health technologies for equitable access to primary health care and universal health coverage.

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